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  Pa. Judge Halts Election Certification For Mail-In Vote Fight

  By Matthew Santoni

  A Pennsylvania judge on Wednesday ordered the state to temporarily pause further action on certifying its 2020 e...(read more)

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  LGBT Rights, Virus Advice Top Priorities For EEOC's Samuels

  By Anne Cullen

  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Jocelyn Samuels told Law360 in an exclusive interview that ge...(read more)

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• Monsanto, BASF Get $265M Dicamba Verdict Slashed To $75M

  By Hailey Konnath

  A Missouri federal judge on Wednesday cut a punitive damages award that a Missouri farm won against Monsanto and BASF in a bellwether trial over claims the weedkiller dicamba ruined the farm's peach trees from $250 million to $60 million, ruling that the case involved only economic damages as opposed to physical harm.

• Facebook, Twitter Sued Over IP Used To Quash COVID-19 Lies

  By Dave Simpson

  Many of the core functions of Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat, like targeted advertising, notifications and even tools used for flagging fake COVID-19 news, are infringing patents owned by a Xerox subsidiary, the company said Wednesday in three suits filed in California federal court.

• Amazon Nears Win In EBay Fight Over Poaching Top Sellers

  By Dorothy Atkins

  An arbitration panel has awarded Amazon.com a win against eBay's claims the Seattle-based online retail giant and its managers orchestrated a massive campaign to poach top sellers from eBay's online trading platform, according to documents filed in California federal court.

• High Court To Ring In 2021 With More Remote Oral Arguments

  By Hannah Albarazi

  The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments via phone in 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic, with the High Court announcing Wednesday that the justices and counsel will continue to participate remotely in oral arguments scheduled for January.

• US, Smith & Nephew Urge Justices To Overturn Arthrex

  By Dani Kass

  The Federal Circuit misapplied clear U.S. Supreme Court precedent when finding that administrative patent judges weren't constitutionally appointed, the government and medical tech company Smith & Nephew said Wednesday in their opening salvos for the closely watched Arthrex case.

• Up Next At High Court: Census Fight, Child Slavery Claims

  By Jimmy Hoover

  Kicking off its final oral arguments of the year, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday will hear the Trump administration's efforts to exclude unized immigrants from the population count and a bid by Nestlé and Cargill to escape liability for alleged child slavery.

• What To Watch As High Court Takes On Computer Crime Law

  By Ben Kochman

  A computer crime law whose scope has been hotly debated since it was passed in 1984 will be in the limelight Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether a Georgia police officer violated federal law by abusing his access to an online government database. Here's a breakdown of three key questions that may arise and could decide where the court ultimately comes down.

• Facebook's $650M Biometric Privacy Deal Draws 1.5M Users

  By Allison Grande

  More than 1.5 million Illinois Facebook users are seeking to claim a share of a proposed $650 million deal to resolve biometric privacy claims brought against the social media company in California federal court, according to a Wednesday filing by counsel for the parties, who had previously said that roughly 6 million consumers were eligible to participate in the settlement.

• Manhattan DA Takes Manafort Case To NY's Highest Court

  By Stewart Bishop

  Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance is moving forward with appealing the dismissal of state fraud charges against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort to New York's highest court, after two lower courts agreed the indictment should be dismissed on double jeopardy grounds.

• Coronavirus Regulations: A State-By-State Week In Review

  By Jeannie O'Sullivan

  Ahead of the long weekend, when Americans are most known for gathering and traveling, Thanksgiving-minded governors laid down more restrictions as COVID-19 cases continued surging over the past week.

• Trump's Exit Draws Fresh Battle Lines Over Tariff Power

  By Alex Lawson

  Lawmakers tried but failed to mount a meaningful challenge to President Donald Trump's aggressive use of tariffs over the last four years, but his ouster will not necessarily make Congress' goal to claw back more tariff power any easier.

• 'Varsity Blues' Judge Tells Attys To Prep For Trial Or Withdraw

  By Brian Dowling

  Lawyers for parents in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case need to be ready for a trial with adequate precautions or else withdraw from the case, a federal judge in Massachusetts said Wednesday, responding sharply to four defendants' request for a seven-month delay amid the coronavirus pandemic.