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  CIT Judge Orders That All IEEPA Tariffs Must Be Refunded

  By Jack McLoone

  The U.S. government must refund any tariff charged under President Donald Trump's now-struck-down International ...(read more)

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  Post University Wins $75M IP Verdict Against File Sharer

  By Brian Steele

  A Connecticut federal jury hit the parent of academic file sharing site Course Hero with a $75.3 million verdict...(read more)

• 1988 Privacy Law, New Tracking Tech: Supreme Court Steps In

  By Allison Grande

  The U.S. Supreme Court will soon hear a dispute over a decades-old video data privacy law, a matter that's expected to have major implications for not only the crush of litigation brewing under the statute but also for similar disputes involving the application of older statutes to the unanticipated capabilities of modern technology.

• Chance The Rapper Stiffed Ex-Manager, Ill. Jury Hears

  By Lauraann Wood

  Chance the Rapper's former manager went "all in" on helping the Chicago-based independent artist find worldwide success based on a handshake agreement the rapper ultimately abandoned after his debut studio album performed worse than expected, an Illinois state jury heard Wednesday.

• Volkswagen Sued Over Direct-To-Consumer Scout EV Offers

  By Rae Ann Varona

  Volkswagen offering to sell new electric Scout vehicles directly to customers is a "blatant" breach of its legal and contractual obligations to dealerships, two dealerships alleged in a putative class action filed in Virginia federal court that claims Volkswagen has already made at least $15 million from online reservation deposits on Scout's website.

• Google AI Coached 'Mass Casualty' Attempt, Suicide, Suit Says

  By Dorothy Atkins

  The father of a 36-year-old Florida man who recently died by suicide sued Google LLC in California federal court Wednesday, alleging Google's chatbot Gemini deluded his son into believing it was his "AI wife," convincing him to attempt a "mass casualty" attack at Miami International Airport and then coaching his suicide.

• Bondi Subpoenaed To Testify On DOJ's Epstein Investigation

  By Lauren Berg

  The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday voted to subpoena U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify about the U.S. Department of Justice's investigation into deceased child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with five Republicans joining their Democratic colleagues to compel Bondi's testimony.

• Kids Ask Alaska Justices To Revive LNG Project Climate Fight

  By Dorothy Atkins

  Eight young Alaskans urged the state's justices to revive litigation seeking to block the only permitted liquefied natural gas export project on the nation's Pacific coast, arguing they've sufficiently alleged the project's scale would cause "a colossal level of climate pollution" harming their constitutional rights to public trust resources.

• $7.25B Nationwide Roundup Deal Gets First Approval

  By Emily Field

  A Missouri state court on Wednesday gave a preliminary nod of approval to a settlement that could pay up to $7.25 billion over 21 years to resolve current and future claims across the U.S. that weed killer Roundup causes non-Hodgkin lymphoma, two weeks after the deal was announced.

• Justices Mull Cracks In Freight Broker Liability Shield

  By Linda Chiem

  The U.S. Supreme Court appeared unsure Wednesday whether a federal law economically deregulating the commercial trucking industry also extends to shielding freight brokers from state-law liability for highway crashes that have killed or injured people.

• Judge Questions DOJ Stance In ABA's Intimidation Suit

  By Jared Foretek

  A Susman Godfrey LLP attorney told a district judge that the Trump administration's recent double-reversal on its executive orders targeting law firms proved that attorneys fighting government action face a real and ongoing threat and urged the judge not to toss a suit from his client, the American Bar Association, to end the "Intimidation Policy."

• DC Judge Strikes Down 340B Drug Discount Registration Rule

  By Gianna Ferrarin

  The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration cannot reinstate a pre-pandemic policy requiring covered hospitals' offsite facilities to register with the agency in order to access discounted drugs under the 340B program, a D.C. federal judge ruled.

• US To Hike Global Tariffs To 15% This Week, Bessent Says

  By Kevin Pinner

  The U.S. will "likely" raise the rate of its global tariff regime to 15% this week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday, all but ensuring that the country's total tariff rates will exceed agreed-upon limits in many key trade deals.

• Select Medical's $3.9B Deal Is Latest Insider-Led Buyout

  By Al Barbarino

  Select Medical Holdings Corp. will be taken private in a $3.9 billion deal led by its executive chair, another senior executive, and the private equity firm Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe, marking the latest in a series of recent insider-led buyouts.