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  DC Circ. Says Fed's Cook Can Keep Job For Now

  By Jon Hill

  A D.C. Circuit panel said Monday that Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook can remain on the central bank's board whil...(read more)

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  Ex-Epstein Prosecutor Maurene Comey Sues DOJ Over Firing

  By Emily Sawicki

  Maurene Comey, a former Manhattan federal prosecutor who brought high-profile criminal cases against the likes o...(read more)

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• Duke Strikes $2.35M Deal To Resolve Mortality Data Suit

  By Patrick Hoff

  Duke University has agreed to pay $2.35 million to settle a proposed class action alleging the school's use of decades-old mortality tables to calculate retirement benefits shorted former employees by millions of dollars, according to a filing in North Carolina federal court.

• Sotomayor Warns Civics Under-Education Leads To Bad Laws

  By Kevin Penton

  Those looking to change the nation's laws first need to understand how they work and why they are in place, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor told a packed auditorium at New York Law School on Tuesday.

• Trump Files $15B Defamation Suit Against NYT, Penguin

  By Carolina Bolado

  President Donald Trump filed a $15 billion defamation lawsuit in Florida federal court against The New York Times, several of its reporters and publisher Penguin Random House, claiming they published a book and three articles that were "malicious, defamatory and disparaging" and meant to derail his 2024 presidential campaign.

• Ga. Justices Won't Reinstate DA Willis To Trump Election Case

  By Kelcey Caulder

  The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review a lower court's ruling disqualifying Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the 2020 Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and his co-defendants.

• Top 2 Counts Dismissed Against Luigi Mangione

  By Frank G. Runyeon

  The terrorism counts against Luigi Mangione were dismissed Tuesday as "legally insufficient" by a New York judge, leaving him to face a state murder charge over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

• Google Consumers' Attys Seek $85M In Fees For $700M Deal

  By Rae Ann Varona

  Attorneys who helped consumers reach a still-pending $700 million antitrust deal with Google in 2023 have urged a California federal judge to grant them $85 million in attorney fees, saying the settlement, reached alongside state attorneys general, was an "exceptional" result obtained in the "face of substantial litigation uncertainty."

• Uber Riders Use Service 'At Their Own Risk,' Senior VP Says

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  An Uber Technologies Inc. executive testified Monday during a bellwether trial over sexual assault allegations against the ride-hailing giant that Uber passengers accept rides with its drivers "at their own risk."

• Chancery OKs Public Access To Some SpaceX Suit Docs

  By Jeff Montgomery

  Nonprofit news organization ProPublica won a limited Delaware Court of Chancery order Monday for the contested release of some documents and video kept under seal in a Chinese company's suit against a private equity firm over a muffed deal to line up a $50 million investment in SpaceX.

• 2nd Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of Libor Rigging Claims

  By Sydney Price

  The Second Circuit on Monday affirmed the dismissal of investor lawsuits alleging multiple global banks, including UBS and Lloyds Bank, conspired to rig the benchmark interest rate Libor, which is tied to the British pound, finding the plaintiffs never showed they actually lost money from the alleged manipulation.

• Chegg Reaches $7.5M Deal With FTC Over Cancellation Policies

  By Gina Kim

  Chegg will pay $7.5 million to resolve the Federal Trade Commission's suit alleging it uses long and burdensome cancellation practices that make it difficult for customers to end their subscriptions, or in some instances continues to charge them even after canceling, according to a motion filed Monday in California federal court. 

• Senate Confirms Top Trump Economist To Federal Reserve

  By Jon Hill

  The U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed top White House economist Stephen Miran to the Federal Reserve Board on Monday, giving President Donald Trump a close ally at the central bank as he pushes for greater control over the traditionally independent body.

• Surgical Center, Surgeon Clash Over $75K Settlement At Trial

  By Zach Dupont

  Attorneys representing a surgeon and the surgical center where he used to practice each claimed on the first day of trial in Colorado federal court Monday that the other party was the first to breach the terms of a settlement agreement, which nullified their own commitments to the agreement.