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An Arkansas law mandating a monument displaying the Ten Commandments be placed on the grounds of the state Capitol violates the First Amendment’s establishment clause, a federal judge ruled. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/ar…

US Citizenship and Immigration Services received enough H-1B worker registrations from businesses to reach the statutory cap for fiscal year 2027, the agency announced. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…

Air Methods LLC breached its fiduciary duties while managing its employee 401(k) plan by repeatedly choosing higher-cost share classes, a proposed class action says. news.bloomberglaw.com/employee-benef…

A case alleging Elevance Health division Carelon Behavioral Health Inc. lies about the scope of its mental health network can mostly proceed, a federal judge in New York ruled. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…

The Trump administration’s new plan to eliminate more than half of the CFPB’s remaining staff will drastically reduce oversight of mortgage, credit reporting, and other markets—but it also leaves a path to reviving the agency. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/vo…

A federal judge vacated a 2013 policy from the US Health Resources and Services Administration that prohibits hospitals from simultaneously buying medicines though a government drug discount program and a group purchasing organization. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…

A Cleveland-area physician and conspiracy theorist who advocated against Covid-19 vaccines owes the US just short of $700,000 in tax liabilities, a district court ruled. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/tk-…

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau asked a federal appeals court for permission to implement a new reduction-in-force plan that would cut around half of the agency’s remaining employees. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/cf…

A lawsuit over Department of Government Efficiency workers getting access to data at several federal agencies will hinge on whether DOGE agents were employees of those agencies, a district court judge declared. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…

A Ninth Circuit panel told a district court to narrow its order that restricted law enforcement’s ability throughout much of Southern California to use crowd control weapons against journalists and protesters. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/nin…

Quinn Emanuel’s John Quinn told me outside investors will ultimately own a slice of Big Law firms, but legislation winding through state courthouses could snuff out the ability for founders like him to cash in. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-p…

Kirkland & Ellis poached at least 10 lawyers from rival Latham & Watkins, two people familiar with the situation said, as firms battle for talent to win oil and gas clients. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-p…

Opinion: The US Supreme Court’s ruling in Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment leaves as many questions as it answers. news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-exchange…

A boutique law firm lost its role in a proposed class action against a set of private universities accused of suppressing financial aid offerings, after a federal judge said the firm misled the court on a litigation financing arrangement. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/fir…

The Army Corps of Engineers will stop regulating wetlands nationwide after a 2023 US Supreme Court ruling reduced the scope of the Clean Water Act, an agency official said this week. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

Chubb Ltd. and BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc. have a message for shareholders suing companies to demand action on environmental, social, and governance issues this year: Back off. news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/investors-…

The Ninth Circuit has maintained its pause on two lower court orders that curbed the Trump administration’s power to detain noncitizens without bond hearings. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/nin…

President Donald Trump’s decision to remove Pam Bondi as attorney general delivers a new disruption to an already embattled US Justice Department as it works to advance the administration’s policy goals and sometimes controversial prosecutions. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/tr…

A debate over which federal office should be the primary regulator of hazardous chemical safety in the workplace is playing out in courts and Congress. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

The viability of the federal Wiretap Act as a path to recovery for consumers targeting health care providers and financial institutions with online privacy claims will likely become clearer during oral arguments April 6. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/onl…