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  Ex-MLB Star Puig Convicted Of Lying About Gambling Ring

  By Craig Clough

  A California federal jury on Friday found former Los Angeles Dodgers star Yasiel Puig guilty of obstruction of j...(read more)

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  EU Warns TikTok To Change 'Addictive' Design Or Face Fines

  By Sophia Dourou

  The European Union's enforcement arm warned TikTok on Friday to change its "addictive" design to avoid potential...(read more)

• 5th Circ. Backs Trump Admin On Immigrants' Bond Ineligibility

  By Rae Ann Varona

  A split Fifth Circuit on Friday blessed the Trump administration's policy calling for immigrants who entered the U.S. without authorization to remain in detention without a bond hearing, saying the administration is acting within its "full enforcement authority."

• OpenAI Can Keep Atty Comms Secret After All, Judge Says

  By Hailey Konnath

  A New York federal judge Friday set aside a magistrate judge's order requiring OpenAI's in-house attorneys to share their internal communications regarding deleted training datasets with authors suing over alleged copyright infringement, holding that the conclusions underlying that decision were "clearly erroneous or contrary to law."

• HHS Refers Hims & Hers To DOJ Amid Compound Drug Fight

  By Lauren Berg

  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services general counsel Mike Stuart announced Friday that his office referred Hims & Hers Health Inc. to the U.S. Department of Justice for investigation, a day after Novo Nordisk A/S threatened litigation over what it called the telehealth company's "knockoff" version of its popular weight loss drug Wegovy.

• Google, Meta Get A Jury In 1st Social Media Mental Health Trial

  By Craig Clough

  A jury was seated Friday in the first California bellwether trial over claims that Google's YouTube and Meta's Facebook and Instagram platforms harm young users' mental health, with the trial to begin Monday in Los Angeles and Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg expected to be one of the first witnesses.

• 'I Can't Get Out, Please Help Me': Tesla Sued Over Fatal Crash

  By Dorothy Atkins

  Tesla has been hit with another wrongful death lawsuit over its electric doors, after a 20-year-old was recorded on a 911 call begging for help and telling dispatchers "I am going to die" as he burned alive trapped in a 2021 Model Y that had hit a tree.

• 'Very Bizarre': Trump's Funding Freeze Appeal Vexes DC Circ.

  By Jeff Overley

  D.C. Circuit judges struggled Friday with whether to unblock a federal funding freeze carrying multitrillion-dollar implications, as a Trump administration lawyer disclaimed interest in a vast spending halt but also dodged opportunities to rule it out unequivocally.

• Skating, Twirling And Juggling IP Risk At The Winter Olympics

  By Theresa Schliep

  Snowboarders, figure skaters, curlers and other competitive athletes have been training for years to be ready for the unexpected at the Winter Olympics, but intellectual property issues arising from taking part in the global sporting event are probably not high on their priority list.

• Kroger And Albertsons Win Dismissal In Antitrust Labor Case

  By Zach Dupont

  A Colorado federal judge on Friday dismissed a grocery store employee's proposed class action against Kroger and Albertsons alleging the pair violated antitrust law through a no-poach agreement to not hire competitor employees during a strike.

• Arizona Abortion Restrictions Found Unconstitutional

  By Gianna Ferrarin

  An Arizona state court permanently struck down a slew of restrictions on abortion care in the state, including an ultrasound mandate and a ban on the mailing of abortion pills, finding the restrictions violate the right to abortion enshrined in the state's constitution.

• Judge Rejects Compass' Bid To Block Zillow Listing Rules

  By Matthew Perlman

  A New York federal court on Friday refused to bar Zillow from enforcing its updated listing policy while Compass brings its antitrust case alleging the rules are meant to block competition, after finding the brokerage has not shown its case is likely to succeed.

• Jury Awards $8.4M In Oilfield Trade Secrets Theft Case

  By Elliot Weld

  A Texas federal jury has handed an oilfield services company $8.4 million in damages after finding a rival had willfully pilfered trade secrets related to nitrogen rejection unit technology when an employee left to start the rival firm.

• 4 Takeaways From The EU's Latest Trade Agreements

  By Dylan Moroses

  The European Union recently cemented formal trade agreements with India and Mercosur, a group of Latin American countries, which — along with creating certainty for businesses in the regions — strike a sharp contrast with the approach taken in framework deals reached by President Donald Trump. Here, Law360 examines four takeaways from the two trade agreements announced by the EU.