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  • May 29, 2026

    Lockheed Beats Families' Birth Defects Suit At Trial

    A Florida federal jury returned a defense verdict in favor of Lockheed Martin Corp. after finding the company's chemical handling practices at an Orlando weapons manufacturing facility did not cause birth defects.

  • May 29, 2026

    Architect's Cabinet Design Not Copyrighted, NC Court Says

    A North Carolina federal judge has allowed a homebuilding company and its owners to escape allegations from an architect that they used designs without paying for them, ruling that the designs did not contain copyrightable architectural works.

  • May 29, 2026

    Judge Orders Trump's Name To Be Taken Off Kennedy Center

    A D.C. federal judge blocked the closure and purported renaming of the Kennedy Center on Friday, ordering President Donald Trump's name removed from the building's facade and ruling that the board of the iconic performing arts hub violated its statutory duty when it failed to fully assess the closure's impacts.

  • May 29, 2026

    Wrongful Death Claims Settled Before Baltimore Bridge Trial

    The families of the six construction workers who died in Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster have reached confidential settlements with the owner and manager of the cargo carrier that slammed into the bridge and triggered its collapse, according to court filings Friday.

  • May 29, 2026

    Preservation Group Wants Feds To Stop DC Golf Course Plans

    A District of Columbia preservationist group and two recreational golfers told the D.C. federal court not to toss their golf course suit against the U.S. Department of the Interior and its U.S. National Park Service, arguing that the federal government needs to be stopped because it is currently going forward with its plans to turn a public park's historic recreational golf course into a professional golfing venue despite claiming otherwise.

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