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  • June 30, 2026

    ConocoPhillips Again Seeks To Exit Wash. Tribal Climate Torts

    ConocoPhillips is urging a Washington state judge to free it from a pair of Native American tribes' lawsuits accusing major oil companies of a decades-long campaign to downplay the climate risks of fossil fuels, contending Monday that the tribes have still failed to satisfy jurisdictional requirements in their revised complaints.

  • June 30, 2026

    Meta Social Media Addiction MDL Headed For August Trial

    A California federal judge has mostly denied dueling motions for summary judgment in litigation brought by multiple states claiming Meta intentionally designed its products to be addictive, rejecting Meta's attempts to ditch the case and teeing it up for an August advisory jury trial.

  • June 30, 2026

    Trump Public Loan Forgiveness Rule Is Unlawful, Judges Find

    Federal judges in Massachusetts and Washington, D.C., on Tuesday struck down a U.S. Department of Education rule that effectively narrowed which public service workers could receive student loan forgiveness, saying the department had issued limitations on qualifying employers outside its rulemaking authority.

  • June 30, 2026

    AIDS Group Says Cigna-Owned Express Scripts Hurts Patients

    AIDS Healthcare Foundation says its nonprofit wellness centers are going to be run out of business if Cigna-owned pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts isn't stopped from using its muscle in the market to steer pharmacy patients toward specialty pharmacies it's affiliated with.

  • June 30, 2026

    Feds Can't Use DEI Order To Block Cities' Funds, Judge Rules

    A Washington federal judge Monday dealt a blow to President Donald Trump's efforts to restrict federal funds going to cities and counties that promote diversity programming and "gender ideology," ordering the administration to temporarily halt enforcement of two executive orders in several U.S. cities and counties.

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