DC Judge Skeptical White House Heeded Deportation Order

By Ali Sullivan

A D.C. federal judge on Thursday told a Justice Department lawyer there was a "fair likelihood" the Trump administration defied a court order blocking the use of a 1798 wartime law to deport Venezuelans.

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Detained Tufts Student Pushes To Keep Suit In Mass.

By Brian Dowling

Lawyers for a Tufts University doctoral student who was arrested by immigration officials and quickly transported out of Massachusetts urged a federal judge on Thursday to keep a suit challenging her detention in the state, accusing the government of improper forum shopping.

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'No Serious Question' Federal Firings Broke Law, Justices Told

By Katie Buehler

Federal employee unions and advocacy groups urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to reject the Trump administration's bid to pause a California court order reinstating tens of thousands of probationary workers fired from six agencies, arguing the government can't escape self-inflicted harms brought on by its allegedly unlawful actions.

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Loan Fraud Plea Adds 6 Mos. To Pizzeria Owner's Prison Term

By Elliot Weld

The owner of a Boston-area pizzeria chain who was sentenced to 8½ years in prison in October for an alleged forced-labor scheme will spend an additional six months behind bars after pleading guilty to submitting false information to the U.S. Small Business Administration to obtain a loan.

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Groups Sue Over Ariz. Migrant Arrest And Removal Measure

By Madeline Lyskawa

Immigrant advocacy groups sued Arizona in an effort to block the implementation of a measure allowing state and local law enforcement authorities to arrest noncitizens crossing the southern border without authorization, saying it violates Arizona's constitution by redefining probable cause.

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Newark Says New ICE Facility Lacks Proper Permits

By Madeline Lyskawa

The city of Newark has sued the company behind a new immigrant detention center in New Jersey state court, claiming it failed to obtain construction permits and refused to submit to local inspections in violation of city and state laws.

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Georgia Credit Union Hit With DACA-Recipient Bias Suit

By Sydney Price

The Credit Union of Georgia was hit with a proposed class action in federal court on Thursday by a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipient who claims the credit union uses immigration status as a basis to reject potential customers.

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Boston Bomber Asks 1st Circ. To Oust Judge Amid Bias Probe

By Julie Manganis

Convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Friday asked the First Circuit to remove the Massachusetts federal judge who presided over his 2015 trial from conducting an inquiry into potential juror bias, after the jurist declined to recuse himself.

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Westlaw Rival Gets Early Appeal Of 1st Fair Use AI Ruling

By Ivan Moreno

The Third Circuit will be the first appeals court to weigh in on a dispute over using copyrighted material to train artificial intelligence systems after a Delaware federal court on Friday granted permission to send up questions from ROSS Intelligence Inc. over the copyrightability of Thomson Reuters' Westlaw headnotes and fair use.

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Legal Jobs Rebound In March Despite Economic Concerns

By Tracey Read

The U.S. legal sector appears to be on the upswing once again, with 3,700 law-related jobs added in March, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Andrea Keckley

Clifford Chance LLP and Baker Botts LLP lead this week's legal lions for helping Caterpillar Inc. escape a $100 million verdict awarded to a defunct equipment importer that accused the construction manufacturing giant of interfering with a contract to sell equipment through an online sales platform.

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Trump Extends TikTok Sale Deadline Another 75 Days

By Jared Foretek

President Donald Trump announced an executive order Friday extending TikTok's sale-or-ban deadline for an additional 75 days, saying his administration needs more time to hash out a deal to keep the social media platform operating in the United States.

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More Than 500 Law Firms Sign Onto Perkins Coie Amicus

By Aebra Coe

A group of 507 law firms, including Munger Tolles & Olson LLP and Covington & Burling LLP, have signed onto an amicus brief filed Friday supporting Perkins Coie LLP's challenge to President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the law firm.

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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen Russian industrialist Oleg Deripaska target the intelligence arm of CT Group with a commercial fraud claim, Big Technologies sue its former CEO for allegedly concealing interests in several shareholders, and an investment firm tackle a professional negligence claim by Adidas. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

A group of Republican state attorneys general asked close to two dozen law firms for information about their workplace diversity practices, and new data showed which law firms continue to be among the top picks for general counsel. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.​

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Texas Justices Eye Nixing ABA Approval In Bar Admissions

By Lynn LaRowe

The Texas Supreme Court indicated Friday that the justices are considering whether to alter or end a rule requiring graduation from a law school approved by the American Bar Association for admittance to the Lone Star State bar.

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