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New public charge rule expands discretion to deny green cards to immigrants

The Trump administration is reviving a policy that would deny permanent legal status to any immigrant who received federal assistance.

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Jul 21 • 8:50 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
In new video, Mamdani acknowledges he doesn’t have authority to arrest Netanyahu

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said in a new video Tuesday that he does not have the legal authority to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he were to come to New York City.

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Jul 21 • 8:18 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Apple loses bid to overturn $634 million Masimo patent verdict

Apple’s requests to overturn a $634 million patent verdict and secure a new trial in its long-running legal battle with Masimo were denied.

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Jul 21 • 6:19 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5mac.com
Gov. Greg Abbott orders state health agencies to crack down on ‘birth tourism’

Immigration attorneys have expressed concerns the executive order could force health providers to determine the legal status of pregnant women before providing care, potentially endangering their lives and those of their unborn children.

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Jul 21 • 4:51 PM EDT • Health • houstonpublicmedia.org
Nintendo customers have no legal right to tariff refunds, company tells judge

Nintendo says Switch buyers got what they paid for, urges court to dismiss lawsuit.

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Jul 21 • 3:09 PM EDT • Technology • arstechnica.com
FDA’s Review Of Peptides Signals A Growing Public Health Challenge— Separating Science From Hype

A FDA advisory committee will review evidence surrounding peptides. Experts are concerned there is a paucity of evidence to back their approval for legal compounding.

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Jul 21 • 8:23 AM EDT • Health • forbes.com
Illinois cannabis demand grows despite falling prices

The amount of cannabis sold in Illinois rose 9.3% during the first six months of the year, showing demand is still growing six years after the state legalized recreational marijuana use.

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Jul 21 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com
Jose Caballero's "routine'' sparks Yankees-Pirates bench clearer

Pirates' reliever Dennis Santana's overreaction to Jose Caballero's habitual, but legal, stall tactics at the plate led to an eighth inning incident.

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Jul 21 • 12:09 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Nintendo says it has no legal duty to pass its U.S. tariff refunds on to consumers

Nintendo is asking a court to dismiss a proposed class action suit that was filed this past spring by gamers who say the Mario maker is breaking the law if it doesn’t pass on its U.S. tariff refunds to consumers. Those consumers “received exactly what they bargained and paid for” when buying price-hiked Nintendo goods last year, the company said in a filing on Monday in the case of Hoffert et al v. Nintendo. “Plaintiffs are not entitled to a rebate simply because of intervening legal developments related to tariffs.” Nintendo increased the price of Switch 2 controllers and the original Switch last year, following the imposition of globe-spanning U.S. tariffs (tariffs described by Nintendo’s lawyers on Monday as “sweeping” and “constantly changing”). This past February, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the tariffs were illegal. A month later, Nintendo sued the U.S. government to get a refund. And in April, gamers filed the class action claim against Nintendo in Washington, saying it would be illegally double-dipping if it made money from tariff-hiked sales and then from a refund. The gamers sought relief for anyone in the U.S. who bought price-hiked Nintendo items between February 2025 and February 2026. “The common thread among Plaintiffs’ claims is that it is somehow ‘unfair; that Nintendo has not retroactively adjusted its prices for completed sales in response to the outcome of the tariff litigation,” the company’s lawyers wrote in today’s motion to dismiss. “But that is now how commercial transactions work.

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Jul 21 • 12:07 AM EDT • Technology • gamefile.news
Joint operation shuts down illegal business tied to Durham violence

Authorities said the property had linked to a series of violent crimes, including homicides, shootings, aggravated assaults, thefts and weapons violations.

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Jul 20 • 9:54 PM EDT • Business • abc11.com
HeRAMS Ukraine health services across oblasts - Legal entities (April 2026)

Infographic in English on World about Health; published on 22 Jun 2026 by WHO

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Jul 20 • 9:34 PM EDT • Health • reliefweb.int
5 years after sports betting legalization, what does gambling look like in Arizona?

It's been almost five years since sports betting was legalized in Arizona. The money has not slowed down.

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Jul 20 • 7:36 PM EDT • Sports • cronkitenews.azpbs.org
Darline Graham’s Political Views Largely Unknown As She Launches Senate Campaign

Lindsey Graham became his sister’s legal guardian after their parents died when she was 13.

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Jul 20 • 6:20 PM EDT • Politics • forbes.com
Ghana Opposition Politician Jailed 20 Years for Illegal Mining

Ghana has sentenced a senior opposition politician to 20 years in prison after convicting him on charges linked to illegal mining, Joy FM reported.

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Jul 20 • 10:36 AM EDT • Politics • bloomberg.com
Russian anti-war politician ends run for parliament, citing legal setbacks

Boris Nadezhdin has been an outspoken critic of Moscow’s war in Ukraine but had tried ⁠to work within the rules of Russia’s tightly-controlled political system.

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Jul 20 • 7:04 AM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Russian anti-war politician ends run for parliament, citing legal setbacks

Boris Nadezhdin, a Russian anti-war politician who had hoped to stand in parliamentary elections later this ​year, has announced he is ending his role ‌in opposition politics for now, blaming what he said were politically-motivated legal setbacks.

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Jul 20 • 6:38 AM EDT • Politics • reuters.com
Russian anti-war politician ends run for parliament, citing legal setbacks

July 20 (Reuters) - Boris Nadezhdin, a Russian anti-war politician who had hoped to stand in parliamentary elections later this year, has ​announced he is ending his role ‌in opposition politics for now, blaming what he said were politically-motivated ...

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Jul 20 • 6:38 AM EDT • Politics • kfgo.com
Florida politics Re-Cap: Voter data, campaign cash and two lawmakers in court

The week brought major courtroom developments for two state lawmakers, a new fundraising milestone in Florida’s U.S. Senate race & another looming legal fight over the Republican primary for governor.

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Jul 18 • 1:28 PM EDT • Politics • wtxl.com
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What Does the Protect College Sports Act Mean to the Current Status and Virginia Tech?

Congress is poised to update the legal foundations of the NCAA and collegiate sports with the Cruz-Cantwell “Protect College Sports” Act. If and when it passes it means big changes.

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Jul 18 • 12:43 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Trump wants to impose tariffs on Canada in retaliation for wildfire smoke

The White House did not respond to questions about what legal mechanism he would use to impose the tariffs or how the administration would calculate the rate of the levies.

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Jul 17 • 5:03 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
51 suspected illegal slot machines seized in Columbus investigation

State investigators seized or disabled 51 suspected illegal slot machines during searches in Columbus and Westerville, officials said.

