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Good morning! Susman Godfrey will ask a judge to permanently block President Trump’s EO targeting the firm in a hearing this afternoon. Plus, U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts underscored his defense of the judiciary; the Trump administration faces a deadline to detail the legal precedent for its plan to deport Mahmoud Khalil; and Jenna Greene’s latest column looks at Airbnb’s alleged liability in carbon monoxide deaths. There’s a lot going on today, so let’s get into it.
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Susman Godfrey is back in court today over the Trump administration’s executive order targeting the firm. Susman will ask U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan to permanently bar the EO, calling the measure an act of retaliation that violates constitutional protections. The firm previously won a temporary ruling blocking parts of the order. Read more.
The hearing, which will begin at 2 p.m. ET, is the latest in a series of high profile court challenges to the administration’s pressure campaign targeting the legal profession and major law firms. Susman is set to be represented by former Obama-era U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli.
Like other firms targeted by EOs, Susman has garnered wide support in its lawsuit. Last week, more than 1,100 law students filed a court brief supporting Susman, saying Trump's executive order against the firm amounts to "government reprisal." Read the brief here. In another brief, an association of more than 700 partners at major U.S. law firms said that Trump's punitive orders targeting Susman and other law firms "threaten the legal profession, the judiciary, and the rule of law itself.” Read that brief here.
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The Trump administration faces a 9:30 a.m. ET deadline to detail the legal precedent for its plan to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist whose presence in the country the government alleges could harm U.S. foreign policy interests. U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz in Newark, New Jersey, ordered the administration to supply a catalog of every case in which U.S. officials have employed the law being used against Khalil.
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Sixteen cities and counties led by San Francisco will urge U.S. District Judge William Orrick to enforce an injunction barring the Trump administration from withholding funding to so-called sanctuary jurisdictions after the president signed a new executive order directing federal agencies to do just that.
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Democratic state AGs will urge U.S. District Judge William Young in Boston to force the Trump administration to reinstate grants from the NIH that funded research on topics like LGBTQ+ health, COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy.
- Alex Mashinsky, the founder of crypto lender Celsius Network, is scheduled to be sentenced after pleading guilty in December to fraud charges.
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The trial of Nicole Daedone will continue in Brooklyn federal court. Daedone is the founder of the sexual wellness company OneTaste, known for promoting "orgasmic meditation,” and is contesting a federal criminal charge alleging that she surveilled group members and withheld promised wages.
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U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank in Minnesota is slated to hear arguments as he considers whether to bar UnitedHealth from pursuing healthcare providers for loans the company gave them in the wake of the Change Health hack. Frank is overseeing the litigation against UnitedHealth unit Change Health in the wake of a massive ransomware attack in 2024 that shut down payment and processing systems for thousands of healthcare providers.
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Court calendars are subject to last-minute docket changes. |
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Judge Jefferson Griffin, a Republican candidate for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court in November’s election, conceded defeat, ending his legal efforts to have thousands of ballots thrown out six months after the final votes were cast.
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President Trump nominated Brittany Bull Panuccio, an assistant U.S. attorney in Florida, to serve as a commissioner on the EEOC.
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Moves: Matt Pearl, the former emerging technology director at the White House National Security Council, joined Jenner & Block … A co-leader of Fenwick’s defense innovation and GovTech industry group moved to Seyfarth Shaw … Orrick added two partners to its life sciences and tech VC practice … Squire Patton Boggs hired a five-lawyer financial services team in London.
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That’s how much more it will cost the State Bar of California to administer the July bar exam after the botched rollout of the exam in February. Officials told state lawmakers that there will be millions more in added expenses in years to come. Read more.
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