A UAW organizing campaign at southern plants has reinvigorated union resistance from Republican state lawmakers and inspired secret-ballot-election bills that set up a clash with federal labor law. blawgo.com/RvNM97X

Budget cuts to the agency tasked with protecting federal judges and courthouses are straining resources amid a rise in threats against the judiciary. blawgo.com/jT0nSt4

The US Labor Department’s new fiduciary rule has drawn its first legal challenge from the Federation of Americans for Consumer Choice and five insurance industry plaintiffs in Texas federal court. blawgo.com/rf3bu0Q

Opinion: Norton Rose Fulbright's Tom Delaney, Mike Keeley, and Steven Constantin say the FDIC's proposed revisions to its bank merger review policy would increase merger scrutiny, costs, and disclosures. blawgo.com/Agz3wZ6

President Joe Biden defended the right to protest peacefully but demanded that “order must prevail,” as demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war have wreaked havoc on US college campuses. blawgo.com/s1nc3Ys

Analysis: Labor arbitrators who heard employee discharge disputes in 2023 ruled in favor of unions more frequently than they had in at least a decade, according to Bloomberg Law data. blawgo.com/78Cll7m

Two provisions of North Carolina's 12-week abortion ban are unconstitutional, even under the lowest standard of constitutional review, Planned Parenthood South Atlantic told a US judge. blawgo.com/wlOZNDB

US and Israeli victims of Hamas's Oct. 7 attacks sued the National Students for Justice in Palestine and the AJP Educational Foundation for allegedly aiding and abetting the US designated foreign terrorist organization. blawgo.com/sVEJ634

Chipotle defeated a proposed class action alleging deceptive practices because the company failed to provide exact change during a national coin shortage in 2020. blawgo.com/nzs8wWC

Setbacks in copyright lawsuits over video games' depiction of tattoos on LeBron James and other athletes show tattoo art's broadly-recognized protection can be superseded by the rights of its canvas—the athletes themselves. blawgo.com/dmFQnhD

Jacksonville, Fla., has four Fortune 500 companies, a massive courthouse serving as the legal center for the state's sprawling First Coast, and a new cadre of talent called 'The Green Lanterns' to fight for the city's justice system. blawgo.com/3QlYFnp

The increasing workload of the Supreme Court’s so-called shadow docket has had a substantial impact on the federal government’s top lawyers at the high court. blawgo.com/9qtZtaK

Opinion: Arnold & Porter's Raqiyyah Pippins and Peter Schildkraut analyze AI risks in consumer business, saying agency actions signal a need for risk planning beyond compliance. blawgo.com/7bYIuZj

NEW: Columbia University has hired Manhattan litigator Roberta Kaplan to defend it in a Jewish student’s lawsuit over the school’s handling of pro-Palestine protests on campus. blawgo.com/pE5HUyZ

Ex-Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider alleged the recent docuseries “Quiet on Set” falsely portrays him as a child sexual abuser in a lawsuit filed against Warner Bros. and Sony. blawgo.com/KHxLXsb

Bayer’s Monsanto unit persuaded an appeals court in Washington state to throw out a $185 million jury award to three former teachers who blamed exposure to the firm’s toxic chemicals for their brain injuries. blawgo.com/wZntkD3

Donald Trump attorney John Eastman’s attempt to lift his suspension from practicing law in California was rejected, because he failed to show that he no longer presents a threat to the public. blawgo.com/NBwUoK0

A group of investment firms is a step closer to getting a potential $600 million return on a $5.6 million funding deal in a lawsuit tied to the bankruptcy of Sanchez Energy. blawgo.com/XtpEwmV

Class action attorneys are lobbying for changes to a draft rule on multidistrict litigation that they say could upend decades of best practices used to manage their cases. blawgo.com/9rki2TR

Column: A very simple metric is one of the best predictors of a law firm’s long-term health: the rate of growth in its equity partnership. blawgo.com/KisEPQH