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For years, Bayer AG has been locked in courtroom combat over Roundup, the weedkiller inherited through its acquisition of Monsanto Co. Now the company is floating what it frames as a long-awaited endgame: a proposed $7.25 billion nationwide settlement designed to quiet both current and future claims that Roundup exposure led to non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The …

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A broad alliance of environmental and public health organisations has moved to block President Donald Trump’s latest climate policy reversal, filing a petition before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. At the heart of the dispute lies the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to scrap the scientific “endangerment finding” — a …

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A coalition of states led by California has marched into federal court, accusing the Trump administration of unlawfully blocking billions of dollars earmarked for clean energy projects. At the center of the dispute is money Congress had already signed off on—funds tied to climate-focused laws such as the Inflation Reduction Act. The lawsuit argues that …

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The legal battle between the British Broadcasting Corporation and Donald Trump has sharpened, with the broadcaster asking a U.S. court to throw out the former—and now again—President’s multibillion-dollar lawsuit over a documentary on the Capitol unrest. In a filing before a federal court in Miami, the BBC said Trump’s complaint fails at the starting line. …

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A federal appeals court has restored the United States military’s prohibition on enlisting individuals living with HIV, siding with the Pentagon’s argument that the policy remains tied to operational realities rather than outdated prejudice. In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court ruling that …

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A federal appeals court has restored the U.S. military’s long-standing policy that bars people living with HIV from enlisting, concluding that the rule remains within the bounds of military judgment despite modern medical advances. In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the government, overturning a …

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A federal courtroom in Manhattan has refused to dim the lights on a sweeping antitrust case targeting Live Nation Entertainment, clearing the stage for what could become one of the most closely watched trials in the live music business. The ruling means the lawsuit—brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, joined by 39 states and …

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In a packed courtroom in Los Angeles, Mark Zuckerberg took the witness stand and pushed back against a central accusation: that Meta Platforms built Instagram with children in mind. The trial, unfolding before a jury in California, zeroes in on claims that Instagram — along with YouTube, owned by Google — harmed a woman who …

Screens, Scrutiny and the Stand: Zuckerberg Faces Tough Questions in Youth Addiction Trial Read More »

A coalition of historians, conservationists and scientists has taken the Trump administration to court, accusing it of systematically stripping national parks and monuments of exhibits and signage dealing with slavery, climate change and Indigenous history. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Boston, names the U.S. Department of the Interior and challenges what the groups …

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Come July 1, 2026, the financial blueprint for becoming a lawyer in the United States will be redrawn. A new federal ceiling will limit loans for professional degree programs to $50,000 per year and $200,000 overall. For thousands of incoming law students, that cap slices straight through long-standing assumptions about how a legal education gets …

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