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  • September 29, 2026

    Social Media Cos., Teens Spar Over Evidence Ahead Of Trials

    Social media companies and teens who allege the companies harmed their mental health sparred in California state court Tuesday over what evidence jurors will hear in an upcoming round of bellwether trials, including whether jurors should hear purported instances of domestic violence in the teens' home lives.

  • September 29, 2026

    Monsanto Starts First Roundup Trial Since High Court Ruling

    A Missouri jury heard opening arguments Tuesday in the first Roundup cancer trial since the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in on the matter, with a lawyer for three plaintiffs saying Monsanto minimized decades of ominous testing, ghostwrote scientific papers and engineered a dubious EPA approval.

  • September 29, 2026

    En Banc 9th Circ. Mulls Copyright Test Change In Tattoo Case

    Counsel for a photographer who lost at trial over claims that a Kat Von D tattoo infringed his copyrighted photo of Miles Daves urged an en banc Ninth Circuit panel Tuesday to end the circuit's use of a subjective "intrinsic" test for juries to determine substantial similarity. 

  • September 29, 2026

    Dog Rescuers Say Wis. Law Justified Breaking Into Farm

    A high-profile animal rights lawyer and a fellow activist, charged with breaking into a Wisconsin dog breeding facility to remove 22 beagles they say were abused, have argued they should be allowed to tell jurors at their potential trial that their actions were allowed under state law as a "response to an emergency."

  • September 29, 2026

    Fugitive Ex-Conn. Budget Official Seeks To Split Restitution

    A onetime Connecticut budget official now on the lam in Greece asked a federal judge Tuesday to postpone restitution until two admitted co-conspirators who testified against him are sentenced, arguing their plea agreements could force them to shoulder at least some of the costs of a school construction bribery scheme.

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