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  • August 28, 2026

    Walmart Pays $50M To End DOJ's Suit Over Opioid Crisis

    Walmart has agreed to pay $50 million to settle the U.S. Department of Justice's nearly 6-year-old lawsuit in Delaware federal court alleging the big-box retailer helped spur the nationwide opioid crisis by unlawfully dispensing controlled drugs from its pharmacies, the department announced Friday.

  • August 28, 2026

    NCAA Fights NC State Football Player's Demand For Eligibility

    The NCAA struck back at a football player's bid to play for North Carolina State University this year while he challenges the organization's eligibility rules, arguing that he was denied a waiver because his academic standing is under his control and thus can't be the basis for extending his eligibility.

  • August 28, 2026

    4th Circ. Reverses $42M Abu Ghraib Verdict Against CACI

    The Fourth Circuit on Friday reversed a $42 million jury verdict finding CACI conspired to torture Iraq War detainees, ruling on rehearing the detainees' claims must be dismissed following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision that courts can't create a private right of action under the Alien Tort Statute.

  • August 28, 2026

    FCC Creates New Innovation Zone In Iowa, Expands Old Ones

    For the first time in five years, the Federal Communications Commission has greenlit the creation of a new "innovation zone," which will give a university an experimental spectrum license that allows it to conduct wireless research, this time at Iowa State University.

  • August 28, 2026

    BofA's $72.5M Deal With Epstein Victims Gets Final Approval

    A New York federal judge gave the final OK Friday to a settlement in which Bank of America will pay $72.5 million to as many as 75 women to settle claims that it facilitated what the court called Jeffrey Epstein's "monstrous" sex trafficking and abuse, and approved an attorney fee award worth 30% of the settlement fund.

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