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Harvard Seeks To Move 'Swiftly' In $2B Fund Freeze Suit

By Julie Manganis

Harvard University is seeking to move as quickly as possible to get to the merits of its suit challenging the Trump administration's $2.2 billion funding freeze, asking a Massachusetts federal judge to expedite discovery and briefing.

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Khalil's Attys Say Lack Of Warrant Should Doom Removal

By Lauren Berg

While the U.S. Department of Homeland Security defends its arrest of Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil in a Louisiana immigration court, Khalil's attorneys on Thursday argued his removal proceedings should be terminated because U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested him without a warrant.

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Mich. Judge Orders DHS To Restore Int'l Students' Records

By Madeline Lyskawa

A Michigan federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration must restore the F-1 compliance records for 10 international students, finding that they have demonstrated a likelihood of success on their claim that the action violated the Administrative Procedure Act.

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'Here We Are Again': Trump Can't Block Sanctuary City Funds

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge on Thursday preliminarily blocked the Trump administration from withholding federal funding to "sanctuary jurisdictions" while litigation over the policy is pending, noting that he granted a similar request during the first Trump administration and opining that "here we are again."

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Judge Orders Another Asylum-Seeker's Return From El Salvador

By Ali Sullivan

A Baltimore federal judge has directed the Trump administration to bring back a 20-year-old Venezuelan asylum-seeker sent to an El Salvador prison last month, marking the second time the government has been ordered to "facilitate" the return of an individual deported under the Alien Enemies Act.

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ENFORCEMENT

Mass. DA Says No Basis For Contempt Against ICE Agent

By Julie Manganis

The chief prosecutor for Boston said Thursday he will not pursue a criminal contempt complaint against a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who took a defendant into custody in the middle of a trial last month, calling a state court judge's finding and referral "patently illegal."

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LITIGATION

Judge Presses Feds To Explain Int'l Students' Data Removal

By Chart Riggall

A Georgia federal judge on Thursday considered extending an order to restore over 130 current and former international students to a U.S. Immigration and Customs database, but suggested it remains unclear whether the move would even guarantee the students' legal immigration status.

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ACLU Urges Court To Enforce Family Separation Settlement

By Madeline Lyskawa

The American Civil Liberties Union has called on a California federal judge to enforce provisions of a 2023 settlement requiring the government to provide legal services to thousands of immigrant families that were separated under the first Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy.

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Trump Admin Appeals Colo. Judge's Migrant Removal Bar

By Thy Vo

The Trump administration has asked the Tenth Circuit to quickly stay a Colorado federal judge's halt on removals of detained Venezuelan migrants accused of gang membership while it challenges the court's ability to "interfere with the president's core authority to protect the nation."

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Feds Slam City's Challenge To ICE's Planned NJ Facility

By Carla Baranauckas

The federal government unleashed sharp criticism against the city of Newark, New Jersey, lambasting its lawsuit to block GEO Group Inc.'s plans for an immigration detention facility and calling it an "admitted, aggressive, and legally unjustified" maneuver.

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Brief

Md. Judge Pauses Discovery In Abrego Garcia Case

By Jared Foretek

The Maryland federal judge overseeing the case to get Kilmar Abrego Garcia out of prison in El Salvador and back to the United States has paused discovery into whether the Trump administration is complying with her order to do just that.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

10 Arbitrations And A 5th Circ. Ruling Flag Arb. Clause Risks

The ongoing arbitral saga of Sullivan v. Feldman, which has engendered proceedings before 10 different arbitrators in Texas and Louisiana along with last month's Fifth Circuit opinion, showcases both the risks and limitations of arbitration clauses in retainer agreements for resolving attorney-client disputes, says Christopher Blazejewski at Sherin and Lodgen.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

BigLaw Partners, Judges Back Susman Godfrey In EO Suit

By Ryan Boysen

Hundreds of BigLaw partners and former judges on Friday threw their support behind Susman Godfrey LLP's lawsuit in D.C. federal court over President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the firm, warning that if "the independent bar is cowed into submission" it will threaten "the rule of law itself."