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Jul 17 • 1:31 PM EDT • Business • dispatch.com
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Strolling the street with drink in hand could be legalized in 5 Berkeley nightlife area

In “entertainment zones,” you can order booze from a bar and sip it outside places like Berkeley Rep, La Marcha or Chez Panisse.

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Jul 17 • 10:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • berkeleyside.org
Florida's SAVE Act faces legal challenges as federal version stalls

Governor Ron DeSantis signed Florida’s SAVE Act into law on April 1.

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Jul 17 • 9:55 AM EDT • Politics • baynews9.com
In pictures: How forensic science is helping tackle wildlife poaching

Advances in forensic science are disrupting the illegal wildlife trade – and are documented in a new photo series

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Jul 17 • 5:48 AM EDT • Science • positive.news
Illegal substances seized from Van Buren County business

Nashville News, Weather, and Sports

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Jul 17 • 5:42 AM EDT • Business • wkrn.com
Exclusive | Secrets behind Tyler Robinson's lucrative family business revealed — as Utah taxpayers foot $10M legal bills for Charlie Kirk's alleged killer
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Jul 17 • 5:30 AM EDT • Business • nypost.com
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CT Congressman Wants Legal Support For Patients Denied Health Coverage

The act would establish a grant program through the Department of Labor to help law schools set up consumer advocate programs where patients can receive no-cost legal assistance with their insurance claim appeal.

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Jul 17 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • ctnewsjunkie.com
Sports without politics is a fantasy and the World Cup proves it

