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A newsletter by Reuters and Westlaw

By Caitlin Tremblay

Good morning. The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue opinions today with the tariffs decision still in limbo. Plus, the Washington Post will ask a federal judge to order the return of material the FBI seized from a reporter; Google will try to prevent a group of copyright holders from banding together to sue for copyright infringement over its AI training; and a proposed state law aims to limit investor influence in law firms. Oscar contender “Hamnet” is boosting tourism at Shakespeare heritage sites. All’s well that ends well, so let’s wrap this week up and go home. Exit, pursued by the weekend.

SCOTUS to issue opinions with tariffs still in limbo

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The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue opinions in pending, argued cases this morning. The court’s decision in the closely-watched dispute over the legality of President Trump’s global tariffs has yet to be decided, and cases involving Trump’s firing of a Fed official and an FTC commissioner are also awaiting opinions.

Here’s a look at this term’s major cases and where they stand. Opinions will be announced beginning at 10 a.m. ET.

In other Supreme Court news:

How the U.S. Supreme Court set the stage for partisan gerrymandering arms race

U.S. Supreme Court adopts new technology to help identify conflicts of interest

Coming up today

Press freedom: Lawyers for the Washington Post will ask a federal judge to order the return of material the FBI seized from a reporter during a leak investigation.
IP: Google will seek to prevent a group of copyright holders from banding together as two classes to sue the tech giant for copyright infringement over its AI training. The proposed classes include book authors and visual artists. Read the proposed complaint.

Court calendars are subject to last-minute docket changes.

More top news

Industry insight

Legislation introduced in Illinois this month would sharply curb private‑equity involvement with law firms, erecting new state-level guardrails just as investors and lawyers nationwide are increasingly exploring back‑office partnerships and taking advantage of loosened regulations on law firm ownership in Arizona. Read more in this week’s Billable Hours.

"The consequences of allowing such individuals lacking the impressive and necessary resumes to become FBI agents simply by passing a web-based test will be both seismic and generationally harmful to the republic."

—Retired FBI supervisory special agent Jeff Crocker, commenting on the bureau’s plans to make it easier for existing employees to become agents. The proposal removes two long-standing steps in vetting applicants as the bureau faces a staffing crunch under the Trump administration. Find out more.

In the courts

West Virginia AG JB McCuskey filed a lawsuit accusing Apple of allowing its iCloud service to become what the company's own internal communications described as the "greatest platform for distributing child porn." Read the complaint.
BioNTech sued Moderna in Delaware federal court, alleging that Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine mNexspike infringes a patent related to BioNTech and Pfizer's competing shot Comirnaty. Read the complaint.
PepsiCo and its Frito-Lay unit persuaded U.S. District Judge Mónica Ramírez Almadani in California to block convenience-store owners from pursuing a proposed class action claiming they are forced to pay higher prices for snack foods than those offered to big retailers. Read the order.
The Washington Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Amazon must face lawsuits brought by families with relatives who took their own lives by consuming sodium nitrite they bought on the online retailer's platform. Read the opinion.
JPMorgan and its CEO Jamie Dimon alleged in a filing in federal court in Miami that President Trump improperly included Dimon as a defendant in his debanking lawsuit against the bank as a way to get the case into state court. Read the filing.

Attorney Analysis

Skadden’s Virginia Milstead and Mark Foster examine the rise in securities litigation guidance claims. Read today’s Attorney Analysis.

Additional writing by Namrata Arora.