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

A former general counsel for Webster Bank received a four-year sentence behind bars after he pled guilty to embezzling $7.4 million. Meanwhile, regulators who oversee data privacy enforcement in California, Colorado and Oregon are pushing for companies to be more responsive and open to investigative inquiries. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.​

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Up Next At High Court: Class Cert., Religious Charter Schools

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in five cases this coming week, including in disputes over whether courts can certify classes of plaintiffs when some members haven't suffered an injury and whether students alleging disability discrimination in public schools must meet a higher standard of proof to bring claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Ballard Spahr LLP and WilmerHale lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Manhattan federal jury rejected former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's libel claims against The New York Times over a 2017 editorial linking her to political violence.

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Brief

Calif. High Court Wants Answers On Bar Exam AI Use

By Emily Sawicki

Days after the State Bar of California revealed it utilized artificial intelligence to develop some questions included in its embattled February 2025 exam, the state's Supreme Court released a statement demanding the bar association provide additional details.

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Is The 'Prevailing Party' Over For Civil Rights Attys?

By Jack Karp

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that preliminary injunctions don't entitle civil rights plaintiffs to recoup attorney fees was partly an attempt to reduce lengthy fee litigation, but it may have also reduced litigants' ability to vindicate their rights in court.

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

By Max Austin

This past week in London has seen pub operator Stonegate sue insurance broker Marsh, a human rights lawyer sued for defamation by Russian businessman Ovik Mkrtchyan, and British toy-maker The Character Group reignite an employment dispute with a former finance director. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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Seattle Part-Time Judge Censured For Forged Parking Doc

By Rachel Riley

Washington's judicial conduct board censured a part-time district court judge on Friday and recommended the state's high court oust him from office based on findings that he forged a note embossed with a county seal and another judge's signature stamp to get a parking discount near the Seattle courthouse.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Akerman LLP

Ashfords LLP

Ballard Spahr

Benesch

Bryan Cave

Carter-Ruck

Cooke Young

Covington & Burling

Cripps LLP

DLA Piper

Davis Wright Tremaine

Dechert LLP

Edwin Coe

Epstein Becker

Erkan & Sullivan

Freshfields

Frey Buck

Gibson Dunn

Goodwin Procter

Gupta Wessler

Gutride Safier

Hill Dickinson

Holland & Knight

Hollithron Advocates

Humphrey Farrington

Jenner & Block

Jones Day

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Kropf Moseley

Kuck Baxter

Latham & Watkins

Law Office of Deborah M. Golden

Lehotsky Keller

Michael A. Armstrong & Associates

Mishcon de Reya

Morgan Lewis

Morrison Foerster

Munger Tolles

Murray Osorio

Norton Rose

Olson Grimsley

Patterson Belknap

Paul Weiss

Perkins Coie

Pillsbury Winthrop

Quinn Emanuel

Rivero Mestre

Ropes & Gray

Schaerr Jaffe

Sherin & Lodgen

Sidley Austin

Skadden Arps

Snell & Wilmer

Spero Law LLC

Stewarts Law LLP

Susman Godfrey

Tripp Scott

Troutman

Trowers & Hamlins

Van Der Hout LLP

Vorys

Wallace LLP

White & Case

Williams & Connolly

WilmerHale

Wilson Sonsini

Zimmer Citron

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alliance Defending Freedom

American Civil Liberties Union

American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey

Americans for Prosperity Foundation

Amicus

Apple Inc.

Bet Tzedek Legal Services

Business Roundtable

Center for Constitutional Rights

Center for Justice

City Attorney of San Francisco

Drummond

Elizabeth Arden, Inc.

Expedia Group Inc.

Ferring Pharmaceuticals

Fox Corp.

Harvard University

Institute for Justice

International Association of Privacy Professionals

Ipsen SA

Kids in Need of Defense

Legal Aid Justice Center

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

LinkedIn Corp.

MS Amlin PLC

Mediterranean Shipping Co. SA

Meta Platforms Inc.

NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund Inc.

NASDAQ Inc.

National Rifle Association of America

New York Civil Liberties Union

New York University

Norfolk Southern Corp.

NuStar Energy LP

Public Citizen Inc.

Public Counsel

Sberbank of Russia

Southern Poverty Law Center Inc.

State Bar of California

Sunoco LP

The City University of New York

The Legal Aid Society

The New York Times Co.

Trump Organization Inc.

Webster Financial Corp.

Wells Fargo & Co.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Privacy Protection Agency

California Supreme Court

Companies House

European Commission

European Union

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Los Angeles Superior Court

National Labor Relations Board

Oklahoma Attorney General's Office

Oklahoma Supreme Court

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Michigan

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court

Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles

Virginia General Assembly

West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources