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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 1h

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) can try to revoke the authority of an immigrant rights charity to conduct business in the state for taking public stances opposing Republican candidates and conservative legislation, a state appeals court ruled.

Paxton Can Pursue Migrant Charity’s Revocation Over Trump Posts

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) can try to revoke the authority of an immigrant rights charity to conduct business in the state for taking public stances opposing Republican candidates and conservative legislation, a state appeals court ruled.

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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 3h

The European Union issued its first guidance on the interplay between two of its most significant digital laws, its latest effort to improve regulatory consistency.

EU Issues Guidance on Privacy and Digital Laws, Opens Comments

The European Union on Thursday issued its first guidance on the interplay between two of its most significant digital laws, its latest effort to improve regulatory consistency.

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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 4h

Florida’s penalties for unauthorized migrants received a harsh welcome in the Eleventh Circuit, with the three-judge panel pushing back against every argument levied by state Attorney General James Uthmeier (R).

Florida Immigration Penalty Law Hits Skeptical Eleventh Circuit

Florida’s penalties for unauthorized migrants received a harsh welcome in the Eleventh Circuit Thursday, with the three-judge panel pushing back against every argument levied by state Attorney General James Uthmeier (R).

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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 5h

Academy Mortgage Corp. must face a proposed class action alleging it negligently failed to protect the personal information of more than 284,000 customers and employees that was exposed in a 2023 data breach.

Academy Mortgage Customers Advance Suit Over 2023 Data Breach

Academy Mortgage Corp. must face a proposed class action alleging it negligently failed to protect the personal information of more than 284,000 customers and employees that was exposed in a 2023 data breach.

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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 7h

An Arizona resident can’t pursue a constitutional challenge to a law that allows the state’s Department of Revenue to hold onto unclaimed checks and other property.

Arizona Abandoned Property Law Escapes Constitutional Challenge

An Arizona resident can’t pursue a constitutional challenge to a law that allows the state’s Department of Revenue to hold onto unclaimed checks and other property.

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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 9h

Microchip Technology Inc. faces one fewer claim from an employee who alleges he was wrongly fired because of his social media posts about the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Microchip Trims Suit on Firing Over Israel-Palestine Statements

Microchip Technology Inc. faces one fewer claim from an employee who alleges he was wrongly fired because of his social media posts about the Israel-Palestine conflict.

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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 11h

Defendants with post-traumatic stress disorder can use that diagnosis to win over juries in self-defense cases, the Florida Supreme Court ruled.

PTSD Self-Defense Shooting Theory Adopted by Florida Justices

Defendants with post-traumatic stress disorder can use that diagnosis to win over juries in self-defense cases, the Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 13h

The city of San Antonio will no longer seek a court’s approval to distribute $100,000 to fund travel costs for out-of-state abortions, instead conceding the fight to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R).

San Antonio Concedes Defeat to Texas on Abortion Travel Costs

The city of San Antonio will no longer seek a court’s approval to distribute $100,000 to fund travel costs for out-of-state abortions, instead conceding the fight to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R).

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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 15h

A North Dakota law prohibiting the use of puberty blocking drugs and cross-sex hormones to treat gender dysphoria in minors doesn’t violate the state’s constitution, a trial judge said.

North Dakota Judge Upholds Gender-Affirming Care Ban for Minors

A North Dakota law prohibiting the use of puberty blocking drugs and cross-sex hormones to treat gender dysphoria in minors doesn’t violate the state’s constitution, a trial judge said.

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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 17h

Qualcomm Inc. convinced a Texas federal judge to release the parent company from Polaris Innovations Ltd.’s patent infringement suit over Snapdragon and X Series processors.

Qualcomm Partially Released from Patent Suit Over Snapdragon

Qualcomm Inc. convinced a Texas federal judge to release the parent company from Polaris Innovations Ltd.’s patent infringement suit over Snapdragon and X Series processors.

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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 19h

An attorney who was briefly the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey before being fired by President Donald Trump has joined McCarter & English as a litigation partner.

Ex-NJ US Attorney Grace Fired by Trump Joins McCarter & English

An attorney who was briefly the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey before being fired by President Donald Trump has joined McCarter & English as a litigation partner.

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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 21h

The Senate confirmed Jennifer Mascott, a Trump White House lawyer and administrative law scholar, to an appeals court judgeship in Delaware despite criticism of her limited ties to the state.

Trump White House Lawyer, Professor Confirmed to Third Circuit

The Senate confirmed Jennifer Mascott, a Trump White House lawyer and administrative law scholar, to an appeals court judgeship in Delaware despite criticism of her limited ties to the state.

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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 23h

A progressive advocacy group expanded a media blitz against selected Senate Democrats for supporting President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees.

New Media Blitz Targets Democrats Who Back Trump Judge Picks (1)

A progressive advocacy group expanded a media blitz against selected Senate Democrats for supporting President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees.

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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 1d

A disciplinary body for New York lawyers is putting off an ethics probe into major law firms’ deals with President Donald Trump.

