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June 11, 2026
USAA argued in a Washington federal lawsuit Wednesday that the insurer has no duty to defend a therapist in a wrongful death action brought by the estate of a former patient who was allegedly shot and killed by the therapist's new boyfriend amid the fallout from a "tumultuous" romantic relationship.
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June 11, 2026
The Alliance for Automotive Innovation has urged a Washington federal court to invalidate a pair of state business licensing rules, including one that expanded the definition of "soliciting," saying the regulations are unconstitutional and beyond the authority of the state's licensing department.
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June 11, 2026
The U.S. Department of Education pressed ahead with its plan to end up to a billion dollars in school mental health grants, arguing Wednesday that a Seattle federal judge's December 2025 injunction barring the discontinuation of the grants shouldn't block the government from canceling the contracts outright.
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June 11, 2026
A Ninth Circuit panelist expressed concern Thursday about potential "unintended consequences" of affirming a lower court order blocking Perplexity's artificial intelligence tool from purchasing items for users on Amazon.com, noting that Amazon's case relies on a decades-old computer fraud law passed long before the proliferation of AI.
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June 11, 2026
The Washington Supreme Court found Thursday that a lower appeals court was too quick to nix a Latino county employee's $2 million verdict on claims he was suspended for calling out race bias, ruling the county's concerns about a set of jury instructions didn't warrant canceling the award.
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