Justices Take Up CFPB Constitutionality Case

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  US Sets Tariffs In Aircraft Fight As EU Vows Retaliation

  By Alex Lawson

  The Trump administration on Friday formally imposed tariffs on $7.5 billion worth of European Union goods stemmi...(read more)

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  Greenberg Traurig Inks $65M Deal To End Stanford Ponzi Suit

  By Mike LaSusa

  Greenberg Traurig has agreed to pay $65 million to clear up claims related to its alleged involvement in a $7 bi...(read more)

• Jones Day Casts Family Leave Suit As 'Quibble'

  By Vin Gurrieri

  Jones Day told a Washington, D.C., federal court Thursday that a discrimination suit brought by two married former associates challenging the firm’s parental leave policy is merely a “quibble” over semantics.

• Lawyers Embracing Supreme Court's 'Two-Minute' Rule

  By Jimmy Hoover

  Supreme Court advocates are liking the court's new format allowing two minutes of uninterrupted argument time before the justices begin asking questions, even if the court's most active interrogator, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, is still adapting to the change.

• PG&E Bondholders, Wildfire Victims File Rival Ch. 11 Plan

  By Rick Archer

  Pacific Gas & Electric Co. noteholders and wildfire victims have filed a joint alternative to the California utility’s own Chapter 11 plan that would give the noteholders control of the company and victims an additional $6 billion in potential compensation.

• High Court Agrees To Take Up Asylum Review Case

  By Emma Cueto

  The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear an appeal by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in a case concerning whether district courts have the power to review whether asylum seekers have established a credible fear fear of persecution.

• BREAKING: Justices Review Circuit Courts' Authority In Deportation Cases

  By Suzanne Monyak

  The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider whether a provision in federal immigration law strips circuit courts’ authority to review factual findings underpinning decisions that deny deportation relief for immigrants with criminal histories who fear persecution.

• Tears Don't Help 'Varsity Blues' Developer Avoid Prison

  By Chris Villani

  Despite a tearful apology a federal judge said was sincere, a wealthy real estate developer was sentenced on Friday to one month in prison for paying $75,000 to have his daughter's standardized test score fraudulently inflated in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal.

• J&J Pans Judge's 'Partisan Glee' After $8B Risperdal Verdict

  By Matthew Santoni

  A Johnson & Johnson unit accused a Philadelphia judge of “partisan glee” when he high-fived and took photos with jurors after they returned an $8 billion punitive damages award over the side effects of Risperdal, asking that he recuse himself from the company’s requested retrial.

• Highland Capital Under Fire To Have Ch. 11 Trustee Take Over

  By Jeff Montgomery

  An attorney overseeing a former Highland Capital affiliate's Texas insolvency told a Delaware bankruptcy judge Friday she will likely press for appointment of a Chapter 11 trustee for Highland's newly filed case, citing a litany of fraudulent transfer allegations involving the company in both states.

• J&J Recalls Asbestos-Tainted Baby Powder Flagged By FDA

  By Emily Field

  Johnson & Johnson said Friday it is recalling a shipment of baby powder after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found the presence of asbestos during an inspection.

• Barclays Fraud Trial Jury Told To Ignore Bankers' Bad Jokes

  By Richard Crump

  Defense counsel urged jurors hearing fraud charges against former Barclays executives Friday not to be distracted by “poor taste humor” in which the bankers joked about the possibility of ending up in jail over plans to raise money from Qatar during the financial crisis.