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The cranes hovering above the White House are not coming down anytime soon. A federal judge has refused to slam the brakes on President Donald Trump’s sweeping plan to replace the historic East Wing with a $400 million, 90,000-square-foot ballroom. For now, construction crews can keep working. The legal fight, however, is far from over. …

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The talent carousel in New York’s elite legal circle spun again this week, with Davis Polk & Wardwell securing yet another partner from rival Cravath, Swaine & Moore—a move that underscores the shifting gravity among the city’s most storied firms. Amanda Hines Gold has crossed over to Davis Polk’s New York office, strengthening its executive …

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The United States has moved to block the Venezuelan state from footing the bill for Nicolás Maduro’s legal team as he fights federal drug-trafficking charges in New York, according to court filings from his defence camp. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have pleaded not guilty in Manhattan to accusations that include conspiracy to import …

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A federal courtroom in Boston has delivered a sharp rebuke to a cornerstone of former President Donald Trump’s immigration playbook. U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy ruled that a policy allowing migrants to be swiftly deported to countries other than their own — sometimes with only hours’ notice — violates basic constitutional protections. The decision strikes …

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Maurene Comey, once a fixture in Manhattan’s federal courtroom battles, is stepping into private practice after a turbulent exit from government service. The former assistant U.S. attorney has joined Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler as a partner, marking a new chapter following her dismissal from the U.S. Justice Department last year. Comey had led high-profile …

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A lawyer once synonymous with precision before the nation’s highest bench now faces a reckoning far from its marble columns. A federal jury has convicted Tom Goldstein, a prominent Washington appellate attorney known for arguing more than 40 cases before the Supreme Court of the United States, on a slate of tax and financial crimes …

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has drawn a firm line between private tech surveillance and government search powers, ruling that Google acted within the law when it flagged child sexual abuse images found in a user’s cloud account. In a unanimous decision, the court concluded that Google’s automated detection and reporting of illicit material did not …

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A fresh legal storm is brewing between Washington and California. The administration of President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against the University of California, alleging that its Los Angeles campus fostered an antisemitic work environment that harmed Jewish and Israeli faculty members. At the center of the dispute is University of California, Los Angeles, …

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A fresh courtroom clash is brewing over America’s childhood immunization policy. A coalition of Democratic-led states is suing the Trump administration, accusing it of dismantling long-settled vaccine safeguards and exposing children to preventable disease. The legal challenge targets sweeping revisions issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which recently altered the nation’s …

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A courtroom in Utah refused to derail the prosecution in the killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, rejecting claims that personal ties tainted the case. District Court Judge Tony Graf ruled that prosecutors would remain on the case, dismissing arguments that a conflict of interest existed because the daughter of a senior attorney in the …

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