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  Texas Judge Says States Can Pursue BlackRock Coal Suit

  By Spencer Brewer

  A Texas federal judge Friday gave Texas and other states the go-ahead to pursue claims that BlackRock Inc. and o...(read more)

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  Tesla Hit With $329M Verdict In Trial Over Fatal Autopilot Crash

  By Carolina Bolado

  A Miami jury in a highly publicized trial over Tesla's autopilot on Friday found the product to be defective and...(read more)

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• 9th Circ. Backs Limits On ICE Immigration Sweeps In LA

  By Britain Eakin

  The Ninth Circuit preserved most of a district court's temporary block on the Trump administration making immigration arrests in the Los Angeles area without probable cause, rejecting the government's request for a stay during its appeal.

• IP Owners Largely Win In Stewart's Newest Discretion Orders

  By Dani Kass

  Acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart dismissed most of the 50 petitions for inter partes review addressed in her latest decisions over discretionary denials at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

• Marsh McLennan Sues In Del. Claiming Mass 'Poach'

  By Jeff Montgomery

  Insurance brokerage and risk management giant Marsh & McLennan Cos. sued U.S. affiliates of London-based Howden Holdings Ltd. in Delaware's Court of Chancery on Friday, alleging Howden arranged a mass "lift out" of M&M employees and clients around the country.

• Jury Clears Media Measurement Co. In Nielsen Patent Suit

  By Adam Lidgett

  A federal jury in Delaware on Friday cleared media measurement platform HyphaMetrics of claims that it infringed a pair of patents owned by television ratings business Nielsen relating to image processing and identifying media devices.

• DC Circ. Upholds FERC's Limited Review Of Texas Pipeline

  By Keith Goldberg

  The D.C. Circuit on Friday backed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's decision to limit its review of a Texas pipeline to a 1,000-foot section near the U.S.-Mexico border, saying the agency had reasonably explained why a broader review wasn't required.

• 9th Circ. Partially Revives Child Porn Victims' Suit Against X

  By Lauren Berg

  The Ninth Circuit on Friday partially revived a lawsuit brought by 13-year-old boys who had been sex trafficked alleging X Corp. refused to remove pornographic videos of them, saying Section 230 shields the social media platform from claims it knowingly benefited from sex trafficking, but not from negligence and defective-reporting design claims.

• 2nd Circ. Affirms Class Cert. In VRDO Suit Against Banks

  By Katryna Perera

  The Second Circuit on Friday upheld a lower court order granting class certification to a group of American cities and others that are accusing eight large banks of inflating interest rates on debt securities known as variable rate demand obligations, saying the district court applied the correct legal standard in granting certification.

• 1st Circ. Doubtful Of Trump's Stance On Birthright Citizenship

  By Chris Villani

  The First Circuit on Friday seemed inclined to say that the children of unauthorized immigrants are citizens if they were born on U.S. soil, citing both the 14th Amendment and a subsequent U.S. Supreme Court ruling and pushing back on an argument by President Donald Trump's administration.

• Feds Won't Retry Madigan Co-Defendant After Mistrial

  By Celeste Bott

  Prosecutors asked an Illinois federal judge on Friday to dismiss charges against ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's longtime confidant Michael McClain after a jury was unable to reach a decision on the counts against McClain when the pair were tried together.

• EPA Beats Coolant Cos.' Challenge To HFC Regs

  By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

  The D.C. Circuit on Friday rejected refrigerant companies' challenges to a law requiring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to phase down the use of hydrofluorocarbons and said the cap-and-trade program implementing the law was based on sound methodology.

• Fiber Internet Co. Everstream Cleared For $385M Ch. 11 Sale

  By Clara Geoghegan

  A Texas bankruptcy judge signed off Friday on the going-concern sale of fiber network provider Everstream, which plans to use proceeds from the $384.6 million sale of its business to exit Chapter 11.

• 4th Circ. Says Court Can Hear Asbestos Spinoff's Ch. 11

  By Rick Archer

  The Fourth Circuit Friday found Georgia-Pacific asbestos unit Bestwall can stay in Chapter 11, saying a debtor's financial status has no bearing on whether a bankruptcy court has jurisdiction over its case.