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  Starbucks DEI Goals Are 'Race-Based Quotas,' Fla. AG Claims

  By Ben Adlin

  Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is accusing coffee giant Starbucks Corp. of violating state civil rights...(read more)

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  Justices Chew Over 'Close' Case On Fund Contract Disputes

  By Jessica Corso

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday waffled over whether there was a private right to sue to void contracts that...(read more)

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• BREAKING: Md. Judge Orders ICE To Release Ábrego García

  By Britain Eakin

  A Maryland federal judge on Thursday ordered the U.S. government to release Kilmar Ábrego García from immigration detention, ruling that his continued detention violates his due process rights and federal immigration law.

• Trump's Face Can't Grace National Parks Pass, Suit Alleges

  By Rae Ann Varona

  The Center for Biological Diversity filed suit Wednesday in D.C. federal court, seeking to stop President Donald Trump's face from being placed on new annual U.S. resident national park passes in an alleged violation of federal law.

• 'Crazy' To Link Talc With Ovarian Cancer, J&J Expert Says

  By Craig Clough

  Johnson & Johnson rested its defense Wednesday in a Los Angeles bellwether trial over claims its talc products caused two women's ovarian cancer, with a gynecologic oncologist appearing as its last witness and telling the jury the idea of talc used for feminine hygiene reaching the ovaries is "crazy."

• PacifiCorp Owes $39M In Latest Wildfire Trial

  By Cara Salvatore

  An Oregon jury awarded $39.3 million in noneconomic damages Wednesday to a group of people who fled wildfires that the utility PacifiCorp had been found liable for starting, including an elderly woman who ended up living in a trailer park for four years and a man who lost the ability to keep his disabled wife in their home for the last three years of her life.

• Gov't Urges Justices To Review ERISA Pleading Standard Split

  By Grace Elletson

  The U.S. solicitor general and the solicitor of labor said the U.S. Supreme Court needs to clarify that workers must back their suits targeting underperforming retirement funds with proper comparison proof, urging the justices to take up a case taking aim at Parker-Hannifin Corp.'s retirement plan management.

• High Court Mulls IQ Standards In Death Penalty Cases

  By Brandon Lowrey

  Alabama on Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to let the state execute a man whose IQ test scores placed him just above the state's cutoff for intellectual disability — a designation that would forbid his execution as unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishment.

• 2nd Circ. Seems Iffy On Salvation For 'Made In Heaven' IP Row

  By Theresa Schliep

  A Second Circuit panel seemed skeptical Wednesday of an Italian prop and set designer's challenge to a lower court's dismissal of his infringement case against artist Jeff Koons over his "Made in Heaven" series, as the judges appeared to doubt arguments that he didn't bring the suit too late.

• 6th Circ. Chides US For Lacking Merits In Distilling Ban Case

  By Kat Lucero

  A Sixth Circuit judge criticized the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday for refusing to address the merits of a suit challenging the constitutionality of the U.S. tax code's ban on home distilling, saying the government cannot decide what the appellate court reviews.

• 2nd Circ. Urged To Nix Yacht, $37M Escrow From Guo Ch. 11

  By Aaron Keller

  The daughter of Chinese exile Miles Guo on Wednesday asked the Second Circuit to reverse bankruptcy and district court decisions awarding a yacht and a $37 million support account to her father's Chapter 11 estate, saying those courts improperly relied upon a state court decision when issuing quick wins.

• 6th Circ. Wrestles With Future Of Title IX Compliance

  By Alex Lawson

  A case regarding women's sports at the University of Kentucky ballooned into a broader Title IX debate Wednesday as a Sixth Circuit panel examined whether to adjust how courts decide whether schools are complying with the landmark civil rights law.

• 5th Circ. Reinstates $1M Verdict In LSD Injury Coverage Suit

  By Hope Patti

  A split Fifth Circuit reversed a Texas federal court's decision undoing a jury verdict that put a home insurer on the hook for a $1 million injury settlement between a man who became a quadriplegic after taking LSD and the owners of the home where he ingested the drugs.

• Del. Supreme Court Backs AMC's $99.3M D&O Coverage Bid

  By Jarek Rutz

  The Delaware Supreme Court has upheld a Superior Court ruling that AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. can seek directors and officers insurance coverage for its $99.3 million share-based settlement of a 2023 stockholder lawsuit, rejecting Midvale Indemnity Co.'s bid to block recovery tied to the company's preferred-equity conversion and reverse stock split.