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Legal News for Mon 11/3 - A Solo at SCOTUS, FBI Infighting over Patel Jetsetting, Court Order Forcing Trump Admin to Fund SNAP
6 mins; November 03, 2025
Legal News for Fri 10/31 - ICE Massive IRS Data Request, DOJ Prosecutors Can't Call 1/6 a Riot, Cuts to DOJ Civil Rights Office and Sanctions Against Hagens Berman
16 mins; October 31, 2025
Legal News for Thurs 10/30 - Trump's Alaska Projects Spark Ire, ex-Morgan Stanley Advisers Sue DOL, Lilly's Zepbound Walmart-bound, and Digital Services Tax Wars
7 mins; October 30, 2025
Legal News for Weds 10/29 - Argentina's $16B Appeal, Judge Ousts Acting USA in CA, Cameo Sues OpenAI and TX Sues to Link Tylenol to Autism
7 mins; October 29, 2025
Legal News for Tues 10/28 - Data Centers Strain the Grid, TX Booming Business Court, Federal Workers Union Pressures Democrats and Italy's Flat Tax Unraveling
7 mins; October 28, 2025
Legal News for Mon 10/27 - Tax Lawyer/Hot Dog Vendor, Trump Crypto Friendly CFTC Head, and Exxon Sues California
6 mins; October 27, 2025
Legal News for Fri 10/24 - Judges Admit to AI Use, Lawsuit to Force House Swearing-in, and NY AG James Expected to Plead Not Guilty
11 mins; October 24, 2025
Legal News for Thurs 10/23 - Record Lobbying Under Trump, Special Counsel Nominee Withdraws after Nazi Texts, Fight Over Citgo Auction
6 mins; October 23, 2025
Legal News for Weds 10/22 - Trump Wants $230M from the DOJ, AZ Sues Over Congress Swear-in Delay, Apple App Store Fight Continues and SEC Chief Sidesteps APA
7 mins; October 22, 2025
Legal News for Tues 10/20 - Trump's Kill-Don't-Capture "Drug" "War," Pharma Tariff Panic, Trevon Milton Returns and NJ Gov. Race Features Broken Tax Politics
8 mins; October 21, 2025
Legal News for Mon 10/20 - Trump Commutes Santos Sentence, Prime Rate-Fixing WSJ Rate Lawsuit, Key Patent Procedural Ruling in Delaware
5 mins; October 20, 2025
Legal News for Fri 10/17 - Bolton Indicted Under Espionage Act, Chamber of Commerce Sues over $100k H-1B Fee, NJ Suit Against Sig Sauer
12 mins; October 17, 2025
Legal News for Thurs 10/16 - Judge Blocks Federal Layoffs, Surge in Law School Apps, Troop Pay Move Likely Illegal, and Norway's Smart EV Policy Move
9 mins; October 16, 2025
Legal News for Weds 10/15 - SCOTUS Takes Up Voting Rights Act Case, Musk $56b Pay, Owens Kept Out of Australia and FEMA Funding Fights
8 mins; October 15, 2025
Legal News for Tues 10/14 - UK Diesel Emissions Lawsuit, Visa-Mastercard Settlement, Sanctions for AI-Using Lawyers and Tax Sales vs. Takings
8 mins; October 14, 2025
Legal News for Mon 10/13 - CA Bans Fee Sharing with Non Attorney Firms, Trump's Nat Guard Bid in Chicago Blocked, NE Courts Trump Battleground
6 mins; October 13, 2025
Legal News for Fri 10/9 - Letitia James Indicted, Judge Blocks Guard Deployment in Chicago, Mascott and NLRB Picks Confirmed
12 mins; October 10, 2025
Legal News for Thurs 10/9 - Comey Pleads Not Guilty, Trump Wants Critics Jailed, Musk Settles Twitter Exec Suit and an Arrest in Pacific Palisades Fire
5 mins; October 09, 2025
Legal News for Weds 10/8 - Comey's Indictment, Shutdown Layoffs Challenged, and Turkey's $100m Settlement Offer
6 mins; October 08, 2025
Legal News for Tues 10/7 - IL Sues to Block Trump Nat'l Guard Deployment to Chicago, NATCA Urges Controllers Work, and MN Corporate Franchise Tax Shift
6 mins; October 07, 2025
