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  High Court To Review Legality Of FCC's Subsidy Fees

  By Christopher Cole

  The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to review whether fees collected to support the Federal Communications Comm...(read more)

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  High Court Quietly Pulls Meta Case Without A Ruling

  By Jessica Corso

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday set aside a Meta Platforms Inc. case that sought to narrow the types of risk di...(read more)

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• Justices Won't Review Mich. Gun Range Ban

  By Danielle Ferguson

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a proposed gun range's challenge to a Michigan town's zoning denial, denying its petition over Second Amendment protections for firearm training.

• Trump Makes Picks For FDA, CDC And Surgeon General

  By Rae Ann Varona

  President-elect Donald Trump on Friday ​​revealed his nominations for several health agencies, picking Johns Hopkins surgeon and professor Dr. Marty Makary for Food and Drug Administration commissioner, former Rep. Dave Weldon, R-Fla., as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, and Fox News contributor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat for surgeon general.

• Split DC Circ. Punts On FINRA's Constitutionality

  By Katryna Perera

  A partially divided D.C. Circuit panel on Friday blocked the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority from removing Alpine Securities Corp. from its membership rolls while the corporation sues in federal court to challenge the agency's constitutionality, which the appeals court declined to remark on.

• Ex-NFL Player Scott Turner Picked For Trump's HUD Secretary

  By Hailey Konnath

  Donald Trump announced Friday that he nominated retired NFL player and former executive director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council Scott Turner to serve as secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

• Natera's Conduct 'Despicable,' Guardant Says As Trial Wraps

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  Guardant urged a California federal jury at the close of its false advertising trial Friday to make rival Natera pay it hundreds of millions of dollars, saying the competitor's misrepresentation of the companies' competing cancer detection tests was "despicable," while Natera countered it was Guardant that used deceptive marketing.

• Texas Justices Say Court Bungled Ruling In Abortion Case

  By Y. Peter Kang

  The Texas Supreme Court said Friday a lower appellate court tried to "prematurely drag the judiciary into highly contentious and politicized debates" around abortion without analyzing a key standing issue, jeopardizing Planned Parenthood's and other abortion rights groups' bid to invalidate the controversial Texas Heartbeat Act.

• State Immigration Powers May Strengthen Under Bondi's Lead

  By Britain Eakin

  Individual states may have more power to craft and enforce immigration laws under the incoming Trump administration, with the president-elect's new nominee for the nation's top prosecutor having previously expressed support for Arizona's "show me your papers" law.

• Trump Picks Teamsters-Backed Ore. Rep. For Labor Secretary

  By Max Kutner

  President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday evening that he plans to nominate Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer of Oregon to lead the U.S. Department of Labor.

• Miley Says Claims That 'Flowers' Copied Bruno Mars Are DOA

  By Ivan Moreno

  Miley Cyrus has asked for the dismissal of a complaint from a music investment company that alleges she ripped off Bruno Mars' "When I Was Your Man" to create her hit "Flowers," arguing the plaintiffs lack standing because they do not own exclusive copyright rights to Mars' song.

• Microsoft Dismissed From Intercept's IP Suit, OpenAI Remains

  By Ivan Moreno

  A Manhattan federal judge dealt a huge blow to The Intercept's complaint accusing Microsoft and OpenAI of removing author and copyright information from works used to train ChatGPT, dismissing all claims against Microsoft and leaving only one claim against OpenAI alive.

• Senior Dem Asks Schumer For Votes On Circuit Court Picks

  By Courtney Bublé

  Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Friday pushed back against a deal Democrats and Republicans cut earlier this week that obligates Democrats to forgo votes on four appellate picks.

• Social Media MDL Judge Threatens States With Contempt

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A California federal judge presiding over multidistrict litigation concerning social media platforms' allegedly addictive designs told counsel Friday that she's considering holding California and South Carolina state agencies in contempt for refusing to comply with discovery orders, telling counsel, "I can guarantee I will not let this stand."