Trump Wants To Use Firms That Cut Deals For Coal Leases

By Keith Goldberg

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he wants to help coal companies with their leasing matters by proffering the services of BigLaw firms that signed agreements to avoid getting shut out of government work.

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In Trump Order Against Perkins Coie, GCs See Harm For Cos.

By Jake Maher

Nearly 70 current and former general counsel for companies including Apple Inc. and Starbucks filed an amicus brief Tuesday supporting Perkins Coie LLP in its suit against an executive order from President Donald Trump targeting the firm, saying the order "tramples on corporate independence, the right to counsel, and First Amendment rights."

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Jenner & Block, WilmerHale Seek Shutdown Of Trump Orders

By Ali Sullivan and Lauren Berg

Jenner & Block LLP and WilmerHale on Tuesday asked Washington, D.C., federal judges for permanent court orders blocking President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting the firms, saying the directives threaten the firms, their clients and the entire legal system.

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Justices Reshape Terrain For Alien Enemies Act Removals

By Britain Eakin

The U.S. Supreme Court's Monday ruling allowing the Trump administration to resume deportations of alleged gang members under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act has experts relieved that the justices affirmed due process rights, but worried about how and where they will be exercised.

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USTR Tells Senators No Tariff Exclusions On Horizon

By Dylan Moroses

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Tuesday during a meeting with the Senate Finance Committee that no new exclusions will be created for President Donald Trump's new worldwide tariffs, as lawmakers stressed the economic panic and pressures constituents are facing as a result.

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IRS Acting Chief To Depart Amid ICE Info Sharing Deal

By Kat Lucero

The Internal Revenue Service's acting commissioner Melanie Krause plans to step down, the White House confirmed Tuesday, after the agency struck an agreement with immigration enforcement authorities to share taxpayer records of non-U.S. citizens under criminal investigation.

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White House Can't Bar AP Journalists Over 'Gulf Of America'

By Lauren Berg

The White House must restore the Associated Press' access to the press pool and other events with President Donald Trump, a D.C. federal judge ruled Tuesday, saying the government cannot bar the AP as punishment for not deferring to the president's preferred name for the Gulf of Mexico.

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Key Witness Against Nadine Menendez Grilled Over Past Lies

By Pete Brush

A corrupt former New Jersey insurance broker testifying against Nadine Menendez during her trial on bribery charges admitted Tuesday to a decade of lying prior to his decision to cooperate against her and her husband, former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez.

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Justices Halt Order To Reinstate Federal Workers

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday hit pause on a California federal court order reinstating tens of thousands of probationary federal workers who were fired from six agencies, agreeing with the Trump administration that the nonprofit groups that obtained the order lack standing to challenge the firings. 

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Split 4th Circ. Lifts Block On DOGE's Access To Gov't Data

By Dorothy Atkins

A split Fourth Circuit panel paused Monday a ruling blocking the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing sensitive information on millions of Americans held by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Department of Education and the Office of Personnel Management, while a dissenting judge disagreed "with all the energy an old judge can muster."

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OCC Says 'Highly Sensitive' Bank Info Accessed In Hack

By Craig Clough

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced Tuesday that an outside party hacked its email system, with the attack large enough to qualify as a "major information security incident." 

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Trump's CFPB Pick Could Be Confirmed By May, Scott Says

By Jon Hill

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott, R-S.C., said Tuesday that a final confirmation vote could be just weeks away for Jonathan McKernan, who is President Donald Trump's nominee to head up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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CFPB Withdraws From MoneyGram Suit, NY AG To Continue

By Katryna Perera

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau told a New York federal judge that it would like to drop out of its Biden-era enforcement lawsuit against MoneyGram International Inc., a move that would leave behind the New York attorney general as the sole plaintiff in the case.

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SEC's Uyeda Urges Review Of Federal-State Oversight Splits

By Sarah Jarvis

The acting chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday called for a reevaluation of the threshold that divides federal and state oversight of investment advisers, saying he wants to better conserve SEC and taxpayer resources by focusing on the largest advisers.

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FDIC To Look At 'Indexing' Size Thresholds For Bank Rules

By Jon Hill

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s acting chief said Tuesday that the agency may recalibrate what counts as a large bank after years of inflation and is working on other broadly deregulatory plans for banks' living-will filings, a key leverage rule and more.

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Plastics Group Loses Challenge To Calif.'s Pollution Subpoena

By Ali Sullivan

A D.C. federal judge won't stop the California attorney general from enforcing a subpoena on a plastics industry group as part of an investigation into global plastics pollution, finalizing an earlier determination that his court lacks jurisdiction.

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Calif. Opposes Bid To Freeze State Corporate Climate Regs

By Jessica Corso

California is opposing a move by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups to stop a pair of regulations on corporate climate reporting from going into effect, telling a federal judge that the state is allowed to protect shareholders from potentially deceptive or misleading commercial speech.

