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  Judge Blocks Edwards' $945M Heart Valve Deal

  By Matthew Perlman and Bryan Koenig

  A D.C. federal judge issued an order on Friday preventing Edwards Lifesciences Corp. from moving ahead with its ...(read more)

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  Mining Giants Glencore, Rio Tinto Confirm Merger Talks

  By Dawood Fakhir

  Anglo-Swiss mining giant Glencore said Friday that it is in talks with British rival Rio Tinto for a possible me...(read more)

• High Court Grants Review Of Falun Gong Cisco Spying Case

  By Y. Peter Kang

  The U.S. Supreme Court said Friday it will determine whether the Ninth Circuit was right to reinstate a suit brought under the Alien Tort Statute suit alleging that Cisco aided the Chinese government's allegedly unlawful crackdown on the Falun Gong religious movement.

• Justices To Consider DHS Authority Over Green Card Entries

  By Britain Eakin

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review whether the U.S. Department of Homeland Security can treat a lawful permanent resident returning from a trip abroad as an applicant for admission based solely on pending criminal charges.

• Fed. Circ. Wary Of Reviving $200M Google Case Axed Midtrial

  By Ryan Davis

  A Federal Circuit panel on Friday appeared skeptical of efforts by Brazos Licensing & Development to overturn a directed verdict decision by U.S. District Judge Alan Albright that cleared Google of infringing a Brazos location tracking patent during a more than $200 million trial.

• Gov't Can't Use NYT Article As Evidence In Goldstein Trial

  By Jared Foretek

  A Maryland federal judge on Friday barred prosecutors from pre-admitting Thomas Goldstein's statements in a New York Times article as evidence in the SCOTUSblog co-founder's tax fraud trial, but she left open the possibility for the government to call either Jeffrey Toobin, the article's author, or a Times fact-checker, as a witness.

• Squires Sets Precedent, Guidance On Discretionary Denials

  By Dani Kass

  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires on Friday designated four decisions on discretionary denials at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board precedential and another nine informative.

• Is 9th Circ.'s Copyright Test Doomed After Kat Von D Verdict?

  By Ivan Moreno

  Celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D's realistic tattoo of a famous Miles Davis photo on a friend's arm — and the jury ruling that it did not violate copyright law — could imperil a decades-old Ninth Circuit doctrine for assessing similarity between works, with potential review by a full panel of judges on the horizon.

• Judge Restores Migrant Parole For Now, Decries 'Police State'

  By Julie Manganis

  A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday said she will temporarily bar the Trump administration from revoking the legal status of at least 10,000 migrants in the country under a program intended to allow family members of citizens or permanent residents to live in the United States while waiting for a green card.

• 9th Circ. Revives Suit Over Milliman's 'Fuzzy Matching' Tactic

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  The Ninth Circuit on Friday reversed a decision tossing one of two classes in litigation accusing consulting firm Milliman of peddling inaccurate information by using a strategy known as "fuzzy" data matching to compile its reports, saying the lower court applied a too-high standard at the summary judgment stage for showing class members were harmed.

• Class Action Challenges Solitary Confinement For NY Youth

  By Marco Poggio

  A group of children and young adults currently and formerly detained in New York's juvenile justice system are accusing state officials of subjecting children to prolonged solitary confinement in violation of the U.S. Constitution and federal disability law, in a proposed class action filed in federal court.

• X Strikes Back At Music Publishers With Antitrust Suit

  By Craig Clough

  X Corp. accused the National Music Publishers' Association and the largest music publishers in the United States of an anticompetitive conspiracy, alleging in a suit filed Friday that the industry's top players colluded against the social media company in an "extortionate campaign" over copyrighted music licenses.

• CFPB's Vought Backs Down, Seeks Fresh Fed Funding

  By Jon Hill

  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Friday that its acting Director Russell Vought has moved to replenish its funding from the Federal Reserve, yielding after a weekslong standoff that left the consumer agency facing potential closure with dwindling cash.

• Justices To Resolve Split On SEC Disgorgement Powers

  By Jessica Corso

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a case that could resolve a circuit split over whether the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has to prove investor harm in order to secure disgorgement from alleged fraudsters.