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[EXTERNAL] Trump Ousts Office Of Government Ethics Director From: To: Bcc: Date: "Lee, Jessica K. EOPIOMB' (b) (6) Tue, 11 Feb 2025 04:21:55 -0500 Public Policy TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2025 i i What does job satisfaction mean to you? Click here to take the Law360 survey TOP NEWS Trump Ousts Office Of Government Ethics Director By Rae Ann Varona President Donald Trump has fired David Huitema, the director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, the independent agency announced on Monday, less than two months after Huitema started as the agency's head. Read full article I Save to favorites Trump Stops Enforcement Of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act By Bonnie Eslinger President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that puts a "pause" on enforcement of the federal Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, saying the law against U.S. companies bribing foreign officials to win business in other countries has made American companies less competitive. Read full article I Save to favorites Trump Admin Violating Order To Unfreeze Funds, Judge Says By Lauren Berg A Rhode Island federal judge ruled Monday the Trump administration is not complying with the court's temporary restraining order barring a freeze on funding for federal LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS Aidala Bertuna Barry Richard Law Firm Bell Giftos Binder & Schwartz Binnall Law Group Bochetto & Lentz Boles Schiller Boyle Shaughnessy Brooks Pierce Continental PLLC Cravath Swaine Crowell & Moring Crowley Fleck Cuneo Gilbert Davis Polk Dentons Fortis Law Partners Fragomen Del Rey 1 OMBA401FY25609ALitigation_000000680 Sierra Club v. OMB, Case No. 25-cv- 05732-LJC OMB 2025-825 SC_EVERSPLIT0022701 grants and programs, ordering the administration to immediately restore the frozen funds. LI 2 documents attached I Read full article I Save to favorites Trump's Firing Of Watchdog Office Head Paused By Judge By Rae Ann Varona The recently fired head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel will remain in his position, at least for a few more days, after a D.C. federal judge on Monday ordered a short pause on his termination the same day he sued to challenge the allegedly "unlawful" removal. =I Complaint attached I Read full article I Save to favorites House Dems Form Rapid Response Litigation Working Group By Courtney Buble House Democrats announced on Monday a new litigation initiative to confront the Trump administration and the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, which has been slashing federal funding, from stopping some government services and firing workers without Congressional approval. Read full article Save to favorites NC Gov. Sues To Take Back Power To Appoint Appeals Judges By Hayley Fowler North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein is challenging a Republicanbacked law that curbs his appointment powers for judicial vacancies in the state appellate courts, saying the maneuver tramples on the constitutionally protected separation of powers. LI Complaint attached I Read full article I Save to favorites GOP Sens. Restart Effort To Get Lawmaker OK For Major Regs By Christopher Cole It could become tougher for the Federal Communications Commission to adopt new rules for the telecom industry under a bill Republicans have reintroduced that would require a congressional green light for major new regulations. =I Bill attached I Read full article I Save to favorites Experts Sound Alarm After Musk, Vance Float Ignoring Judges Freshfields Garman Turner Gibson Dunn Goodwin Procter Goody Law Group Gunderson Dettmer Haley & Olson Hancock Daniel Hecker Fink Hirschler Hobbs Straus Hogan Lovells Holtzman Vogel Hughes Hubbard Hunton Andrews Husch Blackwell Jones Day Keches Law Group Kellogg Hansen Keosian Law Kirkland & Ellis Knight Law Group Knobbe Martens Latham & Watkins Lauro & Singer Law Office of David L. Meyer Lerch Early Lesnick Prince Lexington Law Group Lynn Pinker Manatt Phelps Mazow McCullough PC McCoy Leavitt Monahan & Associates PC Morgan & Morgan Morgan Brown & Joy LLP Morgan Lewis Morrison Foerster Motley Rice Munger Tolles O'Melveny & Myers Orrick Herrington Patterson Belknap Paul Hastings 2 OMBA401FY25609ALitigation_000000680 Sierra Club v. OMB, Case No. 25-cv- 05732-LJC OMB 2025-825 SC_EVERSPLIT0022702 By Jack Karp Attorneys and constitutional experts say the warning lights "are blinking red" after Vice President JD Vance and Trump confidante Elon Musk took to social media to attack the independence of the judiciary over the weekend. Read full article I Save to favorites NY Chief Judge: 'Our Criminal Justice System Isn't Working' By Frank G. Runyeon New York State Chief Judge Rowan Wilson harshly criticized incarceration rates in the court system he oversees during his annual address Monday, suggested new laws are needed, and even invited people convicted of murder to join him at the podium and speak on the issue. 