Analysis

Immigration Attys Cautiously Optimistic After Chevron Ruling

By Britain Eakin

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that courts no longer have to defer to federal agencies' interpretations of ambiguous statutes could help some immigrants fight removal orders while serving as a buffer against partisan challenges to executive immigration actions.

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Paxton Slammed For 'Intolerable' Bid To Shutter El Paso Org

By Catherine Marfin

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's efforts to shut down a Catholic nonprofit he has accused of smuggling and harboring migrants is "outrageous and intolerable," an El Paso County judge ruled Tuesday, blasting him for using his administrative power to push "his own personal beliefs or political agenda."

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Justices To Review Relief For Self-Deportation Failure

By Britain Eakin

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to review if noncitizens who fail to leave voluntarily within 60 days of a deportation order can try reopening their removal cases when the 60th day falls on a weekend or federal holiday.

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Iranian AI Experts, Other Professionals Sue Over Visa Delays

By Alyssa Aquino

Iranian experts in artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies sued the U.S. Department of State to speed up delayed visa applications, arguing their green card troubles undermine the Biden administration's push to ease labor shortages in the technology industry.

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IT Workers Say Chevron's End Dooms Spouse Work Permits

By Lauren Berg

Ex-information technology workers told the D.C. Circuit that the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning decades-old precedent instructing judges about when they can defer to federal agencies' interpretations of law buoys their challenge to an Obama-era program allowing work permits for some spouses of highly skilled foreign workers.

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3 Ways Agencies Will Keep Making Law After Chevron

The U.S. Supreme Court clearly thinks it has done something big in overturning the Chevron precedent that had given deference to agencies' statutory interpretations, but regulated parties have to consider how agencies retain significant power to shape the law and its meaning, say attorneys at K&L Gates.

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Opinion

Industry Self-Regulation Will Shine Post-Chevron

The U.S. Supreme Court's Loper decision will shape the contours of industry self-regulation in the years to come, providing opportunities for this often-misunderstood practice, says Eric Reicin at BBB National Programs.

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Monsanto Ducks Roundup Case As Philly Plaintiff Withdraws

By P.J. D'Annunzio

A plaintiff in the Philadelphia Roundup weedkiller mass tort has voluntarily discontinued her case against Monsanto after a city judge granted summary judgment on all but one claim, letting the Bayer AG unit off the hook in the suit, at least temporarily, about a week before it was slated to go before a jury.

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Biden's New Picks Include NC Solicitor General For 4th Circ.

By Courtney Bublé

President Joe Biden announced four new judicial nominees on Wednesday, including one for the Fourth Circuit.

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Dechert To Close Offices In Beijing, Hong Kong, Chicago

By Tracey Read

Dechert LLP is the latest BigLaw firm to announce it is dissolving operations in Beijing and Hong Kong, and the Philadelphia-founded firm also plans to close its 12-year-old Chicago office, a Dechert spokesperson told Law360 Pulse on Wednesday.

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Morgan Lewis Benefit Plan Exits Atty's ERISA Suit

By James Boyle

An attorney at Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP agreed to drop claims against her employee benefit plan in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act suit in Pennsylvania federal court alleging her long-term disability benefits were abruptly terminated after applying criteria irrelevant to her work.

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Bronx Defenders Union Braces To Strike In Less Than 3 Weeks

By Andrea Keckley

The Bronx Defenders Union's bargaining committee voted on Tuesday to authorize an unlimited unfair labor practice strike beginning the week of July 22, saying the organization's staff continue to face high attrition, unwieldy caseloads and some of the lowest pay rates of New York City's public defenders.

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Fox Rothschild Hires Pryor Cashman Nonprofit Leads

By Matt Perez

Fox Rothschild LLP announced Wednesday the hiring of two Pryor Cashman LLP partners for its corporate department in New York.

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Judge OKs Bid To End FindLaw Trade Secrets Lawsuit

By Andrea Keckley

A New York federal judge has approved a deal to resolve a trade secrets dispute between West Publishing Corp. and RizeUp Media Inc. stemming from the departure of several key employees from West.

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High Court Rulings Thwart Judge Romance Suit, Firm Says

By Jack Karp

Jackson Walker LLP urged a Texas federal court Wednesday to consider its argument that two recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings on standing prevent a former shareholder in an engineering company from pursuing a racketeering lawsuit over a bankruptcy judge's concealed romantic relationship with an ex-firm attorney.

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NC Solicitor General Faces GOP Roadblock To 4th Circ. Bench

By Courtney Bublé and Travis Bland

President Joe Biden's selection of North Carolina Solicitor General Ryan Y. Park for a Fourth Circuit seat tops off a distinguished resume that includes a Harvard Law degree and a stint at Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP, but he still faces an uphill road to the bench amid pushback from Tar Heel State senators.

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