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  • June 18, 2026

    Eli Lilly Weight Drug TM Deal Too Secretive, Ind. Judge Says

    An Indiana federal judge on Thursday refused to sign off on a confidential settlement that would bar a telehealth company from selling knock-offs of Eli Lilly's weight-loss medications, saying the companies didn't provide enough information for him to consider the deal.

  • June 18, 2026

    Split 9th Circ. To Rehear Ministry's Anti-LGBTQ Hiring Case

    The Ninth Circuit on Thursday nixed a panel's recent ruling that the First Amendment shields a Christian ministry's practice of rejecting gay job applicants, granting Washington state's bid for a full-court rehearing while drawing protest from one appellate judge that the court has "relegated religious liberty to a second-class right."

  • June 18, 2026

    Starbucks Hit With Claims Of Forced Labor In Brazil Again

    Starbucks knowingly profits from an "entrenched system" of human trafficking, child labor and slaverylike working conditions among coffee suppliers in Brazil, alleges eight workers' proposed class action filed Thursday in Washington federal court.

  • June 18, 2026

    Meta Can't Undo $35M Political Ad Penalty, Wash. Justices Say

    Most of the Washington State Supreme Court justices rejected Meta's First Amendment challenge to a state political advertising disclosure law in a divided Thursday opinion, while also spurning the social media giant's argument that a $35 million penalty against it violates the Constitution's prohibition on excessive fines.

  • June 18, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Again Revives Valve Bid To Ax Patent In $4M Verdict

    The Federal Circuit on Thursday gave Valve Corp. yet another chance to try to invalidate rival SCUF's video game controller patent underlying a $4 million verdict, ruling that, after the appeals court revived the effort, the trial judge wrongly said Valve's arguments are barred by a prior challenge.

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