Suits and Litigation (Civil)

• A 1987 Proposal Could Help Hold ICE to Account for Constitutional Violations - A proposal in a 1987 law review article could address a gap that makes it all but impossible to sue federal officials for violating the Constitution.
• Trump Assails Grammys and Threatens to Sue Trevor Noah Over Epstein Joke - President Trump declared the awards ceremony “virtually unwatchable” and accused Mr. Noah of defamation over a joke he made that appeared to tie the president to Jeffrey Epstein.
• Pentagon Defends Restrictions on Media Outlets - The purpose of the new rules is to “stop activity that could compromise national security,” the Defense Department said in response to a New York Times lawsuit.
• Trump Sues I.R.S. Over Tax Data Leak, Demanding $10 Billion - The president charged that the I.R.S. and the Treasury Department had failed to prevent a former I.R.S. contractor from gaining access to documents shared with news outlets.
• Girls Sue Saint Ann’s School and Former Teacher Over Sex Crimes - Winston Nguyen, a former teacher at Saint Ann’s School who pleaded guilty to a felony charge last year, is accused in the lawsuit of soliciting naked photos of students and sharing them online.
• Five Questions for Jerome Powell, the Fed Chair - Succession drama, legal intrigue and political independence: These are top issues that DealBook would ask of the Federal Reserve chairman.
• TikTok Settles Social Media Addiction Lawsuit Ahead of a Landmark Trial - The settlement means TikTok will avoid a trial where plaintiffs had planned to argue that social media platforms are inherently defective and subject to personal injury liability.
• D.H.S. Cited Foreign Students’ Writings and Protests Before Their Arrests - Documents unsealed by a federal judge on Thursday include dossiers that investigators prepared on pro-Palestinian student activists before they were targeted for deportation.
• Appeals Court Stays Restrictions on Federal Tactics in Minnesota - The Eighth Circuit granted the Trump administration’s request to block, at least for now, a lower court’s injunction limiting how federal agents interact with protesters in the state.
• Trump Administration Asks Judge to Reject Minnesota’s Call to Block ICE Surge - Lawyers for the state and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul have sued over the deployment of some 3,000 federal agents to Minnesota.