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  Bipartisan Bill Would Set Guardrails On Employers' AI Use

  By Anne Cullen

  A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers introduced legislation Wednesday that mandates employers include human overs...(read more)

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  Prolonged FTC Review Kills $615M Healthcare Staffing Deal

  By Matthew Perlman

  Talent software and staffing company Aya Healthcare Inc. abandoned its planned $615 million deal for Cross Count...(read more)

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• Calif. Judge Tosses Baby Food Experts In Heavy Metals Suits

  By Emily Field

  A California state judge Wednesday tossed experts in a suit alleging that the presence of heavy metals in Hain Celestial baby foods caused a child's brain damage, finding that a toxicologist couldn't single out exposure from different companies.

• NY AG Applauds Reports Grand Jury Declined To Reindict

  By Lauren Berg

  New York Attorney General Letitia James Thursday hailed reports that a Norfolk, Virginia, federal grand jury had declined to reindict her on charges of mortgage fraud, refusing to revive a case that President Donald Trump had pushed prosecutors to pursue against his "guilty as hell" political opponent.

• Crypto Investors Fight To Revive Ripple Suit At 9th Circ.

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A certified class of investors urged the Ninth Circuit on Thursday to revive allegations Ripple Labs violated securities laws through unregistered sales of digital-token XRP, arguing the lower court misapplied the Ninth Circuit's SEC v. Murphy precedent in granting Ripple summary judgment under a three-year statute of repose.

• Judge Weighs Venue For $146M Chilean Hospital Award Feud

  By Caroline Simson

  A Connecticut federal judge Wednesday appeared sympathetic to arguments that a Chilean construction company's petition to enforce a $146.5 million arbitral award against Italian construction giant Webuild belongs in Italy.

• DC Circ. Wary Of Russia's Immunity Claim In $250M Award Fight

  By Caroline Simson

  A D.C. Circuit panel expressed skepticism during oral arguments Thursday that Russia can avoid paying more than $250 million in arbitral awards owed to Ukrainian power and gas companies after the seizing of Crimea based on an argument that an exception to sovereign immunity doesn't apply.

• Banks Ask Justices To Review Class Cert. In $12B VRDO Suit

  By Katryna Perera

  A group of major banks has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Second Circuit decision upholding class certification in a $12 billion municipal-bond antitrust lawsuit, arguing the district court erred in not resolving an expert witness evidence dispute before granting certification.

• Squires Clarifies Points On Patent Eligibility Declarations

  By Adam Lidgett

  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires is reminding applicants that they can file declarations explaining why their patents are eligible under Section 101 of the Patent Act and that examiners need to consider them when filed. 

• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Google Maps Antitrust Suit

  By Bryan Koenig

  A Ninth Circuit panel gave short shrift Thursday to app-makers trying to revive a proposed antitrust class action accusing Google of locking out rival maps products, rejecting the appeal because Google doesn't actually bar "the use or display of non-Google maps content to a Google Map."

• Senate Impeachment Hearing On Judges Likely In January

  By Courtney Bublé

  The Senate hearing on impeachment of "rogue" judges is likely going to be rescheduled for January, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who will be chairing the hearing, told Law360 on Thursday.  

• EU To Probe Meta's WhatsApp Restrictions On AI Providers

  By Matthew Perlman

  European enforcers have launched an investigation into recent changes Meta made to its WhatsApp policies over concerns that they block artificial intelligence providers from communicating with their users on the messaging platform.

• CDC Vaccine Committee Punts Hepatitis B Vote Again

  By Yeji Jesse Lee

  Federal vaccine advisers on Thursday put off a vote on changing guidelines for a long-used hepatitis B vaccine for infants, delaying again a decision expected to have wide-ranging ramifications for national childhood vaccine policy in the U.S.

• Authors' Attys Seek $300M In Fees After $1.5B Anthropic Deal

  By Elliot Weld

  The attorneys who represented a group of authors that secured a $1.5 billion settlement with artificial intelligence business Anthropic after claiming the company infringed copyrights by training its models with pirated books have asked the court for $300 million in fees.