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  Judge Questions Whether 'Lawfare' Fund Fight Is Really Moot

  By Jared Foretek

  A Virginia federal judge seemed unlikely to toss a challenge to the Trump administration's nixed "Anti-Weaponiza...(read more)

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  Mass. High Court Again Upholds Housing Density Law

  By Carolyn Muyskens

  A controversial law that requires towns served by the Boston metro area's public transit system to allow greater...(read more)

• Ex-DOJ Chief Lambastes 'Abuses Of Power' In Goldstein Case

  By Jeff Overley

  The U.S. Department of Justice constantly made false statements in its criminal case against famed appellate advocate Tom Goldstein, and his convictions must be erased because "prosecutorial misconduct pervaded every stage of the proceedings," a former DOJ prosecutor told the Fourth Circuit.

• Ex-Vitol Oil Trader Gets 4 Years For Bribe Schemes

  By Gina Kim

  A former Vitol oil trader was sentenced to four years in prison by a New York federal judge on Friday after being convicted of schemes to bribe Mexican and Ecuadorian officials in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and anti-money laundering laws, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

• Disney, Cameron Beat Actress' 'Avatar' Likeness Suit, For Now

  By Rae Ann Varona

  A California federal judge on Friday dismissed indigenous actress Q'orianka Kilcher's lawsuit accusing Disney and director James Cameron of using her face to craft the main character in the science fiction film "Avatar," but gave the actress a chance to amend her suit.

• Fed 'Risk Aversion' Contributed To SVB's Failure, Report Says

  By Jon Hill

  A "culture of risk aversion" and diffusion of decision-making among Federal Reserve supervisory staff, not deregulation or social media chatter, contributed to the 2023 collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, according to initial findings from a new post-mortem review.

• 1st Circ. Backs Notice Requirement For 3rd-Country Removals

  By Julie Manganis

  The First Circuit on Friday largely rejected the Trump administration's challenge to limits on its so-called third country removal policy, leaving in place a lower court's order requiring deportees to be given advance notice and a meaningful opportunity to challenge a destination where they may face persecution or torture.

• FTC Chair Defends Overlapping Antitrust Authorities

  By Matthew Perlman

  Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson on Friday defended his agency's continuing role as an antitrust enforcer despite a U.S. Supreme Court decision that weakened the agency's independence and left it as beholden to the White House as its counterpart at the U.S. Department of Justice.

• DC Circ. Affirms Navy Admiral's Convictions, Cites Atty Error

  By Madeline Lyskawa

  A D.C. Circuit panel on Friday affirmed the convictions of a retired U.S. Navy admiral based on evidence he helped a company secure a contract in exchange for a post-retirement job, despite a potentially prejudicial error in the jury instructions. 

• CFTC Sends Crypto Rules To White House After Bill Stalls

  By Aislinn Keely

  The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission sent a crypto rule proposal to the White House for review, pushing forward with plans to craft a regulatory framework for digital assets after a landmark bill failed to advance in the U.S. Senate.

• Investors Wary Of State Shareholder Proposal Retrenchment

  By Jessica Corso

  With the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission preparing to give oversight of shareholder proposals back to the states, investor advocates say they fear a "race to the bottom" as legislatures in Delaware, Texas and elsewhere have to decide for the first time in 80 years how to address the issue.

• OpenAI Can't See SpaceXAI, Apple Antitrust Settlement Terms

  By Ganesh Setty

  OpenAI cannot access a confidential settlement between Elon Musk's SpaceXAI and Apple Inc. over SpaceXAI's antitrust lawsuit challenging Apple's integration of OpenAI's ChatGPT into its devices, a Texas federal court has ruled, finding the settlement isn't relevant to the case against OpenAI.

• Gibson Dunn Recruits 3-Partner Trial Team From Paul Weiss

  By Tracey Read

  Three Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP trial lawyers who have secured defense verdicts in some of the most high-profile product liability trials of the past decade have moved to Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's mass torts and product liability practice group, the latter firm announced Friday.

• Attys 'Itching' To Join Congressional Probes Of Trump Admin

  By Phillip Bantz

  Efforts to recruit high-powered lawyers to Capitol Hill to potentially lead congressional committee probes into the various dealings of President Donald Trump's administration are gaining momentum as Democrats push to retake control of Congress in the quickly approaching midterm elections.