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  NLRB Nixes Precedent Shift On Worker Outbursts

  By Braden Campbell

  The National Labor Relations Board's expanded Republican majority reversed its first precedent on Wednesday, nix...(read more)

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  3 Firms Steer Royal Caribbean, Sandals' $3B Resort Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  Royal Caribbean Group said Wednesday it has agreed to invest about $3 billion for a 50% stake in a joint venture...(read more)

• Huawei Used Joint Venture Talks For IP Heist, Jury Hears

  By Stewart Bishop

  Jurors in the corporate criminal trial of Huawei saw evidence Wednesday suggesting proprietary information for Quintel Tech. Ltd.'s technology for improving cell phone reception was used in a patent application by a Huawei engineer amid joint venture talks, as prosecutors continued to assert the Chinese telecommunications giant made trade secret theft one of its central business strategies.

• 7th Circ. Skeptical Of UP's Temporal BIPA Contractor Argument

  By Lauraann Wood

  A Seventh Circuit panel seemed skeptical Wednesday that a government contractor exception in Illinois' biometric privacy law should be applied through a temporal test to determine whether such a contract's mere existence is enough to excuse defendants from the statute's informed consent requirements.

• 9th Circ. Backs Delta Immunity Over In-Flight Restraint

  By Jonathan Capriel

  Airlines are broadly immune from civil litigation when they report to law enforcement a passenger behaving suspiciously, the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday, ending litigation by a passenger who secured a $7 million verdict against Delta Air Lines after a jury found he had not behaved suspiciously and that flight staff had caused him to be injured.

• Circuit Rift On Pension Credit May Catch Supreme Court's Eye

  By Kellie Mejdrich

  The Seventh Circuit recently established how to credit employers for a previous partial withdrawal from a multiemployer pension fund when calculating liability for a complete exit, resulting in a split with the Ninth and Eleventh circuits and raising the likelihood the issue could eventually reach the U.S. Supreme Court, attorneys said.

• Blue Shield Still Facing Therapy 'Ghost Network' Suit

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  A California federal judge ruled Wednesday that Blue Shield of California must face the majority of claims brought in subscribers' proposed class action alleging the insurer maintained a "ghost network" of mental-health providers that didn't exist or accept new patients, saying the suit adequately claims contract terms were not met.

• Media Ban Judge Declines Ruling On TRO, For Now

  By Jared Foretek

  A D.C. federal judge Wednesday declined to rule immediately on a temporary restraining order restoring White House access for major news organizations barred by the Trump administration since last week, instead saying he would consider the sides' arguments and issue a ruling shortly.

• Real Estate Tech Co. Files Ch. 11 To Stave Off Foreclosure

  By Clara Geoghegan

  HouseCanary has filed for Chapter 11 in New Jersey seeking to stop a planned foreclosure auction that the real estate analytics and artificial intelligence company said threatened to "destroy" it.

• 9th Circ. Rejects Squatter's-Rights Claim On Dead Baby's Name

  By Brandon Lowrey

  Walter Glenn Primrose testified at trial that he stole a dead baby's name to escape debt and threats in the 1980s and used it for three decades — even joining the U.S. Coast Guard and becoming a defense contractor — before his arrest and convictions. This week, the Ninth Circuit rejected Primrose's novel claim that his identity theft convictions can't stand because he has squatter's rights over the infant's identity.

• Vividion Investor Wants IP Suit Over $2B Bayer Deal Revived

  By Jarek Rutz

  CHP III LP urged the Delaware Supreme Court on Wednesday to revive its suit over allegedly diverted intellectual property in Vividion Therapeutics Inc.'s $2 billion sale to Bayer Corp., while the defendants argued the investor is trying to turn a corporate injury into a direct stockholder claim that did not survive the merger.

• Kalshi, NM Tribes Face Off Over Sports Bets On Tribal Land

  By Crystal Owens

  Attorneys for Kalshi and four New Mexico Indigenous nations clashed Wednesday in New Mexico federal court over whether the prediction market platform is operating unlawful Class III gambling on tribal lands in violation of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, with arguments centering on precedent and nonmember tribal activity.

• Senate Confirms Abbott Aide To Texas Federal Bench

  By Courtney Bublé

  The Senate voted 50-47, along party lines, on Wednesday to confirm Angela Colmenero, deputy chief of staff to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, to serve on the Southern District of Texas.

• DOJ Pressed On Gender Care Ban In Federal HIV Program

  By Dan McKay

  A Massachusetts federal judge on Wednesday skeptically questioned the Trump administration's authority to prohibit doctors from providing gender-affirming care as part of a longstanding, federally funded HIV program.