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  Amazon Skipped Tariff Refunds To Appease Trump, Suit Says

  By Ben Adlin

  A proposed class action filed against Amazon on Friday seeks to recover hundreds of millions of dollars in unlaw...(read more)

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  ABA Section Votes To Scrap Law School DEI Standards

  By Emma Cueto

  The American Bar Association's legal education section on Friday voted to eliminate its requirements that law sc...(read more)

• BREAKING: Kirkland, McGuireWoods Guide NextEra's $67B Dominion Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy said Monday they will merge in an all-stock transaction that combines two of the largest regulated U.S. utilities, in a roughly $67 billion deal steered by Kirkland & Ellis LLP and McGuireWoods LLP. 

• BREAKING: High Court Spurns Pharma Challenges To IRA Drug Price Talks

  By Dan McKay

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected six petitions from pharmaceutical giants seeking to bring down the Medicare drug price negotiations established as part of the Inflation Reduction Act three years ago.

• Justices Won't Review Denial Of Luxottica Arbitration Push

  By Kellie Mejdrich

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away eyewear giant Luxottica's bid for review of a Second Circuit decision that allowed certain claims in a proposed class action benefits lawsuit to proceed in New York federal court, as opposed to arbitration.

• Justices Refuse To Review Alice Ax Of $223M USAA Case

  By Ryan Davis

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected the United Services Automobile Association's appeal of a Federal Circuit decision that wiped out $223 million in judgments it won against PNC Bank and found the mobile check deposit patents at issue invalid for covering only abstract ideas.

• Justices Turn Down PBGC's Bid To Hear Pension Bailout Suit

  By Patrick Hoff

  The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Monday to take up the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.'s challenge to a Second Circuit decision that said the agency erred by rejecting the union pension fund's application for a $132 million bailout.

• Supreme Court Won't Revive Axed Car ID Patent Claims

  By Adam Lidgett

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday shot down a vehicle identification system patent owner's challenge to the Federal Circuit's reversal of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's decision allowing it to amend claims in two patents challenged by rideshare giant Lyft.

• Fed. Circ. Drops A Theme Song, Talks Guest Judges

  By Dani Kass

  The Federal Circuit's full lineup came together Friday to provide practitioners with insight about their experience sitting on other courts, in a conference where the chief judge dropped the court's first (and only) single.

• Pharmacies Stuck With CVS Arbitration Mandate At 9th Circ.

  By Bryan Koenig

  A Ninth Circuit panel refused Friday to let four independent pharmacies avoid arbitrating their antitrust claims that CVS exploited a Medicare loophole to charge them exorbitant fees, standing by a district court's conclusion that just because parts of the arbitration agreement were unconscionable doesn't negate the entire thing.

• 4th Circ. Halts Md. Law Banning Electricity Greenwashing

  By Gautama Mehta

  The Fourth Circuit on Friday halted a Maryland law aimed at preventing electricity companies from falsely marketing their power as environmentally friendly, saying it may be overly broad in a likely violation of the First Amendment.

• New SEC Reporting Plan May Not Sway Energy Cos.

  By Keith Goldberg

  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission wants to let publicly traded companies move from a quarterly to a semiannual earnings reporting schedule, but energy industry volatility and investor expectations may make oil and gas firms reluctant to embrace the option.

• DC Circ. Hears Russia's Bid To Block $5B Yukos Award

  By Joyce Hanson

  The Russian Federation's constitution and statutes make clear that Vladimir Putin's administration and Yukos Oil Co.'s financing arm didn't have a valid agreement to arbitrate a dispute that resulted in a nearly $5 billion arbitral award against the country, Russia told the D.C. Circuit Friday.

• 9th Circ. Revives Licorice Buyer's Wiley Wallaby Label Suit

  By Rachel Riley

  The Ninth Circuit on Friday reinstated a consumer's proposed class action accusing a candy maker of deceptively labeling Wiley Wallaby-brand berry licorice as naturally flavored despite using an artificial ingredient, finding the buyer leveled plausible allegations that the manufacturer's statements would likely trick a reasonable consumer.