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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 8m
Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. is leaning on DLA Piper to push back against a lawsuit over a move to sell quicker access to President Donald Trump’s Truth Social posts.
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DLA Piper Expands Trump Ties With Filing in Truth Social Case
Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. is leaning on DLA Piper to push back against a lawsuit over a move to sell quicker access to President Donald Trump’s Truth Social posts.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 27m
The Justice Department accused Minnesota federal judges of misconduct by speaking to the New York Times about government lawyers violating court orders during the Trump administration’s immigration surge in the state.
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DOJ Accuses Minnesota Judges of Misconduct for Media Remarks (1)
The Justice Department accused Minnesota federal judges of misconduct by speaking to the New York Times about government lawyers violating court orders during the Trump administration’s immigration surge in the state.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 48m
A Labor Department regulation that’s expected to make it easier for businesses to classify workers as independent contractors instead of employees has arrived at the White House’s regulatory review office, its last stop before final publication.
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Trump DOL Rule Easing Path to Contractor Status in Final Review
A Labor Department regulation that’s expected to make it easier for businesses to classify workers as independent contractors instead of employees has arrived at the White House’s regulatory review office, its last stop before final publication.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 1h
Thirty-seven people have died while detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement since last fall, the deadliest fiscal year on record for the agency.
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Immigrant Deaths in ICE Custody Nearly Double as Oversight Wanes
Thirty-seven people have died while detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement since last fall, the deadliest fiscal year on record for the agency.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 1h
The Federal Trade Commission is scrutinizing OpenAI, Anthropic PBC and other artificial intelligence companies about the safety of their products amid high-profile cybersecurity incidents, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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FTC Probing OpenAI, Anthropic Over Product Safety Concerns (1)
The Federal Trade Commission is scrutinizing OpenAI, Anthropic PBC and other artificial intelligence companies about the safety of their products amid high-profile cybersecurity incidents, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 1h
TikTok Inc. can have a temporary pause from trial court proceedings while it appeals a Texas state court’s ruling that it lied about its ability to keep harmful material from children, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday.
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TikTok Granted Brief Stay As Texas Harmful Content Trial Looms
TikTok Inc. can have a temporary pause from trial court proceedings while it appeals a Texas state court’s ruling that it lied about its ability to keep harmful material from children, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 2h
The EEOC asked a Massachusetts federal judge to compel Harvard University to produce documents related to its diversity and inclusion programs as part of an agency investigation into alleged bias against White, Asian, male, and heterosexual workers on campus.
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Harvard Sued by EEOC for Diversity Data in Anti-White Bias Probe
The EEOC asked a Massachusetts federal judge to compel Harvard University to produce documents related to its diversity and inclusion programs as part of an agency investigation into alleged bias against White, Asian, male, and heterosexual workers on campus.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 2h
Harvard University lost its appeals court bid to continue excluding psychology PhD students from the union that represents thousands of graduate student-workers at the school.
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Harvard Falls Short in First Circuit Spat Over Union’s Rolls (1)
Harvard University lost its appeals court bid to continue excluding psychology PhD students from the union that represents thousands of graduate student-workers at the school.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 2h
Federal lawmakers’ move to permanently raise debt limits for bankruptcy relief will give more small businesses and individuals access to options that were previously out of reach under current economic pressures and persistent inflation.
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Higher Debt Caps to Boost Small Business, Personal Bankruptcies
Federal lawmakers’ move to permanently raise debt limits for bankruptcy relief will give more small businesses and individuals access to options that were previously out of reach under current economic pressures and persistent inflation.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 3h
A union’s efforts to represent Stanford University students working at residential halls present an opportunity for the Republican-controlled National Labor Relations Board to roll back organizing rights in higher education.
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Stanford Union Case Tees Up Student Organizing for Trump NLRB
A union’s efforts to represent Stanford University students working at residential halls present an opportunity for the Republican-controlled National Labor Relations Board to roll back organizing rights in higher education.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 3h
The Senate’s passage of the Protect College Sports Act drew scorn from some observers who say the bill, if passed into law, would unfairly shield the NCAA from antitrust liability and leave student athletes vulnerable.
