Immigration and Customs Enforcement must let attorneys representing noncitizens detained in Manhattan’s immigration courthouse take photos of the facilities and talk to detainees, a judge ordered Friday.

An assistant US attorney in North Carolina filed a response with the court that included “fabricated quotations and misstatements of case holdings” and then made “false or misleading statements” of how they got included, a magistrate judge said.

The Florida Bar said it mistakenly wrote in a letter last month that it was investigating former Virginia US Attorney Lindsey Halligan.

Legal tech firm Upsolve Inc. lost its fight against New York Attorney General Letitia James arguing the state’s rules against the unauthorized practice of law violated its First Amendment rights.

ModivCare asked a court to reject White & Case LLP’s $14 million final fee request for its work in the medical transportation company’s bankruptcy, accusing the law firm of deliberately burying the company’s estate in legal fees.

Dealmakers are, for the second year in a row, seeing their chances of a record haul of mergers and acquisitions potentially fizzle out before the end of the first quarter.

President Donald Trump said the largest US defense manufacturers had agreed to boost production of some weapons following a meeting at the White House, amid worries that the war against Iran is depleting Pentagon stockpiles.

A group of publishers sued notorious shadow library Anna’s Archive to stop the “widespread” infringement of pirated versions of books available on the website and used by artificial intelligence developers to build large language models.

A Florida federal court denied VyStar Credit Union’s partial motion to dismiss retaliation claims by a teller who alleged the employer retaliated after she complained of pregnancy discrimination during a meeting in which she was terminated. McGriff v. Vystar Credit Union, 2026 BL 72613, M.D. Fla., 3:25-cv-70-TJC-LLL, 3/4/26

President Donald Trump’s fluctuating tariffs have weighed down US job growth with rising costs and uncertainty for companies, according to a new memo from former Vice President Mike Pence’s group.

A Mississippi federal court denied summary judgment to UMMC on a Title VII race/national origin discrimination claim by a Hispanic surgeon, finding sufficient evidence that the stated reason for non-renewal might be pretextual. Medina v. Univ. of Miss. Med. Ctr., 2026 BL 71207, S.D. Miss., 3:24-CV-490-CWR-BWR, 3/3/26

A California federal district court denied class certification in a wage and hour action against MarketSource, Inc., finding an employee’s prior supervisory role created a conflict of interest that made him an inadequate class representative. Brum v. Marketsource, Inc., 2026 BL 71092, E.D. Cal., 2:17-cv-00241-DAD-JDP, 3/2/26

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent blasted a JPMorgan Chase & Co. report for what he called “terrible” and inaccurate analysis about constraints over a US government lending agency’s ability to offer backup insurance for oil cargoes attempting to exit the Persian Gulf.

President Donald Trump said the largest US defense manufacturers had agreed to boost production of some weapons following a meeting at the White House, amid worries that the war against Iran is depleting Pentagon stockpiles.

The US energy secretary and a congressman are calling to restart a shuttered nuclear plant north of New York City, saying it’s needed to meet surging demand for power.

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Canada-US Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc met Friday in Washington in the first high-level, in-person talks in months between the two men.

A week into one of the biggest ever disruptions to global energy markets, oil prices still remain far below levels seen in previous crises. But a growing chorus of energy executives and traders is warning that every day that war rages on brings the world closer to a tipping point — with several predicting $100 crude within days.

The Iran war rattled but didn’t break Wall Street this week. Instead it exposed the limits of diversification strategies built to cushion investors against chaos.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement must let attorneys representing noncitizens detained in Manhattan’s immigration courthouse take photos of the facilities and talk to detainees, a judge ordered Friday.

The Ninth Circuit on Friday paused a federal judge’s order that voided a Board of Immigration Appeals decision used by the Trump administration’s immigration judges to deny bond hearings to detained noncitizens and uphold its policy of mandatory detention.

Cellular Connection LLC, which sells Verizon products at retail, won’t face a former regional manager’s appeal from an adverse ruling in his disability discrimination case.

State employment litigation laws can’t impose higher burdens on White workers seeking to bring discrimination cases against their bosses, the Third Circuit ruled Friday.

Republican state legislative efforts to eliminate countywide voting could potentially shape contests across the country as they did in parts of Texas on Tuesday.