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U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in D.C. federal court declared President Donald Trump's firing of the head of a federal watchdog agency illegal in an early test of the scope of presidential power likely to be decided at the U.S. Supreme Court, our colleagues David Shepardson and Nate Raymond report. Jackson said in her ruling Saturday that upholding Trump's ability to fire Hampton Dellinger would give him "a constitutional license to bully officials in the executive branch into doing his will." Trump has sought to rein in the independence of federal agencies like the FTC, SEC and FCC and a ruling in Dellinger's case could help determine the extent of his authority to do so. Read Jackson's ruling here. Lawyers for the Trump administration have argued that the order keeping Dellinger in place is an encroachment on Trump's authority over officials serving in his administration. The DOJ filed a notice saying it was appealing the ruling to the D.C. Circuit. |
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- Test takers filed what appears to be the first lawsuit over California's problem-plagued February bar exam, alleging that exam vendor Meazure Learning failed to provide a functioning test platform despite ample warning of technical troubles.
- Ed Martin, the top federal prosecutor in D.C., demoted several senior leaders to entry-level positions as he continued his shakeup of one of the DOJ's most crucial offices, according to three sources and an email seen by Reuters.
- U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria for a second time declined to approve a $27.5 million class action settlement in a consumer lawsuit accusing Align Technology, maker of Invisalign clear teeth aligners, of entering a conspiracy that drove up a rival's prices.
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"The public interest would not be served by courting this chaos."
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—4th Circuit Judges Pamela Harris and Roger Gregory, in a 2-1 ruling that said allowing Donald Trump's effort to end birthright citizenship to take effect would mean "confusion and upheaval." The appeals court ruling marked the second time that a U.S. panel declined to lift an order blocking the president's executive order, our colleague Nate Raymond reports. |
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- Today, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in D.C. will hear arguments in a challenge to the Trump administration's efforts to curtail the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
- On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a bid by gun maker Smith & Wesson and another company to throw out Mexico's lawsuit accusing them of aiding the illegal trafficking of firearms to Mexican drug cartels.
- On Wednesday, lawyers for Trump-ousted NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox will urge U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in D.C. to find her removal from the agency to be illegal. Wilcox, represented by Gupta Wessler, said Trump strayed beyond his limited power to remove agency leaders.
- Also on Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments to decide whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has the authority to license nuclear waste storage facilities following a judicial ruling that upended decades of practice by declaring it does not.
- On Thursday, a former Credit Suisse banker is due to be sentenced in Brooklyn federal court after pleading guilty in 2019 to one count of wire fraud for taking millions of dollars in kickbacks in connection with $2 billion in loans to state-owned companies in Mozambique.
- On Friday, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper in D.C. will hear arguments in a lawsuit seeking public records connected to the Trump administration's DOGE unit. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington is seeking communication documents, and other files.
Court calendars are subject to last-minute docket changes.
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- A federal judge extended an order blocking the Trump administration from withholding federal funding from medical providers in four Democratic-led states that provide gender-affirming care to transgender youth under 19.
- The CFPB dropped an enforcement action against the consumer credit bureau Trans Union, adding to the embattled agency's mass dismissal of cases against financial companies accused of cheating consumers.
- The Trump administration moved to revive a Biden-era Labor Department regulation that would have extended mandatory overtime pay to 4 million salaried workers but has been struck down by two judges.
- A Brooklyn federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by the SEC accusing an online entrepreneur of raising more than $1 billion through unregistered cryptocurrency offerings and defrauding investors out of $12.1 million.
- Silicon Valley Bank's former parent can pursue a lawsuit to recover $1.93 billion of deposits that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp seized following the bank's March 2023 collapse, a federal judge ruled.
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- Gibson Dunn hired Matthew Axelrod, the former assistant secretary for export enforcement at the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security. He joins as a D.C.-based partner and co-chair of a new sanctions and export enforcement practice. (Reuters)
- Freshfields brought on energy and infrastructure partners Jessamy Gallagher and Stuart Rowson in London from Paul Hastings. (Freshfields)
- Sidley brought on privacy and cybersecurity partner Michael Hochman in D.C. from the White House Office of the National Cyber Director. (Sidley)
- Nelson Mullins added corporate partner Laura Maher in Boca Raton, Florida, from Kapp Morrison. (Nelson Mullins)
- O'Melveny picked up private funds partner Salim Azzam in Los Angeles from Paul Hastings. (O'Melveny)
- Bracewell added finance partner Susan Ormand Berry in Houston from King & Spalding. (Bracewell)
- Nixon Peabody added New York-based partner Patrick Tierney, who focuses on commercial real estate transactions, from Smith, Gambrell & Russell. (Nixon Peabody)
>> More moves to share? Please drop us a note at LegalCareerTracker@thomsonreuters.com.
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Companies must now balance compliance with federal restrictions on DEI while managing employee, shareholder, and investor expectations for inclusive workplace policies, write Brian Patterson, Amy Karff Halevy and Leslie Selig Byrd of Bracewell. Read today's Attorney Analysis. |
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