From ancient Greece to Nazi Germany, sport and politics have long been intertwined. Nevertheless, we still imagine that international sport can be kept above the fray and serve as a neutral arena where nations compete on merit alone. In this article, diplomacy scholar Geoffrey Allen Pigman argues the 2026 FIFA World Cup shows this is a dangerous illusion. When international sport is left entirely to revenue-maximizing private bodies like FIFA, it doesn't escape politics, but rather surrenders to its worst expressions. With the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics fast approaching, the IOC must decide whether to learn that lesson or repeat the same mistakes. The largest and most lucrative FIFA World Cup ever draws toward its climactic conclusion amidst a swirl of controversy. Team members, staff, fans, and spectators have been denied their right to enter the United States to participate, and US President Donald Trump intervened with FIFA boss Gianni Infantino to overturn a referee’s call that Trump believed disadvantaged the US national team. It is a moment to step back and reflect on what the purposes of international sport mega-events like the World Cup, and international sport more broadly, are, and what they should be. Does international sport serve public purposes? Is there a public interest? Or is it primarily a private endeavor organized by commercial enterprises to entertain the global public (and generate profit in the process), which is occasionally used by governments and leaders for raisons d’etat? Central to the idea of sport is the principle of fair play, which in the international context demands that games be free from political interference. However, it is impossible to separate sport from politics, all claims to the contrary notwithstanding. The most positive political use of international sport through the millennia has been to facilitate diplomacy. The use of international sport for diplomatic objectives has existed since at least the time of the ancient Olympic Games, around which was instituted the custom of the Ekecheiria, or Olympic Truce, between participating states to facilitate fair competition and diplomatic achievements by ensuring that participants could travel safely to the Olympiad. In his seminal work On Diplomacy (1987), diplomacy scholar James Der Derian characterized the objectives of diplomacy as overcoming alienation and mediating estrangement between governments and between peoples. One increasingly important diplomatic tool in the technology-infused media environment over the past century has been public diplomacy, under which governments and non-state diplomatic actors (e.g. transnational corporations) communicate to global publics about their international policy objectives and to shape their global brand image. Political scientist Michał Kobierecki, in his important book Sports Diplomacy (2020), views sports diplomacy as falling broadly within the ambit of public diplomacy, as international sport intimately involves the participation of global publics as spectators and consumers of global media. Diplomacy scholar Stuart Murray and this author, in a 2013 article, distinguish between international sport used for diplomatic purposes and international sport-as-diplomacy, which encompasses the range of diplomacy that occurs as teams and competitors, spectators and fans, and government officials all converge for international sporting events like the Olympic Games and FIFA World Cup. Diplomacy scholar H.E. Chehabi, in a 2001 article on US-Iran sports diplomacy, describes the interaction between spectators and fans at international sporting events as “people-to-people diplomacy,” in which relationships develop independently of governments and their objectives. Diplomacy by the aforementioned definitions is often unsuccessful. Moreover, all too often the tools of diplomacy may be employed by governments and other actors to thwart or oppose the objectives of diplomacy as characterized by Der Derian. Governments routinely use the tools of public diplomacy to disseminate propaganda, spreading misinformation in the attempt to deceive global publics about their objectives and to create misleading impressions about their brand identity. Within sports diplomacy, the term “sportswashing” has been coined recently to describe how governments invest in and promote international sport to create positive global public impressions of their nations and, in doing so, to distract the global public from their deficient records in areas such as human rights and democratic governance. Murray, in his 2018 book Sports Diplomacy: Origins, Theory and Practice, introduces the concept of sports anti-diplomacy, wherein governments intentionally use international sport to advance aggressive and nationalistic objectives. Obvious historical examples include Hitler’s use of the 1936 Berlin Olympics to glorify his Third Reich and the 1969 El Salvador-Honduras football “war.” SUGGESTED READING The beautiful game made ugly By Emily Ryall FIFA argues that it is and seeks to be apolitical in its stewardship of international Association Football (soccer). FIFA policies governing bids to host the World Cup require uninhibited and non-discriminatory access for players, team staff, and spectators of all participating countries to host nations and venues. It became clear soon after Trump returned to power in the United States in January 2025 that Trump’s political intentions and objectives to limit non-US citizens from living and working in the United States and, in numerous cases, even visiting the country, would collide with FIFA’s host nation policies. Beginning soon after the start of the second Trump administration, US federal authorities imposed restrictions on entry to the United States of citizens of between 20 and 40 countries for any purpose, with only limited exceptions. Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began arresting non-US citizens in the United States, including persons with and without legal status, holding them in jails, concentration camps, and other detention facilities until they were deported to their home or third countries, where they faced substantive risks to their personal safety. FIFA boss Gianni Infantino, in an effort to ensure the most successful and lucrative World Cup in history, engaged diplomatically with President Trump in an attempt to facilitate entry to the US for World Cup participants. Infantino did all in his power to ingratiate himself with Trump, to the extent of creating a FIFA “Peace Prize,” which he awarded to Trump in December 2025 at a ceremony in the then Trump-controlled John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on the occasion of the World Cup draw. The prize was an ersatz consolation for someone who aspired in vain to win the rather more prestigious and well-known Nobel Peace Prize. And in the run-up to the World Cup, conditions became worse. In February 2026, Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched a war of aggression against Iran, illegal under international law, under the false pretence that Iran’s government was preparing to attack the United States and Israel. During the US aerial bombardment of Iran, US planes bombed Azadi Stadium, the facility where Iran’s national football team trained. As the 2026 FIFA World Cup began, it was clear that Infantino’s efforts had been for naught: the Trump administration would not adhere to FIFA policies governing access to World Cup host nations. World Cup referee Omar Artan, a citizen of Somalia, was denied a US visa to enter the United States to participate in the World Cup. Trump’s government only granted US visas to Iran’s football team ten days before they were scheduled to arrive for the tournament. Numerous members of the support staff for Iran’s team were denied US visas. Iran’s team, which had been scheduled to train in Arizona, was directed to shift its training site to Tijuana, Mexico, notwithstanding that all three of their group stage matches took place at US venues. The US Department of Homeland Security only permitted the Iranian team to enter the US on the day before each scheduled match and then to return to Mexico immediately after playing. Members of Iraq’s and Switzerland’s football teams were delayed for hours by US officials at the US border, and an Iraqi team photographer was refused entry. Spectators and fans from Haïti and Iran were denied entry to the United States altogether. A large number of fans from a range of countries had their applications for US visas rejected. There were multiple off-ramps through which participants could have avoided the negative consequences of Trump’s decisions for the 2026 World Cup. Once it was clear that the Trump government intended to violate the established expectations for World Cup hosts, FIFA could have shifted the matches scheduled to take place in the United States to Mexico and Canada. The three nations were already designated as co-hosts, and host cities and venues had been selected. Once it was clear that FIFA, governed by FIFA boss Gianni Infantino’s dependent and dysfunctional relationship with Trump, would never consider this option on its own, it fell to the national football federations to act. The national federations, particularly some combination of federations of the leading contenders (France, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Morocco, England, Germany, etc.), could have refused to participate under the US-imposed conditions or, at the least, demanded an ironclad agreement with the Trump government that FIFA policies on access would be respected. ___ International sport is inextricably entangled with diplomacy of different sorts, for good or ill, it cannot be considered to be in the purely private realm and left to revenue-maximizing private actors. ___ Why did neither FIFA nor the national football federations act to protect the interests of players, team staff, referees, fans, and spectators? In essence, the relentless engines of capitalism prevailed over norm observance, ethics, and fair play. The revenue interests of FIFA, sponsors, global media, and host cities won out. FIFA’s managers viewed hosting another World Cup principally in the United States as a veritable pot of gold for FIFA and its collaborators. FIFA has estimated its own revenue over the 2023-26 budget cycle, which includes the 2026 World Cup, at $13 billion, revised up from an initial projection of $11 billion, and 72% higher than the previous revenue cycle. Of that total, FIFA is estimated to have generated $8.9 billion from the Cup itself in revenue from TV rights ($3.92 billion), sponsorships ($2.69 billion), ticket sales ($3.1 billion), licensing rights, and other sources. A joint study by FIFA and the World Trade Organization estimates that the World Cup will contribute over $40 billion to global GDP, including nearly $14 billion in direct visitor spending in the three host countries (but principally in the United States, which hosted the lion’s share of the matches). The FIFA World Cup is now reportedly “the single most lucrative recurring commercial property in global sport.” And yet, notwithstanding the Trump government’s uses of the World Cup for sports anti-diplomacy, and the climate of anxiety that this created for participants and spectators, diplomacy that did not depend upon governments was able to thrive at the World Cup. Examples of successful people-to-people diplomacy were legion, as citizens of towns and cities across the States, as well as in Mexico and Canada, welcomed team members, their families and supporters, to training sites across North America. Fans of different teams joined together in person in stadiums for matches, at watch parties and bars, and at welcome events sponsored by host cities. The joy and camaraderie shared between the citizenry of Boston and Scotland’s “Tartan Army” of fans is but one example of how the “Beautiful Game” brings people together. Friendships forged across continents are likely to endure well beyond the Cup final. Even those achievements cannot be seen as unalloyed, however. As South African football fan Byron Pillay commented to Al Jazeera, “Football is called the Beautiful Game for a reason, for its ability to unite people. But it’s hard to believe in that magic with the politics and war rhetoric off the field of play, especially when one of the tournament hosts is central to that.” Ultimately, the experience of the 2026 FIFA World Cup illustrates that, as international sport is inextricably entangled with diplomacy of different sorts, for good or ill, it cannot be considered to be in the purely private realm and left to revenue-maximizing private actors. As long as there is the possibility of diplomatic progress in mediating estrangement between governments or between peoples, there is a broad and overarching public interest in international sport. Likewise, as it would be difficult to put on an international sport mega-event without international sporting organizations like FIFA and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), global media firms, and companies purchasing sponsorships, public and private interests in international sport must coexist, most likely somewhere on a shifting spectrum between partnership and rivalry or cross purposes. As the World Cup wraps up, the IOC needs to consider its lessons before the scheduled 2028 Los Angeles Olympics if they want to avoid a media-hyped Trump version of the 1936 Berlin Olympiad. The IOC and the National Olympic Committees need to set conditions on and make demands of Trump’s government with clearly articulated consequences for non-compliance, up to and including cancellation of the Games. Time is running out for the IOC, as unlike with the FIFA World Cup, there is no at-the-ready alternate venue for Los Angeles.

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Jul 16 • 8:00 PM EDT • Politics • iai.tv
Election officials in Arizona's largest county agree on how to oversee vote, ending legal battle

Republican Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap sued the predominantly GOP board of supervisors in June 2025, alleging it illegally took control of certain aspects of election administration. The board called the lawsuit frivolous and said Heap was wasting taxpayer money.

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Jul 16 • 6:54 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
‘It’s not really about sports’: One parent on ending lawsuit against NH’s trans student athlete ban

Sara Tirrell, the mother of one of the teenagers who dropped her legal challenge against the state, spoke with NHPR about the decision and what the last two years have been like for her family.

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Jul 16 • 4:01 PM EDT • Sports • nhpr.org
Sports law expert examines the legal fallout of the Brendan Sorsby sports betting controversy

Sports law expert Michael McCann breaks down the Brendan Sorsby gambling saga and what it may mean for the NCAA.

