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  Fox Can't Shield Ex-Producer's Claims On Dominion Depo

  By Ryan Boysen

  Fox News can't seal portions of an explosive lawsuit claiming a former producer was coached by Winston & Strawn ...(read more)

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  New Shortlist For NY Chief Judge Includes 3 From High Court

  By Frank G. Runyeon

  A new list of seven candidates to be the chief judge of New York was released Friday for Gov. Kathy Hochul's con...(read more)

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• Internet Archive Has No Right To Scan, Lend Ebooks

  By Lauren Berg

  Internet Archive does not have the right to scan physical books and lend them out like a public library without permission from some of the world's biggest publishers, a Manhattan federal judge ruled Friday, but the library organization has vowed to appeal the decision.

• Ex-Goldman Exec Ordered To Forfeit $35.1M In 1MDB Case

  By Hailey Konnath

  A New York federal judge on Friday ordered former Goldman Sachs managing director Roger Ng to forfeit $35.1 million, finding that prosecutors have proven Ng came away with that amount in kickbacks from the massive 1MDB bond bribery scandal.

• Amazon Antitrust Suit Mostly Survives Another Dismissal Bid

  By Hailey Konnath

  A Washington federal judge on Friday cut some claims from a consumer lawsuit alleging that Amazon imposed anti-competitive restrictions on third-party sellers, but again refused to throw out the bulk of the antitrust suit, ruling that the consumers' allegations as to the overall effects of Amazon's alleged conduct "are sustainable."

• CFPB's Data Broker Probe Hints At Potential Rule Expansion

  By Jon Hill

  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's newly launched inquiry into companies that compile and sell personal data is raising questions about where the agency might be headed with plans to write new rules under a decades-old law on credit reporting.

• Amgen Supreme Court Arguments Aren't Just About Biology

  By Dani Kass

  The lone patent case the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear this term centers on how pharmaceutical companies claim antibodies in patents and the way that impacts competing cholesterol medications, meaning a decision will clearly have implications for attorneys in the life sciences area. But lawyers who focus on software and other sectors should be paying attention as well.

• Students Sue Texas A&M Officials For Canceled Drag Show

  By Aaron West

  An LGBTQ student organization at West Texas A&M is suing the university's president and other Texas A&M University System officials over allegations the university violated members' First Amendment rights when they banned drag shows on campus and stopped the group from reserving a campus event space to host one later this month.

• Marriott Nabs Win In Essex House Waiter's Race Bias Trial

  By Rachel Scharf

  A New York federal jury cleared Marriott International Inc. of responsibility Friday for an Egyptian-born former banquet waiter's alleged harassment by co-workers at Manhattan's historic Essex House, but found that one of the hotel's union delegates owes $400,000 for unlawful retaliation.

• Minn. Attorney General Discusses Juul, First E-Cigarette Trial

  By Emily Field

  Jury selection in Minnesota's lawsuit against e-cigarette giant Juul is set to start on Monday, kicking off the first case over its alleged youth marketing practices to get to trial after years of litigation brought by school districts, local governments and consumers. Law360 recently talked with Attorney General Keith Ellison about the case.

• Icahn Calls Illumina's Grail Move 'A New Low' Amid Proxy War

  By Matthew Perlman

  Carl Icahn told Illumina shareholders on Friday the circumstances surrounding the company's decision to close its $8 billion deal for Grail despite objections from antitrust regulators represents "a new low in corporate governance," continuing to push for a board shakeup.

• Venezuela Creditors Get Green Light To Pursue Citgo

  By Caroline Simson

  A Delaware judge on Thursday allowed creditors of Venezuela that are owed a collective $1.6 billion to target shares in Citgo's parent company that are held by the country's national oil company, ruling that ongoing political turmoil hasn't altered the cozy relationship between the oil company and the government.

• Fox, Dominion Slam Experts As $1.6B Defamation Trial Nears

  By Jeff Montgomery

  Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems have exchanged a string of broadsides against their respective experts as a Delaware trial approaches on Dominion's $1.6 billion claim that Fox defamed the voting tech company and hobbled its business during the 2020 presidential election.

• Sullivan & Cromwell's $12.5K Deal With Bankrupt Atty Upheld

  By Vince Sullivan

  A New York federal judge refused to undo a $12,500 settlement between law firm Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and the Chapter 7 trustee in the bankruptcy case of an attorney, saying the deal was reasonable since the debtor himself had valued legal claims against the firm as worthless.