/washington?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Washington Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Fri, 01 Aug 2025 23:47:18 +0000 /washington/articles/2372544?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2372544 A Manhattan federal judge on Friday rejected a request from 16 states to block the Trump administration from cutting millions of dollars in grant funds from the National Science Foundation for scientific research and programs aimed at enhancing diversity, equity and inclusion in STEM fields and environmental justice. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 23:29:44 +0000 /washington/articles/2372604?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2372604 The Ninth Circuit on Friday granted the Trump administration's bid to halt an injunction blocking enforcement of President Donald Trump's executive order axing labor contracts covering agencies with "national security" aims, saying in a published opinion that the government was likely to succeed against six unions' First Amendment retaliation claim. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:58:11 +0000 /washington/articles/2371280?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2371280 In this special edition of Wheeling & Appealing, we're spotlighting key decisions and developments in every circuit court during the first half of 2025, while also previewing August's most intriguing oral arguments, including a remarkably "fierce" showdown between Edible Arrangements and 1-800-Flowers with millions of dollars in attorney fees on the line. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:29:50 +0000 /washington/articles/2372006?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2372006 A federal judge erred in tossing class claims accusing Amazon of collecting consumers' voice data without their consent, including by finding that a third-party software company was a "financial institution," the named plaintiffs told the Third Circuit Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:59:50 +0000 /washington/articles/2372533?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2372533 Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from ¼«ËÙÈü³µ Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into how law firms are winning the succession game, and the Trump administration's efforts to cut red tape for data center projects. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:47:11 +0000 /washington/articles/2372452?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2372452 A Ninth Circuit panel on Friday rejected a consumer's bid to revive his California class action claims over bounced-check fees at Navy Federal Credit Union, ruling that federal credit unions are exempt from state laws that regulate account fees. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:40:08 +0000 /washington/articles/2372578?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2372578 A Seattle federal judge is forcing X Corp. to fully pay the fees for arbitrating the claims of about 150 former Twitter employees in Washington who say they were shorted on bonus and severance pay amid layoffs after Elon Musk took over the social media giant in 2022. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:18:51 +0000 /washington/articles/2372459?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2372459 The Ninth Circuit on Friday partially revived a lawsuit brought by 13-year-old boys who had been sex trafficked alleging X Corp. refused to remove pornographic videos of them, saying Section 230 shields the social media platform from claims it knowingly benefited from sex trafficking, but not from negligence and defective-reporting design claims. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:02:35 +0000 /washington/articles/2372408?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2372408 The Trump administration has improperly "weaponized" federal laws against drug misbranding, false claims and female genital mutilation as part of a pressure campaign to undermine state protections for gender-affirming care, a coalition of state attorneys general argued in a new suit Friday. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:08:58 +0000 /washington/articles/2372243?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2372243 A majority en banc Ninth Circuit has affirmed a lower court's decision upholding Los Angeles Unified School District's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees, while two partially dissenting judges disagreed with the majority's conclusion that the policy passes constitutional muster. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:45:32 +0000 /washington/articles/2372536?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2372536 A coalition of 16 states pressed the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to reject the Trump administration's push to resume the mass termination of scientific research grants, saying a district judge had authority to pause the cuts. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:26:14 +0000 /washington/articles/2372304?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2372304 The First Circuit on Friday seemed inclined to say that the children of unauthorized immigrants are citizens if they were born on U.S. soil, citing both the 14th Amendment and a subsequent U.S. Supreme Court ruling and pushing back on an argument by President Donald Trump's administration. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:23:39 +0000 /washington/articles/2372225?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2372225 Four Alaska Airlines flight attendants aboard the 737 Max 9 jet that experienced a midair door plug blowout have sued jet-maker Boeing in Washington state court alleging the harrowing January 2024 incident left them with physical and mental injuries, including severe emotional distress. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 18:45:07 +0000 /washington/articles/2372395?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2372395 Consumers urged a Washington federal judge on Friday to certify a class of nearly 300 million in a sweeping antitrust case against Amazon, contending they all paid inflated prices because the e-commerce giant forced an "anti-discount policy" on merchants and monitored marketplace rates to ensure compliance. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 18:20:35 +0000 /washington/articles/2372508?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2372508 An Arizona federal court was right to deny a request by tax services firms to stop the IRS from issuing batch denials of thousands of pandemic-era worker credit claims, the U.S. told the Ninth Circuit, defending the agency's system for handling problems administering the tax credit. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:57:27 +0000 /washington/articles/2371209?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2371209 The Ninth and Eleventh circuits in August will hear from employers fighting trial court decisions refusing to kick proposed class actions alleging ERISA violations into individual arbitration. Here's a look at four coming oral argument sessions that should be on benefits lawyers' radar. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:24:52 +0000 /washington/articles/2370196?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2370196 In an era rife with international trade disputes and tariff-evasion schemes that cost billions annually, the Ninth Circuit's recent decision in Island Industries v. Sigma is a major step forward for trade enforcement and for whistleblowers who can expose customs fraud, say attorneys at Singleton Schreiber. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:56:27 +0000 /washington/articles/2367457?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2367457 After the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down the practice of nationwide injunctions in Trump v. Casa, Section 1983 civil rights suits can provide a better pathway to hold the government accountable — but this will require reforms to qualified immunity, says Marc Levin at the Council on Criminal Justice. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 13:15:10 +0000 /washington/articles/2372052?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2372052 The Ninth Circuit won't hold an en banc rehearing on an appeal from Hyundai Motors America Inc. and Kia America Inc. seeking to dismiss negligence claims by cities in three of seven states in multidistrict litigation over their alleged failure to install anti-theft technology in millions of vehicles. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 11:34:32 +0000 /washington/articles/2371941?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /washington/articles/2371941 A bill that would keep minors out of police interrogation rooms until they've spoken with an attorney is one step closer to becoming law in New York after passing in the state Assembly, in what could be a chance to transform how juvenile crimes are investigated.