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A day after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a temporary ban on President Trump's use of a 1798 law to speed up deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members, civil rights groups brought a fresh challenge in a sign that legal battles over the Alien Enemies Act will continue, our colleagues Luc Cohen and Ted Hesson report. Two Venezuelan men detained in Goshen, New York, asked U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein in Manhattan to prevent Trump's administration from moving them out of his jurisdiction or using the 18th century law to justify their expedited deportations. Hellerstein set a hearing for this morning to consider the request by the two migrants to be protected from deportation while the judge weighs their broader challenge. The suit, brought by the American Civil Liberties Union in a different court from the last challenge, represents a new chapter in the legal battle over Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act after a Supreme Court ruling that both the Trump administration and ACLU sought to portray as a win. |
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- Michael Gableman, a former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice who led a Republican review of the state's 2020 election results, has agreed to surrender his law license after he was accused of violating Wisconsin's professional rules for lawyers.
- The DOJ is disbanding its cryptocurrency enforcement team and ordering prosecutors to narrow crypto investigations to focus on drug cartels and terrorist groups, according to a memo seen by Reuters.
- The largest U.S. egg producer, Cal-Maine Foods, said it is cooperating with a DOJ investigation into high egg prices and whether producers have conspired to raise them.
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That's how many former and current top legal executives at major companies signed onto a brief accusing President Trump of undermining the rule of law and threatening American businesses with his executive orders targeting law firms. The amicus brief, which was filed to support Perkins Coie in its lawsuit against the Trump administration, said Trump's orders violate the U.S. Constitution and "hijack" companies' relationships with their outside counsel. Here's more from the brief. |
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"These moves represent a broad institutional pullback from confronting the full scope of domestic terrorism threats."
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—U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, in a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Durbin pressed the FBI to explain why it reassigned staff from domestic terrorism investigations and asked for an explanation of Department of Homeland Security moves recently reported by the media. Reuters reported last month that the FBI transferred about 16 agents and intelligence analysts from its Domestic Terrorism Operations Section. Read more. |
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- The Democratic National Committee and others will urge U.S. District Judge Amir Ali in D.C. to block President Trump's executive order overhauling the election system, which they say risks denying eligible U.S. citizens the right to vote.
- The D.C. Circuit will hear arguments from the Trump administration seeking to put a lower court ruling on hold after being blocked from making further sweeping changes at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
- Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in D.C. will hold a final pretrial conference in the FTC lawsuit seeking to break up Meta's ownership of WhatsApp and Instagram. The trial is scheduled to begin on April 14.
Court calendars are subject to last-minute docket changes.
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- The U.S. Supreme Court blocked a judge's order for President Trump's administration to rehire thousands of fired employees, acting in one dispute over his efforts to slash the federal workforce and dismantle parts of the government.
- Elon Musk's X reached an agreement to resolve claims that live streaming service Twitch conspired with other companies and an advertising industry group to boycott the social media platform, causing it to lose ad revenue.
- U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo, Texas, blocked a rule passed by former President Biden's administration setting new minimum staffing requirements at federally funded nursing homes, a victory for nursing home industry groups.
- The CFPB asked a federal court to withdraw from its own 2022 case against MoneyGram, leaving the New York attorney general as the sole plaintiff.
- Nokia sued Taiwanese tech companies Acer and Asus and China-based Hisense in the U.S., expanding the companies' patent disputes over video coding technology.
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- David Perkins, who co-led Cravath's private equity group, joined Sidley as a partner in New York. (Reuters)
- Clifford Chance hired David Feldman in New York to co-lead its global restructuring and insolvency practice. He joins from Gibson Dunn, where he was also a practice leader. (Clifford Chance)
- Wilson Sonsini brought on life sciences partner Danielle Naftulin in Palo Alto from Cooley. (Wilson Sonsini)
- Alston & Bird hired IP litigation partner Michelle Clark in San Francisco from Littler. (Alston & Bird)
- DLA Piper added Ken Funahashi as a corporate partner in the firm's Los Angeles office. Funahashi was previously at Wilson Sonsini. (DLA Piper)
- Holland & Knight added maritime finance partners Mike Timpone, Kurt Plankl and Sophia Agathis in New York from Seward & Kissel. (Holland & Knight)
- Duane Morris added a team from Nelson Mullins, including corporate partners Andrew Tucker in D.C. and Rebekah McCorvey in Atlanta. (Duane Morris)
>> More moves to share? Please drop us a note at LegalCareerTracker@thomsonreuters.com.
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Organizations' increasing reliance on data has presented new legal risks and security threats for protected health information subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, write Erin Whaley, Brent Hoard and Emma Trivax of Troutman Pepper Locke. Read today's Attorney Analysis. |
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