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  Trump Denied New Bid To Federalize Hush Money Prosecution

  By Pete Brush

  A New York federal judge on Friday again denied President Donald Trump's bid to move his criminal hush money con...(read more)

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  Anthropic Judge Rejects Trump's Nat'l Security 'Blank Check'

  By Lauren Berg

  The U.S. Department of Defense's designation of Anthropic PBC as a supply chain risk to national security was no...(read more)

• Mass. Judge Halts USPS Mail Ballot Rule Before Midterms

  By Julie Manganis

  A Massachusetts federal judge late Thursday temporarily blocked the U.S. Postal Service from implementing a new rule allowing it to deny delivery of mail-in ballots from voters whose names are not on citizenship lists the Trump administration is compiling ahead of November's midterms.

• 5th Circ. Diverts From 9th Circ.'s Copyright Server Test

  By Hailey Konnath

  The Fifth Circuit Thursday refused to adopt what's known as the server test, which considers where online content is stored when assessing copyright liability, although it ultimately still declined to disturb a lower court's dismissal of copyright infringement claims against news aggregator NewsBreak.

• CVS Must Face Investor Claims Over AI Use Omissions

  By Rae Ann Varona

  A New York federal judge trimmed a proposed investor class action Thursday that alleges CVS Health Corp. concealed that its profitability was largely driven by its use of artificial intelligence, allowing the case to proceed on "actionable half-truths" that the company misrepresented the effects of its AI use.

• Texas Frees ICE Agent Wanted In Minn. After Extradition Fight

  By Brandon Lowrey

  A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent wanted in Minnesota for felony assault walked out of a jail in the border town of Brownsville, Texas, early on Thursday, hours after a federal judge backed Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's refusal to immediately extradite him for prosecution.

• Jeanie Buss Says Siblings' Lakers Sale Defies Court Order

  By Craig Clough

  Lakers controlling owner Jeanie Buss petitioned a California state court to halt efforts by her five siblings to sell the family's 17.8% share of the NBA franchise, saying the purported sale violates a 2017 court order that they take all reasonable steps to ensure she remains as the team's leader.

• SEC Moves Closer To Curtailing Executive Pay Disclosures

  By Jessica Corso

  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has moved one step closer to curtailing the amount of information that corporate executives must reveal about their pay, informing the White House that the agency could soon propose updated executive compensation regulations.

• Tax Pro Avoids Jail For Role In 'Singapore Solution' Fraud

  By Pete Brush

  A New York federal judge on Thursday allowed an English national to avoid prison for facilitating a $60 million tax evasion scheme, after he admitted helping wealthy clients move money from a Swiss bank through his Hong Kong financial services business.

• Blake Lively's 'Blunderbuss' $8M Atty Fee Bid Nets $407K

  By Hailey Konnath

  A New York federal judge Wednesday awarded Blake Lively $407,452 in attorney fees and court costs in her defamation dispute with her "It Ends With Us" co-star Justin Baldoni, significantly less than the $8 million she had requested, citing her "blunderbuss approach" and flaws in records she submitted.

• Bankrupt Villages Health System Agrees To $541.5M FCA Deal

  By Hailey Konnath

  Florida-based The Villages Health System has agreed to shell out more than $541.5 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false diagnosis codes to get more money from Medicare, conduct that it disclosed itself, the U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday.

• 'A Bad Argument': Southwest's Filing In FMLA Suit Irks Judge

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  A California federal judge on Wednesday criticized counsel representing Southwest Airlines in a certified employment class action for filing an untimely and overbroad motion, saying Southwest's attorney was making "a bad argument" and telling counsel, "You guys should not have done that."

• Meta Judge Quickly OKs $17B Deal Over Social Media Harms

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A California federal judge overseeing a bellwether trial over claims Meta hid social media's harms to youth on Wednesday approved its $17.1 billion deal with 29 states, after a hearing in which she pressed lawyers on details of the deal and raised concerns about how Meta was handling attorney-client privilege issues.

• Urban Farm Startup 80 Acres Files Ch. 7 With $100M-Plus Debt

  By Emily Lever

  An Ohio-based vertical farming startup, 80 Acres Urban Agriculture, filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in Delaware with several affiliates and listing $100 million to $500 million each in assets and liabilities.