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  5th Circ. Backs Dismissal Of Boeing 737 Max Criminal Case

  By Linda Chiem

  The Fifth Circuit on Tuesday declined to compel the U.S. Department of Justice to criminally prosecute Boeing fo...(read more)

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  Ex-FirstEnergy Execs' Bribe Trial Ends After Jury Hits Impasse

  By Cara Salvatore

  An Ohio judge on Tuesday dismissed a jury weighing charges that two former FirstEnergy Corp. executives bribed a...(read more)

• State Privacy Enforcers Broadening Work As Resources Grow

  By Allison Grande

  Privacy regulators from California, Connecticut and two other states said Tuesday that their behind-the-scenes enforcement work will soon yield public actions that focus not only on established topics such as consumer opt-outs and transparency, but also fresh issues like harms stemming from artificial intelligence and ensuring fines are more than just "a cost of doing business."

• 'Best Judicial System In The World': Alsup Reflects On Career

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  Before taking inactive status late last year, U.S. District Judge William H. Alsup presided over historic litigation in California's Northern District for 26 years, arriving at his San Francisco chambers every weekday before dawn to prepare for the day's work.

• P&G Can't Escape Metamucil Lead Claims

  By Emily Field

  A New York federal judge on Tuesday said that The Procter & Gamble Co. must face a trimmed class action alleging that it falsely claims its Metamucil fiber supplement is healthy despite the presence of lead, finding that the claims aren't barred by federal law.

• DOL's Push To Curb 401(k) Suits Could Face Court Challenges

  By Kellie Mejdrich

  The U.S. Department of Labor's recent proposal to give retirement plan fiduciaries legal cover to select a broader range of investments aims to reduce ERISA litigation, but attorneys on both sides of the bar say they expect the rule to face legal challenges if finalized as proposed.

• Trump Order Cutting Off Funds For NPR, PBS Blocked

  By Jared Foretek

  A D.C. federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump's executive order stripping all federal funding from the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio was unconstitutional Tuesday, writing that the order met all three elements of retaliation for protected speech.

• Bias Challenge To Juror Strike Wasn't Waived, Justices Told

  By Marco Poggio

  A Black man on Mississippi's death row told the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday that state courts failed to properly address his objections to the prosecution's peremptory juror strikes at his 2006 trial, which he said were racially motivated.

• Big Insurers Must Face 'Repricing' Antitrust Claims

  By Chris Villani

  Major insurance companies including Aetna, Cigna, Humana and UnitedHealth must face claims they conspired to reduce reimbursements to healthcare providers, a Massachusetts federal judge ruled Monday, finding that the doctors' allegations could constitute antitrust violations.

• Protest Targets Noem-Approved $641M Border Barrier Deal

  By Madeline Lyskawa

  U.S. Customs and Border Protection violated federal contracting law when it awarded a $641 million contract to construct waterborne barriers in the Rio Grande Valley without conducting a competitive bidding process, a joint venture told the U.S. Government Accountability Office on Monday.

• Biogen Paying $5.6B For Apellis As 4 Firms Advise

  By Al Barbarino

  Biogen Inc. said Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire Apellis Pharmaceuticals Inc. in a cash transaction valued at about $5.6 billion, with four law firms steering the transaction focused on key therapies for kidney and eye disorders. 

• Reddit's AI Scraping Suit Sent Back To State Court

  By Elliot Weld

  A California federal judge has ordered that a case brought by Reddit Inc. claiming Anthropic PBC improperly gathered user content to train its large language models be sent back to state court, finding that each of Reddit's allegations have extra elements that defeat federal preemption.

• UPenn Must Hand Over Jewish Employee Info In EEOC Probe

  By Anne Cullen

  A Pennsylvania federal judge said Tuesday that the University of Pennsylvania must comply with a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission subpoena for information on Jewish members of its campus community, greenlighting a request that comes as part of an EEOC investigation into allegations of antisemitism.

• Kirkland, Goodwin Steer Lilly $7.8B 'Sleep-Wake' Disorder Deal

  By Jade Martinez-Pogue

  Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly & Co., advised by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, announced plans Tuesday to acquire daytime sleepiness-focused pharmaceutical company Centessa Pharmaceuticals PLC, led by Goodwin Procter LLP, in a deal worth up to $7.8 billion.