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  • April 20, 2026

    'Risky Proposition': 9th Circ. Skeptical Of Wash. CWA Strategy

    A Ninth Circuit panel expressed doubt Monday about Washington's bid to revive its Clean Water Act suit against the operator of the now-shuttered Buckhorn Gold Mine, with two judges asking why the state didn't object to the operator's consent decree ending an overlapping case brought by an environmental group.

  • April 20, 2026

    Iranian Accused Of Sanctions Dodge Extradited 12 Years Later

    An Iranian man indicted in 2014 by a grand jury on charges he conducted a scheme to help evade trade sanctions against Iran was extradited to the U.S. last week, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Washington said Monday, unsealing his indictment.

  • April 20, 2026

    Live Nation Wants Expert, Damages Cut After Antitrust Verdict

    Live Nation is asking a New York federal court to strike the testimony of a key expert witness for the states and to wipe the damages awarded by the jury based on her work, in the antitrust case accusing the company of monopolizing the live entertainment industry.

  • April 20, 2026

    'Unserious Leaders Are Unsafe': RFK Jr.'s Trans Edict Voided

    An Oregon federal judge struck down Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s efforts to enforce the agency's restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors, finding the restrictions unlawful and criticizing Kennedy's leadership and the policy declaration that introduced the changes. 

  • April 20, 2026

    Justices Cast Doubt On Effort To Limit SEC Disgorgement

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday questioned an attempt to limit the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's disgorgement powers, with conservative and liberal justices alike seemingly skeptical of the argument that the agency has to identify victims before it can demand the return of ill-gotten gains.

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