Legal News for Mon 10/6 - SCOTUS Term Opens with Major Trump Cases, Judge Blocks National Guard Deployments, Lawsuit over Trump's $100k H-1B Fee
6 mins; October 06, 2025
MaxMin - The 2025 Government Shutdown
6 mins; October 04, 2025
Legal News for Fri 10/3 - Apple Removes ICEBlock, OpenAI Fires Back at xAI and Musk, and Judge Recuses Himself from Trump National Guard Case
15 mins; October 03, 2025
Legal News for Thurs 10/2 - AG James Sues DHS and Noem, Apple and OpenAI Push Back Against Musk and Prince Harry Privacy Suit
6 mins; October 02, 2025
Legal News for Weds 10/1 - TX Redistricting Trial, Federal Shutdown Showdown, Judge Blocks NV Acting USA and Uber Escapes Liability in Bellwether Case
7 mins; October 01, 2025
Legal News for Tues 9/30 - Trump Abandons War on Drugs, Deploys Troops to Portland Oregon, and Implications of Anker's Tariff Investigation
7 mins; September 30, 2025
Legal News for Mon 9/29 - SCOTUS Lets Trump Gut Foreign Aid, TX Moves to Drop ABA, Trump's Formal Bid to End Birthright Citizenship
6 mins; September 29, 2025
Legal News for Fri 9/26 - Spurious Charges against Comey, $1.5b Anthropic Deal, and Defense of Accused Charlie Kirk Murderer
26 mins; September 26, 2025
Legal News for Thurs 9/25 - Apple and US Bank Out from under CFPB, DOJ Probe into Letitia James, Boston Wrongful Arrest Settlement and AZ Criminal Law Licensing Plan Shot Down
6 mins; September 25, 2025
Legal News for Weds 9/24 - Ed Martin Patent Probe, Court Blocks Trump Ideological Grant Conditions, Surge in Law School Enrollment
7 mins; September 24, 2025
Legal News for Tues 9/23 - TikTok Divestment Deal Deets, US Law Firms Pull from Beijing, New Lawsuit Against Zillow and Sensible Sales Tax by Use
7 mins; September 23, 2025
Legal News for Mon 9/22 - Trump Makes Personal Attorney USA, Google Antitrust Trial, Fight Over Mangione Death Penalty and Offshore Wind Court Battle
7 mins; September 22, 2025
Legal News for Fri 9/19 - NIOSH Gutted, Trump Economic Agenda in SCOTUS Hands, ICE Terrorizes DC and Senate Confirms USPTO Head
31 mins; September 19, 2025
Legal News for Thurs 9/18 - Disney and Amazon Lawsuits, $1.7B GloriFi Claim, Khalil Fights Deportation and Court Blocks HHS Cuts
7 mins; September 18, 2025
Legal News for Weds 9/17 - KPMG Audits Fall Short, Tesla Crash Settlement, State Terrorism Charges Dropped in Mangione Case and Law Firms Suing Trump Despite Deals
7 mins; September 17, 2025
Legal News for Tues 9/15 - Maurene Comey's Fight, Musk Settles X Trademark Dispute, Google Lawyers Want $85m in Fees and Norway's Wealth Tax Referendum
7 mins; September 16, 2025
Legal News for Mon 9/15 - Big Law Firing over Kirk Criticism, Deportation Block for Minors, Mass Federal Firings Ruled Illegal and UC Berkeley Hands Over Details on Scores
6 mins; September 15, 2025
Legal News for Fri 9/12 - Senate Rule Changes, Block on Trump's Head Start Gutting, DOJ Lawsuit against Uber
11 mins; September 12, 2025
Legal News for Thurs 9/11 - Trump Golf Course Assassin Trial Begins, Lawsuit Over Federal Firings, Ongoing Fed Removal Fight and Ruling on NJ Gun Laws
7 mins; September 11, 2025
Legal News for Weds 9/10 - Fed Independence Safe (For Now), Trump's Tariffs in Place (For Now), CA Social Media Law and Blocked DOJ Subpoena Harassing Trans Youth
7 mins; September 10, 2025
