Split DC Circ. Affirms Block On Removals Under Wartime Law

By Madeline Lyskawa

A divided D.C. Circuit panel on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration's attempt to dissolve trial court orders blocking the deportations of Venezuelan nationals to El Salvador under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act.

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Judge Blocks Removal Of Detained Tufts Grad Student

By Julie Manganis and Brian Dowling

A Tufts University graduate student taken into custody by U.S. immigration officers on Tuesday evening may not be moved out of the state without permission while the court hears her petition for review, a Massachusetts federal judge has ruled.

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NY Defends Driver Sanctuary Law Against DOJ Suit

By Elliot Weld

The New York attorney general has asked a federal judge to dismiss a case brought by the U.S. Department of Justice challenging a state law that safeguards DMVs from turning over drivers' information to federal immigration officials, saying the law is an exercise of the state's traditional police powers.

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Sotomayor Urges Caution On Nondelegation Doctrine Revamp

By Katie Buehler

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor cautioned her colleagues during oral arguments Wednesday against using a challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's administration of a broadband subsidy program as a way to resurrect the long-dormant nondelegation doctrine. Several conservative justices, however, seemed willing to disregard that admonition.

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No Grounds To Block Third Country Deportations, DOJ Argues

By Tom Lotshaw

The Trump administration told a Massachusetts federal judge that an attempt to block efforts to deport noncitizens to countries with which they have no relationship interferes with its lawful execution of removal orders.

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Columbia Student Argues For Release From ICE Detention

By Madeline Lyskawa

Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil called on a New Jersey federal judge to release him from immigration detention and halt the Trump administration's policy targeting noncitizens who criticize Israel and its military actions in Gaza for detention and removal.

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Coalition Says Trump Admin Flouted Federal Rehiring Order

By Emily Brill

The Trump administration responded to an injunction compelling it to rehire over 15,000 fired probationary employees by placing them on leave, not bringing them back to work, a coalition of advocates for the workers told a California federal judge Wednesday, saying the administration hasn't complied with the injunction.

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10th Circ. Tosses Bid To Undo Block Of Okla. Immigration Law

By Britain Eakin

The Tenth Circuit dismissed Oklahoma's appeal of a district court ruling enjoining a state law barring unauthorized immigrants from residing in the state, saying the matter is moot after the Trump administration dismissed the underlying suit.

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Adapting To Private Practice: From Fed. Prosecutor To BigLaw

Making the jump from government to private practice is no small feat, but, based on my experience transitioning to a business-driven environment after 15 years as an assistant U.S. attorney, it can be incredibly rewarding and help you become a more versatile lawyer, says Michael Beckwith at Dickinson Wright.

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Texas IP Attys Get $60K Sanction For Unauthorized Practice

By Brandon Lowrey

A San Francisco federal magistrate judge has leveled more than $60,000 in personal sanctions against Texas intellectual property lawyer William Ramey III and two other attorneys from his high-volume patent firm, saying two of them practiced law without a California license in numerous cases to escape paying out-of-state admission fees of $328 per lawyer.

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Ga. Restrictions On Litigation Funders Near Final Passage

By Chart Riggall

Georgia's House of Representatives on Thursday passed the Legislature's first attempt to rein in third-party litigation funders with new restrictions on the industry, advancing the other half of a sweeping civil litigation reform package championed by Republicans this spring.

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Guo Trustee Settles Clawbacks From Versace, Firms

By Aaron Keller

The Chapter 11 trustee handling convicted Chinese exile Miles Guo's estate has asked a Connecticut bankruptcy judge to approve 10 clawback settlements with Hodgson Russ LLP, BakerHostetler, luxury retailer Versace and others, ending claims totaling $8.6 million but keeping the terms under wraps for six months.

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Full 7th Circ. Urged To Review Law Prof's Retaliation Suit

By Celeste Bott

The full Seventh Circuit was asked on Thursday to revisit a panel's ruling reviving a retaliation claim from a law school professor at the University of Illinois in Chicago who was disciplined for including a redacted racist slur on an exam, saying the opinion "raises, without answering, questions of exceptional importance that will have sweeping implications for university officials."

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