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  9th Circ. Reopens Alaska Airlines Workers' Religious Bias Suit

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday revived a suit from two flight attendants claiming they were illegally fired by A...(read more)

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  Chemours Inks $450M Deal Over PFAS Pollution In 3 States

  By Ganesh Setty

  Chemours has agreed to a settlement totaling more than $450 million over its release of per- and polyfluoroalkyl...(read more)

• EU Implements US Trade Deal, With Safeguards

  By Jack McLoone

  The European Union granted final approval Thursday to its modified version of a trade deal with the U.S. that will cut tariff rates on U.S. goods, albeit with guardrails.

• Apple Loses Bid To Decertify £785M App Store Class Action

  By Sophia Dourou

  Apple has failed in its bid to throw out a £785 million ($1 billion) class action by app developers, after the Competition Appeal Tribunal held Thursday that the claims may be "unusually strong."

• Senate Confirming Judges Faster Than In Trump's 1st Term

  By Courtney Bublé

  The Senate has confirmed 45 judges in the second Trump term, outpacing the rate of his first administration, Senate Republicans announced on Thursday.

• 2 Firms Lead Merck's $11.3B Bio-Techne Life Sciences Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  Germany's Merck has agreed to acquire Bio-Techne Corp. in an all-cash deal valuing the U.S.-based life sciences tools company at about $11.3 billion, including debt, the companies said Thursday.

• Kirkland, Paul Weiss Guide Bain's €7.4B VW Unit Deal

  By Najiyya Budaly

  U.S. investment company Bain Capital will buy a majority stake in Volkswagen's marine and power engines subsidiary Everllence in a deal valued at €7.4 billion ($8.4 billion), the companies said Thursday.

• NY Prosecutors Drop Weinstein Rape Charge After Mistrial

  By Frank G. Runyeon

  Prosecutors told a New York judge Thursday that they will drop a third-degree rape charge against Harvey Weinstein after two consecutive juries deadlocked on the allegation by actor Jessica Mann.

• High Court Strikes Down Hawaii Gun Restrictions

  By Elizabeth Daley and Marco Poggio

  The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Hawaii law banning people from bringing firearms onto private property open to the public without express permission from the owner violates the Second and 14th amendments.

• Justices Let Trump End Temporary Status For Haiti, Syria

  By Britain Eakin

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday gave the green light to the Trump administration to move forward with ending temporary protected status for Haitians and Syrians, ruling that courts are barred from reviewing such determinations.

• Justices Say Asylum Rights Begin On US Soil

  By Britain Eakin

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that federal immigration officials can turn away noncitizens without valid travel documents who haven't physically crossed the southern border when U.S. ports of entry are at capacity.

• Google Must Disclose DOJ Probe Docs In £14B Class Action

  By William Janes

  A tribunal has ordered Google to hand over documents from an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice, requiring it to disclose the information in a £13.6 billion ($17.9 billion) class action that alleges the technology giant abused its dominance in the advertising market.

• EasyJet Rebuffs £4.9B Castlelake Bid, Open To Higher Offer

  By Najiyya Budaly

  The board of easyJet said Thursday that it has batted away a fourth approach from Castlelake LP for "substantially undervaluing" the budget airline at £4.9 billion ($6.5 billion), but said that it is open to "a more attractive proposal."

• Tricolor's Ex-COO Cops To Fraud Charges Tied To Collapse

  By Hailey Konnath

  The former chief operating officer of bankrupt subprime auto lender Tricolor Holdings pled guilty Wednesday to charges stemming from what prosecutors have described as a yearslong scheme to defraud the company's lenders and investors.