Nevada Lithium Mine Violates Indigenous' Rights, Report Says

By Crystal Owens

The federal government's approval of an 18,000-acre open-pit lithium mine in northern Nevada is a violation of Indigenous' rights, according to a recent report, which says at least six tribes have ties to the site where they've experienced violations against their religion, culture and ancestral lands.

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Calif. Tribe Says DOI Gives It No Protection In Casino Row

By Joyce Hanson

The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria told a California federal judge that the U.S. Department of the Interior filed an incomplete status report about how it will monitor another tribe's project plans for the construction of a casino, saying the report fails to protect FIGR.

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Fla. Court Lets Seminoles Intervene In Gaming Ad Suit

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida federal judge on Monday granted the Seminole Tribe of Florida's request to intervene in a proposed class action over allegedly misleading advertisements by gaming vendor Seminole Hard Rock Digital, which the judge found cannot adequately represent the tribe's interests.

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Trump Buyout Plan Still On Hold As Unions Cite 'Confusion'

By Brian Dowling

A Boston federal judge on Monday extended his hold on President Donald Trump's federal worker buyout program as he weighs a request from unions to block the so-called Fork Directive, which promises months of pay to government employees who resign their posts.

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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2025 Editorial Boards

Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2025 editorial advisory boards.

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Lights, Camera, Ethics? TV Lawyers Tend To Set Bad Example

Though fictional movies and television shows portraying lawyers are fun to watch, Hollywood’s inaccurate depictions of legal ethics can desensitize attorneys to ethics violations and lead real-life clients to believe that good lawyers take a scorched-earth approach, says Nancy Rapoport at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Judge Backs Thomson Reuters In 1st AI Ruling On Fair Use

By Ivan Moreno

Tech startup ROSS Intelligence infringed copyrighted material from Thomson Reuters' Westlaw platform to create a competing legal research tool powered by artificial intelligence, a Delaware federal court said Tuesday in a highly anticipated opinion that is the first to rule on whether infringement in AI training is protected by fair use.

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ABA Calls Trump Admin Out For Questioning Judicial Review

By Rae Ann Varona

The American Bar Association expressed concerns Tuesday over recent remarks coming out of the Trump administration that raised questions on the judiciary's authority to keep the executive branch's power in check, saying that judicial review was among the "oldest and most revered precedent" in the nation's legal history.

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NYC Mayor Says Bribery Case Is Over, Despite Silent Docket

By Frank G. Runyeon

Amid an absence of activity on the court docket, New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared Tuesday that the federal bribery case against him "will no longer continue," following reports of a U.S. Department of Justice memo directing prosecutors to drop the case.

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Rodney King's Former Atty Gets Prison For $7M Tax Evasion

By Rachel Scharf

A Los Angeles criminal defense and civil rights attorney who once represented Rodney King was sentenced by a California federal court Tuesday to 1½ years in prison for evading $7.2 million worth of taxes on income from his law practice.

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Ex-Major Lindsey Employee Must Face Firm's $4.8M Claim

By Jake Maher

A New York bankruptcy court ruled Monday that a former Major Lindsey & Africa LLC employee embroiled in over a decade of litigation with the recruiting firm cannot discharge a $4.8 million claim it filed against her.

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Roundup

What Judges Want You To Know: Litigate Smarter

By Dani Kass

Federal judges regularly sit on panels at conferences and similar events, sharing their best practices and most valuable pieces of advice with patent lawyers and others in the room. In the second installment of a two-part series, Law360 has pulled together advice from over the last few years that remains as relevant as ever.

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ABA, Aid Orgs. Sue White House Over Foreign Funding Freeze

By Ali Sullivan

The American Bar Association and seven international aid organizations sued the Trump administration in D.C. federal court Tuesday over its freeze on foreign assistance funding, arguing the pause flouts "bedrock separation-of-powers principles."

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Founder Of NY Boutique Law Firm Dies On Ski Slope

By Kevin Penton

The founder of a boutique law firm based in upstate New York died Saturday after he was found injured near a ski slope, according to New York State Police and his law firm.

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No Prison For Firm Manager Who Aided Feds' No-Fault Bust

By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal judge allowed a wealthy law firm manager to avoid prison Tuesday for his role in paying bribes that fueled a $70 million no-fault automobile insurance fraud racket, citing his decision to cooperate with prosecutors and willingness to testify.

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Ex-Seton Hall Law Worker Gets 8 Months For Embezzlement

By Carla Baranauckas

A former employee at Seton Hall University School of Law was sentenced Tuesday to eight months in prison for taking part in a 13-year embezzlement scheme that defrauded the school of $1.3 million.

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Approach The Bench: Judge Frederic Block On Resentencing

New York federal Judge Frederic Block has been on a campaign lately, arguing that state court judges should enjoy the same discretion he does to reconsider the sentences of people condemned to spend decades in prison.

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