Trump Steps Into Legal Minefield With Wall Declaration

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  Justice Ginsburg Returns To High Court After First Absence

  By Sam Reisman

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  Trump Declares National Emergency To Fund Border Wall

  By Nicole Narea

• Partial Gag Order Issued In Roger Stone WikiLeaks Case

  By Hailey Konnath

  A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Friday issued a gag order prohibiting Roger Stone, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump, and witnesses and attorneys in his WikiLeaks criminal case stemming from the Russia probe from making public statements that could “inflame” the crowds that have gathered at his court appearances.

• Facing Up To 24 Years, Manafort Gets No Help From Mueller

  By Mike LaSusa

  Former Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is facing the possibility of spending nearly a quarter-century behind bars for bank and tax fraud, and special counsel Robert Mueller's office said Friday it didn't see "any mitigating factors" that the Virginia federal court should consider when handing down a final sentence.

• Puerto Rico Fed Board Was Illegally Appointed: 1st Circ.

  By Alex Wolf

  The federal board charged with overseeing Puerto Rico’s financial overhaul and addressing its debt crisis was unconstitutionally appointed and must either be confirmed by the U.S. Senate or replaced in accordance with the law within the next 90 days, the First Circuit ruled Friday.

• Kaepernick, Reid Settle NFL Collusion Grievances

  By Zachary Zagger

  Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid have settled labor grievances alleging the NFL and its teams colluded to shut them out due to their protests during the national anthem, according to a joint statement Friday, giving the league an opening to distance itself from the controversy without a potentially damaging ruling on the collusion claims.

• FTC’s Wilson Sees Pluses Of 'Total Welfare' Antitrust Standard

  By Bryan Koenig

  Federal Trade Commission Republican Christine S. Wilson defended the current legal standard by which antitrust enforcers and courts judge mergers and anti-competitive conduct, but argued in a speech Friday that critics who want a new approach haven't given one alternative the attention it deserves.

• Oracle's Anti-Arbitration Line Is 'Man Bites Dog,' Judge Says

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A Ninth Circuit panel appeared skeptical Friday of Oracle Inc.'s appeal of a decision to send an ex-worker's putative class action over sales commission pay to arbitration, with one judge calling the company's anti-arbitration stance ironic and a "man bites dog" situation.

• 'We're All Going To Jail,' Ex-Insys CEO Says He Heard At Work

  By Chris Villani

  The former CEO of Insys Therapeutics Inc. on Friday described a messy internal battle after the government started investigating a speaker program allegedly used to bribe doctors to prescribe opioids, saying before jurors in Massachusetts federal court that he once heard another executive shout "we are all going to jail."

• Greenpeace Gets Dakota Access Owner's RICO Suit Tossed

  By Sophia Morris

  A North Dakota federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by Energy Transfer Partners LP against Greenpeace International, ruling that attempts to block construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline through fundraising and protest activities aren't evidence of racketeering.

• Ex-Chipotle Worker Testifies Unemployment Snafu Set Off Suit

  By Lauren Berg

  A former Chipotle Mexican Grill employee alleging she was wrongly fired for extending her medical leave told a California federal jury Friday she decided to sue after learning Chipotle had incorrectly reported to state unemployment officials that she quit.