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  Justices Won't Reconsider Verizon's $47M FCC Fine

  By Nadia Dreid

  The U.S. Supreme Court is not interested in reconsidering how it worded its June opinion upholding the Federal C...(read more)

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  7th Circ. Reverses Alcoa Union Retirees' Lifetime Benefits Win

  By Kellie Mejdrich

  The Seventh Circuit reversed an Indiana federal court's decision holding that certain union retirees of aluminum...(read more)

• Albertsons Judge Hears $44B Opioid Abatement Plan In Wash.

  By Ben Adlin

  Addressing harm caused by prescription opioid abuse in Washington would cost nearly $44.4 billion, an expert testified Monday during a bench trial in the state's case accusing Albertsons and its Safeway subsidiary of exacerbating Washington's overdose crisis by failing to curb the flow of controlled substances.

• Meta Loses 'Hail Mary' Sanctions Bid On Eve Of AGs' Trial

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A California federal judge Sunday denied Meta's request for spoliation sanctions against state attorneys general that would've barred a Meta whistleblower from testifying in the upcoming high-stakes social media addiction bellwether trial, ruling that Meta's request was an "obvious" "Hail Mary attempt to eliminate a strong witness" before trial.

• Apple Hit With Derivative Suit Over AI Copyright Infringement

  By Hailey Konnath

  Apple executives and directors are facing a stockholder derivative action claiming they've been knowingly using copyrighted materials to develop Apple's artificial intelligence services — an unlawful business strategy they knew could lead to litigation from copyright holders, the plaintiff told a California federal court.

• Mead Johnson Pushed Formula Knowing Risks, Jury Told

  By Celeste Bott

  Mead Johnson knew its infant formula posed an increased risk of a devastating gut disease to premature babies but "muddied the waters" instead of sounding a clear warning, leaving doctors without crucial information while caring for an infant who ultimately died from the illness, his mother's attorney told an Illinois federal jury Monday.

• Happy Egg Breaks 'Pasture Raised' False Ad Class At 9th Circ.

  By Lauren Berg

  The Ninth Circuit on Monday threw out class certification of California and New York consumers accusing the company behind the Happy Egg brand of deceptively labeling egg cartons with promises that its hens are "pasture raised on over 8 acres."

• Google To Pay $10M For Spirit Airlines Data To Help AI Models

  By Alex Wittenberg

  Technology giant Google LLC has won an auction for Spirit Airlines' emails, chats, spreadsheets and other data, offering $10 million for anonymized information it will use to improve its large language models and other products, according to a notice filed Friday in New York bankruptcy court.

• Doxo To Pay FTC $2.1M Over Misleading Ads And Fees

  By Sarah Jarvis

  Doxo will pay $2.1 million to settle Federal Trade Commission claims that the online bill pay service and two co-founders misled consumers about fees and used deceptive advertising to impersonate billers, the commission announced on Monday, after a Washington federal judge granted partial summary judgment earlier this year.

• Big Banks Reach $86.4M Deal In Mexican Bond-Rigging Suit

  By Jon Hill

  Bank of America, HSBC and other global banks have agreed to pay $86.4 million to resolve investor class claims that they conspired to fix Mexican government bond prices, according to a proposed settlement unveiled on Friday in New York federal court.

• Pornhub To Pay $120M To End Child Abuse Content Cases

  By Dorothy Atkins

  The companies behind adult entertainment website Pornhub have agreed to make extensive policy changes and pay $120 million to end certified class claims in California and Alabama by child sex trafficking and sexual abuse material survivors who allege the website profited from crimes committed against them.

• Mangione's NY State Trial Postponed After Federal Guilty Plea

  By Frank G. Runyeon

  A New York state judge Monday delayed Luigi Mangione's September trial on second-degree murder charges after he pled guilty Friday in federal court to fatally stalking UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

• Chattah Can't Serve As Acting Nevada US Atty, 9th Circ. Says

  By Emma Cueto

  The Ninth Circuit on Monday upheld a lower court ruling that Nevada's top prosecutor was not put in place lawfully and was barred from overseeing the criminal cases giving rise to the appeal, the latest state where courts have shut down attempts by the Trump administration to fill U.S. attorney vacancies without Senate confirmation.

• FTC Gets $725M Liquid Nails Deal Blocked

  By Matthew Perlman

  A New York federal court has sided with the Federal Trade Commission and blocked Loctite maker Henkel's planned $725 million acquisition of fellow construction adhesive brand Liquid Nails, following a bench trial in Manhattan last month.