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  DC Circ. Keeps Block On Texas AG's Media Matters Probe

  By Ali Sullivan

  A D.C. Circuit panel on Friday upheld an order barring the Texas attorney general from demanding internal record...(read more)

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  High Court Allows Feds To Revoke Immigrant Parole For Now

  By Katie Buehler

  The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Trump administration can revoke Biden-era temporary removal protect...(read more)

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• Split 9th Circ. Won't Unblock Trump's Gov't Overhaul

  By Lauren Berg

  A split Ninth Circuit on Friday refused to lift a California federal judge's preliminary block of President Donald Trump's executive order directing layoffs at federal agencies, handing a win to a coalition of unions, nonprofits and cities that argue the order exceeded the president's authority.

• 'Humongous' Apple Must Face Boosted 186M Antitrust Class

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A California federal judge on Friday granted App Store users' request to amend their class definition in a years-long antitrust fight against Apple, rejecting Apple's argument that the changes unfairly add millions of new members and noting that the 185.9 million-member class stems from the fact Apple is "humongous."

• Meta Looks To Nix FTC's Lead Econ Expert After Antitrust Trial

  By Lauren Berg

  Meta Platforms asked a D.C. federal judge Friday to strike testimony the Federal Trade Commission's lead economics expert gave during a bench trial in the antitrust case over Meta's purchase of Instagram and WhatsApp, saying the "biased witness" — a New York University School of Law professor — "advocated" for the case.

• Taylor Swift Says She Bought Masters Of Her First Albums

  By Adam Lidgett

  Taylor Swift said Friday she is now the owner of the master recordings of all her music, after a years-long public dispute with music industry executive Scooter Braun that led her to re-record four of her albums.

• Google Must Turn Over Docs About Potential Ad Tech Breakup

  By Matthew Perlman

  A Virginia federal court granted a request from government agencies on Friday for internal Google LLC reports analyzing a potential breakup of its ad tech business, as the sides ready for a September trial to determine what remedies to impose on Google for monopolizing key ad tech markets.

• Wachtell, Akin Steer EOG On $5.6B Energy Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld are advising EOG Resources Inc. on an agreement to acquire Encino Acquisition Partners from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for $5.6 billion including debt, EOG said on Friday. 

• Generic-Drug Makers Near Exit From Depo-Provera MDL

  By Carolina Bolado

  Attorneys for the plaintiffs in a multidistrict litigation claiming Pfizer Inc. failed to adequately warn patients and doctors about the risk of brain tumors associated with the hormonal contraceptive Depo-Provera told a Florida federal judge that they are close to dismissing claims against three manufacturers of generic versions of the drug.

• Google Nears Class Deal In Privacy Suit Over Recording Users

  By Dorothy Atkins

  Google and a 30 million-strong consumer class have told a California federal judge they've made "substantial progress" in reaching a potential settlement that would "fully and finally" resolve a years-old action alleging Google Assistant-enabled devices surreptitiously recorded conversations to fuel its advertisement business and train machine-learning models.

• Coal Miners Re-Up Bid For $15.2M Wage Deal Approval

  By Emmy Freedman

  Coal miners again asked a Kentucky federal judge Friday to greenlight a $15.2 million deal resolving their unpaid wage suit against several mining companies, presenting a restructured agreement that eliminates collective claims and discusses the degree of similarity among workers in a proposed, nearly 7,000-member settlement class.

• Oklahoma Overrides Veto To Fund Indigenous Missing Cases

  By Joyce Hanson

  The Oklahoma Legislature has voted to override Gov. Kevin Stitt's veto of a bill that would allow state funding to address the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous persons, with the overrides winning overwhelming approval in both the state House and Senate.

• Prosecutors Bet On Diddy's Ex-Workers To Build RICO Case

  By Pete Brush

  Witnesses who worked for Sean "Diddy" Combs and saw his alleged abuses are a crucial component of federal prosecutors' racketeering case against the music icon, legal experts told Law360, as testimony from another anguished former worker came into the high-profile trial on Friday. 

• Saudi Prince Again Ducks Bankruptcy Over $1.2B Debt

  By Eddie Beaver

  A Saudi Arabian prince evaded a bankruptcy petition from telecommunications business over a $1.2 billion arbitration debt, as a London appeals court ruled Friday that the company cannot challenge an earlier finding that its application was invalid.