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  NY AG Sues Allstate Unit Over Pair Of Data Breaches

  By Elliot Weld

  Allstate unit National General Insurance Co. was sued Monday by New York Attorney General Letitia James over two...(read more)

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  Business Telecom Co. Mitel Files $1.1B Prepack Ch. 11

  By Rick Archer

  Communications software company Mitel Networks filed for Chapter 11 protection Monday in a Texas bankruptcy cour...(read more)

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• ICE Can't Deport Columbia Student Suing Over Campus Arrest

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A New York federal judge barred immigration officials Monday from deporting a pro-Palestinian Columbia University graduate student, a day after he sued the Trump administration for allegedly violating his constitutional rights by arresting him outside his on-campus home that he shares with his pregnant wife who is a U.S. citizen.

• JPMorgan Sued Over $481M CMBS Loan With 'Inflated' Metric

  By Jon Hill

  Wells Fargo sued JPMorgan in New York federal court on Monday to make it pay up for a soured $481 million commercial real estate loan that it originated and securitized, allegedly based on "dramatically inflated" supporting financial data.

• Paxton Says Ex-Aides Want Excessive Whistleblower Atty Fees

  By Catherine Marfin

  The Texas attorney general's office and four of Ken Paxton's former deputies took jabs at each other over whether a court should hear more evidence in their long-running whistleblower suit, with the office alleging the aides have sought attorney fees outside the scope of the case while the ex-employees say the office "misses the point."

• Judge May Pause Trump Admin's Cuts To Teacher Training

  By Brian Dowling

  A Massachusetts federal judge hinted Monday it would be reasonable to order the U.S. Department of Education to temporarily reinstate $250 million in teacher-training grants targeted for cuts by the Trump administration over their ties to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

• DOJ Defends Musk's Influence Against States' Challenge

  By Ali Sullivan

  The U.S. Department of Justice is defending Elon Musk's influence in the federal government against a constitutional challenge brought by 14 states, telling D.C. federal court that the "special government employee" does not occupy an official office that would be subject to the Constitution's appointments clause.

• GOP Sens. Escalate Fight With ABA Over 'Leftist' Statements

  By Courtney Bublé

  A group of Senate Republicans are once again going after the American Bar Association, which they claim has become a "leftist" organization, and announced Monday they will disregard ABA ratings on judicial nominees and encouraged the Trump administration and their colleagues to do the same.

• Ex-Credit Suisse Client Pleads Guilty To Hiding $90M

  By Carolina Bolado

  A Colombian-American businesswoman and former Credit Suisse client pled guilty Monday in Florida federal court to conspiring with family members to hide more than $90 million in assets from the IRS through a series of foreign bank accounts.

• Accused Fraudster An Innocent 'Jailhouse Lawyer,' Jury Told

  By Pete Brush

  A Long Island man charged with posing as an attorney to defraud families of inmates is really an innocent "jailhouse lawyer" who continued to help people after serving his own fraud sentence, his counsel told a Manhattan federal jury Monday.

• Whitecap Merging With Veren In $10.4B Oil & Gas Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  Whitecap Resources Inc. said Monday it will merge with fellow Canadian oil and gas company Veren Inc. in an all-stock deal valued at CA$15 billion (US$10.4 billion) including debt. 

• Fed. Circ. Skeptical Of USPTO's Refusal To Register F-Word TM

  By Ivan Moreno

  A Federal Circuit panel appeared skeptical of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's reasoning for rejecting an application to register the F-word as a mark because of its widespread use, with one judge telling the government's attorney a couple of times during arguments Monday, "I don't understand what you're saying."

• High Court Will Review Colo.'s Conversion Therapy Ban

  By Katie Buehler

  The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it will review a challenge to Colorado's ban on licensed therapists providing conversion therapy to transgender minors, in a case that asks whether the state's law is a permissible regulation of professional conduct or an unconstitutional restriction of speech.

• Early Signs Point To 'Vigorous' Trump Antitrust Regime

  By Al Barbarino

  Early signals from the Trump administration suggest a continued "vigorous" approach to merger enforcement, despite expectations of a more business-friendly environment, panelists said Friday at the annual Tulane Corporate Law Institute.