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  Roberts Allows Trump To Construct Ballroom For Now

  By Katie Buehler

  Chief Justice John Roberts ruled Friday that President Donald Trump could temporarily continue construction of a...(read more)

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  FTC Faces Off Against Zillow-Redfin Rental Listings Deal

  By Bryan Koenig

  Federal Trade Commission attorneys will appear before a Virginia federal judge Monday in what will likely be the...(read more)

• 75-Country Immigrant Visa Freeze Ruled 'Patently Unlawful'

  By Rae Ann Varona

  A New York federal judge on Friday struck down a U.S. Department of State policy that halted the issuance of visas to immigrants from 75 countries, finding the policy "patently unlawful" and in excess of Secretary of State Marco Rubio's statutory authority.

• 6th Circ. Revives Freddie Mac Subprime Suit From '08 Crash

  By Craig Clough

  The Sixth Circuit Friday revived a long-running securities suit brought by the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System against Freddie Mac and several of its former executives, holding that a district court erred in granting a summary judgment win for the government-backed enterprise and also denying class certification.

• Cytek Hit With $56M Verdict For Infringing Cell-Sorting Patent

  By Hailey Konnath

  A Delaware federal jury Friday awarded roughly $36 million in damages to biomedical testing manufacturer Beckman Coulter after finding that Cytek Biosciences infringed one of its patents covering a technology that quickly analyzes single cells.

• Butterball Signs $34M Price-Fixing Deal With Turkey Buyers

  By Hailey Konnath

  Butterball LLC has agreed to shell out $34 million to put to rest turkey buyers' claims in sprawling price-fixing litigation, according to a motion filed Friday in Illinois federal court, bringing the long-running battle to an end ahead of a scheduled trial.

• Crypto Co. Founder's Atty Tells Jury Biz Partner Lied, Not Him

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  A cryptocurrency firm's founder deceived investors by claiming his company's auto-trading platform was up and running, a federal prosecutor told a California federal jury during closing arguments Friday, while the defendant's lawyer said his client was not trying to cheat anyone and called the government's cooperating witness "a stone cold liar."

• Divided 2nd Circ. Backs DQ Of Acting NDNY US Attorney

  By Stewart Bishop

  The Second Circuit on Friday upheld a lower court's decision that found the acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York, John Sarcone III, was unlawfully serving in his position when he obtained grand jury subpoenas of the New York attorney general's office.

• Fed. Circ. Tosses Suit Over 'Misleading' Patent Language

  By Elliot Weld

  The Federal Circuit on Friday affirmed a lower court's dismissal of a lawsuit brought by inventor advocacy groups challenging what they called misleading language on patent covers, saying the groups had not shown a threat of future injury.

• 2nd Circ. Backs NY Water Permit For Pipeline Project

  By Keith Goldberg

  The Second Circuit on Friday upheld New York's issuance of a Clean Water Act permit for a controversial Williams Cos. pipeline upgrade, saying state environmental regulators justified their about-face from previous permit denials over pollution concerns.

• 11th Circ. Ruling Could Help ERISA Suits Survive Until Trial

  By Kellie Mejdrich

  The Eleventh Circuit's decision to reopen a suit from a former Royal Caribbean worker claiming 401(k) participants lost millions on underperforming target-date funds could make it easier for plaintiffs to get to trial in cases accusing companies of retirement plan investment picks that violate federal benefits law, attorneys said.

• The Race Is On To Confirm Trump's Judges By Year-End

  By Courtney Bublé

  President Donald Trump nominated 11 judges this past week, meaning 19 nominees are now in the pipeline. But how many can the Senate confirm before the end of the year, given that it will mostly be absent and consumed by the midterm election? 

• Ex-Google Engineer Wins Partial Acquittal After IP Theft Trial

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A California federal judge acquitted an ex-Google software engineer of espionage charges Thursday while upholding his trade secret theft conviction, ruling that although trial evidence showed his trade secret theft was "ad hoc, disorganized and feeble," such evidence isn't enough to prove he intentionally colluded with the Chinese government.

• Steadfast Inks $5.5B Buyout Deal With KKR, Dragoneer

  By Al Barbarino

  Mallesons-advised Steadfast Group has agreed to be acquired by a consortium backed by investment firms Dragoneer Investment Group and KKR for about AU$7.7 billion ($5.5 billion), the Australian insurance broker said Friday.