Tyson Foods Sued In Del. For Docs On Poultry Care, Deaths

By Jeff Montgomery

A Tyson Foods Inc. stockholder on Thursday sued the company — which is the largest among the nation's chicken producers — for a Delaware Court of Chancery ruling compelling release of records on alleged child labor violations and failures by Tyson to assure proper feeding and treatment of poultry grown on contract farms.

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Del. Judge Outlines Misconduct Behind Amgen's $50M Relief

By Dani Kass

A Delaware federal judge on Wednesday overruled German biotech company Lindis's $50 million patent infringement win against Amgen, finding an inventor purposefully withheld harmful information from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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Nikola Ch. 11 Plan Ignores Trump Pardon, Founder Says

By Emily Lever

Trevor Milton, the founder and former CEO of electric-truck maker Nikola who was convicted of securities fraud, has asked the Delaware bankruptcy court not to allow the company to subordinate his $69 million claim, saying its Chapter 11 plan doesn't accurately account for the full presidential pardon he received earlier this year.

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High Court Allows Trump Admin To Cancel $783M In NIH Grants

By Dan McKay

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to resume the mass termination of scientific grants, overturning rulings by lower courts that had kept the funds flowing to universities and other recipients. 

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Consumer Advocates Blast FERC Inaction On Power Auction

By Keith Goldberg

Consumer advocates and municipal utilities have told the D.C. Circuit that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission can't use a Third Circuit ruling to claim it is powerless to prevent the rerunning of a flawed electricity capacity auction that overcharged consumers by $183 million.

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States Urge 2nd Look At $185M Metals Fraud Ruling

By Jessica Corso

State regulators are asking a Texas federal judge to reconsider a ruling that threatens a $185 million fraud case before it can be brought to trial in October, saying that the judge contradicted ruling precedent when he decided that metals like gold and silver don't qualify as commodities in some instances.

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Nikola SPAC, Related Settlements Reach $33.75M In Del.

By Jeff Montgomery

A multi-court string of settlements has produced a $33.75 million proposed payout for stockholders who alleged in direct and derivative state and federal actions that they were misled in deals that took electric vehicle maker Nikola Corp. public.

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Claire's Gets Interim Approval For $22.5M DIP Facility

By Yun Park

A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Thursday gave interim approval to bankrupt jewelry chain Claire's to receive a $22.5 million debtor-in-possession facility from a private holding company that plans to buy the majority of the company's U.S. stores through an asset purchaser agreement. 

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Brief

Ore. Whiskey Distillery Asks To Add $500K To Ch. 11 Loan

By Jeff Montgomery

Portland, Oregon-based whiskey producer House Spirits has asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge for permission to borrow an additional $500,000 in cash to finance its Chapter 11 case, raising the amount of its debtor-in-possession loan to more than $2 million.

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UPenn Gene Therapy Patent Survives Sarepta's PTAB Challenge

By Theresa Schliep

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board on Thursday declined to wipe out a claim in a University of Pennsylvania gene therapy patent, denying a win to Sarepta Therapeutics Inc., which is fighting an infringement case in Delaware federal court.

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Quilting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Turning intricate patterns of fabric and thread into quilts has taught me that craftsmanship, creative problem-solving and dedication to incremental progress are essential to creating something lasting that will help another person — just like in law, says Veronica McMillan at Kramon & Graham.

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Judge Finds Habba Unlawfully Serving As NJ's US Atty

By Matthew Santoni

Alina Habba, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney and his pick to remain the U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey, was unlawfully given an extension of her temporary post after her "interim" appointment expired, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Thursday.

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SEC Taps Military Judge To Head Enforcement Efforts

By Jessica Corso

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday announced the appointment of a senior judge in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces to lead its enforcement division.

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OnlyFans Flags Bogus Citations In RICO Fraud Suit

By Emily Sawicki

Attorneys for a proposed class of OnlyFans subscribers alleging racketeering by the company notified a California federal judge Thursday that they would be seeking permission to fix earlier filings found to have errors created by artificial intelligence, days after the web platform's parent company notified the court of the citation errors.

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NY Appeals Court Throws Out Trump's $500M Fraud Penalty

By Phillip Bantz

A divided New York state appeals court panel on Thursday tossed a nearly $500 million civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump and his sons, companies and their executives, ruling that the fine was "excessive," but kept in place a judge's finding of liability.

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9th Circ. Dissenters Rip Judge's 'Weaponization Of Sanctions'

By Jeff Overley

A half-dozen Ninth Circuit judges Thursday denounced six-figure sanctions against attorneys for prominent politicians challenging Arizona election procedures, accusing a lower court of "twisting and contorting" allegations in order to punish lawyers "based on the nature of the complaint and the clients that they represented."

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Odell Beckham Wants Attys Sanctioned In Diddy Assault Suit

By Adrian Cruz

NFL star Odell Beckham Jr. is looking to sanction attorneys representing a woman accusing him in California federal court of participating in a Bay Area gang rape alongside rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs, claiming the allegations are frivolous and the attorneys willfully ignored available evidence in making them.

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Trump To Get Texas Vacancy With Judge Taking Senior Status

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. District Judge David Godbey of the Northern District of Texas, who was at the center of a debate on judge shopping last year, will take senior status on Sept. 17, according to an update posted on the federal judiciary's website on Thursday.

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Analysis

Employer Plans In Limbo As Courts Grapple With Trans Care

By Kellie Mejdrich

Despite appellate courts' apparent willingness to allow states to ban gender-affirming care for minors, employers are still waiting for clarity on whether federal anti-discrimination laws require health plans to cover transgender healthcare access, experts say.

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California Bar Board Of Trustees Gets 1st Nonattorney Chair

By Rose Krebs

The California Supreme Court announced Thursday that for the first time ever, a nonattorney will lead the State Bar of California's Board of Trustees starting Sept. 21.

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Ex-Prosecutor Sworn In As Ga. US Atty In Southern District

By Emily Johnson

A longtime Georgia attorney, who served as chair of Georgia's State Board of Pardons and Paroles and previously served as a district attorney, was sworn in this week as interim U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia.

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Ethics Case Reasserted Against Fla. Judge Over Deepfake

By Matt Perez

A Florida judicial ethics panel has reasserted allegations that a state judge in Broward County violated the state's Code of Judicial Conduct during her 2024 election campaign, ahead of a final hearing set for Dec. 16 by the hearing panel chair of the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission.

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