Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit plans to step away from active status, handing President Donald Trump a rare appellate vacancy to fill as judges have been slow to retire in his second presidency.

A New Jersey trial court refused to stay an order disqualifying Beasley Allen from the sprawling litigation involving more than 70,000 ovarian cancer claims by users of Johnson & Johnson talc-based products.

McGlinchey Stafford, the New Orleans-based law firm that shuttered last month, filed for bankruptcy to address more than $10 million in liabilities with former lawyers, vendors, and large financial institutions.

Stephen Malito and Nicole Weingartner joined Greenberg Traurig as shareholder and director respectively in its government law and policy practice, the firm announced Wednesday. Malito will be based on Long Island while Weingartner will be based in Albany.

Brian Buckley and Melissa Lawton joined Morgan Lewis as partners in its global litigation practice in Seattle and Los Angeles, respectively, the firm announced Wednesday.

New guidance issued by the Trump administration’s top immigration judge this week could result in continued denial of bond hearings for detainees in Fifth Circuit states—Texas, Mississippi, and Louisiana—as judges in other jurisdictions may choose to grant the hearings, immigration attorneys and law professors say.

A Missouri federal court denied Jost Chemical’s motion to dismiss a chemical line operator’s Title VII race discrimination claim, ruling the EEOC’s dismissal of the charge satisfied administrative requirements despite the right-to-sue notice being issued before 180 days had passed. Leckrone v. Jost Chem. Co., 2026 BL 53421, E.D. Mo., 4:25-cv-01660-AGF, 2/18/26

Even Anthropic Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei was surprised by the initial level of enthusiasm for what became the startup’s next breakthrough product. For months, engineers across the company flocked to an internal AI coding tool called Claude Code that was originally developed as a side project by Boris Cherny, then an employee in an experimental division of Anthropic that he compares to Bell Labs.

An Illinois federal court denied dismissal of Title VII discrimination and retaliation claims by a Hispanic mechanic who was fired after complaining about harassment, finding he exhausted administrative remedies and adequately stated his claims. Munoz v. Dart Container Corp. of Ill., 2026 BL 53302, N.D. Ill., 25 CV 8707, 2/18/26

A Florida federal court granted Winn-Dixie summary judgment on sexual harassment claims by a teenage female cashier, finding her co-worker’s conduct wasn’t severe enough to create a hostile environment and the employer responded promptly when notified. Kanas v. G. Ghannam DDS, P.C., 2026 BL 53599, E.D. Mich., 2:25-CV-11657-TGB-APP, 2/18/26

A Michigan federal court denied two dental practices’ motion to dismiss ADA claims, ruling an orthodontist diagnosed with cancer properly exhausted administrative remedies despite EEOC filing deficiencies. Kanas v. G. Ghannam DDS, P.C., 2026 BL 53599, E.D. Mich., 2:25-CV-11657-TGB-APP, 2/18/26

A New York federal court dismissed a former interim NYPD commissioner’s RICO and § 1983 claims against the City of New York, finding no common purpose among defendants and that his speech was made as an employee, not a citizen. Donlon v. City of New York, 2026 BL 53780, S.D.N.Y., 25cv5831 (DLC), 2/18/26

President Donald Trumprushed to salvage his signature tariffs after the Supreme Court struck down his global duties, pledging he would use different tools to work around the ruling and preserve import taxes he has cast as essential to his economic and foreign policy.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted summary judgment to the IRS on Taxpayer’s FOIA claims and dismissed his non-FOIA claims, holding that Taxpayer failed to exhaust ...

The IRS has published Internal Revenue Bulletin 2026-9. [Internal Revenue Bulletin 2026-9 (Feb. 23, 2026)]

The IRS has published a notice providing interim guidance on the special depreciation allowance for qualified production property under I.R.C. §168(n), as added by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. ...

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The Treasury Department and the IRS issued guidance on the expansion of the “bonus depreciation” tax break on capital spending to additional types of property.

Even Anthropic Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei was surprised by the initial level of enthusiasm for what became the startup’s next breakthrough product. For months, engineers across the company flocked to an internal AI coding tool called Claude Code that was originally developed as a side project by Boris Cherny, then an employee in an experimental division of Anthropic that he compares to Bell Labs.

An American International Group Inc. unit and other insurers were sued for refusing to cover a $556 million False Claims Act settlement involving affiliates of Kaiser Permanente that were accused of submitting invalid diagnosis codes while billing Medicare patients in order to receive higher payments.

A New Jersey trial court refused to stay an order disqualifying Beasley Allen from the sprawling litigation involving more than 70,000 ovarian cancer claims by users of Johnson & Johnson talc-based products.

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A FuboTV Inc. stockholder is challenging a part of the company’s certificate of incorporation that grants a single stockholder an “exclusive right” to stop company directors from being removed from office.

Over the last five weeks, a limited number of hackers broke into more than 600 firewalls across dozens of countries with the help of widely available artificial intelligence tools, according to security research from Amazon.com Inc.