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  J&J Hit With $80M Verdict In Philly Mesh Case

  By Matt Fair

  A Philadelphia jury returned $80 million in damages against a Johnson & Johnson unit on Friday in the latest tri...(read more)

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  White House Delays Car Tariffs With Call For Negotiations

  By Alex Lawson

  President Donald Trump confirmed on Friday that his administration considers imports of cars, trucks and auto pa...(read more)

• Trump’s Border Wall Faces Skeptical Calif. Judge

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A California federal judge appeared open Friday to blocking the Trump administration from repurposing defense funds to build a wall along the southern border, saying he doesn't know if it is right to let the government build the wall before legal challenges to it are resolved.

• 4th Circ. Says Planned Termination Of DACA Is Illegal

  By Suzanne Monyak

  A split Fourth Circuit panel on Friday threw out the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's planned rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, finding that the Trump administration had not adequately explained its decision to roll back the Obama-era policy.

• PG Rating For 'Dating Naked' Show Not Clear To FCC Either

  By Anne Cullen

  The oversight board that issues TV parental ratings needs to better explain how a show with constant nudity like "Dating Naked" gets the same PG rating as a show with mild innuendo like "The Big Bang Theory," the Federal Communications Commission advised after considering complaints from unhappy parents and concerned organizations.

• Jury Backs Pizza King Mario Sbarro In Steakhouse Wage Suit

  By Joyce Hanson

  A New York federal jury has found in favor of pizza restaurateur Mario Sbarro and his son in a suit brought by tipped workers for a now-closed steakhouse who claimed the Sbarros failed to pay them minimum and overtime wages as the business struggled to survive.

• DOJ Antitrust Chief To Appear For Fed. Circ. Oral Args

  By Matthew Perlman

  The U.S. Department of Justice's top antitrust official is set to appear for Federal Circuit oral arguments in an appeal by Capital One Financial Corp. on claims accusing Intellectual Ventures I LLC of monopolizing the banking technology market.

• Hedge Funds Can't Split Trial In $15M Reed Smith Deal Suit

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  A London judge on Friday ruled against bifurcating a trial brought by three insolvent hedge funds alleging Reed Smith LLP wrongly forwarded their portion of a $15.7 million settlement in another case to the U.S. to satisfy a separate court order.

• Trump Agrees To Nix Metal Duties On NAFTA Partners

  By Alex Lawson

  President Donald Trump struck a deal to lift the national security-based steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico Friday, removing a major hurdle to passing the renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement through Congress.

• House Passes Broad LGBTQ Rights Legislation

  By Braden Campbell

  The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a sweeping bill that would prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in the workplace, as well as several other facets of public life. 

• Wachtell, Fenwick Shape Hewlett-Packard's $1.3B Cray Buy

  By Chelsea Naso

  Hewlett-Packard, led by Wachtell, unveiled plans Friday for a $1.3 billion takeover of Fenwick client and supercomputer company Cray as it looks to meet growing data processing needs.

• Italy's Antitrust Watchdog Looks Into Google App Dominance

  By Joanne Faulkner

  The Italian Competition Authority said Friday it has opened an investigation into Google Inc. over allegations it is abusing its dominant market position in the smart-device sector.