The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a new front in the national fight over firearms regulation, filing suit on July 1 against California to block enforcement of the state’s newly enacted “Glock Ban” and to challenge the California Handgun Roster under the Second Amendment. The case is notable not just for its subject matter, but for the posture: the…
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A June 26, 2026 filing in the Ninth Circuit puts a threshold issue front and center: whether this case should remain in the court of appeals at all. Respondent Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has filed a motion to dismiss in No. 25-8059, asking the court to terminate the proceeding before the merits are reached.

Although the docket…
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Twitch Interactive, Inc. has filed a new inter partes review petition at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, opening IPR2026-00397 on June 29, 2026. As of the initial docket entry, the proceeding is identified under Twitch’s name, but practitioners will want to watch closely for the patent owner, challenged patent number, and petition details as the Board record develops. View …
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A federal judge in Washington has preliminarily blocked the Defense Department from forcing New York Times reporters to be accompanied by escorts while they pursue their challenge to Pentagon press-access restrictions, a ruling that signals meaningful judicial skepticism toward the policy under the First Amendment.

The dispute, now pending as NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY et al v. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE …
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The Second Circuit has handed New York City and New York State a major appellate win, ruling that they may enforce measures that effectively bar fossil-fuel appliances in newly constructed buildings. The decision is important well beyond New York: it sharpens a growing disagreement among federal appeals courts over whether local and state building-electrification laws are preempted by federal energy-efficiency…
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The Justice Department announced June 30 that a Honduras-based Chinese national extradited from Guatemala has pleaded guilty in the United States to narcotics trafficking conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, and providing material support to the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación, or CJNG. The plea stands out because it brings together several enforcement themes that are increasingly important in federal criminal practice:…
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The SEC has imposed a $7.5 million penalty on Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., the Bank of America brokerage unit, over failures tied to suspicious activity reporting. The enforcement action centers on allegations that Merrill Lynch did not file a sufficient number of suspicious activity reports, or SARs, despite obligations designed to help detect potential money laundering and…
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Twitch Interactive, Inc. has launched a new proceeding at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, filing inter partes review petition IPR2026-00397 on June 29, 2026. For patent litigators and in-house IP teams, the case is worth watching both for what it may reveal about Twitch’s broader patent risk strategy and for how the Board approaches the prior art and validity…
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A new post-grant review, PGR2026-00062, was filed at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board on June 25, 2026, putting an America Ugreen Limited patent directly in the PTAB spotlight. While the publicly available docket caption identifies the patent owner as America Ugreen Limited, practitioners will want to watch upcoming filings closely for the petition, the challenged patent number, and the…
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The Supreme Court’s latest action backing President Trump’s firing of an FTC member is likely to reverberate well beyond the Federal Trade Commission. For lawyers tracking the administrative state, the immediate takeaway is not just about one personnel dispute—it is about the Court’s growing willingness to reconsider how much insulation Congress can give independent agencies from presidential control.

That shift…
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Congress has already completed a key piece of legal-system business for fiscal year 2026: the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 is now law, including both the Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2026 and the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2026. The legislation, H.R. 7148, is not headline-grabbing in the way a major Supreme Court ruling or enforcement action might be.
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A new inter partes review filed at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board could be one to watch for companies operating at the intersection of life sciences, nutraceuticals, and consumer health. In IPR2026-00400, the proceeding is captioned Thorne Research, Inc. and was filed on June 22, 2026.

At this early stage, the PTAB docket signals that a patent challenge involving…
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A new inter partes review, IPR2026-00400, was filed on June 22, 2026, at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board against Thorne Research, Inc. The proceeding is one to watch for companies operating at the intersection of dietary supplements, formulations, and health-focused consumer products, where patent value often turns on how broadly claims are drafted and how well they withstand validity…
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