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Voters will begin casting their ballots in the fall in the 2024 presidential election, in which Trump is the frontrunner for the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic President Joe Biden 2/6 
But his decision to rebrand Twitter as X could be complicated legally: companies including Meta and Microsoft already have intellectual property rights to the same letter 2/5 
In a 6-3 decision, the justices ruled against Biden favoring six conservative-leaning states that objected to the policy. The court's action dealt a blow to the 26 million US borrowers who applied for relief after Biden announced the plan in August 2022 2/5 
In its complaint, the FTC said Amgen would be able to leverage the powerful position it has with insurance companies and pharmacy benefit managers who want access to its blockbuster drugs to pressure them into favorable terms for Horizon's two key products 2/5 
Cattle ranchers and local business owners told U.S. District Judge James Browning that the four-day hunt of about 150 stray or unbranded cows, due to start today, would violate federal laws and Forest Service regulations and likely kill cows they own 2/5 
The federal appeals court held the laws failed to provide students notice of what behaviors might expose them to criminal charges and lacked sufficient safeguards to prevent arbitrary or discriminatory enforcement 2/5 
The court said that the changes include reducing the 'cut' score from a scale of 145 to 143 on the bar exam and offering the test twice a year instead of once 2/5 
Bonuses for associates at the firms range from $15,000 pro-rated to $115,000 based on seniority, according to internal memos seen by Reuters. That range was largely matched by @Paul_Hastings, @bakerbotts and other firms, closely mirroring what @Cravath announced this week 2/5 
.@Kirkland_Ellis is representing BlockFi in its bankruptcy case and is also lead counsel for Celsius Network and Voyager Digital which filed for bankruptcy earlier this year. The law firm charges up to $1,995 per hour for work on the Celsius and Voyager cases, as per filings 2/5 
The study, based on interviews with 50 U.S. appellate judges, comes as many expect the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down affirmative action 2/5 
FTX's implosion was the biggest crypto downfall. They started 2022 with a $32 billion valuation, hired celebrities for flashy Super Bowl ads. But by November, FTX went bankrupt with the founder facing allegations of funneling customer deposits to FTX's affiliated trading firm 2/6 
The U.S. averages two mass shootings, -- defined as an incident killing or injuring four or more people -- a day, according to Gun Violence Archive, a non-profit research group. But while many of those shootings occur in the workplace, employers are rarely held responsible 2/5 
Two units of the Trump Org, Trump Payroll and Trump Corporation, along with the company's CFO, Allen Weisselberg were charged with paying personal expenses of some executives without reporting the income, and falsely reporting bonuses as non-employee compensation 2/6 
Joe Conroy, Cooley's chairman and CEO, said in a firmwide email reviewed by Reuters that certain practice groups were 'substantially overbuilt' after aggressive hiring to meet soaring demand in 2020 and 2021 2/4 
Admissions consultants and legal educators say the exodus is unlikely to loosen the rankings’ grip on aspiring lawyers. Trying to convince applicants to look beyond the U.S. News rankings is like 'pushing a boulder up a hill,' admissions consultant Anna Ivey said 2/5 
Bonuses for Cravath associates will range from $15,000 pro-rated for the class of 2022 up to $105,000 for the class of 2016, based on seniority, according to an internal memo first reported by legal blog Above the Law 2/4 
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) voted 12-10 to send the nomination of civil rights lawyer Karla Gilbride to serve as general counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to the Senate floor for a confirmation vote 2/5 
The DOJ said the circuit court should halt part of the lower court decision that prevents prosecutors from relying on the classified documents in their criminal investigation into the retention of government records at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence after his presidency ended 2/5
Barrack, the 75-year-old former chairman of the firm now called DigitalBridge Group, worked for the United Arab Emirates to influence Trump's campaign and administration between 2016 and 2018 and advance the Middle Eastern country's interests, according to federal prosecutors 2/4 
According to a @Reuters examination of police body camera footage and court documents, as well as interviews with key participants, Steve Lee pressured Ruby Freeman to admit to an election fraud. The attempts however didn’t succeed 2/5 
Trump is under investigation for retaining government records, some of which were marked as highly classified, at his Palm Beach, Florida, home after leaving office in January 2021. The government is also investigating possible obstruction of the probe 2/5 