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May 18, 2026
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on Monday extended into a second year the life of a Michigan coal-fired power plant slated for closure, just days after the D.C. Circuit considered whether such moves are a lawful use of Wright's emergency authority.
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May 18, 2026
Federal prosecutors moved Monday to permanently dismiss criminal charges accusing Adani Group Chairman Gautam S. Adani and seven others of orchestrating a $250 million bribery scheme to secure lucrative Indian government renewable energy contracts, while misleading investors about the Adani Group subsidiary's dealings.
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May 18, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review Eli Lilly's $183 million trial loss to a whistleblower who claimed the drugmaker knowingly defrauded the government by underpaying Medicaid drug rebates.
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May 18, 2026
In an advisory decision on Monday, a California federal jury cleared OpenAI and executives Sam Altman and Greg Brockman of allegations they breached the nonprofit's charitable trust by converting to a for-profit, handing billionaire Elon Musk a defeat in a closely watched three-week trial that threatened to shake up the artificial intelligence industry.
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May 18, 2026
Iowa aligned with a higher threshold under federal tax law for determining when state income tax must be withheld on gambling winnings as part of a bill signed by the governor.
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May 18, 2026
The Colorado Supreme Court ordered Children's Hospital Colorado on Monday to resume its provision of gender-affirming care for transgender youth patients, finding the patients demonstrated actual harm from the denial of care.
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May 18, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it won't review an information technology company's bid for full forgiveness of a $7.2 million Paycheck Protection Program loan, letting stand the Third Circuit's decision that the Small Business Administration rightfully denied the request because the company's payments to independent contractors did not count as "payroll costs."
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May 18, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court asked for the U.S. solicitor general's input Monday in a case that questions whether the GEO Group is covered by intergovernmental immunity and therefore able to pay immigrant detainees $1 a day for their work.
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May 18, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected six petitions from pharmaceutical giants seeking to bring down the Medicare drug price negotiations established as part of the Inflation Reduction Act three years ago.
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May 18, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court remanded and vacated an Eighth Circuit challenge by two North Dakota tribes that looks to overturn a ruling prohibiting lawsuits against states for violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, a decision civil rights groups say could disenfranchise voters in seven states.
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May 15, 2026
The Seventh Circuit Friday refused to revive a Chicago-area man's suit over allegedly false reports of his "obnoxious behavior" on an "Are We Dating the Same Guy?" Facebook page, while questioning why he shouldn't be sanctioned for "frivolously appealing" the tossed claims and submitting a brief containing "fictitious" citations.
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May 15, 2026
A New York federal judge on Friday set an August trial date for a South Carolina attorney and lobbyist on extortion charges tied to his work as a purported go-between for people with serious legal troubles seeking clemency from President Donald Trump.
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May 15, 2026
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday gave hemp companies more time to pull together a counter-attack against its prior ruling giving the state's health commissioner the power to ban manufactured delta-8 THC goods.
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May 15, 2026
Putting Meta under the supervision of a court-ordered monitor would only cause a slowdown in the development of new child safety features, a compliance executive testified Friday in the New Mexico attorney general's bench trial seeking changes to company practices.
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May 15, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday rejected Virginia Democrats' request to stay a state high court ruling that invalidated a newly drawn, voter-approved congressional redistricting map.
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May 15, 2026
Mahmoud Khalil has asked the Board of Immigration Appeals to terminate his removal proceedings, arguing that new evidence shows the Trump administration interfered to sway the outcome of his case and make an example of him for his pro-Palestinian activism.
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May 15, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday sued Connecticut in federal court over a recently enacted state law that subjects in-custody deaths to state oversight, requires federal agents to wear identifying badges, and bans law enforcement officers from wearing facemasks, calling the act "blatantly unconstitutional."
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May 15, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor said new guidance clarifies that employers must include an English proficiency standard in job orders and labor certification applications for positions that would have foreign workers operate commercial motor vehicles.
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May 15, 2026
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency moved Friday to shield many of the nation's biggest banks from state requirements to pay interest on homeowner mortgage escrow accounts, finalizing a pair of rules that extend its push to bolster federal banking preemption.
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May 15, 2026
After a contentious passage in the House, the Farm Bill may face a similarly thorny path in the Senate. Here, Law360 previews the key issues environmental attorneys are watching in the proposed legislation.
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May 15, 2026
The Fourth Circuit on Friday halted a Maryland law aimed at preventing electricity companies from falsely marketing their power as environmentally friendly, saying it may be overly broad in a likely violation of the First Amendment.
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May 15, 2026
The Federal Circuit has urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear Judge Pauline Newman's appeal targeting a suspension imposed on her by the court's other judges, arguing that a lower court correctly held that her challenges to the order are not subject to judicial review.
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May 15, 2026
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission wants to let publicly traded companies move from a quarterly to a semiannual earnings reporting schedule, but energy industry volatility and investor expectations may make oil and gas firms reluctant to embrace the option.
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May 15, 2026
The Texas attorney general announced a settlement with Texas Children's Hospital that will see the creation of a detransition clinic, saying Friday that the hospital will pay $10 million for billing Texas Medicaid for "illegal 'gender-transition' interventions."
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May 15, 2026
A Texas federal judge on Friday permanently blocked the National Labor Relations Board from prosecuting a social services platform, saying agency officials' job protections are unconstitutional and inseparable from federal law, and that the board's pursuit of novel remedies flouts its targets' jury rights.