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  NJ Judges End Habba's Tenure, Bondi Removes Replacement

  By Jake Maher

  The New Jersey federal district court brought Alina Habba's run as interim U.S. attorney to an end Tuesday by no...(read more)

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  Tesla Driver In Crash Says He Was 'Too Comfortable' With Car

  By Carolina Bolado

  The Tesla driver who killed a woman in a crash in the Florida Keys told jurors Monday that he had been "potentia...(read more)

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• Meta And Menstrual App Maker Violated Privacy, Users Testify

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  Five named plaintiffs testified Tuesday in a 13 million-member class action alleging Meta and Flo Health illegally collected their private health information and used it for ad targeting, telling a California federal jury considering the multibillion-dollar suit that they never gave permission for data from the menstrual-tracking app to be shared.

• Trump Says US Has Reached 'Exciting' Trade Deal With Japan

  By Hailey Konnath

  President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the United States has entered into a "massive" trade deal with Japan under which Japan will "open their country to trade, including cars and trucks, rice and certain other agricultural products" and pay a 15% tariff.

• States, Asbestos Claimants Seek Claim Purge Block In Del.

  By Jeff Montgomery

  An attorney for companies embroiled in asbestos injury suits urged a Delaware vice chancellor Tuesday to block plans by asbestos bankruptcy claims trusts to begin routine destruction of exposure-related data, arguing that the move would cut off a potential last-resort source of information.

• DC Circ. Won't Revive Cocoa Farm Child Slave Labor Suit

  By Mike Curley

  The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday declined to revive a proposed class suit by former child laborers against Hershey, Nestlé and five other companies alleging they were forced into child labor to pick cocoa later used by the companies, saying the plaintiffs failed to link the companies to the specific farms they worked on.

• US Olympic Officials Ban Trans Women, Comply With Trump

  By David Steele

  The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee has banned transgender women from competition in Olympic women's sports, adding a clause to its policy that otherwise protects athletes from abuse but now also complies with President Donald Trump's executive order.

• Zynga PTAB Win Upheld As Fed. Circ. Finds No 'Shenanigans'

  By Ryan Davis

  The Federal Circuit on Tuesday upheld the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's invalidation of an IGT gambling patent challenged by mobile game maker Zynga, saying the board did not engage in unlawful "shenanigans" by reviewing the patent after an earlier dispute between the parties.

• Antitrust Fight Over Puerto Rico Baseball Partially Revived

  By Matthew Perlman

  The First Circuit has affirmed the dismissal of federal antitrust claims from the former owner of a Puerto Rico-based baseball team over a league's efforts to remove him, citing the longstanding U.S. Supreme Court exemption for the sport, but revived claims under local antitrust law.

• YouTube, TikTok Poised To Beat 'Choking Challenge' Suit

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A California federal magistrate judge appeared inclined Tuesday to toss a proposed class action alleging YouTube's and TikTok's reporting features are defectively designed to overlook deadly "choking challenge" videos and similar dangerous content, noting that content moderation tools are typically shielded by Section 230, even if those tools "get it wrong."

• Chancery Tosses Derivative Suit For Pharma Lawsuit Costs

  By Jeff Montgomery

  A Delaware vice chancellor tossed on Tuesday a Corcept Therapeutics Inc. stockholder suit seeking derivative recovery of millions the company paid out to regulators for "aggressive" off-label marketing and sales of its sole drug, used to treat complications of the rare disease Cushing's syndrome.

• Quantum Wants FTC To Lift Order On $5.2B Natural Gas Deal

  By Tom Lotshaw

  The Federal Trade Commission is asking for public feedback on a Quantum Energy Partners petition aiming to set aside a consent order the agency entered over a $5.2 billion deal that EQT Corp. struck with Quantum for oil and gas assets in Appalachia.

• IP Notebook: Cox Piracy Appeal, Ugliest House, Keyword Feud

  By Ivan Moreno

  The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to review Cox Communications Inc.'s appeal regarding the liability of internet service providers for their customers' music piracy has prompted defendants to request stays in separate intellectual property litigation until the question is resolved, but plaintiffs say that's no reason for delays.

• Samourai Wallet Execs Could Explore Plea Deals, Judge Says

  By Pete Brush

  Two Samourai Wallet executives accused of using the crypto-mixing service to facilitate $2 billion in illegal transactions denied charges in an updated indictment Tuesday, before a Manhattan federal judge suggested they could explore plea talks ahead of their November trial.