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College Sports Act’s Senate Success Draws Antitrust Criticism
The Senate’s passage of the Protect College Sports Act drew scorn from some observers who say the bill, if passed into law, would unfairly shield the NCAA from antitrust liability and leave student athletes vulnerable.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 3h
As federal authorities work to issue permits for mining in and beyond US waters, industry officials are making plans to build infrastructure the country lacks to process what’s recovered from the ocean floor.
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Critical Minerals Refining Gap to Test Deep-Sea Mining Ambitions
As federal authorities work to issue permits for mining in and beyond US waters, industry officials are making plans to build infrastructure the country lacks to process what’s recovered from the ocean floor.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 4h
Opinion: As AI tools improve and spread, deepfake fraud becomes more foreseeable, Segal McCambridge attorneys say.
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AI Deepfake Fraud Raises Liability Stakes for Banks and Business
Opinion: As AI tools improve and spread, deepfake fraud becomes more foreseeable, Segal McCambridge attorneys say.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 4h
Opinion: When an industry transforms, companies must decide whether to chart a new course that sacrifices near-term stability for a chance at a long-term edge. We are at this point in the legal industry, writes former McDermott Chair Peter Sacripanti.
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Firms Should Shed the Billable Hour Soon to Weather the AI Storm
Opinion: When an industry transforms, companies must decide whether to chart a new course that sacrifices near-term stability for a chance at a long-term edge. We are at this point in the legal industry, writes former McDermott Chair Peter Sacripanti.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 5h
Thirty-seven people have died while detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement since last fall, the deadliest fiscal year on record for the agency.
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Immigrant Deaths in ICE Custody Nearly Double as Oversight Wanes
Thirty-seven people have died while detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement since last fall, the deadliest fiscal year on record for the agency.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 7h
A federal judge in Georgia tossed a lesbian nurse’s claims that a hospital discriminated against her by requiring employees to engage in “procreative sex” before qualifying for fertility benefits.
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Hospital Defeats Lesbian Nurse’s Fertility Benefits Bias Claims
A federal judge in Georgia tossed a lesbian nurse’s claims that a hospital discriminated against her by requiring employees to engage in “procreative sex” before qualifying for fertility benefits.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 9h
The head of the US Labor Department’s employee benefits regulator took over the subagency last year and has reshaped its regulatory and enforcement landscape around employer-sponsored health and retirement plans.
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DOL Benefits Head Stamps Agency Through Staffing, Enforcement
The head of the US Labor Department’s employee benefits regulator took over the subagency last year and has reshaped its regulatory and enforcement landscape around employer-sponsored health and retirement plans.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 11h
Moderna Inc. and Pfizer Inc. failed to convince a federal judge in Delaware to toss a pair of lawsuits from Bayer accusing their Covid-19 vaccines of infringing a crop-based genetic-engineering patent.
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Bayer Advances Patent Suit Over Moderna, Pfizer Covid Vaccines
Moderna Inc. and Pfizer Inc. failed to convince a federal judge in Delaware to toss a pair of lawsuits from Bayer accusing their Covid-19 vaccines of infringing a crop-based genetic-engineering patent.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 13h
Opinion: Hogan Lovells Cadwalader's Martin Weinstein reflects on his experience as a federal prosecutor and argues that DOJ service, despite current controversies and job losses, remains one of the legal profession's most valuable training grounds.
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Junior Lawyers Shouldn’t Shrink From Surplus DOJ Job Openings
Opinion: Hogan Lovells Cadwalader's Martin Weinstein reflects on his experience as a federal prosecutor and argues that DOJ service, despite current controversies and job losses, remains one of the legal profession's most valuable training grounds.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 13h
Factual disputes about Washing Systems LLC technical consultants’ daily work prevent either the US Labor Department or the laundry chemical supplier from claiming an early win on overtime exemptions, according to an Ohio federal court hearing the agency’s wage and hour suit.
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Chemical Consultant Overtime Carveouts Left for Trial in DOL Row
Factual disputes about Washing Systems LLC technical consultants’ daily work prevent either the US Labor Department or the laundry chemical supplier from claiming an early win on overtime exemptions, according to an Ohio federal court hearing the agency’s wage and hour suit.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 14h
A New York City attorney came under fire from federal appeals court judges questioning whether municipal rules requiring for-hire luxury car drivers to report every pickup and drop-off location enhance public safety more than they invade privacy.
