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The Daily Docket

The Daily Docket

A newsletter by Reuters and Westlaw

By Caitlin Tremblay

Good morning. Today we kick off with a look at which cases the U.S. Supreme Court still needs to rule on, including four Trump cases. Plus, Bayer’s $7.25 billion Roundup settlement is facing its first formal objections; the 2nd Circuit will weigh a Connecticut law that imposes price caps on certain generic drugs; and Miley Cyrus will ask a federal court to rule that her hit "Flowers" did not unlawfully copy elements of a Bruno Mars song. Bad news? The long weekend is over. Good news? It’s already Tuesday. Here are some photos of a buffalo in Bangladesh that’s gone viral for looking like a certain world leader.

What’s next at SCOTUS?

 

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Welcome back from the long weekend. It’s the last week of May which means the end of the current U.S. Supreme Court term is nigh. So far this term the court has gutted the Voting Rights Act, struck down President Trump’s global tariffs and reined in the 5th Circuit, including on access to the abortion pill. Let’s catch up on which cases are still to be decided.

Trump cases
Four more major cases involving the president are set to be decided by the end of next month. They involve his effort to restrict birthright citizenship, fire a member of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board of Governors, oust a Federal Trade Commission member and end protected status for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Haiti and Syria.

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.

Second Amendment
The court is also due to decide two gun rights cases. One is over a Hawaii law that restricts the carrying of handguns on private property open to the public - as most businesses are - without the owner's permission. The second tests a federal law that bars users of illegal drugs from owning guns.

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.

Campaign finance
The court will also rule on a Republican-led bid to strike down federal limits on spending by political parties in coordination with candidates in a case involving Vice President Vance.

Read more about other pending cases here.

 

Coming up today

  • SCOTUS: The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue orders in pending appeals.
  • Health: The 2nd Circuit will hear arguments over a Connecticut law that imposes price caps on certain generic drugs to combat price gouging.
  • Voting rights: U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante in New Hampshire will hold a hearing over the DOJ’s lawsuit seeking to force the state to hand over its unredacted voter data.
  • 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.

 

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Industry insight

  • 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. 
 

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