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Jul 16 • 8:46 AM EDT • Sports • hls.harvard.edu
Reese Witherspoon gushes about reunion with ‘Legally Blonde’ and ‘Freeway’ costar Alanna Ubach: ‘She’s my girl’

Reese Witherspoon couldn’t stop talking about her love for ‘Legally Blonde’ and ‘Freeway’ costar Alanna Ubach as she promoted their new show ‘Lucky.’

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Jul 16 • 1:05 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Google and Epic Abandon Settlement, Clearing the Way for Rival Android App Stores

Google and Epic Games this week withdrew their joint settlement agreement after it became clear the court was unlikely to allow it. With the settlement out, Google is bound by a permanent injunction issued in October 2024 requiring it to allow alternative app stores on Android devices. In a court filing [PDF], Google said that it plans to begin supporting alternative app stores on July 22. In a statement to The Verge, Google said it decided to withdraw the motion to avoid a prolonged legal fight.

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The States Try to Topple WarnerMount…Thus Begins the Local Antitrust Era

(Welcome to the “Most Important Story of the Week”, my bi-weekly strategy column analyzing the most important (but often not buzziest) news story of the last two weeks. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. Please subscribe.) Well, it looks like it’s time for another strategy column. Can I finally avoid writing about M&A? No, it seems I cannot. Admittedly, I’m a week early with this column, since I usually put it out every other week. But this news couldn’t wait. This will make three “Most Important Stories” in a row with a merger or acquisition as its centerpiece. First, Roku-Fox (an acquisition), then Comcast-NBCUniversal (a divestment!), and now the State AGs and the WGA’s lawsuits against Paramount’s pursuit of Warner Bros. Discovery (antitrust). M&A is usually the “most important” topic any given week, simply because a giant company merging or breaking up (or preventing those outcomes) can have the biggest impact on the streaming board. If you think about these companies as players in a game, changing the number of players is one of the biggest changes you can make. I shouldn’t really complain, either, since this lawsuit is very good news for customers and suppliers (econ speak for talent, workers and indie studios in Hollywood). So let me answer some questions about this potential trial, along with (shudder) making some heavily caveated predictions. I’ll also look at whether Hollywood must consolidate, whether or not the states can win, trouble at X-Box, Netflix’s YouTube binge, and more. Plus, I have five images that visualize this merger and the harm, including three brand new data looks you’ve never seen before. Subscribe Most Important Story of the Week - Can The States and the WGA Stop Hollywood’s Consolidation (Crisis)? If every other newsletter and news outlet is writing about the same story, I try to avoid writing about it as well, but I can’t ignore a story this consequential. The story of the last year was the fate of Warner Bros. Discovery, and this development potentially extends that saga into 2027. As I tried to figure out my angle, I realized, like my last column, I’m again faced with a series of questions. These questions, though, are much more forward-looking. Will the states win? Will the WGA win? If so, what happens to Warner Bros. Discovery? Either way, will this chill the market for future mergers? So you know what that means: predictions. About the future, no less, the hardest thing to predict.1 Just remember: nothing here comes with a guarantee. And the more confident someone is in their predictions, the less you should trust them. This situation is incredibly fluid, nuanced, uncertain and tenuous. So let’s try to explain what may happen. Question: Why File this Lawsuit? I’ll admit, a few months back, I was fairly pessimistic about the fate of this lawsuit. Rumors had started bubbling up that the state Attorneys General (in particular California) wanted to settle with either some minor divestments (usually CNN) or behavioral remedies. And that tracked for me: the states usually settle lawsuits, like the recent John Deere right-to-repair suit. Yet, they plan to fight this. (As they did the LiveNation-Ticketmaster monopolization trial and the Nexstar-Tegna merger.) Honestly, that also makes a ton of sense. Frankly, this move is just good politics for these State AGs. Most are still running for higher and higher office in blue states—some folks have emphasized that only Democratic AGs joined this suit, but given the Ellison/Trump ties, and fears of retribution, that tracks—and a high profile case like this will help them move up the electoral ladder, especially since Paramount and its leadership (the Ellisons, father and heir) have sided with the other side of the political aisle. That makes them unsympathetic to Democratic voters and Hollywood workers in particular. Why did this lawsuit happen? In addition to the very real concerns about industry consolidation, this is why. That said, I don’t think we would have seen this lawsuit for Netflix and Warner Bros., simply because they’re more sympathetic and aligned with Democrats. But those consolidation concerns are real. The “town”—meaning Hollywood and such—really is seeing the damage of mergers on this industry. That’s why the WGA also filed its own lawsuit in defense of workers as well. (Wildcard: What about Europe? Will they try to stop the deal, too? There have been some rumors out of the UK they may try to fight the deal, and UK enforcers just stopped a Getty Images-Shutterstock tie up, so there is precedence. This argument could go either way, though. On one hand, the EU doesn’t need to step in, cause they states are handling it. On the other hand, this could make the EU’s case easier. Just imagine if both sides coordinated. I’ll simply say, “We’ll see!”) Question: Will The State AGs or the WGA Win? Can the state AGs play David to Paramount-Skydance’s Goliath here? That’s really the whole thing, isn’t it? If you know this result, you could make a lot of money. When things are uncertain, it’s tempting to shrug and say, “Eh” meaning it’s a 50/50 proposition. I wouldn’t, though. When in doubt, you should expect that the merging parties succeed. AT&T did successfully buy Warner Bros., after all, and Disney bought Fox without any challenges. Many judges are extremely sympathetic to mergers, and I’d bet the state AGs get a judge who will allow the merger. (Even Obama-appointed judges often allow mergers.) As I understand it, we’ll see two main attacks. First, theatrical films. The AGs are arguing that, when it comes to share of box office and the number of both “wide releases” and blockbuster (or “tentpole”) films, the merging parties will have over 27% market share. Now, the Supreme Court once ruled from on high that any merger that exceeds 30% is presumptively illegal, but that’s guidance, not an ironclad bar. Still, the states will have to argue that this is close to having too much power, and with that power, this will likely further worsen the theater/studio splits in particular. Indeed, as Matthew Stoller pointed out, “just five studios are responsible for 95% of all blockbusters; if this merger goes through, then Paramount and Disney will control 60% of that.” So yes, movie studios will be very concentrated after this merger. Want me to visualize some of that? Well, here’s the share of films that grossed over $200 million at the domestic box office since 2022. (Note: this isn’t all films released in over 3,000 screens, but it is a good look at market power.) First, here are the 43 films by studio: Notice all the blue (Disney), orange (Universal), and purple (Warner Bros)? Yeah, those studios are powerful, and this combines Paramount with one of them. Here’s the look by studio and share of the films that grossed over $200 million: Now, if you look at that and also think, “Huh, should we break up Disney?” I’m with you. I’ve seen some folks poo-poo this idea that this is a real category, but it is! For an upcoming article, I’ve been pulling data on the share of top 100 films at the box office as a share of total box office, and it’s massive. Here’s the chart: (This analysis looks at The-Number’s top 100 films and total domestic box office each year.) To be clear, tentpoles make up 80.7% of the box office each year, so I do think it’s a genuine market. (To be clear, films grossing over $50 million make up 80% of the domestic box office, and films grossing over $100 million make up 64.1%.) I mean, the top 100 films at the box office make up 95% of each year’s grosses. Worse, the combined studios will likely cut output to flex that market power. Everyone can just look at what happened to Disney and Fox to see the precedent. (With fewer films, the remaining theaters have to give more for those few films that remain.) Here’s an image I’ve used a lot, the share of wide-release films from Disney and Fox over time: The AGs will also argue that this consolidation will also impact the cable industry. In this case, the consolidation is actually worse, but that environment is…complicated. Paramount will argue that the cable industry is shrinking. That said, predictions that cable will “go to zero” also don’t look very well supported by the data, as the declines are shrinking, meaning “cable” or “vMVPDs” will likely stabilize at some point. Can the state Attorneys General win on those two main arguments? I honestly don’t know. Again, I’d bet no, since history in general supports that, but it depends on the judge/jury and how they interpret the arguments. Notably, Paramount won’t face accusations about monopoly power in other areas, like streaming, news, sports rights, or vertical integration. I tend to disagree with leaving out sports rights, but I also see the appeal for a simpler case. The states also aren’t really pushing novel theories about labor harm either, which should help. (By the way, Sean McNulty at The Ankler wrote a great run through of potential options, and Capitol Forum also wrote a great paper on theatrical consolidation. Both these pieces predated the lawsuit. Matthew Stoller is also out with his analysis of the pros and cons of the case too.) In some ways, the WGA’s case is even stronger. Quoting Sean McNulty’s summary: “The WGA is citing WARNAMOUNT as crossing a 30% market share in multiple sectors, a number that the Supreme Court has precedent for deeming “presumptively anticompetitive” in a market. According to the WGA numbers, WARNAMOUNT would have represented: - 35% of film writing jobs between 2021 and 2024 - 36% of TV writing projects between 2022 and 2025 - 38% of overall deals between 2021 and 2024” Notably, antitrust enforcers did win recently in the Penguin-Simon & Schuster merger by focusing on labor impact, so don’t count this thinking out. (Wildcard: Will the states try to get a jury trial? Most likely no, they’ll let a judge handle it. If I’m them, though, I’d try to put this in front of a jury. Juries tend to understand monopoly power in a more realistic way than judges faced with legions of economists.) Question: What if They Win? What if They Lose?

