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  Judge Halts Trump's Harvard Foreign Student Ban

  By Chris Villani

  A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration's mov...(read more)

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  High Court Says FCC Orders Not Above District Court Review

  By Allison Grande

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled that district courts should be allowed to question the slate of regulatio...(read more)

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• Science Research Funding Cuts Blocked By Mass. Judge

  By Hailey Konnath

  A Massachusetts federal judge Friday prohibited the Trump administration from cutting certain National Science Foundation research funding associated with facilities and administrative costs, ruling that the policy runs afoul of multiple laws and the government hasn't adequately explained its reasoning.

• Supreme Court Won't Leapfrog DC Circ. Over Trump's Tariffs

  By Lauren Berg

  The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request from two Illinois-based toy makers challenging President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs to consider their case before it is reviewed by the D.C. Circuit.

• Unsettling Expectations: Stewart Broadens Denials Again

  By Dani Kass

  The acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director has again held that patent owners eventually have the right to assume their patents won't be challenged in inter partes reviews, which many attorneys say is upsetting their understanding of how to navigate the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

• Apple Hit With Securities Suit Over IPhone AI Feature Delays

  By Dorothy Atkins

  An Apple investor hit the tech giant and its top brass with a proposed securities class action in California federal court Friday, alleging they duped investors into believing Apple would launch new artificial intelligence Siri features on the iPhone 16 and caused Apple stock to tumble after the rollout was delayed repeatedly.

• Texas Jury To Decide Google Ad Tech Liability, Not Damages

  By Bryan Koenig

  A Texas federal judge is giving Google only partial reprieve from facing a jury on state attorneys general claims targeting its advertising placement technology business, leaving liability under federal antitrust law and any damages up to the court, while letting most state law claims go to the jury.

• 737 Max Families Push For Special Prosecutor In Boeing Case

  By Linda Chiem

  Families of victims of the 737 Max 8 crashes have asked a Texas federal judge to appoint a special prosecutor in Boeing's criminal conspiracy case, saying the U.S. Department of Justice's latest nonprosecution agreement with the American aerospace giant sets a dangerous precedent for corporate defendants to evade accountability.

• Paul Weiss-Advised QXO Bids $5B For Alston & Bird-Led GMS

  By Al Barbarino

  Connecticut-based QXO Inc. has proposed to acquire building materials distributor GMS Inc. in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $5 billion, with Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP backing QXO on the unsolicited bid. 

• 2nd Purdue Plan Heading For Creditor Vote, Nov. Hearing

  By Rick Archer

  A New York bankruptcy judge Friday set OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's second try at a bankruptcy plan on course for a November confirmation hearing, clearing the plan disclosure statement to be sent out for a creditor vote.

• Attys Face Sanctions For 'Sweeping' Copying Of Firm's Motion

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A California federal judge has ordered The Neil Jones Food Co.'s defense counsel to explain why she shouldn't sanction them for filing a dismissal motion that appears to plagiarize a losing motion filed by another firm in another case in the district, slamming the "sweeping copy and paste" conduct as "patently unacceptable."

• Microplastics Focus May Force Change In Biz Practices

  By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency confirmed it's considering research that could lead to microplastics regulation, and although policies may be years away, businesses are already facing pressure to change their practices from increasing state regulation and consumer litigation.

• Trump Taps Atty Dropped By Biden For Eastern Ky. Fed. Court

  By Ali Sullivan

  President Donald Trump has announced plans to nominate former Kentucky Solicitor General Chad Meredith to serve as a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

• NJ Federal Judge Orders Khalil To Be Released On Bond

  By Britain Eakin

  A New Jersey federal judge ordered Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil to be released from immigration detention on bond, ruling from the bench on Friday that keeping someone like him behind bars is "highly unusual."