Inside a federal courtroom in Maryland, jurors listening to the tax fraud case against prominent Supreme Court advocate Tom Goldstein heard something unusual this week: the defendant’s own words, filtered through a long-form magazine profile, rather than from the journalist who wrote it. That’s because the trial reached a quiet compromise. Instead of calling legal …

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A sprawling legal fight over the opioid crisis has picked up an unexpected second act: a clash between U.S. states and a whistleblower who says he deserves a share of their multibillion-dollar settlement with Walgreens. At the center is T.J. Novak, a pharmacist whose claims helped trigger a major federal case accusing the pharmacy chain …

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A federal jury in Arizona has ordered Uber to pay $8.5 million to a woman who said she was sexually assaulted by her driver as a teenager—an outcome that could ripple far beyond a single case and into thousands more waiting in line. The verdict came from a Phoenix courtroom, where jurors concluded that the …

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A courtroom in Missouri delivered a clean exit for Starbucks this week, tossing out a state-backed lawsuit that accused the coffee giant of disguising discrimination behind its diversity, equity and inclusion commitments. The judge overseeing the case said the argument never cleared its first hurdle: proof. According to the ruling, the state failed to identify …

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Brad Karp’s long reign at one of Wall Street’s most formidable law firms ended abruptly this week, not with a planned handover but with a resignation forced by resurfacing emails and intensifying scrutiny. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison confirmed late Wednesday that Karp had relinquished his role as chairman after internal and external attention …

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The U.S. Senate has approved two senior federal law-enforcement officials for lifetime judicial posts, a move that continues President Donald Trump’s drive to reshape the courts with figures closely aligned to his priorities. In Texas, Nicholas Ganjei—best known for steering an aggressive border crackdown—secured confirmation to a judgeship in the Southern District of the state …

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A federal judge in Kansas has handed down $12,000 in penalties after discovering that court submissions in a patent dispute were padded with quotations and legal citations that simply did not exist — inventions traced back to artificial intelligence. The sanctions stem from filings made on behalf of Lexos Media IP in its patent infringement …

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Fulton County has gone to federal court, challenging the seizure of its 2020 election records and demanding that everything taken in a recent FBI search be returned. County officials are also asking that the affidavit used to justify the warrant be made public. The search took place last week at an election operations facility outside …

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