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  Judge Scolds 'Impenetrable' TikTok In NY AG's Addiction Suit

  By Frank G. Runyeon

  A New York state judge Thursday chided TikTok's attorneys for failing to search for financial and corporate reco...(read more)

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  Walmart Will Pay Up To $100M To End FTC's Driver Pay Suit

  By Matthew Santoni

  The Federal Trade Commission and 11 states have reached a $100 million deal with Walmart to settle claims the co...(read more)

• Maduro Says Charges Must Be Nixed Due To US 'Interference'

  By Rae Ann Varona

  Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro urged a New York federal court on Thursday to dismiss the U.S. government's narco-terrorism conspiracy case against him, saying the government was interfering with his constitutional right to present a defense by not letting the Venezuelan government pay his legal fees with "untainted funds."

• 'One Way Or Another, ICE Will Comply,' Minn. Judge Vows

  By Lauren Berg

  The Minnesota federal court's chief judge who admonished U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for violating nearly 100 court orders concerning the Trump administration's immigration operations in the state vowed Thursday "to do whatever is required to protect the rule of law," including holding government officials in criminal contempt.

• Goldstein Placed Under Home Confinement Until Sentencing

  By Jared Foretek

  SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein was placed under home confinement by a Maryland federal judge until his sentencing, but will likely be able to keep his $3 million D.C. home after the jury that convicted him separately found there wasn't a clear nexus between the property and his mortgage fraud conviction.

• EEOC Backs Bathroom Exclusion For Trans Federal Worker

  By Vin Gurrieri

  Federal employers can lawfully block transgender workers from using bathrooms and changing facilities that align with their gender identity, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled Thursday in an administrative appeal involving a civilian Army employee.

• Health Plans Lack Expert In Avandia MDL, 3rd Circ. Told

  By P.J. D'Annunzio

  Counsel for GlaxoSmithKline urged a Third Circuit panel on Thursday to undo an order certifying a class of health plans in the multidistrict litigation over the company's alleged deceptive marketing of the diabetes drug Avandia, arguing the plaintiffs didn't have the experts necessary to support their case.

• Judge Seems Poised To Keep Block On Trump Voting Order

  By Julie Manganis

  A Massachusetts federal judge Thursday appeared to hold fast to her two prior rulings that President Donald Trump lacks authority to change voting laws via an executive order requiring physical documentation of citizenship and voiding mailed ballots that arrive after Election Day.

• Judge Unlikely To Lift Feds' Sanctions For Protester Removals

  By Carolyn Muyskens

  A Massachusetts federal judge who ruled two Cabinet-level officials in the Trump administration targeted pro-Palestinian protesters for removal based on their speech appeared unmoved Thursday by the government's request to lift his sanctions while it appeals.

• Chancery Asked To OK $7.6M Deal To End $1.5B De-SPAC Row

  By Jeff Montgomery

  Stockholders of special purpose acquisition company HighCape Capital LP have sought Delaware Court of Chancery approval for a $7.6 million settlement of a class suit accusing company principals of pursuing an overpriced take-public merger of biopharmaceutical tech company Quantum-Si, in litigation complicated by an unusual discovery stumble.

• PacifiCorp Hit With $305M Verdict For Oregon Fire

  By Tom Lotshaw

  Multnomah County jurors have awarded a $305 million verdict to 16 people who sued electric power company PacifiCorp for damages stemming from a Santiam Canyon fire in Oregon.

• Chancery Refuses For Now To Make Hecate Pay Lenders $75M

  By Jarek Rutz

  The Delaware Chancery Court has denied renewable energy lenders' bid to immediately seize $75 million in disputed settlement proceeds, ruling that although the lenders are likely to succeed on parts of their contract claims, they failed to justify the extraordinary step of a mandatory injunction.

• 5th Circ. Affirms FDA's Vape Rule Despite Small Biz Concerns

  By Sam Reisman

  The Fifth Circuit on Thursday affirmed that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration complied with the law when it promulgated a new rule requiring companies seeking premarket authorization of new tobacco products to investigate the product's health effects.

• Delaware Judge Won't Reconsider Burford Arbitration Ruling

  By Rose Krebs

  A Delaware federal judge has denied German entity Financialright Claims GmbH's bid to reconsider his decision ordering arbitration of a dispute with a Burford Capital affiliate over an allegedly fraudulent arbitration pact, rejecting claims that the ruling was "premised on a clear error of law."