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  Judge Rules Google Monopolized Ad Tech In 2nd Win For DOJ

  By Bryan Koenig and Matthew Perlman

  A Virginia federal judge on Thursday handed the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division its second seminal...(read more)

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  Justices Revive Cornell Workers' ERISA Fee Suit

  By Kellie Mejdrich

  The U.S. Supreme Court revived a class action Thursday from Cornell University workers who said their retirement...(read more)

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• 3rd Circ. Questions Walmart's Duty To Disclose Opioid Probe

  By P.J. D'Annunzio

  The Third Circuit on Thursday questioned the extent to which Walmart knew of the government's interest in prosecuting it for opioid sales, as it considered a bid by investors to revive class claims alleging the retail chain failed to disclose it was under investigation.

• Del. Senate Confirms New President Judge For Superior Court

  By Rose Krebs

  Delaware's Senate on Thursday confirmed Superior Court Judge Eric M. Davis, who this week postponed the trial in a high stakes defamation battle between Dominion Voting Systems and Newsmax Media Inc., to serve as the court's chief judge.

• Fed. Circ. Won't Revive Network Tech Patent Suit

  By Adam Lidgett

  The Federal Circuit on Thursday upheld a lower court's finding that Seattle-based technology company F5 did not infringe a patent owned by WSOU Investments LLC covering a network traffic distribution technology.

• Feds Call Menendez's Wife 'Partner In Crime' As Trial Ends

  By Frank G. Runyeon

  Federal prosecutors told a Manhattan jury Thursday that Nadine Menendez was former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez's "partner in crime," closing out her bribery and public corruption trial by casting her as his "go-between — demanding payment, collecting payment."

• Palin-NYT Retrial Delves Into Evidence Not Seen By 1st Jury

  By Pete Brush

  Sarah Palin's lawyers confronted a former New York Times editor Thursday with information showing an assassination attempt against a congresswoman may not have been connected to political rhetoric, breaking new ground in their bid to hold the paper liable for erroneously tying Palin to the violence in a 2017 editorial.

• CFPB Will Cut Examinations By Half In Broad Retreat: Memo

  By Jon Hill

  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to cut back sharply on its policing of nonbank financial firms, slash examinations and pull back on its use of fines as part of a dramatic shift in supervisory and enforcement priorities outlined in a new internal memo.

• NJ Says Discord Misled Public About Messaging App's Safety

  By George Woolston

  New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin alleged in a complaint Thursday that popular messaging app Discord has misled kids and parents for years about the app's safety, leaving children vulnerable to harassment, abuse and sexual exploitation.

• Global Payments To Acquire Worldpay In $24.3B Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  Global Payments Inc. unveiled plans Thursday to acquire payments giant Worldpay from GTCR and FIS for $24.25 billion, while divesting its issuer solutions business to FIS for $13.5 billion, in transactions that could reshape the global payments landscape.

• Ed Martin Discloses Russia TV Spots, Coloring Books, Jan. 6

  By Courtney Bublé

  Ed Martin, President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, has disclosed dozens of additional media interviews with right-wing and Russian-state outlets, according to a letter obtained on Wednesday by ¼«ËÙÈü³µ.

• Ohio's 'Breathtakingly Blunt' Social Media Age Limit Law Axed

  By Nadia Dreid

  Ohio's law requiring social media companies to obtain parental consent before allowing a child under the age of 16 to make an account has been struck down after a federal judge said the legislation "fails to pass constitutional muster and is constitutionally infirm."

• IBM Sues Insurers Over $900M In Environmental Expenses

  By Ganesh Setty

  IBM has taken several of its excess commercial general liability insurers to New York federal court, arguing that following IBM's coverage settlements with underlying insurers, they are now on the hook for over $900 million in environmental remediation expenses incurred under policies issued between 1961 and 1970.

• Schumer Looks To Block Trump NY US Attorney Nominations

  By Courtney Bublé

  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced on Wednesday he is exercising his power to block two of President Donald Trump's nominations for U.S. attorneys, which could set up an early test for preserving the long-standing Senate blue slip tradition.