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NY High Court Probes If State Emissions Cap Preempts City's

By Grace Dixon

New York's highest court questioned Tuesday why the state Legislature did not explicitly state that it meant for a 2019 climate law to preempt a law regulating greenhouse gas emissions that New York City passed earlier that year, amid property owners' challenge to the city law.

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Colo. Appeals Court Urged To Toss Transportation Fees

By Sanjay Talwani

Colorado's 2021 transportation funding law violates the state Taxpayer's Bill of Rights and related provisions, an anti-tax group told an appeals court panel Tuesday, urging it to reverse a district court order that stopped its lawsuit.

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100 Fannie Mae Workers Fired Over 'Unethical Conduct'

By Isaac Monterose

More than 100 Fannie Mae employees have been let go, the government-sponsored enterprise and the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency announced Tuesday, citing "unethical conduct" including fraud as the reason for the terminations.

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House Working Group Fields Input On Data Privacy Efforts

By Allison Grande

Business groups and digital rights advocates responding to an influential House committee's call for feedback on the latest push to craft federal data privacy legislation showed no signs of backing down from their dueling positions on the key issues that have long stymied such legislative efforts. 

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Medicare Drug Price Plan Tramples Constitution, 3rd Circ. Told

By Carla Baranauckas

New Jersey federal court rulings preserving the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' ability to negotiate prices with drug companies should be overturned on constitutional grounds, pharmaceutical giants Novo Nordisk and Novartis told the Third Circuit during oral arguments Tuesday.

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Conn. Justices OK Debt Negotiator's Suit Against Watchdog

By Brian Steele

Connecticut's highest court will allow a trial judge to decide whether the Department of Banking can skirt the state's restriction on regulating attorneys to the judicial branch, declining Tuesday to end a suit that a law firm and its associated debt negotiation group brought against the state watchdog.

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New Mexico High Court Reaffirms Language Access Rights

By Crystal Owens

The New Mexico Supreme Court on Tuesday reaffirmed its commitment to provide access to language services for non-English speakers, saying an executive order by President Donald Trump designating English as the country's official language doesn't alter the state's law, constitution or legal obligation to its citizens.

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'There Is No Duty To The World,' Hyundai Tells 9th Circ.

By Bonnie Eslinger

Hyundai urged the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday to toss negligence claims from cities in consolidated litigation alleging the automaker and its Kia subsidiary sold vehicles with design flaws that spawned car thefts prompted by a social media challenge, saying the cities are trying to impose on manufacturers "a duty to the world."

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South Korea Readies Steps For Responding To US Tariffs

By Jack McLoone

South Korea will monitor other countries' responses to tariffs, try to negotiate with the U.S. and prepare to roll out measures to shore up its domestic industries in reaction to President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on goods from the country, its finance ministry said Tuesday.

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Judge Won't Block IRS' Automatic Denials Of Worker Credits

By Anna Scott Farrell

An Arizona federal judge rejected a request by two tax assistance companies to stop the IRS from issuing batch denials of thousands of pandemic-era worker credit claims, saying the companies, which take a cut of the refunded credits as fees, lack the legally required interest in their clients' refunds.

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Ore. House OKs Tax Court Standing For Associations

By Sanjay Talwani

Associations, chambers and other organizations in Oregon could seek relief in the state tax court on behalf of their aggrieved members under legislation approved unanimously by the state House of Representatives.

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ACLU Sues To Block Deportation Of Venezuelan Nationals

By Madeline Lyskawa

The American Civil Liberties Union filed an emergency lawsuit on Tuesday in Manhattan federal court seeking to halt the deportation of Venezuelan nationals under the Alien Enemies Act, after the Supreme Court ruled the Trump administration can proceed with doing so.

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DHS Accused Of Illegally Scrapping Foreign Student Records

By Madeline Lyskawa

Three anonymous current and former international students in the U.S. on F-1 visas are suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, alleging the agency terminated hundreds of student and exchange visitor information system records, effectively stripping them of their ability to remain in the country without due process.

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DOJ Shuts Crypto Unit, Shifts Focus From Intermediaries

By Aislinn Keely

The U.S. Department of Justice is disbanding its crypto unit and directing prosecutors to focus on cases against individuals who harm crypto investors or use digital assets to further other illegal activity, instead of bringing cases against platforms that enable the conduct, according to a memo circulated to all department employees.

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Boston Pol To Resign After Admitting Kickback Scheme

By Julie Manganis

A Boston city councilor said Tuesday she will resign from her position, after agreeing to plead guilty to using taxpayer funds in a bonus-kickback scheme that involved a secretive $7,000 cash handoff in a City Hall bathroom.

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Fla. Judge Orders Depos In Ex-Rep's Venezuela Lobbying Suit

By David Minsky

A Florida state court judge Tuesday ordered parties to depose each other in a lawsuit brought by a former U.S. representative accused of unlawfully lobbying on behalf of Venezuela, denying a request to quash a deposition of a prior business associate who's believed to be helping the federal government.

