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  Judge Questions How New Jersey US Atty Ascended To Role

  By Matthew Santoni

  A federal judge tasked with deciding if acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba was legitimately serving as New Jersey'...(read more)

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  DC Circ. Paves Way For Trump Admin To Resume CFPB Cuts

  By Jon Hill

  A D.C. Circuit panel on Friday tentatively cleared President Donald Trump's administration to carry out mass lay...(read more)

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• 'Alarm Should Ring': Judge Blocks FTC's Media Matters Probe

  By Lauren Berg

  A Washington, D.C., federal judge Friday preliminarily blocked the Federal Trade Commission from moving forward with its investigation into the left-leaning Media Matters for America, saying the investigation is likely a retaliatory response to an article reporting that ads on Twitter appeared next to antisemitic posts following Elon Musk's acquisition.

• TikTok Judge Leans Against Discovery Sanctions In IP Case

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  A California federal judge overseeing a Chinese company's case accusing TikTok of stealing video-editing tool trade secrets and infringing the tool's copyrights said Friday she wasn't inclined to grant TikTok's request for sanctions ending the litigation over alleged discovery misconduct, adding she hasn't been "keen" at times on TikTok's behavior.

• DC Circ. Says $92M Sprint, T-Mobile Privacy Fine Is Here To Stay

  By Nadia Dreid

  The D.C. Circuit said no way Friday to knocking out $92 million in fines that T-Mobile and Sprint were slapped with for selling users' sensitive location data even after they knew the data was being used inappropriately, saying the fines accounted for the "egregiousness of their conduct."

• DOJ Ramps Up Assault On Calif. Truck Emissions Standards

  By Linda Chiem

  The Trump administration increased its assault on California's stringent emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks, saying Friday that it has intervened in lawsuits to strike down the Golden State's attempts to still enforce its standards in defiance of federal law.

• Eric André's Airport Stop Suit Partially Revived By 11th Circ.

  By Chart Riggall

  The Eleventh Circuit has partially revived comedian Eric André's lawsuit alleging he was subjected to a "degrading" search and seizure by police at an Atlanta airport, restoring his Fourth Amendment claims Friday while backing the dismissal of his allegations that he was racially profiled.

• DC Judge Gets City And Feds To Strike Deal On Police Takeover

  By Britain Eakin

  A federal judge hesitated Friday to restrain the Trump administration from taking over the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department, successfully urging the city and government attorneys to iron out an agreement instead to divert the court's immediate intervention.

• 5th Circ. Says PWFA Was Constitutionally Enacted

  By Vin Gurrieri

  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was wrongly blocked from enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act against the state of Texas, the Fifth Circuit ruled Friday, saying the U.S. Constitution didn't require House lawmakers' physical presence to have a quorum when the statute was approved.

• Texas AG Opens Investigation Into Xcel Over Panhandle Fires

  By Tom Lotshaw

  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said he's investigating whether Xcel Energy and a contractor broke any laws in connection with devastating fires in the Texas Panhandle last year, questioning whether they put environmental or diversity goals ahead of safety.

• 9th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Vegas Casino Room Rate Case

  By Matthew Perlman

  The Ninth Circuit rejected an appeal on Friday from guests seeking to revive their antitrust case accusing Las Vegas casino-hotel operators of using a vendor's software to inflate room rates, finding that the pricing service helps the hotels compete.

• $111.25M Del. Settlement Proposed For Cencora Opioid Suits

  By Jeff Montgomery

  Executives and board members of Cencora Corp. — formerly AmerisourceBergen — have tentatively settled for $111.25 million a Delaware Court of Chancery stockholder derivative suit accusing them of taking a "devil may care" attitude toward the illegal distribution of opioid painkillers at the center of a nationwide addiction epidemic.

• AbbVie's Key RICO Claims In Drug Cost Fraud Suit Survive

  By Hannah Albarazi

  An Illinois federal judge on Friday ruled that AbbVie could move ahead with the bulk of its racketeering, tortious interference and fraud claims against a behind-the-scenes healthcare company that the drugmaker alleges colluded with pharmacy benefit managers to fraudulently obtain drugs meant for patients in AbbVie's charitable programs.

• 'Creative' $2.5B DuPont Deal In NJ Is PFAS Road Map For AGs

  By George Woolston

  After six years of litigation between New Jersey and E.I. du Pont de Nemours, including a series of bench trials, the chemical manufacturer agreed to a deal that committed more than $2 billion to cleaning up the Garden State from "forever chemical" contamination at four of its facilities, in the largest environmental settlement ever achieved by a single state.