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  Zuckerberg Testifies That Social Media Doesn't Harm Teens

  By Craig Clough

  Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stand Wednesday in a landmark California bellwether trial on claims ...(read more)

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  EPA Hit With Suit Over Repeal Of Climate Rule

  By Tom Lotshaw

  A coalition of public health and environmental groups on Wednesday challenged the U.S. Environmental Protection ...(read more)

• Freshfields Advising EBay's $1.2B Depop Purchase From Etsy

  By Al Barbarino

  Freshfields LLP is guiding eBay Inc. on its planned acquisition of Depop, a fast-growing mobile fashion resale marketplace, from Etsy Inc. for about $1.2 billion in cash, as the online commerce giant seeks to expand its reach among younger consumers.

• 5th Circ. Sanctions Atty Over AI-Generated Errors In Brief

  By Lauren Berg

  The Fifth Circuit on Wednesday sanctioned a Texas attorney for using generative artificial intelligence to draft a brief that was "riddled with fabricated quotations and assertions," while rebuking the attorney for not being more forthcoming about her use of the technology and her failure to check its accuracy.

• DOJ Acknowledges Violations Of Court Orders For Immigrants

  By Rae Ann Varona

  A senior U.S. Department of Justice official acknowledged that the government has violated dozens of court orders involving immigrants since early last December, according to a New Jersey federal judge's order directing government officials to detail how the Trump administration will ensure compliance with orders in the judicial district.

• Live Nation Antitrust Claims Heading To Trial

  By Matthew Perlman

  A New York federal judge on Wednesday refused a bid from Live Nation Entertainment Inc. to avoid a looming trial in a case from the U.S. Department of Justice and state enforcers accusing it of monopolizing the live entertainment industry.

• Trump Taps Atty In Carroll Case For 8th Circ.

  By Courtney Bublé

  President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he's nominating for the Eighth Circuit a co-owner of James Otis Law Group, where the attorney has been part of the legal team representing Trump in writer E. Jean Carroll's defamation suit against the president.

• Jury To Get Goldstein Case After Clashing Closing Statements

  By Jared Foretek

  The jury in SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein's tax evasion trial will finally begin to deliberate on a 16-count verdict form, after federal prosecutors on Wednesday recounted lies they said he admitted to, and the defense slammed what it described as a shoddy investigation into the charges.

• Will Jurors Penalize AI? Study Examines Trade Secrets Impact

  By Ivan Moreno

  A forthcoming academic study suggests juries may treat AI-enabled actions more harshly than human conduct in trade secrets disputes, resulting in what the authors call an “AI penalty.” Attorneys say reality is more complicated.

• BlueScope Gets $11B 'Final' Bid From SGH, Steel Dynamics

  By Al Barbarino

  Australia's BlueScope Steel Ltd. said Wednesday it is reviewing a revised, unsolicited buyout bid from SGH Ltd. and Steel Dynamics Inc. worth $11 billion. 

• 3 Firms Advise On $3.1B Mister Car Wash Take-Private Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  Private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners LP has agreed to purchase all outstanding Mister Car Wash Inc. shares not owned by Leonard Green affiliates at a $3.1 billion enterprise value, the car wash brand announced Wednesday.

• Uber Wins 'Partial' Atty Fees Reimbursement In Assault MDL

  By Rae Ann Varona

  Uber can get $30,000 from an opposing attorney as "partial reimbursement" for the ride-hailing company's attorney fees in multidistrict litigation over sexual assault liability, a California federal judge ruled Tuesday, ordering the payment as a sanction against the attorney for disclosing confidential Uber information in other lawsuits.

• Buffalo Wild Wings Can Sell Breast Meat As 'Boneless Wings'

  By Lauren Berg

  A Buffalo Wild Wings customer who claims he was deceived by the restaurant's "boneless wings" found his lawsuit in the deep fryer Tuesday, after an Illinois federal judge determined no reasonable consumer would believe the product is actually deboned chicken wings that are "reconstituted into some sort of Franken-wing."

• Md. Judge Bars ICE From Redetaining Kilmar Ábrego García

  By Rae Ann Varona

  A Maryland federal judge Tuesday barred the Trump administration from again taking Kilmar Ábrego García into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, saying the administration could not "rewrite the history" of the case in pushing for his redetention.