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  King & Spalding Finds Rampant Abuse In US Women's Soccer

  By David Steele

  Coaches in the National Women's Soccer League have engaged in widespread sexual misconduct and verbal and emotio...(read more)

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  Supreme Court To Review Broad Immunity For Big Tech

  By Jimmy Hoover

  The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to reconsider the broad legal immunity afforded to internet companies under Sectio...(read more)

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• High Court Again Asks For SG's Views On Patent Eligibility

  By Ryan Davis

  Just three months after rejecting a patent eligibility case that the U.S. solicitor general had recommended hearing, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked for the federal government's take on whether it should hear a different case on the contentious issue.

• Amazon Challenges Wash. Workplace Safety Enforcement

  By Lauren Berg

  Amazon sued the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries in Seattle federal court Monday, claiming that it's being forced to pay to address alleged employee safety hazards at one of its fulfillment centers before the state has even proven a violation of any workplace safety rules.

• 'Uniquely Stupid' Roche Comments Leave Bitfinex Judge Torn

  By Rachel Scharf

  A Manhattan federal judge blasted Roche Freedman LLP founding partner Kyle Roche's "uniquely stupid" comments about a supposed plan to take down blockchain companies, but seemed uncertain Monday about the law firm's future role in a market manipulation suit against cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and the stablecoin tether.

• The Onion Calls For Parody Protections In High Court Brief

  By Jess Krochtengel

  The Sixth Circuit put itself on the wrong side of Mark Twain by granting qualified immunity to police officers who arrested an Ohio man for creating a fake Facebook page that mocked his local police department, satirical newspaper The Onion said in an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.

• 5th Circ. Questions Authority Used To Issue Vax Mandate

  By Daniel Wilson

  The Biden administration was put on the defensive Monday as Fifth Circuit judges questioned whether the statutory authority underpinning a COVID-19 vaccine mandate also allowed the president to impose limits on the weight and smoking habits of federal contractors' employees.

• Justices Want SG's Take On Skinny Label Patent Case

  By Ryan Davis

  The U.S. Supreme Court asked the U.S. solicitor general on Monday to weigh in on a Federal Circuit decision involving so-called skinny labels for pharmaceuticals, which resulted in Teva being held liable for $235 million in damages infringing a GlaxoSmithKline heart drug patent.

• Elizabeth Holmes Gets Hearing On Alleged Gov't Misconduct

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A California federal judge who oversaw the criminal fraud trial of ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on Monday ordered an evidentiary hearing to look into "limited, but serious" questions about whether prosecutors engaged in misconduct with respect to a key government witness, delaying her sentencing previously set for Oct. 17.

• High Court Struggles With Unclear Clean Water Act Limits

  By Juan Carlos Rodriguez

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struggled to get a grip on the proper extent of the federal government's authority under the Clean Water Act to regulate certain wetlands, in a case where landowners have claimed to be victims of agency overreach.

• Ill. Federal Judge Tapped As Chief Justice Roberts' Counselor

  By Madison Arnold

  U.S. District Judge Robert M. Dow Jr. of the Northern District of Illinois will be the next counselor to Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., tasked with serving as chief of staff, among other responsibilities, the U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday.

• Trump Slaps CNN With $475M Defamation Suit

  By Y. Peter Kang

  Former President Donald Trump lodged a defamation suit against CNN on Monday accusing the cable news outlet of trying to defeat him politically ahead of a potential 2024 presidential run by labeling him as "racist," a "Russian lackey," an "insurrectionist" and "Hitler," and seeking punitive damages of $475 million.

• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

  By Leslie A. Pappas

  What do drones, electric cars, eggs, chocolate and time-wasting have in common? They're all part of the news out of Delaware Chancery Court this week. And that's not even counting all the disputes between Twitter Inc. and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, which are ratcheting up as the Oct. 17 trial over the scuttled $44 billion deal approaches.

• NLRB Says Dues Provisions Survive CBA Expiration

  By Braden Campbell

  The National Labor Relations Board held Monday that employers violate federal labor law by ceasing to transmit dues to unions after collective bargaining agreements expire, reversing a 2019 ruling in the second major precedent shift under the Biden administration.