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  Hermes Gets Birkin Bag Antitrust Claims Tossed For Good

  By Matthew Perlman

  A California federal court on Wednesday tossed a proposed class action accusing Hermes of unlawfully tying the s...(read more)

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  7th Circ. Pick Shrugs Off Conservative Group's Opposition

  By Courtney Bublé

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• Skadden-Led Radian Acquires Underwriting Biz In $1.7B Deal

  By Jade Martinez-Pogue

  Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP-advised Radian Group unveiled plans on Thursday to buy specialty insurer Inigo Ltd., which provides underwriting services through Lloyd's Syndicate 1301, in a $1.7 billion "primarily" all-cash deal.

• BREAKING: Trump Asks High Court To Let Him Remove Fed's Cook

  By Jon Hill

  President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to allow him to move forward with firing Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook, seeking an "immediate" stay of a lower-court order that provisionally halted her dismissal.

• IRS Leaked Private Info To News Outlets, Agency Official Says

  By Asha Glover

  An IRS official serving as head of the agency's Large Business and International Division who was placed on leave accused the agency of unlawfully leaking information on her employment status to news outlets including Fox News and Bloomberg, according to a complaint filed Thursday in D.C. federal court.

• Judge Halts Kids' Removal, Calls ICE Plan 'House Of Cards'

  By Britain Eakin

  A D.C. federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Thursday barring the Trump administration from deporting Guatemalan children in federal custody, finding the move would likely violate congressionally established procedures for unaccompanied minors.

• Bonds Valid Under Venezuelan Law, Judge Rules In $2B Case

  By Caroline Simson

  A New York federal judge on Thursday denied a bid by Venezuela's state-owned oil company to refuse enforcement of some $2 billion in defaulted bonds, finding after an "exhaustive review of Venezuelan law" that the bonds were validly issued.

• Winston & Strawn Blamed For 'Anti-Woke' Fintech $1.7B Crash

  By Lauren Berg

  The trustee of bankrupt "anti-woke" financial technology startup GloriFi on Wednesday launched malpractice litigation against Winston & Strawn LLP in Texas bankruptcy court, accusing the firm and one of its managing partners of putting the interests of the company's founder first and costing the business $1.7 billion in valuation.

• Movie Chain Shakes Privacy Row Over Meta Data-Sharing

  By Allison Grande

  A New York federal judge tossed a proposed class action accusing Bow Tie Cinemas of illegally sharing movie ticket buyers' personal information with Facebook parent Meta, finding a recent Second Circuit decision on what qualifies as data covered by the Video Privacy Protection Act was "fatal" to the plaintiff's claims.

• 'It Doesn't Look Good': CoComelon Foe Faces Uphill IP Fight

  By Dorothy Atkins

  Ninth Circuit panel judges doubted Wednesday a Chinese company's appeal of its $23.4 million copyright-trial loss to the maker of the children's YouTube channel CoComelon, with one judge telling counsel "it doesn't look good for you," and another observing he's "never seen copying evidence quite as compelling as this record."

• Judge Probes Alleged Rivalry In Captive Insurer's Collapse

  By Hayley Fowler

  A North Carolina Business Court judge on Wednesday wanted help deciding whether a Georgia insurance company belongs in a fight over a defunct captive insurer's demise, but neither party seemed to have the answers he needed.

• Del. Judge's US Atty Application Plan Draws Blanche's Ire

  By Lauren Berg

  Delaware's chief district judge, a Trump appointee, is seeking applications for the state's U.S. attorney position to prepare for an upcoming vacancy in the interim position, a move that drew the ire of Deputy U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche on Wednesday.

• Tribal Members Tell 9th Circ. Tariff Suit Belongs In Fed. Court

  By Dylan Moroses

  Counsel for members of the Blackfeet Nation tribe told the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday their suit challenging President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs should stay in federal district courts, where constitutional and congressional claims over tribal commerce must be heard.

• 8th Circ. Backs Dismissal Of FDIC Fee Guidance Challenge

  By Jon Hill

  The Eighth Circuit on Wednesday rejected a banking industry challenge to Biden-era Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. guidance that cautioned banks about charging recurring fees on declined transactions, ruling the matter not ripe for court review.