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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today in South Carolina's bid to cut off public funding to Planned Parenthood in a case that could bolster efforts by conservative-leaning states to deprive the reproductive healthcare and abortion provider of government money, our colleagues Andrew Chung and John Kruzel report. The suit was brought under an 1871 law that helps people challenge illegal acts by state officials. At issue is whether Medicaid recipients have the right to challenge state determinations that exclude a particular healthcare provider, in this case Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, from receiving federal funds. This is the third time the defunding dispute from South Carolina has reached the Supreme Court, which in 2020 rejected the state's appeal at an earlier stage of the case. In 2023, the justices ordered a lower court to reconsider the state's arguments in light of a new ruling they had just issued. In March 2024, for the third time, the 4th Circuit sided with the plaintiffs. South Carolina is represented by John Bursch of the Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative religious rights group. Planned Parenthood is represented by Mayer Brown's Nicole Saharsky. |
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- Northwestern University's legal clinics are being investigated by a U.S. House committee over one of the clinic's representation of protesters who the committee alleges engaged in "illegal, antisemitic conduct," in what appears to be the first U.S. school to be subjected to a Congressional inquiry over legal representation.
- Senate Democrats are questioning whether a senior official in the DOJ told the truth in his confirmation hearing in February about his knowledge of a plan to dismiss corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams, our colleague Luc Cohen reports.
- OpenAI said it will raise up to $40 billion in a new funding round led by SoftBank Group at a $300 billion valuation to advance AI research, expand computational infrastructure and enhance its tools. Law firm Morrison Foerster advised SoftBank.
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That's how many Venezuelans the Trump administration deported to El Salvador, despite dozens of them having active asylum cases. The administration claimed the immigrants were Venezuelan gang members, but otherwise has provided scant information about the deportees. Our colleagues Sarah Kinosian, Kristina Cooke and Ted Hesson reveal a comprehensive picture of how the men on those flights became caught up in a rapid-fire deportation process. |
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"Wherever in the world you travel, the protection of the United States travels with you."
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—Arnold & Porter's Kent Yalowitz arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of plaintiffs in a case examining the legality of a 2019 law passed by Congress to facilitate lawsuits against Palestinian authorities by Americans killed or injured in attacks abroad. The plaintiffs are pursuing monetary damages for violence years ago in Israel and the West Bank, and appealing a lower court's ruling that the law at issue violated the due process rights of the Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization. Read more. |
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- Perkins Coie and the DOJ are due to file new court papers in D.C. federal court in the law firm's challenge to an executive order President Trump issued against the firm over its work for Hillary Clinton. The firm, represented by Williams & Connolly, has called the White House's move retaliatory and unlawful.
- A cryptocurrency firm is scheduled to be sentenced after pleading guilty to U.S. charges that it offered to help manipulate the market for a digital token created at the FBI's behest to help uncover fraud in the crypto sector. CLS Global was one of the three companies and 15 individuals charged last year by federal prosecutors in Boston following a novel crypto-focused undercover investigation.
Court calendars are subject to last-minute docket changes.
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- Wilson Sonsini added antitrust partners Bonnie Lau in San Francisco and Brian Smith in Chicago. Lau was previously at Morrison Foerster, and Smith arrives from K&L Gates. (Wilson Sonsini)
- Weil added New York-based banking and finance partner Tom Hashagen, previously a managing director at Goldman Sachs. (Weil)
- Debevoise brought on Vadim Avdeychik in New York as an investment management group partner from Clifford Chance. (Debevoise)
- James Davidson joined Hogan Lovells as a capital markets partner in the firm's REIT practice, based in D.C. and Houston. He moves over from Hunton Andrews Kurth. (Hogan Lovells)
- Haynes Boone added partner Michele Navazio as co-chair of the firm's derivatives practice in New York from Seward & Kissel. (Haynes Boone)
- M&A partner Bradley Edmister moved to Venable in New York from Hogan Lovells. (Venable)
>> More moves to share? Please drop us a note at LegalCareerTracker@thomsonreuters.com.
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Lara Shortz, the managing partner of Michelman & Robinson's Los Angeles office, shares strategies on running a midsize law firm office and insights she's gained that can translate to the broader legal community. Read today's Attorney Analysis. |
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