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International students are rushing to ask U.S. judges to block immigration officials from deporting them after the Trump administration began revoking the rights of thousands of student visa holders to remain in the country. On Tuesday alone, judges in Massachusetts, Montana, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and D.C. issued emergency orders barring immigration authorities from acting against students after the government canceled their legal basis for being in the U.S., part of President Trump's broad immigration crackdown. The federal government revoked the students' status by removing them from a database of the approximately 1.1 million foreign student visa holders, putting them at risk of deportation. Since Trump took office, more than 4,700 students have been deleted from the ICE-maintained database known as Student and Exchange Visitor Information Systems, according to the American Immigration Lawyers Association. The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE and the database, did not respond to requests for comment. Nate Raymond and Kristine Cooke have more on the emergency orders and what could be next. |
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- A coalition of labor unions and left-leaning groups led by AFL-CIO and We The Action announced an initiative aimed at providing free legal advice to federal employees who lose their jobs or believe their legal rights were violated amid the Trump administration's purge of the government workforce.
- The nonprofit American Tort Reform Association, a pro-business interests legal advocacy group, urged U.S. House leaders to examine the District of Columbia's practice of hiring plaintiffs law firms for cases brought by the city's attorney general. Here's the letter.
- Todd Harper and Tanya Otsuka, two Democratic board members of the National Credit Union Administration, said they were fired by President Trump. The removals come as Trump expands efforts to influence independent regulatory agencies.
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That's how much Elon Musk's X Corp must pay a patent owner for violating its rights in technology for recording and distributing video through social networks, a Dallas federal jury said in a verdict on Wednesday. Read more. |
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"Boasts by Defendants intimated that they had defied the Court's Order deliberately and gleefully."
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—U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in a ruling finding there was "probable cause" to hold Trump administration officials in criminal contempt of court. Boasberg said the administration demonstrated "willful disregard" for his March 15 order barring the government from deporting alleged members of a Venezuelan gang to El Salvador under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act. The White House said it will seek immediate appellate relief to the ruling. Read more. |
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- The D.C. Circuit is slated to hear arguments on a bid from President Trump's White House to pause a judge's ruling lifting access restrictions imposed on the Associated Press. The AP this week accused Trump aides of defying the order restoring its access to press events in the White House.
- U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank in Minnesota is set to hold a status conference in consolidated lawsuits accusing UnitedHealth Group's Change Healthcare payment processing unit of failing to protect personal data.
- Chief U.S. District Judge Landya McCafferty in Concord, New Hampshire, is due to consider whether to block the Trump administration from enforcing a U.S. Department of Education directive that threatened to cut off federal funding to schools and universities nationwide for engaging in diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. The National Education Association, represented by the ACLU, filed the lawsuit last month.
Court calendars are subject to last-minute docket changes.
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- U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston temporarily blocked the Trump administration from carrying out steep cuts to federal research funding provided to universities by the U.S. Department of Energy.
- Southwest Airlines was sued by Utah parents who said their 4-year-old son suffered second-degree burns to his buttocks when a careless flight attendant spilled hot coffee on him.
- Wyoming urged the state's highest court to restore its abortion ban that includes the nation's only explicit prohibition against medication abortion, which a lower court judge blocked last year.
- AstraZeneca's Alexion Pharmaceuticals was sued in Massachusetts federal court for allegedly misusing its patents to extend its monopoly on its blockbuster blood-disease drug Soliris.
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- McGuireWoods added Charlotte Mitchell, former chair of the North Carolina Utilities Commission, as a partner in Raleigh. (McGuireWoods)
- David Stewart moved to Sidley as a partner in its capital markets group in London. He joins from Latham where he was co-chair of its London corporate practice. (Sidley)
- Sidley also added M&A and private equity partner Deepak Nanda from Gibson Dunn in Century City, California. (Sidley)
- Former DOT deputy general counsel Brian Stansbury moved to Hunton Andrews Kurth as a partner in its environmental team in D.C. (Hunton Andrews Kurth)
- Husch Blackwell hired partner Tara LeDay in its financial services and capital markets industry group in Austin from Chamberlain Hrdlicka. (Husch Blackwell)
- Shashwat Tewary joined Cooley as a capital markets partner based in its Singapore office from Sidley. (Cooley)
- Venable hired IP partner Rebecca Horton from Hogan Lovells in San Francisco. (Venable)
>> More moves to share? Please drop us a note at LegalCareerTracker@thomsonreuters.com.
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The advent of new software applications may pose challenges for collections in the course of discovery, write Nicole Gill and Stephen Johnson of Cozen O'Connor's CODISCOVR. Read today's Attorney Analysis. |
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