Law Firms’ Trump Deals Escape NY Lawyer Ethics Investigation

A disciplinary body for New York lawyers is putting off an ethics probe into major law firms’ deals with President Donald Trump.

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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 1d

Furloughs related to the federal government shutdown started hitting EPA employees nine days after the lapse in appropriations began, according to an agency letter reviewed by Bloomberg Law.

EPA Begins Staff Furloughs as Government Shutdown Continues

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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 1d

A lawsuit by state attorneys general over the Trump administration’s Medicaid cuts to Planned Parenthood and other centers providing abortion care will continue during the government shutdown, a federal judge ordered Wednesday.

Judge Denies HHS Shutdown Pause in Abortion Center Cuts Lawsuit

A lawsuit by state attorneys general over the Trump administration’s Medicaid cuts to Planned Parenthood and other centers providing abortion care will continue during the government shutdown, a federal judge ordered Wednesday.

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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 1d

A case waiting for a ruling from the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit asks a controversial question: Should judges award smaller fees to lawyers working at small law firms than lawyers working at large law firms?

Judge Who Took Axe to Lawyers’ Rates Says Size (of Firm) Matters

A case waiting for a ruling from the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit asks a controversial question: Should judges award smaller fees to lawyers working at small law firms than lawyers working at large law firms?

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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 1d

Attorneys general from Texas, Nebraska and other states are tapping outside law firms to bring data protection cases against the biggest tech companies—snagging a cut of multimillion-to-billion dollar settlements along the way—in a new approach to privacy enforcement.

States Turn to Outside Firms to Generate Big Privacy Settlements

Attorneys general from Texas, Nebraska and other states are tapping outside law firms to bring data protection cases against the biggest tech companies—snagging a cut of multimillion-to-billion dollar settlements along the way—in a new approach to privacy enforcement.

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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 1d

The US Supreme Court considered whether an Illinois Republican congressman has a basis to challenge a state law that extends the counting of mail-in ballots two weeks after an election.

Justices Weigh Republican’s Challenge to Ballot-Counting Law (1)

The US Supreme Court considered whether an Illinois Republican congressman has a basis to challenge a state law that extends the counting of mail-in ballots two weeks after an election.

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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 1d

The “impact rule” that for 130 years has helped shield Florida defendants from emotional distress damages in negligence cases faces potential jettison by the Florida Supreme Court.

Florida Justices Weigh Nixing Key Emotional Distress Damage Rule

The “impact rule” that for 130 years has helped shield Florida defendants from emotional distress damages in negligence cases faces potential jettison by the Florida Supreme Court.

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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 1d

An appeal challenging a $949 million prescription drug fraud verdict against CVS Health Corp. and subsidiary Omnicare Inc. is stayed because Omnicare filed for bankruptcy in a Texas federal court, the Second Circuit said.

CVS’s Omnicare Bankruptcy Delays Appeal of $949 Million Verdict

An appeal challenging a $949 million prescription drug fraud verdict against CVS Health Corp. and subsidiary Omnicare Inc. is stayed because Omnicare filed for bankruptcy in a Texas federal court, the Second Circuit said.

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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 1d

A typo-flawed $1 million cryptocurrency transfer prompted a US appeals panel in Boston to struggle with the virtue of applying commercial laws governing the replacement of paper stock certificates to digital currencies sent to the wrong blockchain wallet.

Typo-Doomed $1 Million Crypto Transfer Tests Commercial Law

A typo-flawed $1 million cryptocurrency transfer prompted a US appeals panel in Boston to struggle with the virtue of applying commercial laws governing the replacement of paper stock certificates to digital currencies sent to the wrong blockchain wallet.

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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 1d

President Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee the EPA’s chemicals and pesticides office pledged to make sure new substances are reviewed quickly with workable safety restrictions.

EPA Toxics Nominee Pledges to Speed Chemical, Pesticide Reviews

President Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee the EPA’s chemicals and pesticides office pledged to make sure new substances are reviewed quickly with workable safety restrictions.

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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 1d

ALN Medical Management LLC would pay $4 million under a proposed deal to settle a lawsuit alleging it negligently failed to protect the personal information of 1.8 million people in a 2024 data breach.

ALN Medical to Pay $4 Million to Settle Data-Breach Class Action

ALN Medical Management LLC would pay $4 million under a proposed deal to settle a lawsuit alleging it negligently failed to protect the personal information of 1.8 million people in a 2024 data breach.

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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 1d

A Delaware federal judge deferred deciding whether Mallinckrodt Plc should get an injunction blocking Air Liquide SA’s proposed copy of its respiratory failure drug, saying the company “may have to make a choice” between a jury’s $9.5 million damages award and future relief.

Mallinckrodt’s Post-Verdict Relief in Question After Patent Win

A Delaware federal judge deferred deciding whether Mallinckrodt Plc should get an injunction blocking Air Liquide SA’s proposed copy of its respiratory failure drug, saying the company “may have to make a choice” between a jury’s $9.5 million damages award and future relief.

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