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  'Stand Down': CFPB's Acting Chief Pulls Employees Off Job

  By Jon Hill

  The Trump administration's acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Russell Vought told agency staff...(read more)

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  2nd Circ. Orders In-House Counsel Docs In Grand Jury Case

  By Parker Quinlan

  The Second Circuit on Friday ruled that an in-house attorney for a publicly traded company under federal investi...(read more)

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• Trump Pauses Enforcement Of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that puts a "pause" on enforcement of the federal Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, saying the law against U.S. companies bribing foreign officials to win business in other countries has made American companies less competitive.

• BREAKING: DOJ Moves To Drop Eric Adams Bribery Case

  By Rachel Scharf

  The U.S. Department of Justice has moved to drop public corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, an extraordinary development in the wake of a public courtship between the embattled mayor and President Donald Trump.

• Trump Sets Across-The-Board 25% Tariff On Steel, Aluminum

  By Alex Lawson

  President Donald Trump teed up a 25% tariff on all imported steel and aluminum Monday evening, continuing a trend of sweeping, aggressive trade actions that have defined his first three weeks in office.

• Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4B OpenAI Takeover Bid

  By Al Barbarino

  A consortium of investors led by Elon Musk said Monday it has offered to pay $97.375 billion to buy artifical intelligence platform OpenAI, drawing a quick and snarky rejection from Sam Altman, who co-founded the platform with Musk. 

• Harvard Immunity For Body Part Thefts 'Gnaws' At Justice

  By Julie Manganis

  A judge on Massachusetts' highest court said Monday it's "problematic" that a state law could shield Harvard Medical School from liability in a suit by family members of people whose remains were allegedly sold off in parts by a rogue mortician.

• Tesla Seeks Chancery Toss Of Challenge Over Texas Move

  By Jeff Montgomery

  Delaware's chancellor said Monday she would issue a "short" letter reply to calls for dismissal of a stockholder claim that Tesla Inc. failed to secure a required supermajority vote to move its charter to Texas, following arguments that the court recently approved a simple majority vote in a similar case.

• Fighting Cancer Has Impaired Life, Zantac Plaintiff Testifies

  By Lauraann Wood

  One of the men retrying his Zantac cancer claims in Illinois testified Monday that fighting his illness has meant navigating negative side effects and missing the full family life he previously enjoyed.

• Trump Buyout Plan Still On Hold As Unions Cite 'Confusion'

  By Brian Dowling

  A Boston federal judge on Monday extended his hold on President Donald Trump's federal worker buyout program as he weighs a request from unions to block the so-called Fork Directive, which promises months of pay to government employees who resign their posts.

• Lexitas Selling Registered Agent Unit To Dutch Co. For $415M

  By Al Barbarino

  Austin, Texas-based legal services provider Lexitas said Monday that it has agreed to sell its Registered Agent Solutions Inc. unit to Dutch information services company Wolters Kluwer Financial & Corporate Compliance for approximately $415 million in cash.

• DC Judge Won't Stop Shein's Copyright Takedowns On Temu

  By Ali Sullivan

  A D.C. federal judge declined to block fast fashion giant Shein from inundating rival online retailer Temu with copyright takedown requests, finding Temu's claimed injury was economic and thus not irreparable.

• BREAKING: Mass. Judge Temporarily Blocks NIH Funding Cuts

  By Carolyn Muyskens

  A Massachusetts federal judge issued a temporary hold Monday on a Trump administration plan to slash grant funding provided by the National Institutes of Health after twenty-two states sued to block the cuts.

• Investor Urges US Steel To Dump Deal After Trump Comments

  By Al Barbarino

  Activist investor Ancora Holdings Group on Monday urged U.S. Steel to abandon its proposed $14.9 billion merger with Japan's Nippon Steel, stating that the deal has "no chance of being resurrected" in light of statements made by President Donald Trump on Friday.