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  Texas Court Blocks Biden's Deportation Freeze For 14 Days

  By Jennifer Doherty

  A Texas federal judge granted a two-week temporary restraining order on Tuesday barring the U.S. Department of H...(read more)

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  L'Occitane Hits Ch. 11 With Plans To Close Some Stores

  By Bill Wichert

  Cosmetics company L'Occitane Inc. filed for Chapter 11 protection in New Jersey bankruptcy court Tuesday, outlin...(read more)

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• Opioid MDL Judge Takes Senior Status, Setting Up Biden Pick

  By Dave Simpson

  A slew of federal judges are taking on senior status, including the judge who has been overseeing the opioid multidistrict litigation, according to a Tuesday notice on the federal judiciary's website, opening seats across the country that could be filled with judges nominated by President Joe Biden.

• Norway's Plan To Fine Grindr $12M Draws Call For FTC Action

  By Al Barbarino

  The Norwegian Data Protection Authority announced its intent Tuesday to hit dating app Grindr with an $11.7 million fine for user privacy violations, in what would amount to the largest fine from the agency and which sparked calls from one U.S. consumer advocacy group for the Federal Trade Commission to follow suit with an action of its own.

• Senate Vote Signals Trump Acquittal In 2nd Impeachment Trial

  By Andrew Kragie

  The Senate on Tuesday scheduled ex-President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial for next month, but it signaled his likely acquittal when only five Republican senators joined Democrats to endorse the constitutionality of trying a former chief executive.

• Biden Issues Order To Drop Feds' Use Of Private Prisons

  By Stewart Bishop

  President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed an executive order intended to phase out the federal government's use of private prisons, reviving a policy that was halted during the administration of former President Donald Trump.

• Judge Doubts Walmart's Preemptive Opioid Suit Can Prevail

  By Katie Buehler

  Walmart Inc. is on "slippery" ground arguing that enforcement threats from the U.S. Department of Justice allow the retailer to seek a court declaration that its prescription opioid sales are lawful, a Texas federal judge said at a hearing Tuesday.

• Ga. Law Firm Loses Bid For COVID-19 Loss Coverage

  By Jeff Sistrunk

  A Georgia federal judge ruled Tuesday that a unit of The Hartford is not obligated to cover an Atlanta-area law firm's losses due to a COVID-19 stay-at-home order, saying the firm's office has not sustained the sort of direct physical loss or damage required by its policy.

• Girardi Keese Trustee Accuses Rival Firm Of Poaching Clients

  By Ryan Boysen

  The bankruptcy trustee for troubled law firm Girardi Keese claims rival California plaintiffs firm Abir Cohen Treyzon Salo LLP is trying to poach GK clients in the Porter Ranch gas leak litigation.

• Ex-FBI Agent Asks Court To Enforce Subpoena Against Trump

  By Khorri Atkinson

  A veteran FBI agent fired allegedly for sending anti-Trump text messages is urging a D.C. federal court to compel the ex-president's campaign to comply with a request for documents in an unfair termination suit against the agency, adding that the organization should also explain why it shouldn't be held in contempt.

• Belk Teams With Sycamore To Slash $450M Through Ch. 11

  By Vince Sullivan

  Department store chain Belk Inc. announced Tuesday that it has reached an agreement with private equity investor Sycamore Partners and its secured lenders for a Chapter 11 restructuring that will slash $450 million from its balance sheet and bring $225 million in new financing commitments.

• Ghislaine Maxwell Claims Grand Jury Wasn't Diverse Enough

  By Reenat Sinay

  Ghislaine Maxwell is urging a New York federal court to toss charges she helped deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein abuse underage girls, arguing that she should have been indicted in Manhattan rather than in White Plains, where Black and Hispanic jurors are underrepresented.

• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review

  By Jeannie O'Sullivan

  Demand for the COVID-19 vaccination outpaced supply over the past week, generating calls from governors in Pennsylvania and New York for the federal government to make more doses available for the rapidly expanding pool of eligible residents.

• Garrett Shareholders Ask To File Competing Ch. 11 Plan

  By Vince Sullivan

  A group of shareholders of Garrett Motion Inc. asked a New York bankruptcy judge to end the debtor's exclusive right to pursue a Chapter 11 plan and offered up a plan of their own that they say provides more value to existing equity holders.