1 document attached I Read full article I Save to favorites BANKING & SECURITIES FDIC's McKernan Exits Board As Republicans Max Out Seats By Aislinn Keely Republican Jonathan McKernan announced Monday that he'll vacate his seat on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s board, given the expiry of his term and the addition of a Trump appointee that brings the board to its maximum number of GOP-held seats. Read full article I Save to favorites 'Stand Down': CFPB's Acting Chief Pulls Employees Off Job By Jon Hill and Courtney Buble The Trump administration's acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Russell Vought told agency staff on Monday to "stand down" from doing any work, the latest in a series of rapid-fire moves that are sidelining the agency and prompting employees to sue. 2 documents attached I Read full article I Save to favorites SEC Grants Short-Selling Disclosure Reprieve, CAT Relief By Tom Zanki & Katryna Perera The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is providing a temporary exemption in order to allow investment managers more time to comply with new rules requiring increased disclosure on short selling, and separately said it will no longer require certain personally identifiable Perkins Coie Porter Wright Protass Law Quinn Emanuel Ropes & Gray Sauder Schelkopf Shapiro Haber Shartsis Friese Sheppard Mullin Sills Cummis Stradling Yocca Stubbs Alderton Sullivan & Cromwell Vasseghi Law Venable LLP Williams & Connolly WilmerHale Wilson Sonsini Zelle LLP COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS ACLU of New Mexico Airbnb Inc. American Airlines Group Inc. American Bar Association American Chemistry Council Inc. American Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire American College of Trial Lawyers Ankura Consulting Group LLC Apple Inc. AstraZeneca PLC Bank of America Corp. Biotechnology Innovation Organization Brennan Center for Justice Cable News Network Inc. Canadian Pacific Kansas City Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. Center for Constitutional Rights Church World Service Inc. Citeline 3 OMBA401FY25609ALitigation_000000680 Sierra Club v. OMB, Case No. 25-cv- 05732-LJC OMB 2025-825 SC_EVERSPLIT0022703 information to be reported to the market database known as the Consolidated Audit Trail. Read full article I Save to favorites ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL EPA Asks 5th Circ. To Uphold Asbestos Ban Rule By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is defending a Biden-era rule strengthening its restrictions on the use of the most prevalent variety of asbestos, which are being challenged by industry, worker and green groups. =I 3 documents attached I Read full article I Save to favorites HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES Mass. Judge Temporarily Blocks NIH Funding Cuts By Carolyn Muyskens A Massachusetts federal judge issued a temporary hold Monday on a Trump administration plan to slash grant funding provided by the National Institutes of Health after 22 states sued to block the cuts. 2 documents attached I Read full article I Save to favorites DC Judge Questions Abrupt Removal Of Public Health Info By Dan McKay A D.C. federal judge said he was wrestling with some "circular" arguments offered by the government on Monday as he weighed whether to order the restoration of public health web pages and datasets that had been taken down by the Trump administration. Read full article I Save to favorites TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE Colo. Nixes Suspension Of Medicaid Ride Company By Thy Vo Colorado's Medicaid agency rescinded the six-month suspension of a transportation company that provides nonemergency rides to patients ahead of a hearing Monday on the company's bid to block the suspension. Read full article I Save to favorites Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. Coinbase Global Inc. Council for Innovation Promotion Democracy Forward Foundation Earthworks Eli Lilly & Co. GenapSys Inc. Genentech Inc. General Motors Co. Google LLC Health First Inc. I-MAK Instagram Inc. International Refugee Assistance Prole( Investment Company Institute JPMorgan Chase & Co. Jetson Electric Bikes LLC Kansas City Southern Liberty Energy Inc. Make the Road New York Medlmmune LLC Meta Platforms Inc. NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund Inc. NBCUniversal Media LLC National Air Traffic Controllers Association National Treasury Employees Union Novo Nordisk A S Olin Corp. PSA Airlines Inc. Payward Inc. Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America Public Citizen Inc. Ripple Labs Inc. SAP AG Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Telefonica S.A. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The New York Times Co. UMR Inc. United Steelworkers University of California Davis 4 OMBA401FY25609ALitigation_000000680 Sierra Club v. OMB, Case No. 25-cv- 05732-LJC OMB 2025-825 SC_EVERSPLIT0022704 Gov't Defends Approval Of CP-KCS Rail Merger To DC Circ. By Matthew Perlman The federal government told the D.C. Circuit a coalition of Illinois towns is challenging the approval of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.'s $31 billion merger with Kansas City Southern Railway Co. over the deal's potential effect on just 23 miles of a combined rail network that spans more than 20,000 miles. Brief attached I Read full article I Save to favorites INSURANCE Calif. Ruling Holds Wildfire Debris Not A Coverable Loss By Eli Flesch Two California homeowners didn't have a covered claim for wildfire debris that infiltrated their home, a state appeals panel ruled, saying there was no evidence the debris caused the kind of loss or damage required for coverage. Opinion attached I Read full article I Save to favorites REAL ESTATE Dallas Loses Bid To Reinstate Short-Term Rental Ban By Spencer Brewer A Texas appeals court has ruled that two Dallas ordinances criticized for effectively banning short-term rentals don't gel with property rights enshrined in the state's constitution, siding with landlords who do business on Airbnb and Vrbo. Opinion attached I Read full article I Save to favorites EMPLOYMENT & BENEFITS Mass. Justices May Greenlight Ex-Court Atty's Firing Case By Julie Manganis Massachusetts' highest court on Monday hinted that it will allow a former ghostwriter for the state's intermediate appellate court to continue pursuing his wrongful firing claims against a former supervisor, but not necessarily against two higher-ups, in a challenge to the extent of common-law immunity for public officials. Read full article I Save to favorites UnitedHealth Unit Inks $20M Deal To End DOL Claims Row By Kellie Mejdrich A UnitedHealth subsidiary will pay more than $20 million to settle the U.S. Department of Labor's suit claiming it violated University of Southern California Walmart Inc. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Wawanesa General Insurance Co. eBay Inc. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS Bureau of Indian Affairs Bureau of Land Management California Attorney General's Office California Department of Justice California Natural Resources Agency California Supreme Court Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Commonwealth of Massachusetts Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Defense Information Systems Agency European Union Executive Office of the President Federal Aviation Administration Federal Bureau of Investigation Federal Communications Commission Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Federal Reserve System Federal Trade Commission Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria Food and Drug Administration Humboldt County, Nevada Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission Illinois Supreme Court Internal Revenue Service Los Angeles Superior Court Manhattan District Attorney's Office Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Credit Union Administration National Institutes of Health National Labor Relations Board 5 OMBA401FY25609ALitigation_000000680 Sierra Club v. OMB, Case No. 25-cv- 05732-LJC OMB 2025-825 SC_EVERSPLIT0022705 federal benefits law and employer health plans' own policies when it summarily rejected claims for emergency room services and drug tests, according to filings in Wisconsin federal court. 3 documents attached I Read full article I Save to favorites COMPETITION FTC Can't Get Cap On Meta's Up To 86 Antitrust Trial Witnesses By Bryan Koenig A D.C. federal judge refused Monday to limit the number of witnesses in the Federal Trade Commission's monopolization lawsuit against Meta Platforms, rejecting agency assertions that plans by the Facebook parent company for up to 86 witnesses are "unreasonable." 