Britain's privacy watchdog fined social media platform Reddit $19.52 million for using children's data unlawfully and potentially exposing them to harmful content. The Information Commissioner's Office said Reddit did not check children's ages properly reut.rs/4c6nNKp

A Utah judge rejected a bid by lawyers for the alleged killer of conservative activist Charlie Kirk to disqualify a team of prosecutors that included a lawyer whose daughter had witnessed the killing as the victim spoke on a stage reut.rs/4c87bSB

Artificial intelligence video startup Runway AI has been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit in California federal court for allegedly misusing YouTube content to train its video generation platform.

Meta executives proceeded with a plan to encrypt messaging services despite internal warnings it would hinder the company's ability to flag child-exploitation cases to law enforcement, according to internal documents filed in a New Mexico court case reut.rs/4aTtOrL

A federal judge in Michigan is taking a leave of absence pending the resolution of drunken-driving charges stemming from his October arrest.

California asked a state judge on Tuesday to stop Amazon.com from inflating prices for consumers through an alleged campaign to bully merchants not to sell goods more cheaply elsewhere.

President Donald Trump, who has excoriated the U.S. Supreme Court's decision striking down his sweeping tariffs, is expected to come face-to-face with at least some of the justices when he delivers his State of the Union address on Tuesday night.

The Trump administration has scrapped plans for an immigration detention facility in Merrimack, New Hampshire, the state's Republican governor said on Tuesday, as localities grapple with a surge in planned detention centers nationwide.

Chief Circuit Judge Debra Ann Livingston of the 2nd Circuit and Chief Circuit Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the 6th Circuit on February 20 notified President Trump of their plans to leave active service, giving the President a chance to fill their seats with new appointees reut.rs/4kZnQdu

Spirit Airlines said on Tuesday it has reached an agreement with its lenders that will help it emerge from bankruptcy by late spring or early summer.

A U.S. judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing Tesla of discriminating against American citizens in hiring so it can pay less to foreign workers, but said he was skeptical that the software engineer who sued would prevail.

SCOTUS on February 23 denied a petition by Cracker Barrel Old Country Store workers to review a 9th Circuit decision that said because they filed a wage lawsuit against the company in Arizona federal court, only people from that state could join reut.rs/4rxYBRV

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Tuesday she is considering legal action following a comment by tech billionaire Elon Musk, the world's richest man, that alleged she was connected to drug cartels.

Irenic Capital Management has built a sizable stake in Ralliant and wants the precision technology maker to cut costs, buy back more stock at a faster pace and focus more on its defense and electronics business, two sources familiar with the matter said.

Xcel Energy said on Tuesday it has partnered with Google to power the tech giant's new data center in Pine Island, Minnesota, while contributing 1,900 megawatts of new clean energy to the grid.

US District Judge Aileen Cannon in Florida permanently barred the DOJ from releasing a prosecutor's report on the criminal case accusing President Trump of unlawfully retaining classified documents following his first term in office. Subscribe: reut.rs/4aBvwvO

Medtronic's MiniMed Group said on Tuesday it was targeting up to $7.86 billion valuation in its U.S. initial public offering, marking a step forward in the medical device maker's plan to separate its diabetes business.

Major U.S. power company Constellation Energy beat Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter adjusted profit on Tuesday, helped by rising electricity demand from data centers, sending shares up 4% in morning trading.

The ABA on February 20 advanced a proposal to remove its diversity and inclusion rule for law schools altogether after it was suspended last year. A final decision is expected as soon as May, following a public comment period reut.rs/4ryb1JD

United Parcel Service on February 23 said it plans to proceed with offering $150,000 buyout packages to its drivers after a federal judge rejected a bid by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union to block its workforce-cutting program reut.rs/3MMxfs6

The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Enbridge Energy v. Nessel, a case centering on whether district courts have the authority to excuse late removals to federal court. Subscribe to The Daily Docket: reut.rs/4aBvwvO

Chinese dronemaker DJI said Tuesday it has filed suit challenging the Federal Communications Commission decision to bar imports of all of its new models and critical components including from China's DJI and Autel.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher lost its bid to avoid paying retired partner Mark Perry $557,000 plus future benefits, ending a legal battle nearly four years after he left for a rival firm. California appeals court upheld an arbitrator's ruling in Perry's favor reut.rs/4tPxbZ8

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will give targets of investigations more time to respond to its notices of potential charges as part of a broader update of its internal enforcement protocols, the agency said.

AstraZeneca Chief Executive Pascal Soriot's 2025 pay rose 6.4% to 17.7 million pounds ($23.87 million) boosted by higher annual bonuses, keeping him among the FTSE 100's highest-paid executives, a filing showed on Tuesday.