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NYC’s For-Hire Car Reporting Rules Scrutinized by Second Circuit
A New York City attorney came under fire Tuesday from federal appeals court judges questioning whether municipal rules requiring for-hire luxury car drivers to report every pickup and drop-off location enhance public safety more than they invade privacy.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 14h
The Trump administration’s pullback from food stamp funding expands this week, leaving states and counties facing higher costs to feed more than 36 million low-income people.
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Trump’s Latest Food Stamp Cut Hits States Wary of Lasting Costs
The Trump administration’s pullback from food stamp funding expands this week, leaving states and counties facing higher costs to feed more than 36 million low-income people.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 15h
Carlyle Group Inc. prevailed in court against the founder of an AI-driven health data platform, winning more than $7 million over the revenue recognition scheme he ran after its private equity sale.
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Carlyle Wins Dispute Over AI Platform Linked to Pfizer Covid Vax
Carlyle Group Inc. prevailed in court Tuesday against the founder of an AI-driven health data platform, winning more than $7 million over the revenue recognition scheme he ran after its private equity sale.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 15h
Processing of visas for tourists and business travelers coming to the US has surpassed pre-Covid levels, but staffing at consulates has failed to meet demand, a Government Accountability Office report found.
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Visitor Visa Wait Times Now Eight Times Higher Than Pre-Pandemic
Processing of visas for tourists and business travelers coming to the US has surpassed pre-Covid levels, but staffing at consulates has failed to meet demand, a Government Accountability Office report found.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 16h
Two MyFitnessPal Inc. users advanced claims that the company failed to protect their information from being shared with third parties after they opted out of non-essential cookies.
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MyFitnessPal Denied Bid to Toss Users’ Cookie Tracking Lawsuit
Two MyFitnessPal Inc. users advanced claims that the company failed to protect their information from being shared with third parties after they opted out of non-essential cookies.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 16h
President Donald Trump endorsed using outside auditors to assess the safety of artificial intelligence systems through an accord with Silicon Valley leaders that seeks to sidestep new government rules in addressing a groundswell of concern over AI risks.
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Trump Backs Independent AI Audits in Shift of Safety Posture
President Donald Trump endorsed using outside auditors to assess the safety of artificial intelligence systems through an accord with Silicon Valley leaders that seeks to sidestep new government rules in addressing a groundswell of concern over AI risks.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 16h
Sullivan & Cromwell’s collaboration with OpenAI gave the powerful Wall Street law firm access to some of the most sought-after specialists in law and tech: the company’s engineers.
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Sullivan & Cromwell’s OpenAI Gambit Delivers Tech Talent Access
Sullivan & Cromwell’s collaboration with OpenAI gave the powerful Wall Street law firm access to some of the most sought-after specialists in law and tech: the company’s engineers.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 17h
An en banc Ninth Circuit panel appeared willing to scrap a long-criticized copyright infringement test used to determine whether works are substantially similar Tuesday, spending considerable time asking what should replace it.
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Ninth Circuit Looks Ready to Dump Decades-Old Copyright Test
An en banc Ninth Circuit panel appeared willing to scrap a long-criticized copyright infringement test used to determine whether works are substantially similar Tuesday, spending considerable time asking what should replace it.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 17h
The Treasury Department must prove to a federal judge that it is distributing $289 million Congress pegged for community lenders despite its assurances in previous court filings that the money will go out the door.
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Treasury Must Show Judge $289 Million Sent to Community Lenders
The Treasury Department must prove to a federal judge that it is distributing $289 million Congress pegged for community lenders despite its assurances in previous court filings that the money will go out the door.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 17h
Boeing Co. defeated claims from Southwest Airlines pilots that the aircraft manufacturer induced them into a collective bargaining agreement with misrepresentations about the 737 MAX airliner, a Texas Business Court judge ruled.
