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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)

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  Uber Hit With $8.5M Verdict In 1st Fed. Sex Assault Bellwether

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  An Arizona federal jury on Thursday found that Uber wasn't negligent with respect to rider safety but was liable...(read more)

• 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.

• BREAKING: NY Judge Allows Funding For $16B Tunnel To Continue

  By Pete Brush

  A Manhattan federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from halting funding for a tunnel connecting New York and New Jersey, after the states called the move an unlawful attempt to "punish political rivals" over immigration policy disagreements.

• 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.

• 4th Circ. Says Trump Anti-DEI Orders Are Constitutional

  By Grace Elletson

  The Fourth Circuit on Friday lifted a block on President Donald Trump's executive orders that terminated federal diversity, equity and inclusion programs and aimed to encourage government contractors to do the same, saying it's not the court's role to determine if the directives are "sound policy."

• FTC Scrutinizing Merger Creating $22B Chip Giant

  By Bryan Koenig

  Skyworks and Qorvo disclosed that the Federal Trade Commission had kicked off an in-depth probe that pumps the brakes on the two leading U.S.-based semiconductor-makers' plans to merge into a $22 billion industry giant.