Welcome to This Week in the Circuits, a look at the most significant cases before federal appeals courts.

Emil Bove, in one of his first opinions as a federal appeals court judge, said the judiciary should show deference to the executive branch in a case challenging a deportation order.

A former Mintz client is refusing to pay more than $2 million in success fees owed to the firm for recoveries it won related to voice assistant technology patents, according to a lawsuit.

Matthew Podolsky joined Sidley as a partner in its white collar defense and investigations practice in New York, the firm announced Thursday.

Dave Hart has been named president of the ACC Europe, the organization said in a LinkedIn post.

Thompson Hine hired Robyn Axberg as a partner in its corporate transactions and securities practice in Chicago, the firm announced Thursday.

The Transportation Security Administration can be held liable for a former employee’s disability discrimination claims under the Rehabilitation Act, a federal appeals court said Friday in a ruling that abrogates prior precedent that had exempted the agency from such claims.

An existing court restraining order preventing the Trump administration from engaging in mass layoffs during the shutdown was expanded by a California judge to include members from three additional federal worker unions.

The US Agriculture Department is warning states that funding for food stamps will run out next month if the partial government shutdown continues.

President Donald Trump asked the US Supreme Court to let him immediately deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, escalating a high-stakes clash over his use of the military in American cities.

A Louisiana Court of Appeal vacated and remanded the New Orleans Civil Service Commission’s decision denying a senior principal engineer’s request for consideration of the city Sewerage and Water Board’s prior request for retroactive “extraordinary qualifications” pay for him. Maqbool v. Civ. Serv. Comm’n, 2025 BL 367663, La. Ct. App., 4th Cir., 2025-CA-0221, 10/14/25

A paralegal working for Farrah Martinez, PLLC alleging unpaid overtime and misclassification as an independent contractor meets the FLSA criteria to be an employee, where her work was closely reviewed and she exclusively worked at the firm for almost six years, a Texas federal court ruled. Punger v. Farrah Martinez, PLLC, 2025 BL 369579, S.D. Tex., 4:24-cv-2217, 10/15/25

After a week of talks dominated by trade spats and geopolitical distrust, finance chiefs were once again left hanging on the outcome of a potential meeting between the leaders of the world’s two largest economies.

The Trump administration formally imposed 25% tariffs on imported medium and heavy-duty trucks and parts, as well as a 10% duty on buses, while extending a key tariff reprieve for American automakers.

An existing court restraining order preventing the Trump administration from engaging in mass layoffs during the shutdown was expanded by a California judge to include members from three additional federal worker unions.

The U.S. Tax Court held that the taxpayer underreported its income for 2015 and 2016, allowing some adjustments to the IRS’s bank deposits analysis. The taxpayer, a hospice care company, ...

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves gave the clearest signal yet that she will boost her wafer-thin fiscal buffer at next month’s budget to put the public finances on a more stable footing, as she laid out the broad contours of her policy plans in Washington.

A Texas appeals court partially dismissed a lawsuit alleging Robertson County insufficiently accounted for pipeline easements and imposed improper assessments on properties, but the ruling left a path forward for a potential class action.

Kering SA is in talks to sell its beauty business to L’Oréal SA in a deal worth about €4 billion ($4.7 billion), according to people with knowledge of the matter, as new Chief Executive Luca de Meo seeks to turn around the luxury giant’s fortunes.

Revolut Ltd. and its backers are nearing the end of a $3 billion fundraising spree that values the London-based fintech behemoth at $75 billion.

The Trump administration formally imposed 25% tariffs on imported medium and heavy-duty trucks and parts, as well as a 10% duty on buses, while extending a key tariff reprieve for American automakers.

White House officials spoke Friday with the leaders of several colleges about the Trump administration’s proposed preferential funding compact, after rejections of the accord by a number of elite schools showed the idea is struggling to gain traction.

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. has agreed to pay $26 million to settle claims that it colluded to fix the price of fragrance ingredients.

An investor in the NBA’s Phoenix Suns and the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury on Friday dropped a court case demanding financial information from affiliates of billionaire majority owner Mat Ishbia days after he countersued.