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  Tesla Atty Misled Witness Days Before Bias Trial, Judge Hears

  By Dorothy Atkins

  The California Civil Rights Department asked a California judge for a protective order Monday on the first day o...(read more)

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  CNN, Politico, MS Now Sue Trump Over White House Ban

  By Theresa Schliep

  CNN, Politico and MS Now on Monday sued President Donald Trump and some of his top aides for banning them from t...(read more)

• DC Circ. Says Copyright Board Must Explain Allocations

  By Adam Lidgett

  The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday threw out a judicial copyright board's decision on how it divided cable retransmission payments from 2014 through 2017, faulting it for how it did a final step in determining allocations among claimants.

• UiPath Execs, Investor Clash Over Bid To Ax Derivative Suit

  By Jarek Rutz

  UiPath Inc.'s directors and executives urged the Delaware Chancery Court on Tuesday to throw out a shareholder derivative suit accusing them of misleading investors and trading on inside information, while shareholder Scott Rudolph argued the board was too conflicted to fairly decide whether the company should pursue the claims itself.

• BREAKING: Oil Cos. Escape Mich. Climate Change Antitrust Suit

  By Keith Goldberg

  A federal judge on Tuesday nixed a lawsuit from Michigan accusing global oil and gas giants of conspiring for decades to delay the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy, ruling the allegations do not amount to valid antitrust claims.

• 8th Circ. Questions Iowa's Bid To Unblock Parts Of PBM Law

  By Kellie Mejdrich

  The Eighth Circuit on Tuesday appeared skeptical of the state of Iowa's bid to have the appellate court unblock parts of its law limiting pharmacy benefit managers' power to set drug prices, with multiple judges questioning different aspects of the state's standing and federal preemption analysis.

• AI Cos. Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Deal To 'Pace The Frontier'

  By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

  Artifical intelligence users in Florida and California have accused Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX and Google of illegally restraining competition by publicly agreeing to "pace the frontier" and collectively slow down their AI development.

• 'So What?': Judge Pans DOJ Bid To End TikTok Consent Decree

  By Craig Clough

  A California federal judge said Monday he will not end a 2019 consent decree the government reached with TikTok Inc. predecessor Musical.ly over its collection of data on kids under 13 just because the U.S. Department of Justice is asking him to, saying the DOJ gave him no information about why he should.

• Medical Orgs Target Rule On Medicaid Work 'Frailty' Exclusion

  By Gianna Ferrarin

  Federal regulation implementing a statutory "medical frailty" exclusion from Medicaid work requirements violates the Administrative Procedure Act, burdens healthcare providers and threatens to cause millions of people to lose their coverage, medical groups told a Maryland federal court in a complaint.

• Ex-DOJ Chief Lambastes 'Abuses Of Power' In Goldstein Case

  By Jeff Overley

  The U.S. Department of Justice constantly made false statements in its criminal case against famed appellate advocate Tom Goldstein, and his convictions must be erased because "prosecutorial misconduct pervaded every stage of the proceedings," a former DOJ prosecutor told the Fourth Circuit.

• Ex-Vitol Oil Trader Gets 4 Years For Bribe Schemes

  By Gina Kim

  A former Vitol oil trader was sentenced to four years in prison by a New York federal judge on Friday after being convicted of schemes to bribe Mexican and Ecuadorian officials in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and anti-money laundering laws, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

• Disney, Cameron Beat Actress' 'Avatar' Likeness Suit, For Now

  By Rae Ann Varona

  A California federal judge on Friday dismissed indigenous actress Q'orianka Kilcher's lawsuit accusing Disney and director James Cameron of using her face to craft the main character in the science fiction film "Avatar," but gave the actress a chance to amend her suit.

• Fed 'Risk Aversion' Contributed To SVB's Failure, Report Says

  By Jon Hill

  A "culture of risk aversion" and diffusion of decision-making among Federal Reserve supervisory staff, not deregulation or social media chatter, contributed to the 2023 collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, according to initial findings from a new post-mortem review.

• 1st Circ. Backs Notice Requirement For 3rd-Country Removals

  By Julie Manganis

  The First Circuit on Friday largely rejected the Trump administration's challenge to limits on its so-called third country removal policy, leaving in place a lower court's order requiring deportees to be given advance notice and a meaningful opportunity to challenge a destination where they may face persecution or torture.