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  Efforts To DQ Judge In Venezuelan Debt Case Come Up Short

  By Caroline Simson

  A federal judge on Thursday denied efforts to unseat him and the court-appointed special master overseeing the s...(read more)

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  2nd Circ. Doubts NLRB Dress Code Test In Starbucks Appeal

  By Braden Campbell

  A Second Circuit panel appeared skeptical Wednesday of the revised test underlying the National Labor Relations ...(read more)

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• Wachtell-Led Pfizer Closes Metsera Deal Worth Up To $10B

  By Al Barbarino

  Pfizer Inc. said Thursday that it has successfully completed its acquisition of Metsera Inc., securing the obesity drug developer after a tumultuous bidding war with Novo Nordisk and court fights that redirected the deal in Pfizer's favor.

• MLB Star Reliever Denies Pitch-Fixing Conspiracy

  By Pete Brush

  Cleveland Guardians pitcher Emmanuel Clase on Thursday pled not guilty and vowed to fight charges in Brooklyn federal court accusing him of conspiring with gamblers to rig pitches during Major League Baseball games.

• Judge Casts Doubt On Legitimacy Of Halligan's Appointment

  By Jared Foretek

  A federal judge in Virginia said Thursday said that Attorney General Pam Bondi couldn't have reviewed the full transcript of the grand jury proceedings that netted an indictment of James Comey before ratifying the charges against the former FBI director because the U.S. Department of Justice didn't have them at the time.

• Gov't Funding Deal Ends SNAP Benefits Battle

  By Matthew Santoni

  President Donald Trump's signing of a government funding bill Wednesday has rendered moot lawsuits seeking to make his administration tap emergency funds for food assistance benefits, the administration told the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday.

• Presidential Firing Limits Needed At FERC, Justices Told

  By Keith Goldberg

  Former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission members on Thursday told the U.S. Supreme Court that overturning limits on the president's authority to fire certain agency officials could undermine FERC's independent oversight of the electricity and gas industries and harm companies and consumers.

• Tesla Fatal Crash Trial Delayed Over Discovery Disputes

  By Carolina Bolado

  A Florida state judge granted a request Thursday to push back the trial date of a suit against Tesla over a fatal crash and said he would be appointing a magistrate judge to handle the discovery disputes delaying the case.

• Justices Won't Block 5th Circ. Order On Child's Removal

  By Britain Eakin

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday denied an emergency application to stay a Fifth Circuit decision that would allow an asylum-seeker's 7-year-old daughter to be deported to Venezuela.

• CFPB Forges Ahead On Rules As Funding Hangs In Doubt

  By Jon Hill

  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is rolling out plans to narrow how it defines and watches out for lending discrimination, even as the Trump administration casts fresh doubt on any plans to fund the agency once its reserves dry up.  

• 11th Circ. Grounds DOT's Delta, Aeromexico JV Split Order

  By Lauren Berg

  The Eleventh Circuit Wednesday halted the U.S. Department of Transportation's order directing Delta Air Lines and Aeroméxico to scuttle their joint venture by Jan. 1, while the airlines pursue their petition asking the appellate court to void the government's order.

• Coinbase To Move To Texas, Citing 'Litigious' Delaware

  By Dorothy Atkins

  Coinbase told the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday that the cryptocurrency exchange is leaving Delaware to reincorporate in Texas, citing the "increasingly litigious environment in Delaware" and the Lone Star State's recently enacted laws that place numerous restrictions on shareholder suits and help shield executives from investor litigation.

• Del. Justices Mull Paramount Merger Doc Suit Revival

  By Jeff Montgomery

  An attorney for Paramount Global urged Delaware's Supreme Court on Wednesday to adopt a "very bright-line rule" barring post-document-demand use of unverified reports and confidential news sources to support stockholder suits seeking access to corporate deal books and records.

• Wells Fargo Inks $84M ERISA Stock Option Suit Deal

  By Kellie Mejdrich

  Wells Fargo & Co. will pay $84 million to settle a proposed class action alleging the bank used dividends earned by its employee stock ownership plan, or ESOP, to meet its 401(k) matching obligations, according to the proposed deal filed Wednesday in Minnesota federal court.