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  • June 12, 2026

    1st Circ. Revives Ricky Martin Song Suit Over Discovery Issue

    A split First Circuit panel Friday vacated a lower court's ruling in favor of Ricky Martin in a long-running copyright dispute over the pop star's 2014 FIFA World Cup song, finding the district court should have allowed for discovery in the case before making that call.

  • June 12, 2026

    Okla. Tribes' Hunting Rights Suits Can Fire Away, Judge Says

    An Oklahoma district judge said Oklahoma officials must face challenges that look to block the state's wildlife conservation director from requiring tribal citizens to obtain state-issued fishing and hunting licenses for use on reservation lands, saying the Indigenous nations presented "colorable claims" on their treaty rights and inherent authority.

  • June 12, 2026

    Gensler Tells 6th Circ. 'Sports Bets Aren't Swaps'

    Former Wall Street regulator Gary Gensler told the appeals court overseeing Kalshi's prediction market battle with Ohio regulators that Congress didn't intend for the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to become a nationwide sports betting regulator when it drafted swaps laws during his chairmanship of the agency.

  • June 12, 2026

    Oregon Athletes Appeal Title IX Class Cert. Denial To 9th Circ.

    Female student-athletes who were denied class certification in a Title IX lawsuit against the University of Oregon have asked the Ninth Circuit permission to appeal, saying a federal judge's decision was "riddled with legal and procedural errors."

  • June 12, 2026

    DC Judge Refuses To Stop UFC Fight On White House Lawn

    A D.C. federal judge on Friday allowed the UFC mixed martial arts event on the White House lawn Sunday to go on, denying a bid by two area residents to stop what they called an unauthorized use of government property.

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