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  9th Circ. Rules Against Kalshi In Sports Wager Circuit Split

  By Aislinn Keely

  The Ninth Circuit on Friday backed a Nevada federal court decision that cleared the way for the state's gambling...(read more)

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  Trump Denied New Bid To Federalize Hush Money Prosecution

  By Pete Brush

  A New York federal judge on Friday again denied President Donald Trump's bid to move his criminal hush money con...(read more)

• 25K Workers 'Out Of Luck': Feds Defend Layoffs At 9th Circ.

  By Dorothy Atkins

  The federal government Friday urged the Ninth Circuit to reverse a finding that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management wrongfully fired 25,000 probationary workers shortly after President Donald Trump took office, arguing that the OPM was operating well within its statutory authority, the district court lacked jurisdiction, and the workers are "simply out of luck."

• Trump Admin Asks High Court To Uphold Trans Troop Ban

  By Katie Buehler

  The Trump administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court Friday to allow its ban on transgender members of the military to take full effect, arguing the policy is constitutional under the high court's developing transgender case law.

• 'Exemplary Performance' Earns Google Users' Attys $146.8M

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  A California federal judge Friday awarded plaintiffs' attorneys $146.8 million in fees after they secured a $425 million jury verdict against Google LLC in a privacy class action covering about 98 million people, calling the one-third fee award "extraordinary" but justified given their "exemplary performance."

• Amazon Beats Calif. AG's 'Ill-Conceived' Injunction Bid

  By Bryan Koenig

  A California judge refused to block what the state attorney general's office has cast as Amazon's coercive price-fixing imposed on Walmart, Target and others via major brands like Levi Strauss, critiquing enforcers for the "last-minute request" targeting conduct they have not shown is ongoing.

• Mass. Judge Halts USPS Mail Ballot Rule Before Midterms

  By Julie Manganis

  A Massachusetts federal judge late Thursday temporarily blocked the U.S. Postal Service from implementing a new rule allowing it to deny delivery of mail-in ballots from voters whose names are not on citizenship lists the Trump administration is compiling ahead of November's midterms.

• 5th Circ. Diverts From 9th Circ.'s Copyright Server Test

  By Hailey Konnath

  The Fifth Circuit Thursday refused to adopt what's known as the server test, which considers where online content is stored when assessing copyright liability, although it ultimately still declined to disturb a lower court's dismissal of copyright infringement claims against news aggregator NewsBreak.

• CVS Must Face Investor Claims Over AI Use Omissions

  By Rae Ann Varona

  A New York federal judge trimmed a proposed investor class action Thursday that alleges CVS Health Corp. concealed that its profitability was largely driven by its use of artificial intelligence, allowing the case to proceed on "actionable half-truths" that the company misrepresented the effects of its AI use.

• Texas Frees ICE Agent Wanted In Minn. After Extradition Fight

  By Brandon Lowrey

  A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent wanted in Minnesota for felony assault walked out of a jail in the border town of Brownsville, Texas, early on Thursday, hours after a federal judge backed Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's refusal to immediately extradite him for prosecution.

• Jeanie Buss Says Siblings' Lakers Sale Defies Court Order

  By Craig Clough

  Lakers controlling owner Jeanie Buss petitioned a California state court to halt efforts by her five siblings to sell the family's 17.8% share of the NBA franchise, saying the purported sale violates a 2017 court order that they take all reasonable steps to ensure she remains as the team's leader.

• SEC Moves Closer To Curtailing Executive Pay Disclosures

  By Jessica Corso

  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has moved one step closer to curtailing the amount of information that corporate executives must reveal about their pay, informing the White House that the agency could soon propose updated executive compensation regulations.

• Tax Pro Avoids Jail For Role In 'Singapore Solution' Fraud

  By Pete Brush

  A New York federal judge on Thursday allowed an English national to avoid prison for facilitating a $60 million tax evasion scheme, after he admitted helping wealthy clients move money from a Swiss bank through his Hong Kong financial services business.

• Blake Lively's 'Blunderbuss' $8M Atty Fee Bid Nets $407K

  By Hailey Konnath

  A New York federal judge Wednesday awarded Blake Lively $407,452 in attorney fees and court costs in her defamation dispute with her "It Ends With Us" co-star Justin Baldoni, significantly less than the $8 million she had requested, citing her "blunderbuss approach" and flaws in records she submitted.