Carla Freedman, the top federal prosecutor for a swath of upstate New York, officially announced the end of her time in the role late on Monday, while Trini Ross, another U.S. attorney, in Buffalo, appeared to signal her four-year tenure had also come to a close.
       

The move by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission follows its similar actions, including in litigation against Binance, where on Monday, the federal agency asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for a 60-day stay of the litigation, citing the newly created Crypto Task Force.

       

“This is an attempt to bring the office to its knees, said one Southern District alumnus of efforts by Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove to force the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office to dismiss the charges against Adams.

       

“Lawyers have a duty to uphold the system they work in," former Connecticut Superior Court Judge Thomas Moukawsher said.

       

Two new privacy class actions targeting the actions of the newly launched Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the Elon Musk-led task force focused on slashing federal spending, were filed in Washington, D.C., federal court this week. The complaints are the only DOGE-related lawsuits to seek damages in addition to injunctive relief.

       

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Of the 49 resolutions introduced this year, 14 would rescind Environmental Protection Agency rules. Five others target Department of Energy rules related to conservation. Another would rescind a Bureau of Ocean Energy Management rule protecting marine archaeological resources.

       

       

The Australian courts have ruled that "ugg" is a generic term for sheepskin boots.

       

The hire comes after the firm lost a four-partner team to King & Spalding last year.

       

At least 11 Big Law partners have been tapped to move to the public sector.

       

Numerous trade attorneys say that any legal challenge to the new tariffs will run up against courts that have proven themselves to be very deferential to presidential trade authority.

       

PayPal, Microsoft and Capital One are facing a storm of lawsuits centering on their coupon browser extensions Honey, Microsoft Shopping and Capital One Shopping.

       

"Even though you do the managerial stuff, that is only like 20 minutes a day, or an hour a day. The rest of your day is unloading trucks, cleaning bathrooms, stocking shelves, something that a clerk would ordinarily do. You're not really a manager, right? The employer typically does that in order to save on wages," a lawyer for plaintiffs said.

       

       

"Companies must maintain their compliance commitments—notwithstanding any pause in enforcement by a single enforcement agency,” Paul Hastings advised clients this week.

       

The expansion of private credit and increased private equity hold times have led to a surge in creative solutions to get capital back to investors.

       

U.S. District Judge Brendan Hurson's 14-day temporary restraining order prohibits the White House from "conditioning or withholding federal funding based on the fact that a healthcare entity or health professional provides gender affirming medical care to a patient" aged 18 or younger.

       

Statements should reflect a person's knowledge, not AI-generated content, judge says.

       

Institutional Shareholder Services' retreat on DEI follows decisions by BlackRock and Vanguard to deemphasize the issue.