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Reasonable or Overreach? Rethinking Sanctions for AI Hallucinations in Legal Filings

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model on 8/18/2025

Abstract - This article examines the problem of fabricated or hallucinated citations in legal briefs, focusing on the recent federal decision in Johnson v. Dunn as a case study. That decision highlights the risks when lawyers...more

Are North Carolina Court of Appeals Judges Dissenting Less?

Fox Rothschild LLP on 7/9/2025

Until recently, a single judge sitting on a panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals could tee up an issue for the Supreme Court of North Carolina simply by filing a dissenting opinion. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-30(2) allowed...more

Federal Court Sets Aside Early TPS Termination for Haiti

Shipman & Goodwin LLP on 7/8/2025

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has ruled that the Department of Homeland Security Secretary exceeded her authority when announcing the early termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for...more

Supreme Court Limits Nationwide Injunctions, Impacting Birthright Citizenship Executive Order

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP on 7/8/2025

On June 27, 2025, the Supreme Court issued a ruling to limit the ability of federal district judges to issue broad nationwide injunctions. This decision was issued in connection with several legal challenges to prevent the...more

Fifth Circuit Criminal Opinions: Insights and Analyses Part IIII

Jackson Walker on 7/7/2025

Hello all. Below is the May 2025 edition of the Fifth Circuit criminal and civil case summaries, with a special focus on cases of interest to white-collar practitioners. This past month, the Fifth Circuit issued published...more

The Supreme Court “Clarifies” ADA Title I Protections for Retired Workers

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers on 7/2/2025

On June 20, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-awaited opinion in Stanley v. City of Sanford, No. 23-997, addressing the scope of protections available to retired workers under Title I of the Americans with...more

Federal District Court Issues Opinion Vacating HHS Rule Protecting Reproductive Health Information

Saul Ewing LLP on 7/1/2025

On June 18, 2025, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the Northern District of Texas (the “District Court”) vacated a 2024 final rule issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) under the Biden...more

IEEPA Tariff Litigation: What You Need to Know About the Federal Court Decisions Threatening the Trump Administration’s Tariff...

WilmerHale on 6/6/2025

Last week, two federal courts struck down sweeping tariffs that the Trump Administration had recently imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). ...more

Supreme Court Denies Review of Statute of Limitations for Section 1981 Discrimination Claims

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 6/6/2025

On June 2, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the appeal of a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision interpreting the limitations period for filing lawsuits under Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866. ...more

Trump’s Copyright Purge Leaves Creators in Legal Limbo

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 6/5/2025

A political shake-up at the U.S. Copyright Office has triggered operational chaos and legal uncertainty, leaving creators and copyright lawyers questioning the validity of recent registrations. Following the Trump...more

U.S. Supreme Court Permits DHS to Move Forward with Termination of 2023 Venezuela TPS Designation

Holland & Hart LLP on 5/22/2025

On May 19, 2025, the US Supreme Court issued a decision that allows the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to move forward with the termination of the 2023 Venezuela Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation. The...more

Expect Low Legal Comprehension

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message on 5/7/2025

These are trying times for those of us who are looking to see whether American rule of law can survive its current challenges. As our executive branch tests the limits of Congressional authority, and bucks the traditions of...more

Standing Up for the Rule of Law

Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP on 5/6/2025

In December 1995, I took the oath prescribed in Maryland Business Occupations and Professions Code Ann. 10-212. I swore that I would, “at all times demean myself fairly and honorably as an attorney and practitioner at law;...more

FDA v. Wages and White Lion Investments: A Reminder of the Deference to Agency Determinations Post-Loper Bright

Carlton Fields on 4/21/2025

In FDA v. Wages and White Lion Investments LLC, the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in favor of the Food and Drug Administration serves as a reminder of the deference still accorded to regulatory agencies post-Loper...more

Federal Judge Signals Likely Pause on Early Termination of CHNV Parole Program

Warner Norcross + Judd on 4/14/2025

A federal court is poised to temporarily block the early termination of the humanitarian parole program for nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela (CHNV), a move that could impact the legal status and work...more

Federal Court to Block Termination of Humanitarian Parole for Citizens of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 4/14/2025

On Apr. 10, 2025, U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani stated her intention to block DHS’s Mar. 25, 2025, decision to terminate Humanitarian Parole for individuals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, also known as...more

Chief Justice Roberts Allows Trump to Remove Wilcox from NLRB as the Supreme Court Considers the Challenge to Her Dismissal

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/11/2025

National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) Member Gwynne Wilcox is out of a job for the third time in less than four months. Since President Donald Trump terminated Wilcox from her position on January 28, 2025, Wilcox’s...more

Supreme Court Weighs Vape Venue Dispute

Troutman Pepper Locke on 2/4/2025

On January 21, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case addressing who may challenge Food and Drug Administration (FDA) marketing denial orders for new tobacco products....more

What's Next for the Regulatory Landscape Post-Chevron?

Holland & Knight LLP on 9/3/2024

For nearly 40 years and in more than 18,000 judicial opinions, federal courts have used the Chevron doctrine to defer to an agency's reasonable interpretation of an ambiguous statute. On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court...more

Navigating the New Cybersecurity Regulatory Landscape Post-Chevron

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 8/1/2024

On June 28, 2024, in a landmark decision, the Supreme Court overruled the four decade old case Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council. This pivotal decision should spur businesses to recalibrate their existing...more

Two U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Will Affect the Securities Industry

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC on 7/22/2024

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) recently issued two opinions that are likely to have a longer-term effect on the way securities industry matters are handled. Juries, not the Securities Exchange Commission...more

[Commentary] A Trilogy of U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Empower Regulated Entities to Challenge Agency Regulations and Actions

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 7/11/2024

In a trilogy of cases decided at the end of this term, the United States Supreme Court made significant changes to the administrative law terrain by: eliminating Chevron deference....more

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