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Tulsa County Seeks Quick Win In Tribal Jurisdiction Dispute

By Crystal Owens

Tulsa County is asking an Oklahoma federal court for an early win in a challenge by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation that looks to block the county and its officials from asserting criminal jurisdiction on its reservation, saying the request is an attack on state and federal Supreme Court precedent.

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US Seeks To Toss Utah Tribe's Water Claims Against Farm

By Joyce Hanson

The United States has weighed in on a tribe's dispute against a farm over water use and land rights in Utah federal court, arguing that U.S. officials have approved the water transfer agreements at issue as well as more than 200 others like them.

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Dems Air Grievances But Advance Telecom Bills At Markup

By Nadia Dreid

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce managed to advance about 20 bills Tuesday, most of which dealt with telecom issues, including proposed legislation that would require the FCC to publish lists of licensees with ties to "adversarial" foreign countries and mandate a study on the dangers of foreign-made routers.

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FCC Reworks Database Of Reassigned Phone Numbers

By Christopher Cole

It will be easier and cost less for companies to make sure they're reaching the right consumer's phone number with recent changes to the Reassigned Numbers Database, the Federal Communications Commission said.

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Whistleblower Suit Must Be Tossed Or Transferred, Pot Co. Says

By Mike Curley

Jushi Holdings Inc., a retail cannabis company, is urging an Illinois federal court to dismiss or transfer to Florida a former executive's suit alleging that he was fired for attempting to bring facilities into compliance with safety standards.

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Battery Park City Authority Hires Ex-CBRE Atty As GC

By Isaac Monterose

Former CBRE legal counsel and managing director Elaine Kleinberg has been hired as general counsel for New York state's Battery Park City Authority, the public benefit corporation announced Monday.

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How Tariffs May Affect Proxy Contests This Season

While global tariffs imposed by the Trump administration will certainly chill at least some activity this proxy season, and make defending contests significantly easier, there will likely be many new activist investments once there is more economic certainty, meaning more proxy fights this fall, say attorneys at Sidley.

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What PFAS-Treated Clothing Tariff Bill Would Mean For Cos.

In keeping with a nationwide trend of greater restrictions on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, legislation pending in the U.S. House of Representatives would remove tariff advantages for PFAS-treated clothing — so businesses would be wise to proactively adapt their supply chains and review contracts to mitigate liability, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.

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3 Action Items For Innovators Amid Fintech Regulatory Pivot

As the federal banking agencies seek to smooth the way for banks to engage in crypto-related activities, banks and technology companies should take note of this new chapter in payments services, especially as leadership in digital financial technology becomes a national priority, says Jess Cheng at Wilson Sonsini.

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Key Takeaways From The 2025 Spring Antitrust Meeting

Leadership changes, shifting priorities and evolving enforcement tools dominated the conversation at the recent American Bar Association Spring Antitrust Meeting, as panelists explored competition policy under a second Trump administration, agency discretion under the 2023 merger guidelines and new frontiers in conduct enforcement, say attorneys at Freshfields.

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How To Accelerate Your Post-Attorney Career Transition

Professionals seeking to transition to nonattorney careers may encounter skepticism as nontraditional candidates, but there are opportunities for thought leadership and to leverage speaking and writing to accelerate a post-attorney career transition, say Janet Falk at Falk Communications and Evgeny Efremkin at Toronto Metropolitan University.

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Clifford Chance Lands Gibson Dunn Restructuring Co-Chair

By Tracey Read

Clifford Chance LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired the former co-chair of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's corporate restructuring practice to co-lead its global restructuring and insolvency practice.

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Atty Says Debevoise Fired Him Over Medical Leave

By Emmy Freedman

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP fired an attorney in its international dispute resolution practice group because he had taken medical leave, abruptly dismissing him two days after he returned, and refused to give him a chance to increase his billable hours, he told a New York federal court.

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Ballard Spahr Fired Atty For Taking Medical Leave, Suit Says

By Patrick Hoff

A former attorney for Ballard Spahr LLP filed suit against the firm and the head of its employee benefits group Tuesday in New York federal court, claiming she was fired for taking medical leave and seeking a more flexible work schedule to deal with her epilepsy and a gastrointestinal condition. 

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Cravath Private Equity Co-Leader Joins Sidley In New York

By Andrea Keckley

Sidley Austin LLP announced Tuesday that the former co-head of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's private equity group is the latest addition to its growing mergers and acquisitions and private equity bench.

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Jay-Z 'Trying To Punish' Buzbee For Advocacy, Judge Told

By Rachel Scharf

Counsel for personal injury lawyer Tony Buzbee urged a California state judge on Tuesday to shut down Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter's extortion and defamation suit over now-dismissed rape claims, saying the rapper is "a well-funded, powerful figure who's trying to punish lawyers who do what lawyers do."

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