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  DOJ Forges Ahead With Law Firm EO Appeals At DC Circ.

  By Lauren Berg

  The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday moved ahead with filing appeals at the D.C. Circuit to defend executive...(read more)

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  Publishers Sue 'Shadow Library' For 'Staggering' Book Piracy

  By Ivan Moreno

  Thirteen of the biggest book publishers in the U.S. filed a copyright lawsuit against Anna's Archive on Friday, ...(read more)

• Shell Sells Jiffy Lube To Monomoy Capital For $1.3B

  By Spencer Brewer

  A Shell USA Inc. subsidiary announced Monday that it will sell Jiffy Lube International Inc. to Kirkland & Ellis LLP-led Monomoy Capital Partners in a $1.3 billion deal.

• BREAKING: Judge Boots Trio Leading NJ US Atty Office

  By George Woolston

  A federal judge on Monday disqualified the three assistant U.S. attorneys overseeing the United States Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey, finding that the "byzantine" leadership structure is unconstitutional.

• DC Circ. Skeptical That Review Of $100K H-1B Fee Is Foreclosed

  By Britain Eakin

  Two members of a D.C. Circuit panel appeared uneasy Monday with the Trump administration's argument that the president's proclamation imposing a $100,000 payment for new H-1B petitions and accompanying agency actions implementing it are beyond judicial review.

• Gorsuch Urges Jury Right Consideration In Release Violations

  By Elizabeth Daley

  The U.S. Supreme Court should have reviewed the case of a man whose sentence for sex trafficking was eventually extended beyond the congressional maximum for violating the terms of his release, Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote Monday.

• JPMorgan Trims But Can't Escape ERISA Drug Costs Suit

  By Kellie Mejdrich

  A New York federal judge pared claims Monday against JPMorgan Chase & Co. in a suit from workers who alleged they paid too much for prescription drugs, but opened discovery on allegations that the bank's contract with its pharmacy benefit manager caused transactions prohibited by federal benefits law.

• Critical Minerals Biz Goes Public Via $4.7B SPAC Deal

  By Jade Martinez-Pogue

  Critical minerals company and geothermal energy developer Controlled Thermal Resources Holdings Inc., advised by Duane Morris LLP, on Monday unveiled plans to go public by merging with Greenberg Traurig LLP-advised special purpose acquisition company Plum Acquisition Corp. IV in a $4.7 billion deal.

• Justices Won't Review Fight Over PTAB Prior Art Dates

  By Dani Kass

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied Lynk Labs Inc.'s petition arguing the Federal Circuit erred in deciding what date should apply to determine whether a patent application constitutes prior art.

• Supreme Court Won't Disturb 'Sensitive Places' Gun Bans

  By Jeff Overley

  The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to consider permissible limits on firearms in "sensitive places" despite claims the Fourth Circuit disregarded landmark Second Amendment precedents, leaving intact a blanket ban on guns in parks within Virginia's most populous county.

• Justices To Review Guam Munitions Disposal Suit

  By Madeline Lyskawa

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review a Guam community group's challenge to the U.S. Air Force's bid to explode expired munitions on the island, after a divided Ninth Circuit found the agency should have conducted an environmental review.

• Chance The Rapper Owes For TV, Other Deals Too, Jury Hears

  By Lauraann Wood

  Disagreement over public reception of Chance the Rapper's debut album caused an irreparable rift that ultimately left the artist's former manager unpaid for previously agreed commissions alongside a Netflix show and certain other opportunities he helped secure before their relationship ended, Illinois jurors heard Friday.

• Breyer Urges Attys In Heated Twitter Investor Trial To Cool Off

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  The judge overseeing a California federal trial over Twitter investors' allegations that Elon Musk intentionally tanked the company's stock urged lawyers to cool down over the weekend and "gain composure," after a heated fight in which a lawyer for the investors called a Musk attorney's conduct disgraceful.

• Meta, Google Begin Defense As Mental Harm Plaintiff Rests

  By Craig Clough

  Attorneys for the plaintiff in a landmark bellwether California trial in a suit accusing Instagram and YouTube of harming children's mental health rested their case Friday, opting not to call the plaintiff's mother to testify live despite the defense portraying her as the potential cause of the plaintiff's mental health struggles.