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Amid hardware legal battle, OpenAI releases a $230 keyboard for Codex

OpenAI, which is in the middle of a legal battle with Apple over hardware trade theft allegations, just released a light-up keyboard designed to be paired with its agentic coding app.

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Federal agency intervenes in Michigan's legal fight over Kalshi sports contracts

A federal board charged with overseeing futures trading is barring a popular prediction market from implementing a new rule after being ordered to cease sports betting operations in the state.

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What to watch as Apple, OpenAI face off over trade secret claims

A lawyer says a lawsuit between OpenAI and Apple over trade secret theft could set the stage for a legal battle that may reshape tech industry norms.

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Strait of Hormuz remains 'de facto closed', no matter what the US says: Expert

Lars Jensen, CEO of Vespucci Maritime, says the economics and legalities of President Trump's proposed toll on the Strait of Hormuz made his U-turn on this inevitable. He also explains why he believes the Strait remains de fact closed despite U.S. assertions on the contrary, noting that freight rates and insurance premiums have surged on Trump's latest comments.

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Fire code dispute pits Bear Lake business against fire district

ST. CHARLES – An Idaho watercraft rental company near Bear Lake is engaged in ongoing legal proceedings with the area’s fire district over what fueling practices are allowed under fire code. The dispute is between North Beach Rentals, which operates in both Idaho and Utah, and the Bear Lake County Fire District. After negotiations between […]

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FTO designation exposes compliance gaps in Brazil’s entertainment sector

Following a domestic money-laundering probe that linked funk artists to Brazilian criminal groups and the subsequent US designation of two cartels as terrorist organisations, Brazilian legal practitioners tell Latin Lawyer they are updating sanctions-screening systems for entertainment-industry clients, reassessing their own onboarding processes for artists and producers and reaching out to Mexican peers for guidance on managing the fallout.

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Will UK Affordability Checks and Prediction-Market Scrutiny Change Flutter Entertainment's (FLUT) Regulatory Risk Narrative?

In recent days, UK gambling bosses, including Flutter Entertainment via the Betting and Gaming Council, have been weighing legal action against the Gambling Commission’s plan to introduce affordability checks for online customers spending over £1,000 within 24 hours, arguing the rules rely on weak evidence and could push bettors toward less regulated operators. At the same time, investor Michael Burry’s interest in Flutter, partly based on expectations that prediction markets may face...

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'This is not normal': AOC unloads on McConnell's prolonged absence

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez questions whether Mitch McConnell's months-long Senate absence is legal, while GOP senators insist he'll return for key votes.

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From NBA Summer League back to college basketball? NCAA coaches bracing for more roster chaos

As the NCAA's new age-based eligibility rule comes under legal attacks, some agents see a pathway from the NBA back to college

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Flutter Entertainment (FLUT) Faces Fresh Regulatory Focus, Is It Still 31% Below Fair Value?

Flutter Entertainment (NYSE:FLUT) is back in focus after two separate regulatory storylines put sports betting on investors’ radar, including a potential UK legal challenge to new affordability checks and fresh interest from investor Michael Burry. See our latest analysis for Flutter Entertainment. After a difficult stretch in which the year to date share price return is down 48.5% and the 1 year total shareholder return declined 61.91%, Flutter Entertainment has recently shown improving...

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Fender escalates Stratocaster copyright fight, taking aim at Yamaha

Fender, the ​U.S. maker of the iconic Stratocaster electric guitar played by Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, has widened ‌its legal campaign to defend the guitar's design with a notice letter sent to Yamaha , the Japanese company told Reuters.

