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  Pennsylvania AG Joins TikTok Child Harm Enforcement Blitz

  By Matthew Santoni

  Social media app TikTok misrepresented its safeguards and content in order to be rated suitable for children as ...(read more)

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  Judge Lets Feds Drop Adani Fraud Counts But Rebukes DOJ

  By Rachel Riley

  A New York federal judge agreed Monday to toss fraud charges accusing Adani Group Chairman Gautam S. Adani of mi...(read more)

• Calif. Agency Reveals 1st Privacy Action Against Data Broker

  By Allison Grande

  The California Privacy Protection Agency continued to expand its scrutiny of the data broker industry Tuesday, announcing a settlement with an Iowa data broker that allegedly both failed to register and violated the state's data privacy law by requiring consumers to provide unnecessary information to exercise their opt-out rights.

• Split 11th Circ. Upholds FRA's Train Crew Size Rule

  By Linda Chiem

  A divided Eleventh Circuit panel on Tuesday upheld the Federal Railroad Administration's two-person train crew rule, saying the agency reasonably justified the safety rationale for the rule and rejecting the rail industry's claims of government overreach.

• 5th Circ. Douses Biden-Era Gas Stove Efficiency Regs

  By Spencer Brewer

  A Fifth Circuit panel castigated the U.S. Department of Energy for pushing through energy standards for stoves and cooktops while failing to follow proper rulemaking procedures, saying the rule was part of the Biden administration's attempts to "make home appliances more expensive and less useful."

• Goldstein Unveils Cooley Appeal Team

  By Jared Foretek

  Thomas Goldstein has unveiled an experienced lineup of appellate lawyers he'll turn to in his bid to overturn 12 tax and mortgage fraud convictions, featuring several attorneys with extensive U.S. Supreme Court experience.

• Objectors Sink $148M Lincoln National Class Deal At 2nd Circ.

  By Brian Steele

  A Connecticut federal judge should not have certified a policyholder class that secured a $147.5 million cost-of-insurance settlement with Lincoln National and a Cigna unit, the Second Circuit held on Tuesday, in a victory for objectors who are pursuing parallel cases in other states.

• IP Notebook: 'Iceman' Logjam, Gemini Fight, Stealth Bot Bill

  By Ivan Moreno

  A crowded trademark race over the "Iceman" nickname and a clash over Google's efforts to expand its Gemini AI brand top this edition of Law360's look at emerging copyright and trademark issues.

• Full Fed. Circ. Declines To Revisit Design Patent Test

  By Ryan Davis

  The full Federal Circuit on Tuesday refused to review the test for proving design patent infringement, rejecting a massage device maker's argument that the court has strayed from U.S. Supreme Court precedent but drawing a dissent arguing the court has "messed up" the law.

• FedEx Urges Justices To Assess Limits On PTAB RPI Appeals

  By Theresa Schliep

  FedEx Corp. has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to scrutinize a Federal Circuit decision declining to review whether Qualcomm complied with real-party-in-interest requirements in petitions challenging FedEx patents, despite the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office conceding an error in the case.

• SEC's Atkins Floats Takeover Of Key Market Surveillance Tool

  By Jessica Corso

  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is considering scrapping a market surveillance tool called the consolidated audit trail as it currently operates in favor of giving the agency direct oversight of the trading that occurs across U.S. exchanges, according to a letter from Chairman Paul Atkins.

• Del. Chancery Keeps Power Plant Duty Claims Alive

  By Jarek Rutz

  The Delaware Chancery Court on Tuesday largely refused to dismiss the remaining claims in a lawsuit accusing Strategic Value Partners LLC and GenOn Holdings Inc. of engineering the transfer of a Pennsylvania power plant opportunity away from insolvent Heritage Power companies and their creditors.

• NJ Gov. Sherrill Signs 3 Social Media Child Safety Bills

  By George Woolston

  New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed three bills into law Tuesday aimed at protecting the state's children online and addressing the potentially harmful effects of social media on children.

• Canadian Banks Selling Moneris To Francisco For $1.4B

  By Al Barbarino

  Toronto-based payments company Moneris Solutions Corp. has agreed to be acquired by Francisco Partners Management LP for about CA$2 billion ($1.44 billion), as joint owners Bank of Montreal and Royal Bank of Canada look to exit the business while keeping commercial ties, the companies said Monday.