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  Amazon Skipped Tariff Refunds To Appease Trump, Suit Says

  By Ben Adlin

  A proposed class action filed against Amazon on Friday seeks to recover hundreds of millions of dollars in unlaw...(read more)

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  ABA Section Votes To Scrap Law School DEI Standards

  By Emma Cueto

  The American Bar Association's legal education section on Friday voted to eliminate its requirements that law sc...(read more)

• Bitcoin Depot Hits Ch. 11 Blaming Crypto Crackdown

  By Rick Archer

  Bitcoin Depot, a nationwide operator of bitcoin automatic teller machines, filed for Chapter 11 protection in a Texas bankruptcy court with nearly $27 million in debt and plans to wind down and sell its assets, blaming increasingly stringent regulation and enforcement.

• Boating Retailer West Marine Files Ch. 11 To Stay Afloat

  By Emlyn Cameron

  Boating supply retailer West Marine commenced a Chapter 11 case in Delaware to deal with almost $550 million in debt after reaching a deal on a restructuring support agreement with lenders and equity holders.

• Mangione Can Suppress Some Evidence In NY Murder Case

  By Frank G. Runyeon

  A New York judge on Monday narrowed the evidence state prosecutors may use in their murder case against Luigi Mangione, ruling that a gun and silencer may be allowed into trial but not some items found during an illegal search of his backpack and certain statements to law enforcement.

• Trump Dropping $10B Suit Against IRS Over Tax Info Leaks

  By Jack McLoone

  President Donald Trump told a Florida federal court Monday that he is dropping his $10 billion suit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leaking of his tax information.

• Kirkland, McGuireWoods Guide NextEra's $67B Dominion Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy said Monday they will merge in an all-stock transaction that combines two of the largest regulated U.S. utilities, in a roughly $67 billion deal steered by Kirkland & Ellis LLP and McGuireWoods LLP. 

• BREAKING: High Court Spurns Pharma Challenges To IRA Drug Price Talks

  By Dan McKay

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected six petitions from pharmaceutical giants seeking to bring down the Medicare drug price negotiations established as part of the Inflation Reduction Act three years ago.

• Justices Won't Review Denial Of Luxottica Arbitration Push

  By Kellie Mejdrich

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away eyewear giant Luxottica's bid for review of a Second Circuit decision that allowed certain claims in a proposed class action benefits lawsuit to proceed in New York federal court, as opposed to arbitration.

• Justices Refuse To Review Alice Ax Of $223M USAA Case

  By Ryan Davis

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected the United Services Automobile Association's appeal of a Federal Circuit decision that wiped out $223 million in judgments it won against PNC Bank and found the mobile check deposit patents at issue invalid for covering only abstract ideas.

• Justices Turn Down PBGC's Bid To Hear Pension Bailout Suit

  By Patrick Hoff

  The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Monday to take up the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.'s challenge to a Second Circuit decision that said the agency erred by rejecting the union pension fund's application for a $132 million bailout.

• Supreme Court Won't Revive Axed Car ID Patent Claims

  By Adam Lidgett

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday shot down a vehicle identification system patent owner's challenge to the Federal Circuit's reversal of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's decision allowing it to amend claims in two patents challenged by rideshare giant Lyft.

• Latham Guides Anglo American On Up-To-$3.9B Coal Biz Sale

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Mining giant Anglo American said Monday that it will sell coal mines in Australia to a Britain-based miner for up to $3.875 billion in a move to simplify its business ahead of a $52 billion merger with Canada's Teck Resources.

• Fed. Circ. Drops A Theme Song, Talks Guest Judges

  By Dani Kass

  The Federal Circuit's full lineup came together Friday to provide practitioners with insight about their experience sitting on other courts, in a conference where the chief judge dropped the court's first (and only) single.