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  Court Orders CBP Commish To Testify In Tariff Refund Suit

  By Dylan Moroses

  The U.S. Court of International Trade requested that U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney S. S...(read more)

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  FIFA Faces NJ, NY Probe Over 'Fake Scarcity' In Sales

  By George Woolston

  The attorneys general of New Jersey and New York said on Wednesday that they subpoenaed FIFA over its ticketing ...(read more)

• BREAKING: Justices Revive Mississippi Death Row Inmate's Batson Claim

  By Marco Poggio

  The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Black Mississippi death row prisoner who argued racial discrimination tainted his jury selection is entitled to habeas corpus relief, finding that Mississippi's courts improperly rejected his challenge to the prosecutor's juror strikes.

• BREAKING: Justices Say First Step Act Not 'Vehicle' For Innocence Claim

  By Phillip Bantz

  The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that judges lack wide discretion to pare down sentences for criminal defendants under the First Step Act based on questions about the validity of a conviction.

• BREAKING: Justices Say First Step Act Can't Inform Early Releases

  By Matthew Santoni

  The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that changes in mandatory minimum sentences cannot be considered retroactively when weighing if a federal prisoner should be granted early release.

• BREAKING: Justices Say 'Last-Mile' Drivers Can Skip Arbitration

  By Max Kutner

  An exemption to federal arbitration requirements for workers engaged in interstate commerce can extend to what are known as last-mile drivers who locally deliver goods that travel interstate, the U.S. Supreme Court held Thursday, resolving an issue that lingered after two previous high court decisions.

• CMA Clears $3.4B Kimberly-Clark, Suzano Joint Venture

  By Tom Fish

  Britain's competition regulator said in a statement Thursday it has cleared a proposed $3.4 billion joint venture between Brazilian pulp producer Suzano and U.S. consumer goods company Kimberly-Clark.

• Google Worker Charged With $1.2M Polymarket Insider Fraud

  By Rae Ann Varona

  A Google software engineer faces charges that he made more than $1.2 million by placing insider bets on Polymarket using the search giant's confidential data, and then tried to conceal his proceeds and actions, according to criminal and civil complaints unveiled Wednesday in New York federal court.

• CFTC Agrees To Abandon Biden-Era Gemini Crypto Settlement

  By Hailey Konnath

  The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Winklevoss-owned crypto exchange Gemini have asked a New York federal court to vacate a $5 million settlement ending allegations that Gemini misrepresented a bitcoin futures contract, telling the court that the agency now believes its complaint shouldn't have been filed.

• Lady Gaga Case Saves Swift's 'Showgirl' Use, Judge Told

  By Craig Clough

  An attorney for a Las Vegas performer asked a California federal judge Wednesday to block Taylor Swift from using "The Life of a Showgirl" as their trademark infringement case plays out, while Swift's attorney said the case is on "all fours" with a similar dispute that went in Lady Gaga's favor.

• Pharmacies Beat Fla. Hospitals' Opioids Suit

  By Carolina Bolado

  A Florida state judge has handed Walmart, Walgreens and CVS a win in a fight with hospitals over treatment of opioid-addicted patients, finding the hospitals cannot recover damages under state racketeering law because their injuries are indirect.

• FIFA Corruption Charges Get Officially Tossed

  By Stewart Bishop

  A New York federal judge signed off Wednesday on the dismissal of charges in the massive FIFA-related corruption dragnet against a former 21st Century Fox executive and an Argentine sports marketing company, months after prosecutors said they were dropping the case.

• Ex-Judges Urge Court To Scrutinize Trump-IRS Deal

  By Jack McLoone

  A group of 35 former federal judges pushed for a Florida federal court to reopen President Donald Trump's now-settled $10 billion tax leak case against his own Internal Revenue Service, alleging that Trump and the DOJ deceived the court.

• DC Circ. Backs Fired Employee In Salary Spreadsheet Case

  By Katherine Smith

  The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday partially upheld a National Labor Relations Board decision finding that a Vermont software company illegally fired an employee for creating a spreadsheet to help coworkers compare salaries, but found the board relied on protected activity unrelated to the subject of the complaint in the case to find the company illegally fired three other workers.