2 documents attached I Read full article I Save to favorites Apple Pushes DC Circ. To Pause Google Search Case By Matthew Perlman Apple told the D.C. Circuit on Monday it did not become clear that it needs to intervene in the government's search monopolization case against Google until enforcers proposed remedies that affected Apple's conduct too. -11 1 document attached I Read full article I Save to favorites CYBERSECURITY & PRIVACY 9th Circ. Affirms Officers' Immunity For Getting Phone Contents By Jared Foretek The Ninth Circuit on Monday upheld a summary judgment win for a sheriff and county prosecutor accused of illegally obtaining the contents of a drug arrestee's phone, ruling that they unlawfully got copies of the phone's contents but that the prosecutor who requested them was entitled to qualified immunity. Opinion attached I Read full article I Save to favorites 5th Circ. Urged To Reject Crypto Exec's Privacy Law Claim By Kat Lucero The IRS complied with a financial privacy law to summon third-party bank records belonging to a cryptocurrency executive under investigation, the U.S. government told the Fifth Circuit on Monday in the businessman's appeal to National Transportation Safety Board New York Attorney General's Office New York County District Attorney's Office New York State Unified Court System New York Supreme Court, New York County North Carolina General Assembly North Carolina Utilities Commission Occupational Safety and Health Administration Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia Office of the Comptroller of the Currenc Oregon Department of Justice Patent Trial and Appeal Board Seminole Tribe of Florida Summit Lake Paiute Tribe Surface Transportation Board Texas Judicial Branch Transportation Security Administration U.S. Agency for International Development U.S. Air Force U.S. Army U.S. Attorney's Office U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circu U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circ U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Ciro U.S. Department of Commerce U.S. Department of Defense U.S. Department of Energy U.S. Department of Health and Human Services U.S. Department of Homeland Security 6 OMBA401FY25609ALitigation_000000680 Sierra Club v. OMB, Case No. 25-cv- 05732-LJC OMB 2025-825 SC_EVERSPLIT0022706 overturn a lower court decision that rejected his bid to quash the summonses. 2 documents attached I Read full article I Save to favorites PERSONAL INJURY & MEDICAL MALPRACTICE Harvard Immunity For Body Part Thefts 'Gnaws' At Justice By Julie Manganis A judge on Massachusetts' highest court said Monday it's "problematic" that a state law could shield Harvard Medical School from liability in a suit by family members of people whose remains were allegedly sold off in parts by a rogue mortician. Read full article I Save to favorites PRODUCT LIABILITY Gun Owners Look To Revive Suit Over DC Metro Gun Law By Jared Foretek A group of D.C. and Virginia gun owners are asking the D.C. Circuit to revive their suit challenging a ban on guns in the region's Metro system, saying that the district judge who dismissed the case required that they get caught carrying on board to have standing. LI Brief attached I Read full article I Save to favorites AEROSPACE & DEFENSE SpaceX Says It Has Been Harmed By Coastal Commission By Daniel Wilson SpaceX has argued it should be allowed to move forward with its suit alleging the California Coastal Commission wrongly tried to block the company's rocket launches, saying it had been harmed by the commission's allegedly unconstitutional actions. 2 documents attached I Read full article I Save to favorites INTERNATIONAL TRADE Trump Sets Across-The-Board 25% Tariff On Steel And Aluminum By Alex Lawson U.S. Department of Justice U.S. Department of Labor U.S. Department of State U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Department of the Treasury U.S. District Court for the Central Distric of California 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 Nev Mexico U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island U.S. District Court for the Eastern Distri, of Tennessee U.S. District Court for the Middle Distric of Florida U.S. District Court for the Northern Dish of California U.S. District Court for the Northern Distr of Georgia U.S. District Court for the Northern Distr of Illinois U.S. District Court for the Northern Distr of Texas U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York U.S. District Court for the Western Distr of Texas U.S. District Court for the Western Distr of Washington U.S. District Court of the District of New Hampshire U.S. Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement U.S. Office Of Special Counsel U.S. Office of Government Ethics U.S. Office of Personnel Management U.S. Patent and Trademark Office U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission U.S. Senate U.S. Supreme Court 7 OMBA401FY25609ALitigation_000000680 Sierra Club v. OMB, Case No. 25-cv- 05732-LJC OMB 2025-825 SC_EVERSPLIT0022707 President Donald Trump teed up a 25% tariff on all imported steel and aluminum Monday evening, continuing a trend of sweeping, aggressive trade actions that have defined his first three weeks in office. Read full article I Save to favorites TAX Pension Execs Found Liable In $2B Danish Tax Fraud Case By David Hansen A New York federal jury found Monday by "clear and convincing evidence" that Denmark's tax agency reasonably relied on the false statements made on pension plan applications that were part of a $2.1 billion tax fraud scheme by pension plan executives. -11 Verdict attached I Read full article I Save to favorites US Office of Management and Budget United Nations United States District Court for the Distr of Colorado United States District Court for the Distr of Wyoming United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin III. House Bill Seeks Study Of Eliminating Property Tax System By Zak Kostro Illinois would direct its Department of Revenue and the governor's Office and Management and Budget to determine the possibility of eliminating the state's property tax system and replacing the revenue with income tax receipts under a bill introduced in the state House of Representatives. LI Bill attached I Read full article Save to favorites IMMIGRATION Bannon To Plead Guilty In Border Wall Fraud Case, Avoid Jail By Frank G. Runyeon Former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon plans to plead guilty as part of a deal with New York state prosecutors to resolve fraud charges connected to fundraising for a U.S. southern border wall, allowing him to avoid any prison time, one of his lawyers said Monday. Read full article Save to favorites Trump Administration Sued Over Passport Sex Designations By Elliot Weld A group of transgender and nonbinary people sued the Trump administration over an executive order that directed the U.S. Department of State to issue passports showing their sex assigned at birth, claiming the policy is one 8 OMBA401FY25609ALitigation_000000680 Sierra Club v. OMB, Case No. 25-cv- 05732-LJC OMB 2025-825 SC_EVERSPLIT0022708 example of the administration's "longstanding animus against transgender people." LI Complaint attached I Read full article I Save to favorites Refugee Program In Peril With Suspension, Suit Warns By Britain Eakin A group of refugees and nonprofits sued President Donald Trump on Monday in Washington federal court for suspending the U.S. refugee program and withholding federal funding for refugee services, calling it "an unprecedented attack on refugee resettlement infrastructure." -j Complaint attached I Read full article I Save to favorites NH Judge Latest To Block Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order By Madeline Lyskawa A third federal district judge has blocked President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship, as a New Hampshire judge on Monday issued a preliminary injunction from the bench during an early morning hearing. Order attached I Read full article >> Save to favorites NM Judge Won't Let Feds Send 4 Venezuelans To Guantanamo By Britain Eakin A New Mexico federal judge barred the Trump administration from sending four Venezuelans being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to Guantanamo after the detainees said they feared imminent transfer. 2 documents attached I Read full article Save to favorites Feds Says Religious Groups Can't Show Harm From ICE Raids By Madeline Lyskawa The Trump administration has urged a Maryland federal judge to reject religious groups' attempt to stop a new policy allowing immigration raids in places of worship, saying they have failed to show how they will be harmed by the policy change. Response attached I Read full article I Save to favorites WHITE COLLAR 9 OMBA401FY25609ALitigation_000000680 Sierra Club v. OMB, Case No. 25-cv- 05732-LJC OMB 2025-825 SC_EVERSPLIT0022709 DOJ Brass Want Bribery Charges Against NYC Mayor Dropped By Rachel Scharf The U.S. Department of Justice has moved to drop public corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, an extraordinary development in the wake of a public courtship between the embattled mayor and President Donald Trump. Read full article Save to favorites Trump Pardons Convicted Former III. Gov. Rod Blagojevich By Halley Konnath President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted of public corruption in 2011, calling him "a fine person" who was set up by "a lot of bad people." Read full article Save to favorites Atlanta's Inspector General Sued Over Financial Subpoenas By Chart Riggall A lobbyist and former campaign manager for a sitting Atlanta City Council member has sued the city's