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  Law Firms Cash In On Trump's Historic Legal Bills

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  President Donald Trump's campaign has spent more money on legal fees this election season than any other preside...(read more)

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  Financial Services Co. Head Cops To $4.4M Fraud Scheme

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  The head of a financial services firm charged with scamming at least 18 investors out of about $4.4 million pled...(read more)

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• 4 Things To Watch As Senate Sends Barrett To High Court

  By Andrew Kragie

  Senate Republicans are on track to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday. Here are four questions about timing, the final tally, Democratic opposition and the immediate impact of a Justice Barrett.

• Judge Won't Undo Order Blocking WeChat App Store Ban

  By Khorri Atkinson

  The Trump administration suffered yet another blow in California federal court Friday, losing its latest effort to lift a recent order blocking the government from banning downloads of Chinese-owned messaging app WeChat from U.S. app stores.

• SEC's Peirce Has 'Reservations' About Recent Agency Action

  By Dean Seal

  A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission member who has offered rare dissents to two enforcement actions in the past six weeks issued a statement Friday saying she supported a third recent agency action, "though not without reservations."

• AGs Ask Justices For Broad Autodialer View In Facebook Suit

  By Bill Wichert

  More than three dozen states on Friday called on the U.S. Supreme Court to broadly define an autodialer under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act to mean any device that can store and dial numbers automatically, as the justices tackle Facebook's bid to erase class claims over its security texts.

• McDonald's Calls Black Franchisees' Racial Bias Suit 'Illogical'

  By Dave Simpson

  A putative class action accusing McDonald's of systematic discrimination against Black former franchise owners is illogical, largely time-barred, and based on speculation, the fast-food giant said in an Illinois federal court dismissal bid Friday.

• Hogan Lovells Lays Off 4% Of Americas-Based Business Staff

  By Justin Wise

  Hogan Lovells said Friday that it laid off about 4% of its business services staff based in the U.S. and Mexico, making it the latest BigLaw firm to cut its head count after rolling back some austerity measures caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

• The BigLaw Attys Fighting Tomorrow's Election Battles Today

  By Ryan Boysen

  The 2020 presidential contest is already the most heavily litigated election in U.S. history, but the legal warfare may become turbocharged after Nov. 3, experts say, potentially putting a handful of high-profile attorneys at the center of courtroom battles that could determine the outcome of the race.

• 9th Circ. Judge Doubts Monsanto's $25M Roundup Argument

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A Ninth Circuit judge appeared skeptical Friday of Monsanto's arguments that a $25 million judgment over Roundup's links to cancer must be overturned due to the Environmental Protection Agency's approval of the herbicide, saying a federal statute prohibits companies from using their herbicide registrations as a defense.

• Del. Justices Sink Solera's Bid For Appraisal Action Coverage

  By Jeff Sistrunk

  The Delaware Supreme Court on Friday ruled that Solera Holdings Inc. cannot pursue coverage from several excess insurers for tens of millions in costs it incurred in a stockholder appraisal action challenging its buyout by Vista Equity Partners, reversing a lower court and finding that the action does not qualify as a covered "securities claim."

• Goldman Sidesteps Monitor In 1MDB Deal, Raising Eyebrows

  By Jon Hill

  Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s $2.9 billion settlement with the U.S. government and others over its role in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal was a blockbuster, but the deal is stirring fresh criticism as the latest big-bank criminal resolution to come without a compliance monitor requirement.

• Judge Thinks Texas AG's Fraud Case Belongs In Collin County

  By Michelle Casady

  The Harris County judge presiding over the felony securities fraud case against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Friday he didn't have authority to revisit another Harris County judge's decision that the case should return to Collin County, but he'd agree Collin County is the proper venue if he did have a say.

• RJR Escapes 'Excessive' $16M Verdict For Smoker's Death

  By Mike Curley

  A Florida appeals court on Friday undid $16 million in punitive damages against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in a wrongful death suit over its cigarettes, saying the penalty is excessive when compared with the compensatory damages in the case.