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One hundred and seventy-three aspiring Washington lawyers will sit for the state’s makeup bar exam beginning Tuesday, following a disastrous administration of the test in July that resulted in cancellation. https://t.co/bJ6M73XzPS

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As rival Lone Star State firms have set up outposts from New York to Singapore, Jackson Walker is betting six Texas offices are all it needs. https://t.co/tpzDG2j41U

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A UCLA graduate student has sued the university system, saying he was disciplined improperly for his on-campus, pro-Palestine advocacy, which has threatened to end his pursuit of a doctoral degree. https://t.co/DHVhzJf8M0

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Two teenagers who sued Meta, Google, and Snap alleging they are addicted to social media will have their October trials heard in one courtroom before a single jury. https://t.co/XehZfnykOo

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Opinion: A law that directs courts to review US Justice Department merger settlements burdens both companies and the government, adding delays and legal bills to clear a largely procedural hurdle. https://t.co/ySIc46KkyB

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Investment firm White Oak Global Advisors accused Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer lawyers of improperly aiding the CEO of one of its companies and seeks $1 billion in damages. https://t.co/IuggVddEor

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The FDA went through the proper process when it declared Novo Nordisk A/S and Eli Lilly & Co.’s blockbuster diabetes and obesity drugs are no longer in shortage, a federal appeals court ruled. https://t.co/PKAUurRrJl

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Global law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is seeking information about the “deep connections” between New York City officials and science and technology company Radical AI Inc., according to a petition filed in state court. https://t.co/CpirMEJHF5

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The DOL is working to rectify a data leak of workers’ personal health data, while the UAW is navigating a potential end to its federal monitorship. https://t.co/wXVPZxmpfH

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Ford Motor Co. properly won judgment in a case in which a woman said a defect caused airbags in her 2002 Ford Explorer to spontaneously deploy leading her to crash, a federal appeals court said. https://t.co/DzggLwrI1h

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Nike Inc. and Total90 LLC settled the latter’s trademark suit less than three months after the shoe giant thwarted a bid to block it from using a “Total90" soccer gear brand during litigation. https://t.co/gsK911yWZq

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A False Claims Act whistleblower that accused Academy Mortgage Corp. of improperly originating loans insured by a federal agency is now entitled to $5.4 million following an April appeals court ruling, a federal district court said. https://t.co/XjrPT60Vow

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American Airlines Inc. must defend allegations that it infringes six additional patents tied to cloud computing and in-flight internet technology that Intellectual Ventures I LLC tacked onto an existing infringement case. https://t.co/PWIutQjoFL

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Samsung Electronics Co. convinced the Federal Circuit Monday to deny a bid for retrial by a 4G wireless patents owner that’s been locked in a legal battle with the electronics giant for more than a decade. https://t.co/hbxoDDOF5G

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Meta ended a legal fight over social media addiction allegations with 47 states last week in a $17 billion settlement. But thousands of individual plaintiffs in a Los Angeles mass tort had no part in that payout. https://t.co/AbweIc2i3j

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Exelixis Inc. prevented a generic-drug maker from flipping a Delaware district court’s decision to uphold the validity of three patents covering the blockbuster cancer treatment Cabometyx. https://t.co/2L9lVALBPU

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Oregon’s plastics recycling law survived a challenge from a group of wholesale distributors after a federal judge ruled the statute didn’t improperly regulate interstate commerce in violation of the Constitution. https://t.co/LOBy7X0Onf

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Breastfeeding workers are notching early wins in the first court decisions taking up a relatively new law expanding rights to pumping in the workplace. https://t.co/5KChnUVCxZ

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Insurance units of American International Group Inc., Hartford Insurance Group Inc., and other carriers defeated a drug company’s bid to have a Delaware state court apply Pennsylvania law to opioid-related litigation. https://t.co/IuS4lHLwIF

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The California Legislature passed a bill to eliminate the right to file private lawsuits under a provision of the California Invasion of Privacy Act, partly stemming a recent wave of litigation. https://t.co/XBzg1gZK55