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"No matter which way the court rules, it seems to me it's going to bear directly on the correct outcome of this controversy," Chief Judge William Pryor said.

U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel on Friday ordered Kellogg Hansen to explain how the firm plans to represent British newspaper Daily Mail in the multidistrict litigation over Google's digital advertising while representing Facebook in a separate antitrust case brought by the Federal Trade Commission. "I'm not accusing anybody of bad faith here," Castel said at the hearing, "but it's an odd lineup."

Meng Wanzhou of the People's Republic of China, age 49, was arrested in Canada and arraigned Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

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The list of law firms announcing mandatory vaccination is growing.

The trial has included testimony about a move in 2015 by Florida billionaire and bioscience investor Phil Frost to buy Elysium, which Elysium executives rejected on the spot.

Ropes & Gray partner Scott McKeown lays out the odds for provisions of Sen. Leahy's forthcoming Reinventing the America Invents Act. Jazz Pharmaceuticals and Avadel Pharmaceuticals are on high alert over narcolepsy drug patents.

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In this week's Legal Speak episode, Shannon Selden, a Debevoise & Plimpton partner and outside counsel for the Center for Reproductive Rights, presents the major legal questions she expects will be raised in upcoming arguments stemming from the U.S. Department of Justice's action seeking to block Texas' SB-8.

"This order grants summary judgment because the plaintiffs' showing of likelihood of confusion—an element of the plaintiffs' infringement claims—is not strong enough to meet the standard that applies to artistic works," U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle ruled in the summary judgment order.

The study focused on college students, not law students, but its findings could be instructive for legal educators as they continue to mull whether and how to continue offering remote education options post-pandemic.

Douglas, known for being part of the court's so-called Gang of Four that declared the state's system of funding public schools unconstitutional, died Thursday.

Judges love to say how independent and nonpartisan they are. But some legal experts say politics is inherently part of their job.

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U.S. District Judge Edward Davila, who emphasized the importance of diversity, said he would appoint a 14-lawyer plaintiff team on Thursday in lawsuits against Google, Apple and Facebook over their casino apps. Edelson partner Rafey Balabanian had reduced the size of the team and made it more diverse.

In an interview with Law.com, Fisher said he was "very pleased" with the U.S. Court of Appeals for Seventh Circuit's ruling from earlier this month allowing several of Indiana's abortion restrictions to remain in effect pending appeal.

A coalition of abortion rights providers and organizations on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to take up their challenge to Texas' six-week abortion ban without waiting for a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Some are calling for a change to the system under which arbitrators are appointed to cases, arguing that "blind appointments" would reduce bias.

Despite a fertile climate for tech adoption and modernization, age-old problems are still holding the industry back from a broader transformation.