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  Wife Of Ex-Sen. Menendez Convicted On Corruption Charges

  By Stewart Bishop and Pete Brush

  A Manhattan federal jury on Monday found Nadine Menendez guilty of aiding in her husband Bob Menendez's corrupti...(read more)

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  Justices Mull 5th Circ. Redo In ACA Preventive Care Fight

  By Kellie Mejdrich

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appeared skeptical of a Fifth Circuit ruling that found members of a task force...(read more)

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• Calif. Judges Who Lost Homes Sue LA Over Palisades Fire

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  A California federal judge and a retired federal magistrate judge whose homes were destroyed in the Pacific Palisades wildfire have sued the city of Los Angeles over the deadly inferno, saying two water reservoirs drained by the city's water department for repairs prior to the blaze substantially caused their losses.

• 5th Circ. Lifts Block On Mississippi Social Media Law

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  The Fifth Circuit lifted a preliminary injunction on a Mississippi law requiring digital service providers to verify users' ages and social media platforms to acquire parental consent for a minor's account, saying that under the U.S. Supreme Court's 2024 decision in Moody, a "more detailed analysis" of the act is required.

• DOJ Pushes Chrome Sale To Solve Google Monopoly

  By Bryan Koenig

  The U.S. Department of Justice sought to shape the future of online search and artificial intelligence chatbots Monday with opening arguments pushing a D.C. federal judge to force Google to sell its Chrome browser and to "disrupt" the billions paid for default search engine status on iPhones, Firefox and more.

• Justices To Mull Tort Liability For USPS 'Campaign Of Terror'

  By Jeff Overley

  The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to assess the U.S. Postal Service's liability under federal tort law for intentional delivery failures — an issue nominally focused on an alleged "racially motivated harassment campaign" against a Texas woman but also broadly relevant to delivery lapses in the nation's vast mail system.

• Google Gets 'Fail-Safe' AI Copyright Class Axed, For Now

  By Lauren Berg

  A California federal judge on Monday struck a proposed class definition in a consolidated action brought by artists and authors claiming Google infringed their copyrights to train artificial intelligence models, saying the plaintiffs have proposed an improper "fail-safe" class but may try again with an amended definition.

• Reexams Get Fresh Look As PTAB Policies Add Uncertainty

  By Ryan Davis

  The number of patent challengers requesting ex parte reexaminations has increased in recent years, and the trend may continue as new patent office policies create uncertainty about the ability to secure other types of review. Here's what attorneys should know about the less taken reexam route.

• En Banc 9th Circ. Revives Shopify Data Privacy Fight

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A split Ninth Circuit en banc panel Monday revived a proposed class action alleging Shopify violates privacy rights by embedding payment-processing code on merchant websites that surreptitiously tracks consumers' location and collects personal data, with a nearly unanimous majority finding the location-tracking allegations establish specific jurisdiction in the Golden State.

• 'Corrupt' Ill. Sen. Took Bribes, Jury Told As Trial Wraps

  By Lauraann Wood

  An Illinois state senator accused of agreeing to take personal benefits in exchange for helping a red-light camera company should be convicted of bribery because it's clear he illegally put his political position up for sale in 2019, prosecutors told a federal jury on Monday.

• Harvard Sues Trump Admin Over $2B Funding Freeze

  By Chris Villani

  Harvard University on Monday hit the Trump administration with a suit in Massachusetts federal court, escalating a high-profile battle after the government slashed more than $2 billion in funding amid allegations the elite school has failed to properly address antisemitism on its campus.

• Palin Calls NYT Piece 'Devastating' But Didn't Ask For Fix

  By Pete Brush

  Sarah Palin told a federal jury in Manhattan on Monday that she felt devastated and "defenseless" when an allegedly defamatory 2017 editorial appeared in The New York Times erroneously tying her to political violence, but conceded she didn't demand a correction or retraction.

• Justices Sympathetic To Inmate Who 'Messed Up' Appeal

  By Chris Villani

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday seemed dubious of a Fourth Circuit ruling refusing an inmate's appeal on procedural timing grounds, as the justices weighed a case that will likely disproportionately affect pro se litigants.

• Florida Federal Judge To Take Senior Status In August

  By Courtney Bublé

  President Donald Trump is gaining yet another federal judicial vacancy in his adopted state, Florida.