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On this podcast edition of Supreme Court Brief, host Jimmy Hoover interviews Second Amendment scholar Haley Proctor of Notre Dame Law School on the major gun cases to be decided during the 2025-2026 term.
The Federal Communications Commission has launched a probe into the relationship between national networks and their broadcast affiliates and whether FCC rules adequately ensure the independence of local stations.
“There’s the old joke: What’s the difference between God and a federal district judge?" Judge Jerry Smith wrote. "Answer: God doesn’t think he’s a federal judge.”
The latest measure designed to tackle litigation finance is one of several different bills making their way through Congress aimed at addressing issues such as foreign influence in the third-party funding industry.
"In targeting [David] Maltinsky for displaying a Progress Pride flag, Defendants revealed their intent to single out and target Maltinsky on the basis of his sexuality," counsel for Maltinsky wrote in a complaint alleging the Trump administration unlawfully terminated his FBI employment because of his free association with the LGBTQ+ community.
The litigation boutique will hand out above-market year-end bonuses, starting at $22,500 for the class of 2025 and topping out at $175,500 for the class of 2017. That's in addition to the spring bonuses the firm doled out, which started at $25,000 and topped out at $60,000.
Meta Platforms Inc. appears less vulnerable to future monopolization claims after defeating the Federal Trade Commission in an antitrust bench trial ruling, according to antitrust litigators who say the decision may influence how courts rule in pending antitrust cases naming Meta as a defendant.
Michael Selig, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is chief counsel of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Crypto Task Force.
Nicholas Ganjei, nominated for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, said the video was related to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's “worst-of-the-worst" initiative focusing on arresting undocumented individuals who have been convicted of violent crimes.
Counsel for Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman told the Second Circuit Court it should not have to return millions of dollars in a retainer paid prior to a client's asset freeze. The SEC says the funds were clearly for the client's "benefit."
