Less than 1: PM Edition, October 8

The Trump administration suspends Microsoft, Adobe and six outsourcing firms from the PERM program, and immigration lawyers question whether it can do so indefinitely. The Justice Department invokes Loper Bright to defend dropping habitat modification from the Endangered Species Act’s definition of “harm.” And a San Francisco judge weighs whether insurers’ Dexilant pay-for-delay claims against Takeda belong in arbitration. Also: The Pentagon says the Fort Hood shooter’s execution will be public and livestreamed, and Sheppard Mullin faces a proposed class action over a data breach. Stories mentioned in this episode: Immigration lawyers question legality of Trump administration’s green card freeze https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/395122-immigration-lawyers-question-legality-of-trump-administration-s-green-card-freeze Trump administration invokes Chevron’s demise to narrow endangered species protections https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/395131-trump-administration-invokes-chevron-s-demise-to-narrow-endangered-species-protections Takeda seeks arbitration of insurers’ Dexilant antitrust claims https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/395121-takeda-seeks-arbitration-of-insurers-dexilant-antitrust-claims (The New York Times) Fort Hood shooter’s execution will be public and streamed live, Pentagon says https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/politics/fort-hood-execution-streamed-public.html (Reuters) Law firm Sheppard Mullin sued in class action after data breach disclosure https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/law-firm-sheppard-mullin-sued-class-action-after-data-breach-disclosure-2026-10-08/