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  EU To Suspend US Tariff Countermeasures Another 6 Months

  By Dylan Moroses

  The European Union will suspend tariff countermeasures covering more than €93 billion ($110 billion) of U.S. goo...(read more)

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  Live Nation Antitrust Judge Wants To 'Punt' On State Claims

  By Pete Brush

  A federal judge in Manhattan asked Friday whether federal and state authorities accusing Live Nation of stifling...(read more)

• Feds' Wind Farm National Security Claim Faces Skepticism

  By Keith Goldberg

  Federal courts aren't buying the Trump administration's argument that construction of offshore wind farms should be halted for national security reasons, with some judges suggesting that the government isn't making its claim in good faith.

• Supreme Court Caseload Hits 160-Year Low

  By Katie Buehler

  Not since the Civil War has the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in as few cases as it will this term — the latest milestone for the court's shrinking docket, and one attorneys say might have more to do with the high court's culture than its expanding emergency appeals caseload.

• Heart Valve Deal Was Blocked Over Innovation Concerns

  By Matthew Perlman

  The D.C. federal court ruling earlier this month that upended a deal for Edwards Lifesciences Corp. to purchase JenaValve Technology Inc. was based on concerns that the deal would reduce innovation by eliminating competition for a heart valve treatment that's still being developed, according to a ruling unsealed on Friday by the judge who issued it.

• $7B Grain Belt Power Line Project Can Move Forward In Ill.

  By Celeste Bott

  The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday allowed Grain Belt Express LLC to move forward with plans to stretch a high-voltage direct current transmission line across nine southern Illinois counties as part of a $7 billion power supply project, reversing a lower court that said the company behind the project hadn't properly shown that it could finance it.

• DC Circ. Bars Nazi Art Claims Over Sovereign Immunity

  By Caroline Simson

  The D.C. Circuit on Friday reluctantly ended a 16-year-old lawsuit brought by the descendants of a Hungarian Jewish art collector seeking the return of a priceless art collection looted by the Nazis, saying they could not show that the artwork had been expropriated.

• Coinbase Moves To End Suit Over SEC, 'Bankruptcy' Warnings

  By Katryna Perera

  Coinbase and its top brass have again urged a New Jersey federal judge to toss a class action alleging the cryptocurrency exchange misled investors about its regulatory risks and bankruptcy concerns, arguing investors were given enough notice about a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation and that new Third Circuit rulings undercut the suit's claims.

• 2nd Circ. Judges Appear At Odds On Arbitration Ban's Reach

  By Anne Cullen

  Two Second Circuit judges expressed oftentimes conflicting interpretations of the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act during a case hearing Friday, engaging in a lengthy debate hinged on what claims the arbitration shield can keep in court.

• Intel Case Sets Up Justices To Tackle 401(k) Benchmarks

  By Kellie Mejdrich

  The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to take up a suit challenging target-date fund offerings in two Intel employee 401(k) plans gives benefits attorneys hope that clarity is coming on whether meaningful benchmarks are required to plead that investment underperformance breached fiduciary duties under federal benefits law.

• As Duke Sues Its Own QB, NIL Tensions Come To A Head

  By Alex Lawson

  Duke University's gambit to stop its star quarterback from transferring to another school signals the latest friction point in college sports, providing an opportunity for courts to tackle the still-evolving concept of direct payment deals between athletes and their schools regarding name, image and likeness.

• Mass. Judge Seeks Input On Kalshi Sports Ban

  By Julie Manganis

  A Massachusetts state court judge said Friday he is still grappling with how to craft an order barring prediction market Kalshi from promoting sports-related event offerings in the state without infringing on the rights of existing contract holders, asking counsel for the company and the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General for help hammering out the details.

• Reforms, $737.5K Fee Proposed To End Del. Skin Tech Suit

  By Jeff Montgomery

  A mediated deal on corporate governance reforms and a fee and expenses award have tentatively settled a consolidated Delaware Court of Chancery derivative suit targeting oversight and disclosure failures involving a "hydrafacial" skin treatment device that cost The Beauty Health Co. at least $63.2 million to manage.

• X Can't Access OpenAI Source Code In Antitrust Suit

  By Matthew Perlman

  A Texas federal court will not force OpenAI Inc. to hand over its source code in an antitrust case from Elon Musk's X Corp. over the artificial intelligence company's deal to integrate ChatGPT on Apple devices.