Legal News for Tues 9/9 - Trump Carroll Verdict Upheld, SCOTUS Rubber Stamps Immigration Raids, FL Judicial Pick, TaxProf Blog RIP and Taylor Swift Tax
10 mins; September 09, 2025
Legal News for Mon 9/8 - Mangione Claims Jury Bias, Abrego Deportation to Eswatini, FTC Noncompete Rule Dropped and Trump Plans Backup Tariff Plans
7 mins; September 08, 2025
Legal News for Fri 9/5 - ACB Denies Constitutional Crisis, DOJ DC Hypocrisy, Trump's Troop Use Unpaused, and Google's $425m Privacy Verdict
14 mins; September 05, 2025
Legal News for Thurs 9/4 - Trump Tariffs to SCOTUS, Harvard $2.2b Grant Reinstatement, Newsmax vs. Fox
6 mins; September 04, 2025
Legal News for Weds 9/3 - Trump Appeals Tariff Strike-down, Google Spared Antitrust Worsts, Alien Enemies Act Blocked, Machine Guns Stay Banned, and he CTC Gap
10 mins; September 03, 2025
Legal News for Tues 9/2 - ChatGPT Beats Legal AI Tech, Congress Battles over IRS Budget, Judge Blocks Deportation and Court Rules Against Trump Tariffs
8 mins; September 02, 2025
Legal News for Fri 8/29 - Lisa Cook Sues, Bar Exam Score Surge, Rising Law Firm Rates and UPenn Prof Suit Dismissed
22 mins; August 29, 2025
Legal News for Thurs 8/28 - Delayed Episode (with apologies)
6 mins; August 29, 2025
Legal News for Weds 8/27 - Lisa Cook Retains Lawyer, Trump Fights to Halt Foreign Aid, Anthropic Settles Copyright Case and OpenAI Sued over Suicide
6 mins; August 27, 2025
Legal News for Tues 8/26 - More Trump Power Grabs, Medicaid Funding Fight in Maine, Judicial Cybersecurity and Utah Town Faces 225% Property Tax Hike
8 mins; August 26, 2025
Legal News for Mon 8/25 - Intel Deal With Trump, Re-arrest of Kilmar Abrego, Sanctuary Cities Win in Court and a Patent Fight over Apple Watch
7 mins; August 25, 2025
Legal News for Fri 8/22 - Alligator Alcatraz Halted, Redistricting Wars in CA and TX, Alina Habba Blocked
14 mins; August 22, 2025
Legal News for Thurs 8/21 - DOJ Gender Care Probe of CHOP, Epic v. Apple Legal Privilege Fight, TPS Ruling, Musk Lottery Lawsuit and R&D Tax Breaks in Policy Context
9 mins; August 21, 2025
Legal News for Weds 8/20 - CA Redistricting Fight, Musk NLRB Win, NV Business Court, and Test of Musk's Advice of Counsel Defense
8 mins; August 20, 2025
Legal News for Tues 8/19 - FBI Arrests for the Gram, New FBI Co-Leadership, ABA Curriculum Changes, SEC Whistleblower Claims, and Louisiana Tax Rebate Fiasco
9 mins; August 19, 2025
Legal News for Mon 8/18 - SCOTUS Ed. Dept. Showdown, Jackson Hole Up in the Air, Wegovy for Liver Disease and Norton Rose's Tech Disaster
7 mins; August 18, 2025
Legal News for Fri 8/15 - Russian Hackers Breach Federal Courts, Trial Over Trump Troop Deployment on US Streets, Legal Jobs Up Broadly, SCOTUS Declines to Pause Social Media Age Checks
15 mins; August 15, 2025
Legal News for Thurs 8/14 - Alex Jones' Infowars Receivership, Trump's Aid Freeze and Pro-Antitrust Moves, Rumble Lawsuit Dismissal, and a Ruling on Birth Control Coverage
8 mins; August 14, 2025
Legal News for Weds 8/13 - ABA Cowardice, AT&T Settlement, UCLA Regains Frozen Funds and Court Upholds Arkansas Trans Youth Care Ban
6 mins; August 13, 2025
Legal News for Tues 8/12 - SCOTUSblog Goldstein Update, ABA and Trump, $1b Law Firm Merger, CBO Uninsured Forecast Under OBBBA, and DC $4.4b Stadium
8 mins; August 12, 2025
Legal News for Mon 8/11 - New FERC Head, Landmark National Guard Trial in CA, Law Firm Q2 Gains, and EPA Ending Union Contract