Drugmaker Novartis quietly settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks, resolving claims that it profited from using her 'immortal' cells without permission. @JgreeneJenna writes more in her column 'On the Case' reut.rs/4b3Xgwe

Warner Bros Discovery said on Tuesday it was considering a new bid from Paramount Skydance without disclosing the value of the deal, as the CBS owner makes a last-ditch effort to thwart Netflix from buying the coveted Hollywood studio.

Good morning, a federal judge will hear a bid by Louisiana to block a Biden-era rule allowing the abortion drug mifepristone to be dispensed through the mail and restore an in-person dispensing requirement nationwide. Subscribe to The Daily Docket: reut.rs/4aBvwvO

A Utah judge is expected to rule on Tuesday on whether to disqualify prosecutors from the trial of the man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk because a daughter of a senior prosecutor witnessed the killing.

U.S. President Donald Trump will deliver the traditional State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday at a fraught moment for his presidency, with his approval ratings slumping, anxieties rising over Iran and Americans struggling with the cost of living as the November midterm election nears.

U.S. President Donald Trump will use his State of the Union address on Tuesday to sell his turbulent, norm-breaking second term to American voters who will decide in November whether his Republican Party retains control of Congress.

President Donald Trump'stemporary 15% tariffs to replace those struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court are meant to resolve a problem that many economists say does not exist: a U.S. balance of payments crisis, making them potentially vulnerable to new legal challenges.

Column: Novartis quietly settles Henrietta Lacks suit as family’s legal push gains steam @jgreenejenna.bsky.social reut.rs/4b3Xgwe

Law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher cannot evade an arbitrator's ruling in favor of its prominent former partner Mark Perry, a California appeals court has ruled, ending a legal battle over Perry's compensation and benefits nearly four years after he left for a rival firm reut.rs/4tPxbZ8

United Parcel Service said it plans to proceed with offering $150,000 buyout packages to its drivers after a federal judge rejected a bid by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union to block its workforce-cutting program @nateraymond.bsky.social reut.rs/3MMxfs6

The American Bar Association is poised to eliminate its diversity and inclusion requirement for law schools amid legal uncertainty and political pressure reut.rs/4ryb1JD

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to decide whether federal wage law allows workers to bring nationwide class action-style lawsuits against their employers, leaving in place a split among appeals courts reut.rs/4rxYBRV

The chief judges of two federal appeals courts plan to leave active service later this year, giving President Donald Trump a chance to fill their seats with new appointees as judicial vacancies have slowed @nateraymond.bsky.social reut.rs/4kZnQdu

In a little-noticed move, Novartis last week settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks, resolving claims that it profited from using her "immortal" cells without permission.

Law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher cannot evade an arbitrator's ruling in favor of its prominent former partner Mark Perry, a California appeals court has ruled, ending a legal battle over Perry's compensation and benefits nearly four years after he left for a rival firm.

Japan's Astellas and Vir Biotechnology said on Monday they will together develop and commercialize the U.S. drug developer's prostate cancer experimental drug.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary on Monday defended his agency's position and record on mRNA vaccines, days after it changed course and agreed to review a Moderna flu vaccine.

Global transportation company FedEx on Monday filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of International Trade seeking a refund for President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs, which the U.S. Supreme Court deemed illegal last week.

The Trump administration is stepping up work to uncover what it sees as malign foreign influence at U.S. colleges and universities, officials said on Monday as they announced that the State Department would assist the Department of Education in that effort.

The U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission will open a public inquiry to inform new guidelines for businesses on the bounds of the law when it comes to collaborating with competitors, a senior DOJ official told reporters on Monday.

The commission overseeing the $16 billion New York Hudson Tunnel Project said it needs funding certainty from President Donald Trump's administration to fully resume construction after a funding freeze added millions of dollars to the project's cost.

SCOTUS declined to revive the National Rifle Association's lawsuit accusing Maria Vullo, the former superintendent of New York's Department of Financial Services, of coercing banks and insurers to avoid doing business with the gun rights group reut.rs/4aQNaxC

A group of 22 U.S. Senate Democrats on Monday introduced legislation that would require President Donald Trump's administration to fully refund within 180 days all of the revenue, with interest, collected from tariffs struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.

United Parcel Service on Monday said it plans to proceed with offering $150,000 buyout packages to its drivers after a federal judge rejected a bid by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union to block its workforce-cutting program.

SCOTUS agreed to hear a bid by ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy to scuttle a lawsuit brought by officials in Boulder, Colorado that seeks to hold the oil companies liable for helping to fuel climate change reut.rs/3Mt9x45