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  NLRB Ups Scrutiny Of Employer Statements On Union Impact

  By Braden Campbell

  Employers that tell workers during organizing drives that having a union would cut off direct relationships with...(read more)

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  Mass. Justices Order Return Of Failed Engagement Ring

  By Julie Manganis

  Massachusetts' highest court on Friday told a jilted bride seeking to hold on to a $70,000 Tiffany diamond engag...(read more)

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• 8th Circ. Flips $12M Verdict Against Jagermeister's US Arm

  By Cara Salvatore

  The Eighth Circuit has overturned a jury's verdict that Jägermeister's U.S. importer must pay a distributor $11.75 million after terminating their deal, saying Friday the jury was misinstructed and a new trial is required.

• 'Extraordinary Person' Gets 12½ years For Crypto Laundering

  By Jared Foretek

  Roman Sterlingov, the Russian and Swedish citizen convicted of money laundering for operating the world's largest cryptocurrency mixing service, was sentenced to 12½ years in prison Friday, even though the D.C. federal judge said it was "painful to see" an "extraordinary person" in such circumstances.

• Apple Didn't Hire Cercacor CTO To Steal Watch IP, Ex-VP Says

  By Gina Kim

  A retired Apple executive defended the tech giant Friday in Masimo's trade secret suit over pulse oximetry technology, testifying in California federal court that Apple didn't hire a Masimo spinoff's chief technology office in order to obtain confidential information for the Apple Watch and never received any such information.

• 1st Circ. Affirms Order Ending Jet Blue-American Partnership

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  The First Circuit backed a lower court decision blocking a partnership between JetBlue and American Airlines that it found substantially diminished competition in the domestic air travel market, saying it found no error in the district judge's thorough review of the deal that could revive the venture.

• Trump's Election Swings The Energy Policy Pendulum Again

  By Keith Goldberg

  The reelection of former President Donald Trump means the energy industry faces yet another drastic shift in U.S. policy, continuing a decadelong pattern of regulatory pendulum swings. Here's a rundown of what the energy industry is in for when Trump reenters the White House.

• Invesco To Pay SEC $17.5M Over Misleading ESG Statements

  By Sarah Jarvis

  Invesco Advisers Inc. agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges that the investment adviser made misleading statements about the percentage of its assets that incorporated so-called ESG factors into investment decisions.

• Fed. Circ. Unclear If Teva Inhaler IP Belongs In Orange Book

  By Dani Kass

  A trio of Federal Circuit judges took a complex question tied to whether Teva should be able to include inhaler patents in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Orange Book and tried to make it simple: Does owning a patent for a steering wheel mean you claim the whole car?

• SDNY Judge To Assume Senior Status As Trump Takes Office

  By Hailey Konnath

  U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni said Friday she plans to take senior status in January, a departure that could leave another vacancy for President-elect Donald Trump to fill on the Southern District of New York bench when he returns to office.

• Monsanto Judge Pushes Sanction 'Distraction' To After Trial

  By Rachel Riley

  A Washington state judge is pausing an order for eight of Monsanto's attorneys to personally pay a total of $20,000 for late disclosure of expert reports in a toxic tort lawsuit, saying he believes the issue will distract from the upcoming trial and the court can revisit the defense lawyers' reconsideration request after the jury returns a verdict.

• Atlanta's 'Cop City' Nears Completion, Outrunning The Courts

  By Chart Riggall

  A series of legal challenges and a protest movement that thrust Atlanta into the international spotlight appear unlikely to halt construction of the city's controversial public safety training center known as "Cop City," which is headed for completion in the coming months.

• Apple's Cited Rulings Just Cement Old Precedent, Epic Says

  By Bryan Koenig

  What Apple contends are new rulings from a California appeals court and the U.S. Supreme Court are really just affirmations of existing precedent that change nothing about the injunction blocking the iPhone maker's rules against steering users to alternative payment systems, Epic Games has told a California federal judge.

• Biden Announces SDNY Judicial Pick As Lame Duck Kicks Off

  By Courtney Buble

  President Joe Biden announced judicial nominees for the Southern District of New York and the District Court of Guam on Friday night.