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Boeing Beats Southwest Pilots’ Wages Claims over 737 Grounding
Boeing Co. defeated claims from Southwest Airlines pilots that the aircraft manufacturer induced them into a collective bargaining agreement with misrepresentations about the 737 MAX airliner, a Texas Business Court judge ruled.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 18h
The SEC’s decision to greenlight Tesla Inc.‘s individual shareholder voting program extends far beyond one company, offering a framework for businesses that want to take similar steps.
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SEC, Tesla Craft Model for Retail Investor Voting Programs (1)
The SEC’s decision to greenlight Tesla Inc.‘s individual shareholder voting program extends far beyond one company, offering a framework for businesses that want to take similar steps.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 18h
Westlaw’s owner Tuesday convinced a federal appeals court to uphold a first-of-its-kind ruling that Ross Intelligence’s competing AI tool didn’t make fair use of its headnotes under copyright law.
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Westlaw Retains Win Over Use of Headnotes to Train AI Competitor
Westlaw’s owner Tuesday convinced a federal appeals court to uphold a first-of-its-kind ruling that Ross Intelligence’s competing AI tool didn’t make fair use of its headnotes under copyright law.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 19h
Former US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and casino tycoon Steve Wynn filed a lawsuit challenging New York’s pied-à-terre tax, saying that it’s unconstitutional because it only targets people who live outside the city.
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Wilbur Ross, Steve Wynn Sue Over New York Pied-a-Terre Tax (1)
Former US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and casino tycoon Steve Wynn filed a lawsuit challenging New York’s pied-à-terre tax, saying that it’s unconstitutional because it only targets people who live outside the city.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 19h
The Kennedy Center faces financial and physical collapse unless the decades-old performing arts venue recognizes President Donald Trump by name, Justice Department officials told a federal appeals court in its bid to undo a court ruling against it.
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Kennedy Center Is ‘Crumbling’ Without Trump’s Name, DOJ Says
The Kennedy Center faces financial and physical collapse unless the decades-old performing arts venue recognizes President Donald Trump by name, Justice Department officials told a federal appeals court in its bid to undo a court ruling against it.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 20h
The EPA’s biggest union sued the agency in federal court on Tuesday over the Trump administration’s termination of the 2024 collective bargaining agreement.
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EPA Union Sues Agency Over Sudden Termination of Contract
The EPA’s biggest union sued the agency in federal court on Tuesday over the Trump administration’s termination of the 2024 collective bargaining agreement.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 20h
President Donald Trump shot down the idea of new federal regulations on artificial intelligence after meeting at the White House with top industry executives amid growing global concerns over threats posed by the technology.
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Trump Rejects AI Safety Laws After Meeting Industry Titans (1)
President Donald Trump shot down the idea of new federal regulations on artificial intelligence after meeting at the White House with top industry executives amid growing global concerns over threats posed by the technology.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 21h
Independent investigators couldn’t verify that the Department of Government Efficiency protected sensitive federal data at half a dozen agencies at the beginning of the Trump administration, according to a new report from congressional auditors.
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Agencies Withheld Information on DOGE Data Access, Watchdog Says
Independent investigators couldn’t verify that the Department of Government Efficiency protected sensitive federal data at half a dozen agencies at the beginning of the Trump administration, according to a new report from congressional auditors.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 21h
Former US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and casino tycoon Steve Wynn filed a lawsuit challenging New York’s pied-à-terre tax, saying that it’s unconstitutional because it only targets people who live outside the city.
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Wilbur Ross, Steve Wynn Sue Over New York Pied-a-Terre Tax (1)
Former US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and casino tycoon Steve Wynn filed a lawsuit challenging New York’s pied-à-terre tax, saying that it’s unconstitutional because it only targets people who live outside the city.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 21h
The US Supreme Court for now let the Trump administration resume deporting undocumented people to countries other than their own with little if any notice. The court will hear arguments on the issue in December.
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Supreme Court Lets Trump’s Third-Country Deportations Resume (1)
The US Supreme Court for now let the Trump administration resume deporting undocumented people to countries other than their own with little if any notice. The court will hear arguments on the issue in December.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 22h
The Trump administration’s final rule resetting fuel economy standards for automobiles has ignited a debate over whether the rule will make Americans’ lives more or less affordable.
