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  FTC Warns 42 Law Firms Of DEI 'Anticompetitive Collusion'

  By Sarah Jarvis

  The Federal Trade Commission announced Friday that it has sent warning letters to 42 major law firms for their p...(read more)

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  Warsh Clinches Trump's Nomination For Fed Chair

  By Jon Hill

  President Donald Trump is nominating former Federal Reserve Gov. Kevin Warsh to lead the central bank as its nex...(read more)

• Google Can't Ditch $425M Privacy Verdict, But Won't Owe $2B

  By Hailey Konnath

  A California federal judge on Friday refused to decertify a class of Google users who scored a $425 million jury verdict in their privacy suit; however, he also shot down the consumers' request that Google shell out an additional $2.36 billion in disgorgement of profits.

• 11th Circ. Urged To Undo $38M Chiquita Verdict, $229K Fee

  By David Minsky

  The Eleventh Circuit heard arguments Friday in two cases stemming from claims that Chiquita funded a right-wing paramilitary group, with Chiquita urging the court to vacate a $38 million verdict finding it caused eight deaths, while an attorney for the plaintiffs asked to reverse a firm's $229,000 fee award.

• Senate Passes Gov't Funding Package; House Must Vote Next

  By Courtney Bublé

  The Senate voted 71-29 on Friday to pass five of the remaining government funding bills for fiscal 2026 and a short tenure extension for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security bill to give lawmakers and the White House time to work on possible immigration enforcement changes.

• 'I Will Not Stop Now': Don Lemon Defiant After Arrest

  By Craig Clough

  A Los Angeles federal judge released journalist Don Lemon from custody Friday afternoon, rejecting a prosecutor's request that his travel be restricted after he was arrested Thursday on charges related to his coverage of a protest inside a Minnesota church. 

• 9th Circ. Says DOJ Can Withhold VW Grand Jury Records

  By Emily Field

  The Ninth Circuit on Friday held that the U.S. Department of Justice couldn't be forced to hand over about 6 million Volkswagen documents that were part of a Jones Day investigation into the automaker's 2015 emissions-cheating scandal, as the government obtained them through a grand jury subpoena.

• Planned Parenthood Drops Medicaid Fight After 1st Circ. Loss

  By Carolyn Muyskens

  Planned Parenthood abandoned a legal challenge to a ban on Medicaid reimbursements for its clinics Friday, following a loss at the First Circuit, which upheld the ban in December.

• Rio Tinto, Chalco Acquire Stake In Brazil's CBA For $903M

  By Al Barbarino

  Rio Tinto and Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd., or Chalco, have agreed to acquire Votorantim's controlling stake in Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio through a jointly owned vehicle, in a deal valuing the Brazilian aluminum producer at about $902.6 million.

• FTC Requires Facility Sales For $835M Healthcare Deal

  By Matthew Perlman

  The Federal Trade Commission reached an agreement Friday allowing Sevita Health to move ahead with an $835 million deal for BrightSpring Health Services Inc.'s community living business, conditioned on the sale of more than 100 facilities.

• Attys Rip Judge-Shopping Sanctions As Bid To 'Rewrite' Rules

  By Jake Maher

  Two Alabama attorneys who were sanctioned for allegedly judge shopping in a civil rights case urged the Eleventh Circuit to toss the sanctions Friday, arguing the judges accusing them were seeking to "rewrite" the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

• Mangione Won't Face Death Penalty, Judge Rules

  By Pete Brush

  A Manhattan federal judge on Friday took the death penalty off the table for Luigi Mangione, dismissing a capital count and setting up an October trial that could see him go to prison for life without the possibility of release.

• AstraZeneca Seals China Obesity Drug Deal For Up To $18.5B

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Biotechnology giant AstraZeneca has struck a licensing deal worth up to $18.5 billion with CSPC Pharmaceutical of China to develop weight-loss drugs, the companies said Friday, as Western investment in China ramps up.

• Attacks Haven't Killed Judiciary's AI Rule, May Strengthen It

  By Jeff Overley

  Federal judiciary advisers Thursday confronted the most extensive opposition yet in their campaign to ensure the reliability of evidence utilizing artificial intelligence, but the criticism appeared constructive, possibly upping the odds of a digital age addition to U.S. court rules.