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  DOJ Seeks To DQ Judge From Perkins Coie's Exec Order Suit

  By Jack Karp

  The U.S. Department of Justice moved Friday to disqualify the D.C. federal judge presiding over Perkins Coie LLP...(read more)

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  Fed. Circ. Backs Actavis' $12M Patent Suit Cost Deduction

  By Anna Scott Farrell

  Drugmaker Actavis can take a $12 million tax deduction for money it spent fending off lawsuits while securing ap...(read more)

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• Up Next At High Court: Non-Delegation & Clean Air Fights

  By Katie Buehler

  The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench Monday to hear arguments in a dispute that could revive a long-dormant separation of powers principle and trigger a regulatory power shift. 

• SEC Crypto Roundtable Puts 'Howey' To The Test

  By Aislinn Keely

  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission brought a dozen cryptocurrency legal experts together on Friday to wrestle with how to define security status for digital assets, and their in-depth discussion left the regulator with more questions or suggestions than agreed-upon definitions.

• Judge Vows To Find Out If Deportation Order Was Violated

  By Jared Foretek

  A D.C. federal judge demanded to know how the Trump administration understood his verbal order that deportation flights headed to El Salvador be turned back last week, vowing to "get to the bottom of" whether his order was violated and what the consequences will be, in a hearing Friday.

• Divisive Del. Corporate Law Bill May Get Compromise Tweak

  By Jeff Montgomery

  A Delaware state representative reported active interest Friday in possible "opt-in" requirements for proposed changes to the section of Delaware's general corporation law pertaining to potentially conflicted business transactions and controlling investors.

• PTAB Judges Told To Get Ready For Layoffs

  By Theresa Schliep

  Administrative judges with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board should prepare themselves for layoffs, according to an email from Chief Administrative Patent Judge Scott Boalick that was shared with Law360.

• Ga. Tort Refom Bill Gets Lawmakers' Final Approval

  By Chart Riggall

  Georgia lawmakers gave final approval Friday to the state's first significant civil justice overhaul legislation in two decades, sending the bill to the desk of its biggest proponent, Gov. Brian Kemp, a day after it cleared the House of Representatives.

• 1st Circ. Affirms Hold On Education Dept. Teacher Grant Cuts

  By Brian Dowling

  The First Circuit on Friday kept in place a Massachusetts federal judge's temporary block on $250 million in cuts to teacher training grants that were targeted by the Department of Education over their ties to diversity initiatives.

• AstraZeneca To Invest $2.5B In China Research Hub

  By Jade Martinez-Pogue

  Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca on Friday announced plans to invest $2.5 billion in Beijing over the next five years to establish a new global strategic research and development center, inking agreements with three biotechs to help develop new treatments and advance life sciences in China.

• Ex-UM Football Coach Charged With Hacking Student Photos

  By Carolyn Muyskens

  A former assistant coach for the University of Michigan football team hacked thousands of students' digital accounts and gained access to intimate photos, according to a 24-count federal indictment filed Thursday.

• Criminal Inaction Can Be Violence, Justices Rule In Mob Case

  By Phillip Bantz

  A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Friday upheld the conviction of an alleged New York mobster who argued he should not have been found guilty of a murder-for-hire scheme because he did not physically participate in the botched hit job.

• High Court Says Misleading Statements To FDIC Not Criminal

  By Sarah Jarvis

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned a Seventh Circuit ruling that upheld the conviction of a former Chicago alderman for making false statements about loans from a defunct bank, clarifying that the federal law in question criminalizes false statements but not those that are merely misleading.

• Idaho Hospital Wins Reprieve From State Abortion Ban

  By Mark Payne

  Idaho's near-total abortion ban "must yield" to a federal requirement that doctors provide emergency abortions for pregnant women facing severe injuries, an Idaho federal judge ruled Thursday.