inspector general over allegations she violated state laws in issuing subpoenas for the lobbyist's bank records to bolster a "frivolous" corruption probe. Complaint attached Read full article I Save to favorites NATIVE AMERICAN Nevada Lithium Mine Violates Indigenous' Rights, Report Says By Crystal Owens The federal government's approval of an 18,000-acre openpit 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. -j Report attached I Read full article Save to favorites 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 10 OMBA401FY25609ALitigation_000000680 Sierra Club v. OMB, Case No. 25-cv- 05732-LJC OMB 2025-825 SC_EVERSPLIT0022710 vendor Seminole Hard Rock Digital, which the judge found cannot adequately represent the tribe's interests. L'I Order attached I Read full article Save to favorites 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. 2 documents attached I Read full article Save to favorites TELECOMMUNICATIONS FCC Ready To Lower The 'Boom' On Raucous Commercials By Christopher Cole The nation's telecommunications regulator will consider this month whether new rules are needed to cut the volume on blaring commercials that upset the relative calm of TV shows they accompany, according to a recent notice of proposed rulemaking. 1 document attached I Read full article I Save to favorites Prison Phone Co. Tells FCC Rate Cap Rules Cost Too Much By Nadia Dreid Prison phone company NCIC Correctional Services thinks the Federal Communications Commission messed up by preempting state and local laws to ban "site commissions," service provider-to-prison payments that critics call kickbacks. 1'3 Letter attached I Read full article Save to favorites CANNABIS Tenn. Cops Sued Over Traffic Stop Hemp Seizure By Katherine Smith Tennessee police officers have been hit with claims that they unlawfully seized more than $850,000 of hemp during a traffic stop under the false belief that it was an illegal substance, according to a new suit filed Thursday. Complaint attached I Read full article I Save to favorites >> 11 OMBA401FY25609ALitigation_000000680 Sierra Club v. OMB, Case No. 25-cv- 05732-LJC OMB 2025-825 SC_EVERSPLIT0022711 Ala. Sen. Files Bill To Ban THC In Hemp Products By Mike Curley Alabama Republican Sen. Tim Melson has filed a bill that would ban products that contain delta-8, delta-9 and delta10 -- which it identifies as psychoactive substances - from sale in the state. Bill attached ! Read full article ! Save to favorites EXPERT ANALYSIS What Day 1 Bondi Memos Mean For Corporate Compliance After Attorney General Pam Bondi's flurry of memos last week declaring new enforcement priorities on issues ranging from foreign bribery to diversity initiatives, companies must base their compliance programs on an understanding of their own core values and principles, says Hui Chen at CDE Advisors. Read full article ! Save to favorites What Employers Should Know For Next Round Of H-1B Filings With the fiscal year 2026 H-1B visa period opening soon, employers should brush up on the registration and filing procedures, as well as organize applicable data, to ensure they are ready for this dynamic, multistep process, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis. Read full article Save to favorites 5 Key Takeaways From Energy Secretary's Confirmation The recent confirmation hearing for U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright highlighted several important themes, including his vision for transforming the DOE, his nuanced stance on renewables, and a renewed emphasis on energy abundance and affordability, says Connor McCulloch at Ankura Consulting Group. Read full article Save to favorites SEC Motion Response Could Reveal New Crypto Approach Cumberland DRW recently filed to dismiss the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement action against it for the unlawful purchase and sale of digital asset securities, and the agency's response should unveil whether, and to what extent, the Trump administration will relax the federal government's stance on digital asset regulation, say attorneys at O'Melveny. Read full article Save to favorites Aviation Watch: Litigation Liabilities After DC Air Tragedy While it will likely take at least a year before the National Transportation Safety Board determines a probable cause for the Jan. 29 collision between a helicopter and a jet over 12 OMBA401FY25609ALitigation_000000680 Sierra Club v. OMB, Case No. 25-cv- 05732-LJC OMB 2025-825 SC_EVERSPLIT0022712 Washington, D.C., the facts so far suggest the government could face litigation claims, says Alan Hoffman, a retired attorney and aviation expert. Read full article I Save to favorites Opinion Congress Must Consider Accurate Data About Patent Thickets If Congress revisits a controversial bill this year aimed at limiting the number of patents pharmaceutical manufacturers could assert, it must make sure to act based on accurate reports -- such as a recent U.S. Patent and Trademark Office study that found no evidence of patent thicketing, says David Kappos at the Council for Innovation Promotion. Read full article I Save to favorites A Look At Drug Price Negotiation Program's Ongoing Impact More than two years after the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act and the rapid implementation of the drug price negotiation program, attorneys at Ropes & Gray discuss how the IRA has influenced licensing strategies, and how maximum fair prices under the law have economically affected certain drugs. Read full article I Save to favorites 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. Read full article I Save to favorites LEGAL INDUSTRY Injury Attys Admit 'Embarrassment' Of AI-Hallucinated Cites By Lauren Berg Morgan & Morgan PA and the Goody Law Group expressed "great embarrassment" Monday when they told the Wyoming federal judge overseeing a personal injury lawsuit against Walmart over an allegedly defective hoverboard that the pretrial motions they filed did, indeed, contain case law hallucinated by artificial intelligence. 1 2 documents attached Read full article Save to favorites 13 OMBA401FY25609ALitigation_000000680 Sierra Club v. OMB, Case No. 25-cv- 05732-LJC OMB 2025-825 SC_EVERSPLIT0022713 Goldstein Rearrested After Feds Say He Hid Millions In Crypto By Phillip Bantz, Ali Sullivan U.S. Supreme Court lawyer and SCOTUSbIog publisher Tom Goldstein was arrested again Monday following his earlier release on criminal tax evasion charges, after prosecutors alleged that he secretly made millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency transactions in recent days and was a serious risk to flee. LI 2 documents attached I Read full article Save to favorites Ex-FTC Commissioner's Accusers Call Damages Bid 'Fiction' By Emily Sawicki Women who accused former FTC Commissioner Joshua Wright of sexual misconduct stemming from his role as a law professor have told a Virginia judge that his damages expert in his defamation lawsuit against them failed to do his homework and his testimony shouldn't be allowed at the upcoming trial in the case. Memorandum attached Read full article I Save to favorites GenapSys Can't Claw Back Some Docs From Paul Hastings By Craig Clough A California judge ruled that GenapSys Inc. can claw back some documents it inadvertently released during discovery in a legal malpractice suit against Paul Hastings LLP, but that some documents discussed during depositions cannot be clawed back because attorneys for GenapSys did not lodge proper objections during the proceedings. Order attached Read full article ' Save to favorites Orrick Lands 13-Atty VC Team From Gunderson Dettmer In LA By Rose Krebs Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced Monday that it has hired a 13-attorney team from Gunderson Dettmer, including the co-founders of its Los Angeles office, to bolster its tech company and venture capital services. Read full article Save to favorites Morgan Lewis Adds 5 Knobbe Martens IP Attys On West Coast By James Mills Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP continues expanding its intellectual property team, announcing Monday it is bringing 14 OMBA401FY25609ALitigation_000000680 Sierra Club v. OMB, Case No. 25-cv- 05732-LJC OMB 2025-825 SC_EVERSPLIT0022714 in a team of five Knobbe Martens IP litigators as partners in its West Coast offices. Read full article I Save to favorites Roundup What Judges Want You To Know: You Can't Fool The Court 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 first installment of a two-part series, Law360 has pulled together advice over the last few years that remains as relevant as ever. Read full article I Save to favorites Fragomen Opens Pittsburgh Shop With 6 Dentons Attys By James Boyle A team of six attorneys recently moved its immigrationfocused practices from Dentons Cohen & Grigsby to help Fragomen open a new office in Pittsburgh, the firm announced Monday. Read full article I Save to favorites 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. Read full article I Save to favorites Not sure if your firm subscribes? Ask your librarian. We hope you found this message to be useful. However, if you'd rather not receive future emails of this sort, you may unsubscribe here. Please DO NOT reply to this email. For customer support inquiries, please call +1-646-783-7100 or visit our Contact US page. 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