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  Judge Denies Meta's Mid-Trial Bid To End FTC Monopoly Case

  By Bryan Koenig

  A D.C. federal judge refused Tuesday to cut short the trial in the Federal Trade Commission's monopolization law...(read more)

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  Cleary Guides Up To $391M Sale Of Levi Strauss' Dockers Line

  By Al Barbarino

  Levi Strauss & Co. said Tuesday that it will offload its Dockers brand to Authentic Brands Group in a deal worth...(read more)

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• 'Not A Denny's': 5th Circ. Judge Chides High Court Stopwatch

  By Lauren Berg

  The Fifth Circuit on Tuesday expedited a case brought by Venezuelans who are accused of being gang members and who are challenging the use of a 1798 wartime law to deport them to an El Salvador prison, with one judge chastising the U.S. Supreme Court's majority for allowing the appeal to move forward.

• Trump Admin Rationale For HHS Firings Challenged By Judge

  By Hannah Albarazi

  A Rhode Island federal judge expressed skepticism Tuesday about the Trump administration's assertion that mass firings at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services were lawful and intended to improve national health, saying during a preliminary injunction hearing that nothing in the record demonstrates "thoughtful work" behind these decisions.

• Flo Users Get Class Cert. In Google, Meta Data-Sharing Suit

  By Allison Grande

  A California federal judge has granted class status to users of the menstrual cycle tracking app developed by Flo Health Inc. in a suit accusing the company of unlawfully sharing their personal health information with Google and Meta, finding that the defendants' opposition to this move lacked clarity and support.

• FWS' New 'Harm' Proposal Draws Praise, Concern For Species

  By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

  Fossil fuel, construction and other industry groups say they support the Trump administration's plan to weaken regulatory protections under the Endangered Species Act, while blue state attorneys general and environmental groups urged the government to back off its proposal.

• Barclays Officials Beat Shareholder's Suit At NY High Court

  By Sarah Jarvis

  New York's highest court on Tuesday rejected arguments that current and former officials of London-based Barclays PLC can be sued under New York law over a series of scandals that have rocked the bank, a decision that sparked rebuke from the court's chief judge.

• High Court Precedent Blocks FTC Commish Firings, Judge Told

  By Matthew Perlman

  A pair of recently fired Federal Trade Commission members sparred with the administration in D.C. federal court on Tuesday, with the judge raising questions about which Supreme Court precedent really holds in this dispute.

• Jailed Investor Puts Portfolio In Ch. 11 Ahead Of NY Auction

  By Nate Beck

  A group of companies owned by a real estate investor jailed last month for his role in a scheme defrauding Fannie Mae has filed for bankruptcy protection in New Jersey on a portfolio carrying at least $100 million in both assets and debt, ahead of a sheriff's sale in New York set for Tuesday.

• SafeMoon CEO's Crypto Talk 'Riddled With Lies,' Jury Told

  By Pete Brush

  A Brooklyn federal jury was set to deliberate charges accusing a U.S. Army veteran from Utah of conspiring to loot crypto company SafeMoon, after federal prosecutors on Tuesday walked jurors through what they called powerful evidence of the former CEO's guilt.

• TikTok's Bid To Get NY Docs From AG Sunk By New State Law

  By Frank G. Runyeon

  A New York state judge on Tuesday denied TikTok's bid to force the New York attorney general to turn over agency documents related to claims the app harms children's mental health, relying on an amendment tucked into the state's budget that was signed into law this month.

• Stewart Revives E-Cig Patent Row, Clarifying PTAB Denials

  By Theresa Schliep

  The acting head of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has revived a company's Patent Trial and Appeal Board challenge to an electronic cigarette patent, issuing a precedential decision that provides guidance on discretionary denials when a patent challenger relies on prior art previously furnished to an examiner. 

• Chinese EV Battery Giant Generates $4.6B IPO Amid Tensions

  By Tom Zanki

  Electric-car battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. began trading in Hong Kong after raising a $4.6 billion initial public offering, completing the year's largest equity offering globally despite tension between Washington and Beijing, guided by four law firms.

• Nursing Homes Facing 'Corporate Death Penalty' Owe $15.4M

  By Matthew Santoni

  The companies behind two Pittsburgh-area nursing homes convicted of falsifying staffing records were ordered Tuesday to pay a total of $15.35 million in restitution to the federal government, though the corporations' attorney told the judge that they had already received a "corporate death penalty" for their conviction.