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  Newsom Sues Fox News Over Alleged Lies About Trump Call

  By Jeff Montgomery

  California Gov. Gavin C. Newsom hit Fox News with a defamation suit in a Delaware court Friday, seeking $787 mil...(read more)

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  Justices Limit Universal Injunctions But Defer On Citizenship

  By Katie Buehler

  The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump can partially implement his executive order aime...(read more)

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• DOJ OKs $14B HPE-Juniper Deal With Small-Biz WiFi Unit Sale

  By Bryan Koenig

  The U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement Saturday with Hewlett Packard Enterprise, clearing the tech giant's $14 billion purchase of Juniper Networks by requiring the divestiture of a WiFi network business geared toward small firms.

• Biogen, Genentech May Stay Mum On Damages At Trial

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  A California federal judge Friday discouraged Biogen and Genentech from discussing the "magnitude of the money at issue" during their upcoming breach of contract trial over alleged patent royalties due from sales of Biogen's multiple sclerosis medicine, noting that most of the jurors are "not of significant means."

• Abrego Garcia Attys 'Cannot Put Any Faith' In DOJ Claims

  By Rae Ann Varona

  Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia's attorneys on Friday urged the Tennessee federal judge overseeing his criminal case to delay issuing his release from custody, citing the government's contradictory statements over its seemingly new intention to redeport him somewhere other than his native El Salvador.

• Can AI Kill Human Art? Two Judges Envision Different Futures

  By Ivan Moreno

  The two federal judges who issued highly anticipated opinions about training generative artificial intelligence models with copyrighted material acknowledged the fear from many that AI could ultimately supplant human-created works, but they had differing views about the probability of such a future.

• 6th Circ. Vacates Class Cert. In GM Transmission Defect Suit

  By Carolyn Muyskens

  The full Sixth Circuit on Friday unraveled class certification for drivers claiming General Motors LLC sold vehicles with defective transmissions that caused the cars to shudder and shake on the road.

• Judge Waits On Fortune's Bid To Join Assa Abloy Fight

  By Jared Foretek

  A D.C. federal judge left open the question of whether Fortune Brands Home & Security can intervene to enforce Assa Abloy's 2023 settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice on Friday, as the DOJ seeks to keep a supply agreement between the two companies in place.

• Trump Ends Canada Trade Talks Over Digital Services Tax

  By Kevin Pinner

  The U.S. is ending trade negotiations with Canada because of the country's digital services tax, President Donald Trump said Friday, days before tech giants are due to file their first returns for the 3% charge on revenues they earn from Canadians.

• UK Tribunal Says Visa, Mastercard Fees Infringe Antitrust Law

  By Matthew Perlman

  A U.K. tribunal issued a judgment Friday siding with merchants seeking damages from Visa and Mastercard for claims they were charged excessively high transaction fees, finding the interchange fees merchants pay to banks violate competition law.

• Jury Adds $30M More To Fleet Tech Co.'s Trade Theft Trial Win

  By Lauraann Wood

  An Illinois federal jury on Friday more than doubled the $28.9 million in damages it awarded a day earlier to a fleet management technology firm after finding a garbage truck manufacturer poached its former executive and capitalized on stolen trade secrets, slapping a $30 million punitive award atop the initial verdict.

• Kirkland, Akin Advise On $1.5B DNOW, MRC Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  DNOW Inc. has agreed to acquire MRC Global Inc. in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $1.5 billion including debt, a deal that will combine two major distributors of energy and industrial products.

• Grassley Plots Next Moves After Nationwide Injunction Ruling

  By Courtney Bublé

  Following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision Friday significantly limiting federal judges' ability to issue injunctions affecting parties outside a case, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is gearing up to further rein in judges with the Republicans' budget bill and standalone legislation.

• Justices Punt La. Voting Rights Case Despite Thomas Dissent

  By Jeff Overley and Katie Buehler

  The U.S. Supreme Court surprisingly declined Friday to resolve a yearslong saga over voting rights and alleged racial gerrymandering, ordering new arguments over Louisiana's controversial congressional districts despite an impassioned protest from Justice Clarence Thomas.