A coalition of Democratic senators is urging Department of Homeland Security Director Kristi Noem to issue guidance to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on acceptable forms of tribal identification as proof of U.S. citizenship, arguing that immigration raids have stoked fear and panic for many Indigenous citizens.
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Dems Call For DHS To Stop Tribal Searches, Interrogations

By Crystal Owens

A coalition of Democratic senators is urging Department of Homeland Security Director Kristi Noem to issue guidance to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on acceptable forms of tribal identification as proof of U.S. citizenship, arguing that immigration raids have stoked fear and panic for many Indigenous citizens.

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Green, Tribal Orgs Ask To Defend Biden DOI's Coal Decision

By Joyce Hanson

Tribal and conservation groups have asked a federal court to let them join Wyoming and Montana's suit against the U.S. Department of the Interior over the Biden administration's 2024 decision ending new coal leasing on public lands in the Powder River Basin.

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Energy Co. Says Osage Shouldn't Rush To Destroy Wind Farm

By Crystal Owens

Enel Green Power North America is urging a federal district court to stay a $4.2 million judgment and order requiring it to remove 84 wind turbines from the Osage Nation's reservation while it appeals to the Tenth Circuit, arguing that the appellate court could find their destruction was unnecessary.

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Insurers Ask High Court To Review Tribal Jurisdiction Order

By Ganesh Setty

A group of insurers led by AIG unit Lexington Insurance Co. urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Ninth Circuit ruling ordering them to litigate COVID-19-related property insurance claims in Suquamish Tribal Court despite the insurers' contention that the coverage claims related to "off-reservation conduct."

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POLICY & REGULATION

Brief

First Native American To Serve As Judge In NM District

By Crystal Owens

An attorney who is a member of the Navajo Nation will take the oath of office next month to become the first Native American to serve as a judge for New Mexico's Eleventh Judicial District of San Juan and McKinley counties.

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LITIGATION

Judge Questions Trump Administration Fund Freeze Authority

By Julie Manganis

A Rhode Island federal judge on Friday left in place a temporary restraining order blocking a funding freeze by President Donald Trump's administration until the judge can rule on a request by a coalition of states for a preliminary injunction.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Judge Who Ordered Pages Restored Put On Impeachment List

By Courtney Bublé

A Republican U.S. congressman announced Monday he has introduced articles of impeachment against a Washington, D.C., federal judge, following the judge's ruling ordering public health agencies temporarily to restore the web pages they took down in response to a Trump administration order to scrub pages of "gender ideology."

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Injury Attys Sanctioned Over AI-Hallucinated Case Citations

By Lauren Berg

A Wyoming federal judge overseeing a personal injury lawsuit against Walmart sanctioned the plaintiffs' attorneys from Morgan & Morgan PA and the Goody Law Group after they filed pretrial motions containing case law hallucinated by artificial intelligence, but acknowledged Monday their "remedial steps, transparency and apologetic sentiments."

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Texas Atty Dinged For AI-Generated Fake Citations In Briefs

By Emily Sawicki

A Texas lawyer could face a $15,000 personal sanction and other potential discipline for filing three separate briefs using generative artificial intelligence that included fake citations in an Indiana ERISA case, according to a report and recommendation by a federal judge in the Hoosier State.

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ABA Suspends Law School DEI Standards Until Summer

By Tracey Read

The American Bar Association has announced that it is holding off on enforcing its diversity and inclusion standards for law schools in light of recent executive orders by the new presidential administration.

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Reed Smith Adds 16 Laterals To Launch Denver Office

By Aebra Coe

Reed Smith LLP is bringing on more than a dozen lateral attorney hires from Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP, Foley Hoag LLP, Dentons, Akerman LLP, Greenberg Traurig LLP and Cooley LLP to launch its new Denver office, the firm announced Monday.

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Freshfields Launches In Boston, Led By Ex-Latham Partner

By Tracey Read

London-founded Freshfields LLP announced Monday that it has opened its fourth U.S. office in Boston, and that it has added a former Latham & Watkins LLP partner to lead the Beantown build-out.

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McDermott Expands To Nashville With 4 Hires From K&L Gates

By Xiumei Dong

McDermott Will & Emery LLP has opened a new office in Nashville, Tennessee, bringing on four healthcare-focused partners from K&L Gates LLP to lead the expansion, the firm announced Monday.

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Gunnercooke Opens In Chicago With Ex-FisherBroyles Team

By Matt Perez

U.K.-based law firm Gunnercooke LLP announced the launch of a Chicago office, marking the second state it has entered since launching in New York in 2022.

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Trump Media Co. Wants TRO Against Brazilian Justice

By Carolina Bolado

President Donald Trump's media company and online video sharing platform Rumble Inc. have asked a Florida federal court for a temporary restraining order blocking a Brazilian Supreme Federal Court justice's gag orders, arguing they illegally suppress political speech in the United States.

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Feature

'We Need Go No Further': 10 Notable Judge Bruce Selya Lines

By Chris Villani

Senior First Circuit Judge Bruce Selya, who died Saturday at age 90, will be remembered not only for the opinions he wrote but for the flowery language he used to write them. Here are 10 of the judge's notable "Selyanisms" from recent years.

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Moves To Change Del. Corporate Law Spark Pushback

By Jeff Montgomery

A public opposition campaign complete with website and street signs has surfaced to oppose corporation and bar-backed legislation that would overhaul Delaware stockholder litigation rights and fee awards, intensifying an already unprecedented political fight that broke out last year over corporate governance concessions.

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Brief

DC Circ. To Hear Judge Newman's Appeal In April

By Andrew Karpan

The D.C. Circuit has set a date in April to hear an appeal from Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman, who is fighting her suspension from the bench for refusing to undergo medical tests.

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Lloyd's Says Cadwalader's Suit Claims Nonexistent Tort

By Ryan Harroff

A Lloyd's of London syndicate has urged a North Carolina judge to toss part of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP's coverage lawsuit stemming from a data breach, saying there's no tort remedy for the allegation that the insurer exposed the firm's confidential information in a court filing.

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Feds Fight Reinstatement Of Ousted Inspectors General

By Ali Sullivan

The Trump administration fired back at a lawsuit brought by eight inspectors general who were fired last month, telling a D.C. federal judge that federal law does not require the president to hold off on the terminations for 30 days after notifying Congress.

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DA Willis Says 'Makes No Sense' To DQ Her From Trump Case

By Emily Johnson

Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis is arguing to the Georgia Supreme Court that her disqualification from prosecuting the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and others was unprecedented, asserting that her ousting over the appearance of impropriety creates a dangerous precedent.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Activision Blizzard Inc.

American Bar Association

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American Medical Association Inc.

American Psychiatric Association

American Psychological Association

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.

Center for Biological Diversity Inc.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc.

Delaware State Bar Association

Earthjustice

Fullbridge Inc.

Gallup Inc.

Google LLC

Harvard University

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Lexington Insurance Co.

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Meta Platforms Inc.

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Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway Inc.

New Civil Liberties Alliance

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RELX PLC

Sierra Club

Tesla Inc.

Twitter Inc.

Villanova University

Walmart Inc.

Western Environmental Law Center

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

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Federal Railroad Administration

Food and Drug Administration

Georgia Court of Appeals

Georgia Supreme Court

Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas

National Labor Relations Board

Navajo Nation

Northern Cheyenne Tribe

Suquamish Tribe

Tohono O'odham Nation

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

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Interior

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 Rhode Island

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Office of Personnel Management

U.S. Supreme Court

US Office of Management and Budget

United States District Court for the District of Wyoming

United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

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