6 mins; August 11, 2025
Legal News for Fri 8/8 - Trump Birthright EO Injunction, SCOTUS Raid Bid, Milbank Summer Bonus, Fed Swipe Fee Rule, and Apple Sued Over Apple Pay
48 mins; August 08, 2025
Legal News for Thurs 8/7 - SEC Gag Rule Endures, Stanford Student Paper Free Speech Suit, Revived Drug Discounts and a Class Action Against Pepsi
7 mins; August 07, 2025
Legal News for Weds 8/6 - Maxwell Fights Grand Jury File Release, Judge Blocks BRIC Cuts, Tesla Robotaxi Suit and RFK Jr. Guts Vaccine Projects
8 mins; August 06, 2025
Legal News for Tues 8/5 - Duane Morris Income Partner Pay Suit, DOJ Grand Jury on Obama-era Intel, Nunes Loses, Judicial AI Errors and FLOSS Nonprofits
7 mins; August 05, 2025
Legal News for Fri 8/1 - Threats Against Judges, US Funding Deportations from Costa Rica, and an Appeals Court Weighs in on Trump's "Emergency" Tariff Powers
21 mins; August 01, 2025
Legal News for Thurs 7/31 - Trump Pumps Crypto, Public Defender Funding Cuts, Uber Liability Question and Eric Tung's Sexist Comments
7 mins; July 31, 2025
Legal News for Weds 7/30 - Bove Confirmed, Trump Crypto Policy Report Incoming, Epstein Transcript Requests and $42m Talc Verdict Against J&J
7 mins; July 30, 2025
Legal News for Tues 7/29 - Maxwell SCOTUS Appeal, Trump Lawsuit Against WSJ, Judge Boasberg Attacks, Judge Newman Suspended, and State Tax Policy Post-OBBBA
8 mins; July 29, 2025
Legal News for Mon 7/28 - A&0 Shearman Delays Starts, Section 230 Shields Social Media, Trump's Birthright Order Blocked and CA Retreats from $15 Broadband Bill
7 mins; July 28, 2025
Legal News for Fri 7/25 - Ghislaine Wants SCOTUS Help, NIH Grant Cuts and a Proxy Advisor Lawsuit in TX
15 mins; July 25, 2025
Legal News for Thurs 7/24 - SCOTUS Backs Trump on Indie Agency Removals, Fed Judge Retracts Flawed Pharma Ruling, Columbia Yields to Trump and Macrons Sue Candace Owens
7 mins; July 24, 2025
Legal News for Weds 7/23 - Trump NCUA Firings Illegal, Big Cocoa vs. Child Labor Suits, NJ Detention Ban, 32 Year Old Mail Fraud Case and Data Centers as Modern Pyramids
8 mins; July 23, 2025
Legal News for Tues 7/22 - Trump WSJ Suit has Procedural Issues, DOJ Appeal in Jenner & Block Case, Breonna Taylor Case Sentencing, and Church Political Speech
7 mins; July 22, 2025
Legal News for Mon 7/21 - Harvard Sues Trump Over Retaliatory Research Fund Pause, Court Blocks ICC-Related Sanctions, and Myth of the Millionaire Tax Flight
6 mins; July 21, 2025
Legal News for Fri 7/18 - Trump's Unconstitutional Birthright Citizenship Order Under Fire, Epstein Grand Jury Records Forthcoming and Union Rights for Federal Workers
14 mins; July 18, 2025
Legal News for Thurs 7/17 - TPS for Venezuelans, Maurene Comey Fired from DOJ, FEMA Grant Cuts Challenged in Court and More US Citizens Jailed in Immigration Raids
7 mins; July 17, 2025
Legal News for Weds 7/16 - $8b Meta Trial, Abrego's Immigration Case, Milbank Defends NJ Cities in Immigration Cases and Tax Policy as Liberal Arts
7 mins; July 16, 2025
Legal News for Tues 7/15 - SCOTUS Gives DOE Gutting the Go-Ahead, Germany US Drone Strike Liability Ruling, Afghan TPS Relief and Why Fixing Section 174 is a Reset not a Victory
8 mins; July 15, 2025
Legal News for Mon 7/14 - CA Cracks Down on Montana LLCs, Mass DOJ Exodus, Zuck to Trial
7 mins; July 14, 2025
Legal News for Fri 7/11 - Court Action on Trump EO, Mass Federal Layoffs Planned, $20m Claim by Mahmoud Khalil
