The judges questioned whether the Virginia law regulates the federal government in violation of the supremacy clause. www.​law.​com/nationallawjournal/2026/10/27/can-states-restrict-ice-agents-from-wearing-masks-4th-circuit-takes-up-issue/

Several Am Law 200 affiliated PACs contributed only to the Republican candidate in several closely contested races in the House and Senate, while shying away from contributing to… www.​law.​com/nationallawjournal/2026/10/27/law-firm-pac-spending-leans-toward-gop-in-close-races/

Judge David Cheng, an immigration judge appointed during the first Trump presidential term, has made the jump to private practice after… www.​law.​com/nationallawjournal/2026/10/27/i-cant-do-this-anymore-trump-appointed-immigration-judge-leaves-bench-for-private-practice-in-ny/

West Virginia's law differs from other similar state laws in that it doesn't have a notice requirement, the judges said. www.​law.​com/nationallawjournal/2026/10/27/speech-vs-security-4th-circuit-strikes-down-wv-daniels-law-as-unconstitutional/

Kenvue urged a US appeals court to uphold sanctions against Ashley Keller, accusing him of improperly using the appeal as a “strategic opportunity to… www.​law.​com/nationallawjournal/2026/10/26/tylenol-maker-accuses-plaintiffs-lawyer-of-using-sanctions-appeal-to-reassign-mdl/

A total of 107 attorneys from 54 Am Law 200 firms each have contributed at least $1,000 to the incumbent Democrat, while only two have delivered similar… www.​law.​com/nationallawjournal/2026/10/27/big-law-overwhelmingly-backing-ossoff-with-dollars-in-georgia-us-senate-race/

The defendant, IEC Group, in its bid for en banc review, said the plaintiffs suffered no "concrete" injury such as fraud, identity theft or out-of-pocket losses. www.​law.​com/nationallawjournal/2026/10/26/privacy-breach-alone-isnt-enough-for-standing-full-9th-circuit-told/

The settlement brings to a close the hundreds of cases filed against the second-largest Catholic diocese in the United States. www.​law.​com/nationallawjournal/2026/10/26/archdiocese-of-new-york-agrees-to-pay-800m-to-sexual-abuse-survivors/

A company can hold a commanding share of an established technology without necessarily wielding equivalent power over the broader economic activity… www.​law.​com/nationallawjournal/2026/10/26/antitrust-enforcers-must-stop-defining-tomorrows-markets-by-yesterdays-technology/

Gov. Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James argue an Albany court should reject an attempt to disqualify James before charges are brought, citing… www.​law.​com/nationallawjournal/2026/10/26/ny-says-challenge-to-letitia-james-as-cornell-special-prosecutor-is-premature/

U.​S. District Judge Jesse Furman rejected the administration's "sweeping and unprecedented" theory of executive power, saying that Congress still has the… www.​law.​com/nationallawjournal/2026/10/26/judge-says-maurene-comey-was-illegally-fired-from-sdny-prosecutors-post/

Leaders for both firms have their names on the filing, which follows a confidential submission from June. www.​law.​com/nationallawjournal/2026/10/26/wilson-sonsini-freshfields-usher-in-anthropic-ipo-filing/

BNY General Counsel Kevin McCarthy discusses how AI is reshaping the bank's legal department, from streamlining contract reviews to changing the skills… www.​law.​com/nationallawjournal/2026/10/26/ai-in-practice-ai-is-cutting-contract-review-time-for-bnys-legal-team-by-75/

The proposed rule represents a reversal of a policy statement by the FDIC in 2024 under President Joe Biden, which imposed new requirements for mergers of… www.​law.​com/nationallawjournal/2026/10/23/proposed-fdic-merger-review-overhaul-is-welcome-news-for-banks-attorneys-say/

The new hires are joining firms' environmental, life sciences, white-collar, national security, public finance and telecom practices. www.​law.​com/nationallawjournal/2026/10/23/pillsbury-wilson-sonsini-mayer-brown-add-dc-partners/

President Donald Trump must sit for a deposition in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit by Dec. 11—or risk seeing his case tossed. www.​law.​com/nationallawjournal/2026/10/23/ballard-lawyers-trump-attorney-describe-communication-breakdown-in-bbc-case/

Brownstein Hyatt, Akin, Holland & Knight and Squire Patton Boggs have all registered at least two dozen new clients since July 1 of this year, according to… www.​law.​com/nationallawjournal/2026/10/23/big-law-firms-rake-in-six-figure-lobbying-earnings-from-tech-energy-clients/

Justice Elena Kagan has drawn comparisons between the “deeply conservative Roberts Court and the U.​S. Supreme Court's most liberal era in… www.​law.​com/nationallawjournal/2026/10/23/in-deeply-conservative-roberts-court-kagan-sees-similarity-to-warren-courts-progressive-excess/

The lawsuit centers on whether the firm should have obtained final judgments and submitted applications to the U.​S. Victims of… www.​law.​com/nationallawjournal/2026/10/23/911-familys-malpractice-claim-against-kreindler--kreindler-survives-over-13k-recovery-on-43m-judgment/

There's no telling whether Binance is back under the DOJ's microscope because it was under supervision for past compliance failures—or despite that oversight. "It… www.​law.​com/nationallawjournal/2026/10/23/did-the-binance-monitorships-work-or-fail-experts-say-its-unclear/