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  Trump-Backed Crypto Co. Gets Initial OK For Bank Charter

  By Jon Hill

  The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Friday preliminarily approved a closely watched charter applica...(read more)

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  'You're Not Ready': Judge Warns Tesla, Agency Of Sanctions

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A California state judge presiding over the California Civil Rights Department's lawsuit alleging Tesla fostered...(read more)

• Justices Again Deny Review Of $5M Carroll Verdict

  By Cara Salvatore

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied President Donald Trump's request to rehear his challenge to a $5 million verdict finding he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll.

• Stewart Taking Over IP Advocacy Group After Leaving USPTO

  By Dani Kass

  Former Deputy U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart has been named CEO and president of the Council for Innovation Promotion, the advocacy group announced Monday.

• Amazon Revives Arbitration Clause, Bars Class Actions

  By Ben Adlin

  Amazon customers must now take most legal claims against the retail giant to binding arbitration, the company announced Friday, unveiling new conditions of use that also include a prohibition on users bringing proposed class actions.

• Attys Looking To Justices To Resolve Design Patent 'Mess'

  By Ryan Davis

  Following a sharply divided order where the full Federal Circuit declined to reconsider the standards for design patent infringement, attorneys tell Law360 they hope the deep disagreements among the judges spur the U.S. Supreme Court to clear up precedent one called a "total mess."

• Tesla Faces Case-Ending Sanctions In Fla. Fatal Crash Suit

  By David Minsky

  A family suing Tesla over the wrongful death of its 19-year-old daughter in a crash urged a Florida state court Friday to grant case-ending sanctions, claiming the automaker repeatedly refused to hand over records documenting underbody impact tests. 

• Uber Says Plaintiff Attys Are Hyping Article That Fueled Threats

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  A California federal judge said Friday that he wouldn't get involved in Uber's accusations that plaintiffs' counsel in passenger sexual assault litigation were involved in and "cheering on" a media report that's led to death threats against Uber's lawyers, saying it would not likely change things and could make them worse.

• Charter-Cox Tie-Up Gets Last Needed OK With Calif. Approval

  By Christopher Cole

  California regulators have approved the $34.5 billion merger of major cable providers Charter and Cox, providing the last needed regulatory green light but also imposing conditions meant to help consumers.

• 4th Circ. Altria Decision Spotlights Risks From ERISA Docs

  By Kellie Mejdrich

  A recent Fourth Circuit decision in a retirement plan dispute between tobacco giant Altria and an ex-worker underscored how service provider contracts can introduce snags in litigation, with benefits attorneys warning that employers may want to review documents with the potential for disclosure in mind.

• 4 Questions On Excess Manufacturing Capacity Tariffs

  By Dylan Moroses

  Stakeholders anticipate new tariffs on key trading partners stemming from allegations that excess manufacturing capacity is causing harm to U.S. businesses, but several open questions remain about the extent to which duty burdens will increase and whether countries will retaliate in response. Here, Law360 considers four such questions.

• Drone-Maker Gets Partial Do-Over In Chinese Gov't Ties Suit

  By Elaine Briseño

  The D.C. Circuit Friday partially overturned a lower court win for the U.S. Department of Defense in its dispute with a drone-maker over being designated a Chinese military company, saying there is no publicly stated rationale for the decision.

• SEC Staff Halt Responses To Proxy Proposal Exclusion Bids

  By Sarah Jarvis

  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Friday made permanent a previous decision to step back from responding to companies' bids to exclude shareholder proposals from their ballots, following comments from the agency's chairman that the most recent proxy season saw none of the "dire predictions" some had forecast after the retreat.

• Idaho Abortion Ban Needs Health Exceptions, Judge Finds

  By Gianna Ferrarin

  An Idaho federal judge barred the state from criminalizing abortions in cases where continuing a pregnancy puts a patient at risk of lasting harm or death via self-harm, finding that the 14th Amendment establishes a fundamental right to health- and life-preserving abortion care.