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  Starbucks DEI Goals Are 'Race-Based Quotas,' Fla. AG Claims

  By Ben Adlin

  Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is accusing coffee giant Starbucks Corp. of violating state civil rights...(read more)

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  Justices Chew Over 'Close' Case On Fund Contract Disputes

  By Jessica Corso

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday waffled over whether there was a private right to sue to void contracts that...(read more)

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• Grassley Urges White House To Step It Up On Noms

  By Courtney Bublé

  Sen. Chuck Grassley, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, had a message for the White House Thursday: "Get on the ball" with nominations for U.S. attorneys and the judiciary.

• Sembcorp Entering Australia With $4.3B Alinta Energy Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  Singapore's Sembcorp Industries said Thursday it has agreed to acquire Alinta Energy, marking the company's entry into the Australian power market, through a deal valued at AU$6.5 billion, or about $4.3 billion, including debt. 

• EDTX Jury Finds TV Ad Tech Patent Invalid In Win For Taiv

  By Adam Lidgett

  A Texas federal jury on Thursday cleared Canadian smart TV box company Taiv Inc. of infringement allegations by MyChoice LLC over a television advertising technology patent, and also found the patent was invalid.

• Md. Federal Judge Orders ICE To Release Ábrego García

  By Britain Eakin

  A Maryland federal judge on Thursday ordered the U.S. government to release Kilmar Ábrego García from immigration detention, ruling that his continued detention violates his due process rights and federal immigration law.

• Trump's Face Can't Grace National Parks Pass, Suit Alleges

  By Rae Ann Varona

  The Center for Biological Diversity filed suit Wednesday in D.C. federal court, seeking to stop President Donald Trump's face from being placed on new annual U.S. resident national park passes in an alleged violation of federal law.

• 'Crazy' To Link Talc With Ovarian Cancer, J&J Expert Says

  By Craig Clough

  Johnson & Johnson rested its defense Wednesday in a Los Angeles bellwether trial over claims its talc products caused two women's ovarian cancer, with a gynecologic oncologist appearing as its last witness and telling the jury the idea of talc used for feminine hygiene reaching the ovaries is "crazy."

• PacifiCorp Owes $39M In Latest Wildfire Trial

  By Cara Salvatore

  An Oregon jury awarded $39.3 million in noneconomic damages Wednesday to a group of people who fled wildfires that the utility PacifiCorp had been found liable for starting, including an elderly woman who ended up living in a trailer park for four years and a man who lost the ability to keep his disabled wife in their home for the last three years of her life.

• Gov't Urges Justices To Review ERISA Pleading Standard Split

  By Grace Elletson

  The U.S. solicitor general and the solicitor of labor said the U.S. Supreme Court needs to clarify that workers must back their suits targeting underperforming retirement funds with proper comparison proof, urging the justices to take up a case taking aim at Parker-Hannifin Corp.'s retirement plan management.

• High Court Mulls IQ Standards In Death Penalty Cases

  By Brandon Lowrey

  Alabama on Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to let the state execute a man whose IQ test scores placed him just above the state's cutoff for intellectual disability — a designation that would forbid his execution as unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishment.

• 2nd Circ. Seems Iffy On Salvation For 'Made In Heaven' IP Row

  By Theresa Schliep

  A Second Circuit panel seemed skeptical Wednesday of an Italian prop and set designer's challenge to a lower court's dismissal of his infringement case against artist Jeff Koons over his "Made in Heaven" series, as the judges appeared to doubt arguments that he didn't bring the suit too late.

• 6th Circ. Chides US For Lacking Merits In Distilling Ban Case

  By Kat Lucero

  A Sixth Circuit judge criticized the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday for refusing to address the merits of a suit challenging the constitutionality of the U.S. tax code's ban on home distilling, saying the government cannot decide what the appellate court reviews.

• 2nd Circ. Urged To Nix Yacht, $37M Escrow From Guo Ch. 11

  By Aaron Keller

  The daughter of Chinese exile Miles Guo on Wednesday asked the Second Circuit to reverse bankruptcy and district court decisions awarding a yacht and a $37 million support account to her father's Chapter 11 estate, saying those courts improperly relied upon a state court decision when issuing quick wins.