25 mins; July 11, 2025
Legal News for Thurs 7/10 - Battle over Birthright Citizenship, Harvard Accreditation Attack, USDA DEI Rollback and Federal Lawsuit Against CA Egg Laws
7 mins; July 10, 2025
Legal News for Weds 7/9 - Charles Oakley vs. MSG, Texas vs. ABA, California vs. 23andMe and IRS Retreats on Church Political Speech
7 mins; July 09, 2025
Legal News for Tues 7/8 - Lawsuit Against RFK and HHS Over Vaccine Schedule, Trump Targets Hondurans and Nicaraguans, and Maryland's Troubled New Tech Tax
6 mins; July 08, 2025
Legal News for Mon 7/7 - Trump Deportation Full Trial, Apple EU Antitrust Appeal, Looming Trump Cuts to Legal Aid for Domestic Violence Survivors
6 mins; July 07, 2025
Legal News for Thurs 7/3 - Roberts Reasserts Control at SCOTUS, RFK HHS Overhaul, Trump Asylum Ban and CPSC Firings
7 mins; July 03, 2025
Legal News for Weds 7/2 - TPS Win for Haitians, Penn's Shameful Capitulation on Human Rights, A Ruling that Federal Judges are Public Officials and Gutting Grad Student Loans
7 mins; July 02, 2025
Legal News for Tues 7/1 - SCOTUS Defangs EPA, Trump's Ongoing Birthright Citizenship Debacle, Trump vs. Perkins Coie, and Data Center Tax Breaks
7 mins; July 01, 2025
Legal News for Mon 6/30 - Global M&A Up, SCOTUS Win for Trump Might be Limited, GOP Tax Bill Tensions and Wall Street Chasing CA Wildfire Profits
7 mins; June 30, 2025
Legal News for Fri 6/27 - Justice Kennedy Warns Democracy at Risk, Ripple's Failed Settlement, SCOTUS on Birthright Citizenship Kinda and Revenge Tax + Pro Codes Act, Both Bad
21 mins; June 27, 2025
Legal News for Thurs 6/26 - Judge Blocks Trump's Job Corps Shuttering, Meta Wins AI Copyright Case not on Merits, and IRS Strained but Successful 2025 Filing Season
6 mins; June 26, 2025
Legal News for Weds 6/25 - Obergefell Challenge Attempt, Fair Use Win for Anthropic in AI Training and Bail Hearing for Kilmar Garcia
7 mins; June 25, 2025
Legal News for Tues 6/24 - Trump Deportation Policy Win, Harvard Visa Loss, Powell's Secure Fed Seat and Litigation Finance Tax is Nonsense
7 mins; June 24, 2025
Legal News for Mon 6/23 - Kilmar Garcia Released, Student Loan Caps to Hurt Law School Diversity and Access and a VMT in Illinois
6 mins; June 23, 2025
Legal News for Fri 6/20 - EU Leniency for Apple and Meta, Trump's Hold on National Guard Reinforced, TACOs on TikTok Ban
13 mins; June 20, 2025
Legal News for Thurs 6/19 - Lawsuits Against Law Reviews, FTC Ad Rules, Abortion Privacy Rollback, Challenges to Trump Attempt to Tie State Transit Funding to Immigration Compliance
7 mins; June 19, 2025
Legal News for Weds 6/18 - Passport Restrictions Halted, Tariffs Challenged at SCOTUS, Cuts to University Research Blocked and SCOTUS Curtails Rights for Transgender Minors
7 mins; June 18, 2025
Legal News for Tues 6/17 - ABA Sues Trump, DOJ Restructuring, NCAA $2.3b Settlement Raises NIL and Antitrust Issues, and Tax Amnesty in Illinois
7 mins; June 17, 2025
Legal News for Mon 6/16 - Trump Mass Deportation Attempt, Senate $3T Tax Bill Sans SALT Solution, Harvard Legal Battle to Protect International Students
7 mins; June 16, 2025
Legal News for Fri 6/13 - Tesla Sues Over Trade Secret Robot Hands, Trump's Guard Deployment Upheld by Court for Now, SCOTUS Fast Tracks Controversial Policies
13 mins; June 13, 2025
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