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OpenAI’s IPO Conundrum | AI & Business for July 14

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Thomson Reuters to Sell Stake in Legal, Tax Business to KKR

Thomson Reuters Corp. agreed to sell a 51% stake in its legal and tax publishing business to investment firm KKR & Co. in a $500 million deal.

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They harvest the nation’s food, but a new rule may strip them of health insurance

Seasonal work. Inconsistent hours. Frequent moves. Cash payments and informal jobs. For farmworkers who rely on Medicaid, these common employment patterns could put their health coverage at risk. It’s a heightened concern for the estimated million-plus farmworkers who are U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents, as new work requirements kick in for the federal-state healthcare […]

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Family seeks answers months after Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, 1 of dozens nationwide

While some ICE detainees have since been deported, or after legal fights returned home to Chicago, one man will never return home.

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Trump’s Cease-Fire Effectively Collapses as He Vows to Restart Blockade and Tolls

After several days of strikes, the president notified Congress that fighting had begun again and announced shipping fees that his administration previously deemed illegal.

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Asheville wellness business owner accused of illegally prescribing GLP-1 drug

The owner of an Asheville wellness business is facing 10 felony charges after investigators accused her of diagnosing clients without a medical license in N.C.

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Insurance company costs, mandate questioned

If you truly believe that your current insurance company has acted illegally, you can contact the Nevada Insurance Division.

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Pesticide makers stack wins against US environmental, public health groups

The U.S. Supreme Court handed a major legal victory to German agrichemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer last month when it reined in thousands of lawsuits accusing the German company of failing to warn users that glyphosate, the active ingredient in its Roundup weedkiller, causes cancer.

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India seeks to quash Adani airport's nicotine pouch court challenge citing illegality, health risk

The Indian government has argued the airport ​sale of nicotine pouches is a "substantive violation" of drug laws and a "serious public health risk", seeking to throw out Adani ‌Group's bid to overturn an official finding that it broke the law by selling the unlicensed products at Mumbai's airport.

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They harvest the nation’s food, but a new rule may strip them of health insurance

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The future of British politics

UK politics will be reshaped by identity, demographics, legal paralysis and fiscal strain, shifting voters into nationalist, cosmopolitan and liberal blocs.

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How Small Actions Can Build Health and Happiness - New York State Bar Association

There's a myth in the legal profession that success and personal well-being are a trade-off and that to build a thriving practice you have to sacrifice everything else. Attorney Jennifer Gillman knows this tension firsthand. Before building her own legal recruiting and strategy business, she was an AMLaw 100 lawyer working crazy hours that left

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Bellingham business owner facing felonies in alcohol trafficking case. What to know

Brandon Bates is accused of illegally purchasing and reselling alcohol belonging to an Issaquah brewery that he previously co-owned.

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They're Building Half A Bridge to Save Science...

Today’s post is about science: what you can do now to protect it from unprecedented threats, and how your action is the first half of a long-term program that Congress must take up next. Let me start with describing the embryonic state of science advocacy. There are many well-meaning organizations: the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Research!America, and subject-specific organizations such as the Society for Neuroscience and the American Physical Society. Their general approach is to emphasize the common good: the remarkable value that science and innovation have provided to all Americans. However, these organizations are offering an incomplete solution. Before I start, a preliminary: If you already know about the threat, go ahead and weigh in with OMB at this link. Ideas about what to say come from Research!America and the American Physical Society. You have until Monday, July 13 at 11:59pm Eastern. Then come back here and read the rest of this post. Finally, get in touch with whoever is likely to be your next member of Congress in 2027. The threat: An end to merit-based science… The onslaught of attacks on science is accelerating. It’s not just cuts to grants, which was the last battle. That battle is not done yet, but there is a new and worse threat. Now comes a proposed public rule from the Office of Management and Budget. The rule would take decision-making power over grants away from experts and put it into the hands of political appointees. Former NIH official Elizabeth Ginexi wrote an excellent summary of what OMB is trying to do, which is codify the executive branch’s ability to award or terminate grants, for arbitrary cause or no stated cause. Since World War II, a necessary step in scientific grant-making has been consideration of scientific merit. This approach has made America into a dominant scientific superpower, the envy of the world. Of course, political considerations do come into the mix. The proposed rule tilts the balance dramatically away from merit. …but why? Many people have difficulty comprehending why Russell Vought and OMB would want to damage science in this way. If you’re a working scientist, you are likely to be particularly uncomprehending. Who would hurt an activity so self-evidently good? The answer is: this is part of the program to replace the rule of law with a personalist regime. OMB Director Russell Vought, a Christian nationalist, would like to implement what legal scholars call a “unitary executive,” and what I would call a dictatorship. Or if you like, a personalist authoritarian regime. I am a working scientist. This rule will debilitate my research. It may chill the speech of scientists for speaking freely in the public sphere. It is a form of personalizing power and decision-making within the executive branch. In short, it sacrifices science in the service of tyranny. To Russell Vought, a decrease in the quality of science might be an acceptable cost. He might even consider it an added benefit to weaken a pillar of soft U.S. power based on knowledge and skepticism. The professional societies are building half a bridge The nonprofits are asking you to make public comment. Public comment is like building the first half of a bridge. Before implementation, OMB is compelled by law to have a period of public comment. Rules have to be consistent with the law and the Constitution. They express the federal government’s stance toward how those laws will be implemented. When a presidential administration works in good faith, these public comments are used to inform their eventual action, and sometimes mitigate it. The comment period reflects our First Amendment right to petition our government. The executive branch is then supposed to take those comments into account - completing the bridge between us, the people, and our government. Project 2025 seeks to take away the second half of the bridge. We have to replace it. The first half of the bridge Organizations like AAAS, Research!America, and SfN are partly right. You should certainly comment. Their core model is earnest: if enough of us make noise, then we will achieve change. This idealistic point of view is offered in good faith. That point of view is also currently bullshit. The fundamental reason is that the federal rulemaking process has two parts: There has to be a period of public comment. OMB makes the final rule…but is free to disregard public comment. Oops. That’s a loophole. However, not all is lost. Congress can complete the bridge Congress has enormous power. That power suggests a roadmap for how to proceed. This lawless administration is still going to issue that rule. Nonetheless, your comments still play an essential role. Here are two steps you can take. Step 1: Send your comment to your Representative and Senator. Whether they are Democrats or Republicans, many of them support science. Whatever you wrote as public comment in the Federal Register, also send it to your member of Congress. You can include information about jobs in your district or state by looking at Joshua Weitz’s ScienceMatters interactive map. Call the U.S. Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and give your town, zip code, or state, then deliver your message. Step 2: Politicize the hell out of science. You heard me, politicize it as an issue. We hear a lot from the old scientific establishment about science being nonpartisan. This is obsolete, sentimental thinking. Under normal conditions, it was true. But we can no longer make that assumption. We can keep on pretending, but we’re putting science at risk. There is a way forward. Rules are subordinate to the law…and Congress makes laws. Therefore Congress can step in. In this fall’s election, it is likely that Democrats will retake the House of Representatives. That puts at least one chamber of Congress in the hands of Democrats. They are far more inclined than the current Congress to investigate and legislate. This opens a path to undoing the damage. It also creates a permission structure for pro-science Republicans to find a way back from the brink. We have to encourage them. In the House, every district is up every two years. In your district, contact both of the major party candidates. If your state has a Senate race, contact those candidates too. Specifically mention the proposed OMB rule. Ask for two things: For this year’s appropriations process in August and September, ask that amendments be added to stop the implementation of the new rule. Those amendments should support peer-reviewed science and stop political interference. Looking ahead to next year, ask the Congressman/Congresswoman/Senator to work to hold hearings in 2027 on the importance and benefits of peer-reviewed science for health and prosperity. What hearings and amendments will accomplish Congress can use its investigatory power to summon heads of agencies and the director of the OMB. That will allow fact-finding regarding the consequences of this rule. Congress can override the rule through the appropriations process. They can write into statute a requirement to follow peer review and best scientific practices. In this way, Congress can stop the attacks on science. Postscript: Moving forward Now I have a request for you, to help me. As many of you know, I ran for Congress in order to save democracy and science. Although I did not win, that battle continues by other means. I met and heard from thousands of supporters both here in New Jersey and nationally. I learned that pro-science, pro-democracy activists have the potential to become a much greater force. In the weeks and months ahead, I will be building ways to harness that energy. I will be announcing those plans soon. In the meantime, an important step is to wind down the Congressional campaign, which has a few remaining bills to pay. Please help me retire that last debt.

