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  Spirit Airlines Lands In Ch. 11 Again To Rightsize Operations

  By Vince Sullivan

  Less than six months after emerging from a previous Chapter 11 filing, budget air carrier Spirit Airlines landed...(read more)

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  Kirkland, Skadden Advise On $1.8B DuPont-Arclin Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  DuPont said Friday it has agreed to sell its Aramids business, best known for Kevlar and Nomex synthetic fibers,...(read more)

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• 11th Circ. Backs CNN Win In Dershowitz Defamation Suit

  By Rae Ann Varona

  The Eleventh Circuit Friday upheld a Florida federal judge's ruling that freed CNN from Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz's $300 million defamation suit, saying Dershowitz presented no evidence that the news network acted with actual malice when covering his defense of President Donald Trump's 2020 impeachment trial.

• DC Judge Says Fed. Reserve Gov. Can't Get TRO Just Yet

  By Nadia Dreid

  Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook didn't walk away from her Friday emergency hearing with the temporary restraining order she was looking for, but a D.C. federal judge said she was willing to expedite briefing over the president's attempt to strip Cook of her position.

• LA's Acting US Atty Essayli Faces DQ Bid Over Expired Term

  By Craig Clough

  The Federal Public Defender's Office in Los Angeles urged a California federal court Friday to disqualify acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli, arguing that his temporary 120-day appointment has expired and his continuing service in the role "circumvented limitations" imposed by Congress.

• Fed. Circ. Upholds Prosecution Laches In Affirming Hyatt Loss

  By Dani Kass

  The Federal Circuit on Friday shot down prolific inventor Gilbert Hyatt's bid to discard a doctrine that can render a patent unenforceable based on delays the owner made during prosecution.

• Judge Newman's Suspension Extended Once Again

  By Ryan Davis and Theresa Schliep

  Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's suspension from hearing cases was extended by another year on Friday, in a unanimous opinion by the appeals court's 11 other judges.

• Split 9th Circ. Revives Suit Over $2.1B Robinhood IPO

  By Jessica Corso

  A divided Ninth Circuit on Friday revived a proposed investor class action suit accusing Robinhood Markets Inc. of failing to disclose a downturn in user interest ahead of its $2.1 billion initial public offering, ruling that corporations planning to go public have a duty to disclose material financial information even from quarters that have just ended.

• DOJ Targets BigLaw, Big Tech For Antitrust 'Gamesmanship'

  By Bryan Koenig

  The U.S. Department of Justice's top antitrust official singled out technology platforms and the BigLaw attorneys who represent them Friday for "gamesmanship" by hiding key information from merger and conduct investigators, and announced a special task force "to tackle abuses that arise in our investigations."

• JAG Corps Sent To DC To Fill 'Critical Vacancies'

  By Courtney Bublé

  Military attorneys are being sent to prosecute crimes in Washington, D.C., as the Trump administration seeks to beef up prosecutions in the nation's capital as part of the federal surge of law enforcement.

• SEC, Musk File Competing Bids To End Twitter Buy-Up Suit

  By Jessica Corso

  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Elon Musk have both moved for early victories in a lawsuit accusing Musk of failing to timely disclose a beneficial ownership stake in Twitter, with the billionaire owner of the social media site calling the case one of "gross governmental overreach."

• Ill. Jury Sides With Ex-CTA Worker In Vax Bias Lawsuit

  By Celeste Bott

  An Illinois federal jury on Friday awarded a former Chicago Transit Authority employee $425,000 in damages, finding the transit agency liable on his religious discrimination claim after he was terminated following his refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine and denied an exemption to the agency's vaccine requirement.

• Furniture Co. Walker Edison Hits Ch. 11 With Quick Sale Plans

  By Clara Geoghegan

  Online furniture retailer Walker Edison filed for bankruptcy in Delaware to hold a swift Chapter 11 auction and press on with litigation alleging its former owners saddled it with unsustainable debt to fund a dividend.

• 'I'm Flabbergasted': Fla. Atty's Accusers Rip Bar For Inaction

  By Phillip Bantz

  More than a year after it began receiving complaints that a Florida lawyer was ghosting clients, the state bar has yet to take action — highlighting what experts call a slow-moving process that can fail to keep pace with expansive alleged frauds.