Rival Websites Fuel NY Archdiocese-Chubb Feud Over Abuse Payouts

For nearly three years, the two sides have battered each other with relentless legal filings in a New York court, and their war over who should pay at least hundreds of millions of dollars to sex abuse victims shows few signs of abating. Both accuse the other of an underhanded public relations campaign.

DOJ Shift on Political Activity Rules Breaks from Past Practice

The Justice Department’s removal of some restrictions on non-career appointees’ participation in political activities walks back years of policy across presidential administrations aimed at maintaining the department’s independence, former government ethics lawyers said.

Tax Court’s Rigid Deadline Stance Cracks With Appellate Pressure

After three federal appeals courts reversed the US Tax Court’s longstanding position that it lacks the power to pause a key 90-day window taxpayers have to challenge the IRS, practitioners believe reconsideration is on the table.

Anthropic Vows Legal Fight Against Pentagon Sanction in AI Feud

Anthropic PBC vowed to legally contest a Pentagon decision to declare the company a threat to the US supply chain under an authority normally reserved for foreign adversaries, escalating a showdown with the Trump administration over artificial intelligence safeguards.

School Trans Policies Shaken Up by Parental Rights Expansion

The US Supreme Court’s emergency order in a transgender school policy case rattled dozens of lawsuits nationwide, and conservative groups are plotting a path forward to further empower parent plaintiffs.

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Judges Clash Over Hot Pursuit Doctrine in Domestic Violence Case

Eight Republican-appointed judges in the Ninth Circuit criticized a decision not to revisit a ruling which removed the grant of qualified immunity for police officers based on the “hot pursuit” exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement.

Warner Bros. Fails to Nix Three Nokia Streaming Tech Patents

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. lost its bid to dismiss three patents from a Nokia Corp. unit’s federal lawsuit over HBO Max and Discovery+, keeping alive patent claims that overlap with Nokia’s broader litigation campaign against video-streaming companies.

Federal Prosecutor Used Fabricated Quotes in Court Filing

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.

Ninth Circuit Halts Judge’s Order on Mandatory ICE Detention

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.

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