The National Law Journal

12/05/2025

Preventive Money Laundering and Corruption Rules Erode Under Trump, Legal Experts Say

Legal experts say the Trump administration is increasingly focused on prosecuting crimes only after the damage is done rather than enforcing Bank Secrecy Act regulations and other compliance-based rules created to prevent illicit finance.

12/05/2025

Ninth Circuit Casts Doubt on Sanctuary Cities Injunction

Judges said an injunction aimed at blocking the Trump administration from withholding funding from so-called sanctuary cities may overreach.

12/05/2025

DC Circuit Says Trump May Deploy Guard Troops in Washington Until Further Notice

"The purpose of this administrative stay is to give the court sufficient opportunity to consider the motion for stay pending appeal and should not be construed in any way as a ruling on the merits of that motion," the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said in an unsigned order allowing Pres...

12/05/2025

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12/05/2025

Supreme Court Will Decide Whether Trump Can Restrict Birthright Citizenship

The court will hear President Donald Trump's bid to uphold the constitutionality of his controversial executive order barring the children of temporary and undocumented immigrants from obtaining U.S. citizenship.

12/05/2025

DC Circuit Rejects Limits on Trump's Power to Fire NLRB, MSPB Members as Unconstitutional

In its 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said Humphrey’s Executor v. U.S. — establishing that the president cannot fire without cause appointees at certain independent multi-member agencies—doesn't apply to the National Labor Relations Board and Merit Systems...

12/05/2025

Litigation Partner Mobility DC Is Hitting a New Level

Litigation partner mobility in D.C. has grown considerably over the past five years, from 46 moves in 2020 to 103 moves so far in 2025, according to a new report by Macrae.

12/05/2025

SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda Reflects on Career in Fireside Chat

Currently in his second term as SEC Commissioner, Uyeda first joined the agency in 2006 as counsel to then-Commissioner Paul Atkins. That early position also had Uyeda working closely with Hester Peirce, who was also counsel to Atkins. It’s a bit weird that twenty years after they all met, they’...

12/05/2025

The HPE Juniper Merger Shows How Easily Antitrust Can Become Politicized

The matter has produced more procedural twists than many high-profile criminal cases. But the noise has obscured the central legal question: whether there is a sound antitrust basis to challenge this deal. The evidence suggests there is not.

12/05/2025

Newsmakers: Stinson Adds Business Litigator to Dallas Office

Also: Willkie elects four new partners in Houston, and Vinson & Elkins announces new partner and counsel class.

12/05/2025

Holland & Knight Adds A&O Shearman ECVC Partner in Austin

A&O Shearman partner Carmelo Gordian, who joined Holland & Knight, said his clients benefit from the firm's broad focus on emerging companies and venture capital work in hot sectors such as cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.

12/05/2025

UNH Law Students Report Issues With Hybrid JD Program After Dean Steps Down

Following the announcement of Megan Carpenter stepping down as dean, students and a former faculty member have come forward with multiple complaints about the hybrid J.D. program, which Carpenter was instrumental in launching in 2019.