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  AT&T Customers' $177M Data Breach Deal Wins Initial OK

  By Lauren Berg

  A Texas federal judge Friday gave her initial blessing to a $177 million settlement resolving a flood of claims ...(read more)

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  Judge Halts Trump's Harvard Foreign Student Ban

  By Chris Villani

  A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration's mov...(read more)

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• Dems Laud Axing Of Budget Bill's Injunction Bond Provison

  By Courtney Bublé

  A provision meant to up the ante for plaintiffs filing lawsuits against the federal government by increasing the use of injunction bonds has been ruled ineligible for inclusion in the budget reconciliation package.

• Compass Sues Zillow Over Listing Ban

  By Georgia Kromrei

  Real estate brokerage Compass sued Zillow in New York federal court Monday, alleging its ban on private listings and coordination with competitors to enforce it amounts to monopolistic behavior.

• 4 Firms Build $1B Bitcoin SPAC Merger

  By Jade Martinez-Pogue

  Bitcoin-native financial services firm ProCap BTC LLC on Monday announced plans to go public through a merger with special purpose acquisition company Columbus Circle Capital Corp. I in a deal built by four law firms that will create a combined business with up to $1 billion in bitcoin on its balance sheet.

• Gibson Dunn, Cleary Guide $1.77B C&S-SpartanNash Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  C&S Wholesale Grocers will acquire grocery distributor and retailer SpartanNash in a $1.77 billion all-cash deal, the companies said in a joint statement Monday, with Gibson Dunn and Cleary serving as legal counsel to the buyer and seller, respectively.

• Justices To Review Liability For Forcing Prisoner's Haircut

  By Jared Foretek

  The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a former Louisiana prisoner's case for damages after guards forcibly shaved his head, removing the dreadlocks he maintained as part of his Rastafarian religion.

• Justices Pass On La. Regulators' Tesla Sales Ban

  By Catherine Marfin

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a Fifth Circuit decision that revived Tesla's lawsuit accusing Louisiana car dealers and regulators of illegally excluding the direct-sale automaker from the state, following a notification from the parties of their intent to reach a settlement.

• Science Research Funding Cuts Blocked By Mass. Judge

  By Hailey Konnath

  A Massachusetts federal judge Friday prohibited the Trump administration from cutting certain National Science Foundation research funding associated with facilities and administrative costs, ruling that the policy runs afoul of multiple laws and the government hasn't adequately explained its reasoning.

• Supreme Court Won't Leapfrog DC Circ. Over Trump's Tariffs

  By Lauren Berg

  The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request from two Illinois-based toy makers challenging President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs to consider their case before it is reviewed by the D.C. Circuit.

• Unsettling Expectations: Stewart Broadens Denials Again

  By Dani Kass

  The acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director has again held that patent owners eventually have the right to assume their patents won't be challenged in inter partes reviews, which many attorneys say is upsetting their understanding of how to navigate the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

• Apple Hit With Securities Suit Over IPhone AI Feature Delays

  By Dorothy Atkins

  An Apple investor hit the tech giant and its top brass with a proposed securities class action in California federal court Friday, alleging they duped investors into believing Apple would launch new artificial intelligence Siri features on the iPhone 16 and caused Apple stock to tumble after the rollout was delayed repeatedly.

• Texas Jury To Decide Google Ad Tech Liability, Not Damages

  By Bryan Koenig

  A Texas federal judge is giving Google only partial reprieve from facing a jury on state attorneys general claims targeting its advertising placement technology business, leaving liability under federal antitrust law and any damages up to the court, while letting most state law claims go to the jury.

• 737 Max Families Push For Special Prosecutor In Boeing Case

  By Linda Chiem

  Families of victims of the 737 Max 8 crashes have asked a Texas federal judge to appoint a special prosecutor in Boeing's criminal conspiracy case, saying the U.S. Department of Justice's latest nonprosecution agreement with the American aerospace giant sets a dangerous precedent for corporate defendants to evade accountability.