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Brady Street business owners call for unity, more police presence amid summer crime surge

Brady Street business owners are pushing for collaboration and more police after a summer of shootings, fights, and illegal fireworks in Milwaukee.

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Microsoft loses lawsuit after blocking hacked Xbox account with digital games

One gamer took extreme measures to restore access to his compromised Xbox account. The Brazilian user filed a lawsuit against Microsoft after it refused to unfreeze his digital library. A court ruled in the plaintiff’s favor, and the decline of physical games could lead to more legal challenges.

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15 states sue Trump administration to block school mental health funding cuts

Fifteen states on Friday sued the Trump administration to prevent millions of dollars in cuts to school-based mental health funding. The new lawsuit is part of an ongoing legal battle between Democratic-led states and the U.S. Department of Education over a mental health grant program that Congress established following the 2018 school shooting at Marjory […]

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What's next for immigrants with TPS status after Supreme Court ruling?

The legal status of nearly 1.3 million immigrants facing war or environmental disasters in their home countries is up in the air following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. In a 6-3 decision, the high court ruled last month that the Homeland Security secretary’s decision to grant, extend or terminate a country’s TPS designation, which lets people from eligible countries legally live and work in the U.S. for periods

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Virginia cannabis budget language triggers legal confusion, political fallout

Virginia’s decision to revive legal cannabis sales through the state budget instead of standalone legislation has triggered several days of confusion over the commonwealth’s marijuana laws, with lawmakers, local prosecutors, Virginia State Police and legislative officials offering differing interpretations of when key provisions take effect. Much of the confusion focused on two issues: whether Virginia’s long-delayed retail cannabis market had accidentally been moved up by a year and whether existing criminal penalties for marijuana possession and distribution involving people younger than 21 were still enforceable.

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Illumina names new commercial, legal chiefs as sequencing business shows signs of stability

Illumina has filled two key C-sui | Illumina has filled two key C-suite posts, naming Mike Sullivan as chief commercial officer and Julie Coletti as chief legal officer as the DNA sequencing giant works to keep its turnaround on track after years of regulatory, geopolitical and investor turbulence.

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Kroenke Sports & Entertainment Partners with Summize to Transform Contract Operations Across its Global Portfolio

Summize, the AI-powered contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform purpose-built for in-house legal teams, today announced a partnership with Kroenke Sport...

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CMS Approach to Work Reporting Requirement Won’t Work for People with Substance Use Disorders or Mental Health Conditions

By Deborah Steinberg, Senior Health Policy Attorney, Legal Action Center A few weeks ago, CCF explained how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a new interim final rule with comment period (IFR) that went far beyond its authority to implement the new work reporting requirements. H.R. 1 – the budget reconciliation law […]

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Argentina faces FBI investigation amid World Cup run

Led by international superstar Lionel Messi, the Argentinian soccer team has reached the quarterfinal of the 2026 FIFA World Cup as it looks to defend its 2022 World Cup title. However, in addition to the challenge on the field, it sounds like the team is going to have to contend with a legal battle. As…

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Transgender student athletes end legal fight over N.H.’s girls’ sports law after recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling

Student athletes withdraw lawsuit against New Hampshire law barring transgender girls from participating in girls' school sports after Supreme Court ruling.

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Judges deny request to return Trump's name to Kennedy Center pending an appeal

A three-judge panel on Wednesday denied a request from the Kennedy Center's board to restore President Donald Trump's name to the institution while the board appeals an earlier ruling that dubbed the name change illegal and had it rescinded.

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World Cup betting surge fuels renewed push to legalize sports wagering in Texas

With the Texas Legislature set to return in January for their regular session, sports betting advocates are hoping lawmakers prioritize the topic.

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World Cup betting surge fuels renewed push to legalize sports wagering in Texas

With the Texas Legislature set to return in January for their regular session, sports betting advocates are hoping lawmakers prioritize the topic.

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Marine Le Pen ‘wants to talk politics’, but can she drown out the legal noise?

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Academic Excellence Award Winner

Academic Excellence Award Winner Erin shares her experiences as a Public and Community Health Major, with double minors in Legal Studies and Health Policy and Management:"I came to Ithaca from the suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts knowing that I wanted an education that would allow me to change the world in a positive light. Admittedly, I was unaware when choosing the public health major just how much of an impact I could make, but through my experiences in this rigorous program, I know public health is where I am meant to be. Being a public health major during the COVID-19 pandemic was a unique experience. My education granted me the opportunity to work on and off campus with different populations to provide support during the pandemic. Professor Srijana Bajracharya was my professor for Research Methods in Health. She encouraged her class to create research projects that would benefit our communities. She was a mentor for me and helped me find my passion in research, which I have brought with me to my job as a research assistant for Rescue - The Behavior Change Agency. I thank Professor Bajracharya for her guidance and support throughout my time as a public health student."

