Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jeff Montgomery

Legal fee feuds, noncompete pact breach fights and post-closing "earnout" battles piled up in Delaware's equity and commercial law venues last week, with top jurists briefing lawmakers on efforts to better manage crowded dockets and expanded benches.

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CBP Clears Redesigned Tourniquet Imports After IP Ban

By Adam Lidgett

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has found that a modified version of a tourniquet made by a Chinese company isn't subject to an import ban issued by the U.S. International Trade Commission after finding that earlier imports infringed a patent.

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States Back Challenge To IRS Nix Of Wind, Solar Safe Harbor

By Asha Glover

Sixteen Democratic-led states are backing a legal challenge to an Internal Revenue Service notice eliminating a safe harbor test that large wind and solar projects could use to qualify for clean energy tax credits.

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Brief

Justices Want Natera's Take On CareDx's False Ad Petition

By Elliot Weld

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked for Natera's position on a petition from rival CareDx asking the high court to review a Third Circuit decision that erased a $45 million jury award stemming from CareDx's false advertising claims.

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EEOC Decries New Hurdle For 3rd-Party Harassment Suits

By Grace Elletson

A recent appellate ruling making it tougher for workers to sue employers over alleged harassment by third parties threatens to undermine the goals of federal anti-bias law, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told the Third Circuit, backing a suit against the University of Pennsylvania.

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NJ Watchdog Takes File Fight In Hospital Row To 3rd Circ.

By George Woolston

A New Jersey watchdog will take its bid to shield investigative files from discovery in a hospital's antitrust suit to the Third Circuit, according to a court notice.

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The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Leadership Strategy After Day 1

For law firm leaders, ensuring a newly combined law firm lives up to its promise, both in its first days of operation and well after, includes tough decisions, clear and specific communication, and cheerleading, says Peter Michaud at Ballard Spahr.

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ABA Says Trump Attacks On Justices Cross 'Dangerous Line'

By Bonnie Eslinger

The American Bar Association on Monday condemned President Donald Trump's "personal attacks" against U.S. Supreme Court justices after Friday's 6-3 decision struck a blow to his tariff policy, saying the remarks "cross a dangerous line that threatens the safety of the judiciary and our judicial process."

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ICE Atty Whistleblower Rips 'Broken' Agent Training Program

By Dorothy Atkins

An ex-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement attorney testified before a Senate committee Monday that he recently resigned so he could blow the whistle on ICE-officer training cuts amid its hiring surge, slamming the truncated program for being "deficient, defective and broken" and accusing supervisors of secretly pushing "blatantly" unconstitutional orders.

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'Wackadoo': 9th Circ. Awarding Stays 'Like Candy,' Judge Says

By Jeff Overley

The Ninth Circuit is defying U.S. Supreme Court precedent and supersizing its immigration docket by freely awarding lengthy deportation reprieves, according to a new dissent that described a "Wackadoo" realm where noncitizens can safely await "the next Democrat administration."

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Feds Fight Ex-Judge's Bid For New Trial In ICE Arrest Case

By Parker Quinlan

The federal government asked a federal judge to deny acquittal and new trial motions made by a Wisconsin state judge convicted of directing a defendant in her courtroom to use a restricted staircase to avoid removal by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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2nd Circ. Chief Judge To Take Senior Status

By Courtney Bublé

Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston of the Second Circuit will take senior status over the summer, giving President Donald Trump another appellate seat to fill.

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Snow Delays Goldstein Deliberations Until Tuesday

By Jared Foretek

The jury in SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein's tax evasion trial won't be back to deliberate until Tuesday, after snow prompted courts in the District of Maryland to close Monday.

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How Greenberg Thinks Tariff Ruling Could Affect Dealmaking

By Al Barbarino

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling invalidating IEEPA-based tariffs gave dealmakers clarity on how to pursue potential refund rights in mergers and acquisitions, but President Donald Trump's swift announcement of new global tariffs has immediately reintroduced dealmaking uncertainty.

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High Court Crafts Escape Hatch In Review Of Climate Torts

By Keith Goldberg

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to determine whether a climate change lawsuit against fossil fuel companies can proceed in state court, but the justices also created a potential off-ramp by questioning whether they can actually hear the case.

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