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Trump’s Fuel Economy Rollback Stokes Worry About Long-Term Cost
The Trump administration’s final rule resetting fuel economy standards for automobiles has ignited a debate over whether the rule will make Americans’ lives more or less affordable.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 22h
The Trump administration has notched a series of wins in its legal campaign to overturn tuition benefits for immigrant students — often with no resistance from states where they’re offered.
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Trump DOJ Pushes Federal, State Clash on Immigrant Tuition Laws
The Trump administration has notched a series of wins in its legal campaign to overturn tuition benefits for immigrant students — often with no resistance from states where they’re offered.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 22h
A new crop of worker misclassification lawsuits brought by AI trainers will potentially benefit from a worker-friendly test forged in earlier gig economy battles and the data trails created by their work.
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AI Data Trainers Suits Open New Misclassification Fight Frontier
A new crop of worker misclassification lawsuits brought by AI trainers will potentially benefit from a worker-friendly test forged in earlier gig economy battles and the data trails created by their work.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 23h
Recently released federal documents show the Trump administration planned an expansion of an AI-driven Medicare prior authorization program to millions more patients nationwide, drawing concern after early data from the pilot points to delays in care.
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Medicare’s Plan to Expand AI Program Criticized as Overreach
Recently released federal documents show the Trump administration planned an expansion of an AI-driven Medicare prior authorization program to millions more patients nationwide, drawing concern after early data from the pilot points to delays in care.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 23h
Some Massumi + Consoli partners agreed to take pay cuts as a part of a deal to get private equity investment in the law firm’s tech operations, betting that selling a stake in its back office will pay off in the long run.
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Partners OK Pay Cuts in Massumi + Consoli Private Equity Deal
Some Massumi + Consoli partners agreed to take pay cuts as a part of a deal to get private equity investment in the law firm’s tech operations, betting that selling a stake in its back office will pay off in the long run.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 23h
The Department of Homeland Security walked back how much it will raise immigrant investor visa fees in a final rule after draft regulations were released last year.
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Immigrant Investor Visa Fees Get Overhaul in Final DHS Rule (1)
The Department of Homeland Security walked back how much it will raise immigrant investor visa fees in a final rule after draft regulations were released last year.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 29/09/2026
The US Federal Trade Commission and seven states can proceed with their consumer protection lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment Inc. and its Ticketmaster subsidiary over large-scale ticket resale operations, a federal court ruled.
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Ticketmaster, Live Nation Are Stuck With FTC Ticket Resale Suit
The US Federal Trade Commission and seven states can proceed with their consumer protection lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment Inc. and its Ticketmaster subsidiary over large-scale ticket resale operations, a federal court ruled.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 29/09/2026
The war in Iran has put ICE detainees from that country in a unique position: They’re being released at a faster pace than ICE is arresting them.
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Courts Free Iranians From Detention Faster Than ICE Arrests Them
The war in Iran has put ICE detainees from that country in a unique position: They’re being released at a faster pace than ICE is arresting them.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 29/09/2026
The head of the US Labor Department’s employee benefits regulator took over the subagency last year and has reshaped its regulatory and enforcement landscape around employer-sponsored health and retirement plans.
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DOL Benefits Head Stamps Agency Through Staffing, Enforcement
The head of the US Labor Department’s employee benefits regulator took over the subagency last year and has reshaped its regulatory and enforcement landscape around employer-sponsored health and retirement plans.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 29/09/2026
Apple Inc. found itself on the losing end of the largest patent infringement verdict in US history last week, a landmark event that at least one IP observer said reflects mounting public frustration with Big Tech that could usher in similar mammoth awards.
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Apple’s Record $5.7 Billion Loss Exposes Irritation at Big Tech
Apple Inc. found itself on the losing end of the largest patent infringement verdict in US history last week, a landmark event that at least one IP observer said reflects mounting public frustration with Big Tech that could usher in similar mammoth awards.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 29/09/2026
The Trump administration’s pullback from food stamp funding expands this week, leaving states and counties facing higher costs to feed more than 36 million low-income people.
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Trump’s Latest Food Stamp Cut Hits States Wary of Lasting Costs
The Trump administration’s pullback from food stamp funding expands this week, leaving states and counties facing higher costs to feed more than 36 million low-income people.
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