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  DOGE Can Access Social Security Data For Now, Justices Say

  By Katie Buehler

  The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Friday that the Department of Government Efficiency could obtain unlimited acce...(read more)

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  Gemini Confidentially Files For IPO Amid Crypto Listings Buzz

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  Crypto exchange Gemini Space Station Inc. said Friday it confidentially filed for an initial public offering, ma...(read more)

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• Judge Approves NCAA's $2.8B Athlete Revenue Settlement

  By David Steele

  The NCAA's $2.78 billion class action settlement that will for the first time provide for revenue sharing with college athletes was given final approval late Friday by a California federal judge.

• Kilmar Abrego Garcia Back In US To Face Smuggling Charges

  By Rae Ann Varona

  Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whom the Trump administration removed to an El Salvador prison in March, is back in the U.S. and charged by a federal grand jury in Tennessee with smuggling unauthorized immigrants, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday.

• Patent Office Leader Rejects IPRs Based On 12-Year Wait

  By Dani Kass

  Acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart on Friday turned away a series of challenges to Welch Allyn Inc.'s heart monitor patents, determining petitioner iRhythm Technologies Inc. should have disputed them much earlier.

• Google Must Face Bulk Of Healthcare Data Tracking Suit

  By Rae Ann Varona

  A California federal judge allowed a proposed class action accusing Google of illicitly scooping up users' personal data from healthcare providers' websites to continue Friday, but only for certain claims based on communications made before the company started instructing healthcare provider clients not to send it their health information.

• Fed's Bowman Calls For Oversight Built On 'Pragmatism'

  By Jon Hill

  Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman on Friday previewed a sweeping industry-friendly agenda to ease burdens on smaller lenders, overhaul supervisory ratings and reevaluate capital rules as the central bank's new top regulator, drawing immediate praise from banking industry groups.

• DC Circ. Backs FERC Extension For Southgate Pipeline Work

  By Tom Lotshaw

  A D.C. Circuit panel on Friday affirmed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's construction deadline extension for the Mountain Valley Pipeline's southern spur, with one judge characterizing a suit challenging it as "typical" of litigation that has stymied American progress.

• Chancery Pauses Meta Privacy Suit For EU, Ireland Actions

  By Jeff Montgomery

  A Delaware court on Friday paused a pension fund stockholder suit seeking documents on data privacy violations made by Meta Platforms Inc. that led to a €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion) fine from European authorities.

• Fed. Circ. Weighs Purview Over Acorda's $17M Arbitral Award

  By Theresa Schliep

  A Federal Circuit panel on Friday wrestled with its authority to consider arbitration appeals dealing with patent law, with at least one judge appearing skeptical that it could consider Acorda Therapeutics Inc.'s bid to increase a $16.6 million award in a fight with Alkermes PLC over a multiple sclerosis drug.

• Ga. Judge Signals '2,000 Mules' Slander Suit May Go On

  By Chart Riggall

  A Georgia federal judge signaled Friday that he may leave it up to a jury to decide whether a Peach State voter was defamed by his portrayal as an election fraud operative in the conspiracy movie "2,000 Mules," doubting whether he had enough evidence to prove the film's producers deliberately tried to slander him.

• Stewart Says PTAB Should 'Never' Cancel IP As A Sanction

  By Dani Kass

  The acting director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office revived Longhorn Vaccines & Diagnostics LLC patent claims on Thursday that her predecessor had invalidated to punish Longhorn for misconduct.

• Split DC Circ. Says IAF CEO Can Stay In Role

  By Ali Sullivan

  A split D.C. Circuit panel refused to block the reinstatement of the head of a federal agency that invests in Latin America and the Caribbean, concluding that the Trump administration's firing of the official was "likely invalid."

• Stewart To Review PTAB Refusal To Ax TikTok IPRs

  By Adam Lidgett

  The acting head of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will review a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board refusing to throw out TikTok's bids to invalidate a series of patents related to publishing multimedia content.