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  Trump Picks Panel To Consider Claims Against Fed's Cook

  By Jon Hill

  President Donald Trump has established a committee to investigate mortgage fraud allegations against Federal Res...(read more)

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  New USPTO GC Vows Government Won't 'Micromanage' IP

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  John Duffy, the new U.S. Patent and Trademark Office general counsel and acting solicitor, told patent professio...(read more)

• Anthropic Says Claude Gave False Murder Tip To Philly Cops

  By Hailey Konnath

  Anthropic on Friday disclosed a series of incidents in which its Claude artificial intelligence tool went rogue, particularly in interactions with federal and local government websites, including an incident in which it submitted a false tip about an unsolved homicide to the Philadelphia Police Department.

• Trump Admin Aims To 'Rein In' ICC With New Sanctions

  By Lauren Berg

  The Trump administration Friday imposed new sanctions on the International Criminal Court, which swiftly condemned the move as "an assault on the rule of law and on the very foundations of the international legal order."

• 5th Circ. Judges Clash Over Trans Restroom Photo Case

  By Lauren Berg

  A split Fifth Circuit on Friday declined to rehear a preliminary injunction bid in a case challenging the constitutionality of enforcing a Texas privacy law against a plaintiff who tweeted a photo of a trans woman in a bathroom, spurring three judges to author contentious concurring and dissenting opinions.

• Roundup Often Got On Gardener Plaintiff's Skin, Jury Hears

  By Cara Salvatore

  A plaintiff in a Roundup trial in Missouri state court testified Friday that she had the Monsanto Co. herbicide splash and spray on her during hourslong gardening sessions around her Florida home, where she said she is "not a shoe person."

• 9th Circ. Sides With Forest Service In Idaho Project Suit

  By Hailey Konnath

  The Ninth Circuit on Friday reversed a lower court's finding that the U.S. Forest Service ran afoul of the National Forest Management Act when it approved an Idaho project, ruling the court erred when analyzing the project's compliance with limits on road construction in areas in and around bear habitat.

• Species Protections May Differ By State Under Senate Bill

  By Gautama Mehta

  A new U.S. Senate bill proposing to change federal agencies' consultation process for energy and infrastructure projects could lead to inconsistent wildlife protections in different states and includes some provisions that may ultimately be counterproductive to speeding up development.

• Boeing Can't Preclude Punitive Damages In Door Plug Suit

  By Ben Adlin

  A Washington judge Friday rejected The Boeing Co.'s effort to shut down passengers' bid for punitive damages in a lawsuit over the 2024 blowout of an aircraft door plug, allowing the plaintiffs time to conduct more discovery around whether Illinois law applies.

• Calif. Jurists' Atty Tips: 'Emulate Lincoln,' 'Don't Be Boring'

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  Three current and former Northern California federal judges and one Morrison Foerster LLP partner during a Federal Bar Association panel discussion Thursday gave attorneys tips on "courtroom persuasion," including knowing the judges, keeping things interesting and, like the nation's 16th president, getting quickly to the winning point.

• DOJ Policy Checking Voters' Immigration Status Banned

  By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

  A D.C. federal judge has struck down the U.S. Department of Justice's new policy of collecting states' unredacted voter information to cross-check voter rolls against immigration databases, saying federal voting laws the agency relied on were meant to protect the right to vote and not take it away.

• 9th Circ. Says AmeriBen Data Breach Enough To Allege Injury

  By Gina Kim

  The Ninth Circuit on Friday revived a proposed data breach class action alleging health plan administrator AmeriBen unlawfully revealed patients' information, ruling the disclosures were enough to sustain a lawsuit even if the underlying information might seem "mundane."

• DA Pans Mangione's Double Jeopardy Bid In NY Murder Case

  By Frank G. Runyeon

  New York prosecutors on Friday panned Luigi Mangione's bid to dismiss his state murder case, arguing that his guilty plea to federal stalking charges does not subject him to unlawful double jeopardy, as the second-degree murder charge is meant to prevent a different kind of "harm or evil."

• Hertz Settles Investors' Derivative Suit Over EV Fleet Losses

  By Elaine Briseño

  The investor plaintiffs seeking damages on behalf of Hertz Global have settled with the company, its former CEO and other executives who they accused of breaching their fiduciary duties by releasing misleading statements about the demand for electric vehicles.