Transgender sports participation In oral arguments in January, the conservative justices appeared ready to uphold state laws banning transgender athletes from female sports teams amid escalating efforts nationwide to restrict the rights of transgender people.
Asylum processing In March the court appeared likely to rule in favor of the Trump administration in its defense of the government's authority to turn away asylum seekers when officials deem U.S.-Mexico border crossings too overburdened to handle additional claims.
IP:Miley Cyrus will ask a federal court in Los Angeles to rule that her hit song "Flowers" did not unlawfully copy elements of Bruno Mars' hit " When I Was Your Man." Cyrus argues that her song is not similar enough to infringe, and that it is protected by the copyright doctrine of fair use because it comments on Mars' 2013 hit. The lawsuit was brought by copyright owner Tempo Music Investments, which is not affiliated with Mars.
Insider trading: Florida resident Boruch Hatanian is scheduled to be arraigned in federal court in Boston after he was indicted on charges that he participated in a vast insider trading scheme that involved tips from lawyers at major law firms working on corporate mergers.
Court calendars are subject to last-minute docket changes.
Washington state will relax its reliance on ABA accreditation standards for law schools. Starting in September, graduates of law schools not accredited by the ABA can sit for the state’s bar exam provided they are eligible to take the exam in another state. Read more here.
Fenwick & West, which advised FTX before its 2022 blockbuster collapse and bankruptcy, on Friday said it will pay $54 million to resolve claims from FTX customers who alleged the firm helped enable one of the largest financial frauds in U.S. history.
