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  Trump Announces Judicial Noms For 5th Circ., NC

  By Courtney Bublé

  President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he's nominating Todd Butler, a managing partner at Phelps Dunbar ...(read more)

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  Visa, Mastercard Get ATM Fee Antitrust Case Tossed

  By Lauren Berg

  A Washington, D.C., federal judge handed a win to Visa and Mastercard on Wednesday, dismissing a long-running cl...(read more)

• Judge Should Penalize Meta $40B In Latest Trial, NM Argues

  By Cara Salvatore

  The state of New Mexico asked a judge Thursday to penalize Meta $35 billion to $40 billion for statements that a jury found grossly misrepresented the social media giant's actual data privacy practices, while Meta argued no harm was proven and the damages should be in the $345 million to $3.45 billion range.

• Fate Of Patent Awards Over $1B Shows Hurdles In Apple Case

  By Ryan Davis

  Taction Technology Inc. has secured the largest patent damages verdict in history with a $5.7 billion win against Apple Inc., but it may face an uphill battle to collect, since nearly every previous patent judgment over $1 billion was later reduced or overturned.

• Ill. Judge To Probe Misconduct In ICE Protester Prosecution

  By Lauraann Wood

  Further fact-finding is necessary to determine whether any misrepresentations or inaccuracies Chicago prosecutors offered while pursuing a since-tossed criminal conspiracy case against six immigration protesters amounts to misconduct warranting contempt or sanctions consideration, an Illinois federal judge said Thursday.

• 4 Key Takeaways From The Senate Permitting Legislation

  By Keith Goldberg

  Bipartisan permitting legislation unveiled in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday could be a game-changer for how quickly energy infrastructure projects get built, though the bill faces a long, difficult path to becoming law. Here are four takeaways from the proposal.

• UCLA Law Is Latest DOJ Target Over Race Bias In Admissions

  By Dorothy Atkins

  The U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division accused the UCLA School of Law of discriminating against white and Asian students in its admissions process in a letter sent to the school's counsel Thursday, following multiple other similar letters that the DOJ sent to other higher-education institutions.

• 7th Circ. Asks When Intl. Arbitration Pacts Are 'Null And Void'

  By Celeste Bott

  The Seventh Circuit for this first time is grappling with the grounds under which courts may determine if an international arbitration clause is null and void, with one judge questioning Thursday whether consumers should be forced to arbitrate their claims against online casino operators in Canada if Ontario law could ultimately invalidate any resulting award.

• NFL Concussion Claims Constitute Separate Occurrences

  By Hope Patti

  A New York appeals court held Thursday that concussion-related injury claims brought by former professional football players should be treated as separate occurrences under the NFL's insurance policies, thus implicating coverage under a primary policy but not a fifth-layer excess policy.

• Aya Health Tells 9th Circ. It Needn't Seek Suits Against Itself

  By Dorothy Atkins

  Aya Healthcare urged the Ninth Circuit on Thursday to undo an order pausing its wage-and-hour arbitration bid, arguing that requiring the travel nursing agency to first notify 400,000 workers of the collective action before deciding whether arbitration is appropriate violates the Federal Arbitration Act and essentially forces Aya to solicit lawsuits against itself.

• Calif. Judge Vacates Trump's $100K H-1B Fee Policies

  By Britain Eakin

  A California federal judge has vacated the implementing policies underlying President Donald Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee, saying the federal agencies charged with implementing the fee ran afoul of rulemaking procedures required by the Administrative Procedure Act.

• Bill Withers' Estate Sues Capitol, UMG Over Olivia Dean Song

  By Gina Kim

  Capitol Records, Universal Music Group, Sony and others were sued Thursday in California federal court by the late R&B and soul singer Bill Withers' music publisher, which accused them of infringing the melody of his song "Just the Two of Us" for Olivia Dean's song "I've Seen It."

• Exit Interview: SEC's Hester Peirce On Crypto, Clarity And AI

  By Jessica Corso

  Outgoing U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner Hester Peirce doesn't mind being referred to as "Crypto Mom" for her work championing the industry, but she thinks investors should know: "The government is never your mom."

• High Court Will Hear Kentucky Religious Land Use Case

  By Isaac Monterose

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday partially granted a review petition filed by a Roman Catholic nonprofit that's embroiled in a legal dispute with two Kentucky neighbors who don't want the nonprofit to build a Virgin Mary shrine on land that's next to the organization's church.