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Johnson & Johnson’s Win Boots Beasley Allen from Talc Suits

Litigation firm Beasley Allen must stop representing plaintiffs suing Johnson & Johnson over exposure to talc products, a New Jersey state court ruled Friday in a landmark ethics decision.

Trump Anti-DEI Orders to Proceed as Appeals Court Ends Block

Key provisions of President Donald Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders are fair game for federal agencies to enforce, after the Fourth Circuit reversed a federal judge’s decision blocking implementation.

Goldstein Jury Told He Admitted to Understating Debt to Get Loan

SCOTUSBlog founder Tom Goldstein told a journalist that he understated his debts by millions of dollars when applying for a mortgage to keep them secret from his wife, the jury heard at his his trial on tax and false statement charges Thursday.

Trump’s Rule Over Federal Worker Firings Exhumes Lawsuits

Reinvigorated lawsuits from federal worker unions and advocates will face a series of hurdles in challenging a new regulation that makes it easier for the president to fire nonpolitical public employees.

NLRB Endures Nursing Home’s Constitutional Attack in 2d Cir.

A federal appeals court in Manhattan rejected a nursing home operator’s attempt to freeze a long-running National Labor Relations Board case based on alleged constitutional defects with the agency’s in-house judges.

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Trump Backs Television Broadcaster Nexstar’s Bid for Tegna

President Donald Trump backed television broadcaster Nexstar Media Group’s proposed $3.5 billion acquisition of Tegna Inc., reversing his earlier opposition to the idea and saying it would be good for competition.

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Fifth Circuit Sides With Trump on Immigrant Detention Law

The Trump administration has the power to detain noncitizens arrested in the interior of the country without giving them a chance to argue for their release in immigration court, a Fifth Circuit panel ruled Friday.

NY-NJ Tunnel Project Wins Court Order to Block Funds Freeze

New York and New Jersey won a temporary court order blocking the Trump administration’s freeze on federal funds for the $16 billion Gateway tunnel under the Hudson River.

Blank Rome Sued by Ex-Associate Over Sexual Assault Claims

A former attorney sued Blank Rome LLP on Friday after the firm allegedly failed to protect her from a male colleague who the attorney said sexually assaulted her.

California ICE Detention Center Case Likely to Transfer Courts

A lawsuit accusing ICE of inhumane treatment of detainees at its largest detention facility in California will likely be transferred to a new federal court, but not without some relief for the detainees.

OpenAI Ducks Order to Disclose Confidential Counsel Messages

OpenAI Inc. convinced a federal judge to overturn an order requiring the company to disclose confidential messages with its attorneys to authors and newspapers accusing it of violating copyrights by training AI models on their works.

Montana Big Sky Resort Defeats Water Pollution Claims at Trial

A private Montana ski and golf resort’s sprinkler and pond systems don’t violate the US Clean Water Act, a federal jury ruled.

Cadwalader Trial Leaders Resign After Hogan Conflicts Review

Cadwalader litigation practice leaders Nicholas Gravante and Phil Iovieno resigned on Friday due to conflicts of interest with clients of the firm’s partner in a planned merger, Hogan Lovells.

Food Flavoring Supplier Sued by Insurer Over Wrongful Death Case

An AmTrust Financial Services Inc. insurance unit sued a flavoring manufacturer, seeking to avoid paying legal costs in a wrongful death case brought by a widower who said his spouse died from exposure to chemicals supplied by the company.

Luigi Mangione Faces June 8 Murder Trial in NY State Court

Luigi Mangione will face a June 8 murder trial in a New York state court for the fatal shooting of UnitedHealth Group Inc. executive Brian Thompson, three months before he is slated to be tried by federal prosecutors for the same crime, a judge ruled.

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