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Political survivor Le Pen makes her boldest gamble yet for France's presidency

In launching her fourth bid for the French presidency, just hours after judges cleared her to run, Marine Le Pen portrayed herself as a fighter who had defied the ​odds to overcome a months-long legal battle that threatened to end her political ambitions.

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Waffle House lawsuit: Employees seek refunds over alleged illegal tobacco health insurance surcharge

If you work at Waffle House and use tobacco products, you may have been paying an extra fee on your health insurance that a new federal lawsuit says was illegal. A Georgia woman wants that money back for herself and thousands of others.

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Legal commentator Elie Honig thinks that the Trump-appointed Justices are getting unfair criticism.

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Epic Games settles lawsuit against former contractor accused of leaking unannounced Fortnite collaborations

Epic Games has settled a legal case against a former contractor accused of leaking confidential information about Fortn…

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Beyoncé’s Parkwood Entertainment Scores Legal Victory Over ‘RENAISSANCE’ Lawsuit

Please do not be alarmed—remain calm… Beyoncé‘s Parkwood Entertainment label has secured a legal victory in federal court. In July The Beyoncé’s Parkwood Entertainment Scores Legal Victory Over ‘RENAI...

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Biden-era illegal immigration drove up housing costs, Fed economists find

A Federal Reserve working paper finds unauthorized immigration during the Biden administration drove up home prices by 2.2% and rents by 1.4%.

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Virginia Hemp Farmers And Businesses Worry About Changes Included In Newly Passed Marijuana Market Legislation

Legislators want to “change the law that they created, to clearly favor Wall Street corporations over Virginia farmers and small businesses.” By Charlotte Rene Woods, Virginia Mercury A legal cannabis market is set to take effect in Virginia next summer under the final state budget, but Mannassas-based Barbara Biddle has already given notice to her […]

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Business People: Kenya Bodden to lead Minnesota State Bar Association

LAW The Minnesota State Bar Association announced Kenya Bodden as president, effective July 1. Bodden is a legal risk manager at Amazon; he previously served as the 2022–2023 president of the Ramsey County Bar Association. The new MSBA B…

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Trump, in July 4 speech, says he ‘wasn’t treated that well’ despite American right to equal justice

President Trump on Saturday said in his Fourth of July speech on the National Mall that he “wasn’t treated that well” in a reference to his legal battles and felony conviction as …

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The 7 Biggest Mistakes People Make In Their Wills, According To Estate Lawyers

These attorneys have seen it all, and they want you to avoid these costly legal and financial problems for your family's sake.

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How the Supreme Court has changed on transgender rights since 2020

In 2020, when the Supreme Court declared that transgender workers were covered by federal anti-discrimination law, the opinion authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch marked a legal breakthrough.

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Inside a family business empire’s bitter legal battle with its former chief financial officer

The Davis Family, whose ownership of Cambria, Davisco Foods and Sun Country Airlines have made them business icons in Minnesota, are suing their longtime CFO. He’s countersuing. Tens of millions of dollars are at stake.

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Supreme Court’s dramatic moves will reshape elections — and give the GOP a midterm boost

Legal experts said the justices’ intervention amid an election cycle and the pace at which the court moved to implement changes that largely benefit one party is all but unprecedented in recent years.

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The strangest show on earth: lightning, imperial hubris and a boring tour of Trump’s rhetorical back alleys

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Representative Joyce Beatty Still Celebrating Victory in Kennedy Center Legal Battle

Representative Joyce Beatty, Democrat of Ohio, said her lawsuit challenging the president’s changes to the performing arts center was a fight for justice.

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3 arrested, guns and drugs seized after Birmingham Police shut down ‘illegal business’

Birmingham Police announced they conducted a coordinated operation that resulted in the shutdown of an “illegally operating business.”

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Illegal business shut down, guns and drugs found

Illegal business shut down, guns and drugs found

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Rock Creek Entertainment District facing legal challenge

KFOR Looking out 4 You! Oklahoma’s News Channel 4

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Florida politics recap: Byron Donalds strengthens grip on GOP governor's race as rivals battle in court

It was a week of escalation in Florida politics: a governor's race lawsuit, new restrictions aimed at undocumented students, and a fresh legal fight over Gov. Ron DeSantis' push to label CAIR and other groups as terrorist organizations.

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MD’s first ‘human composting’ facility is open for business

A facility in Elkridge turns human remains into soil, after the passage of a 2024 law legalizing the process.

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Jul 3 • 12:30 PM EDT • Business • thedailyrecord.com
Five Heart Podcast: The Band is Back Together

You’re seeing it all correctly. Do not adjust your antennae. Minnie is BACK! This week on the Five Heart Podcast, the unexplainable legal trouble of current and former Husker athletes. How does the distraction affect the Huskers? Will this provide some on-the-field clarity as far as who will be the designated number one RB in […]

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Jul 3 • 8:11 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Coleman: Walz pardon of child rapist puts politics over public safety

Senate Republican Assistant Leader Julia Coleman (Waconia) denounced the actions of the Minnesota Pardon Board, including Governor Tim Walz and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, for pardoning illegal immigrants convicted of violent crimes to help them avoid deportation. The pardons were made to men convicted of criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated robbery, and...

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Jul 2 • 4:55 PM EDT • Politics • mnsenaterepublicans.com
Sports Help Shape Young Lives. Trans Kids Deserve That Chance.

By Lambda Legal Senior Content Manager Lake Geslani When Becky Pepper-Jackson laced up her running shoes, she wasn’t thinking about court cases or political debates. Like countless young athletes across the country, she simply wanted to be part of a team, compete alongside her friends, and proudly represent her school. Instead, Becky found herself at...

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Jul 2 • 2:33 PM EDT • Sports • lambdalegal.org
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Ex-Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s federal trial is delayed again. See when it’s set to happen.

The delay until May 2027 is the latest wrinkle in the legal case against New Orleans’ former mayor.

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Jul 2 • 1:35 PM EDT • Politics • nola.com
Backers of online sports betting in Nebraska submit signatures to get on 2026 ballot

The question of whether online sports betting should be legal in Nebraska will likely come before voters this November.

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Jul 2 • 11:27 AM EDT • Sports • 1011now.com