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Despite a unanimous ruling by the Washington Supreme Court against a pediatric dental practice seeking insurance coverage for COVID-19-related losses, attorneys for policyholders said the justices left them a glimmer of hope by creating a potential pathway for some virus coverage cases to succeed.

The Biden administration and conservation groups have reached an agreement to permanently close 11 dormant oil wells inside California's Carrizo Plain National Monument, ending a suit that accused the federal government of unlawfully approving a new oil well and potential pipeline.

Several Washington businesses urged a Ninth Circuit panel Friday to rule that their insurance policies cover COVID-19-related business losses related to government shutdown orders, while the judges wrestled with whether they should make any decision at all until the Washington Supreme Court rules on its first COVID-19 coverage suit.

The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation raised no red flags Thursday about consolidating 18 lawsuits alleging that Abbott Laboratories' Similac infant formula caused a deadly illness in premature babies, but at a Seattle hearing the panel questioned whether Abbott's choice of judge has an appearance of conflict because he once represented the company.

Amazon.com Inc. was accused in a federal court filing Tuesday of "rehashing its failed arguments" by claiming it can't be held liable for misusing a group of Illinois residents' biometric data in a photo dataset allegedly used to improve facial recognition software because the tech giant never used or benefited from the photos.

Uber Technologies Inc. asked a California federal judge Thursday to dismiss a $250 billion suit accusing the ride-hailing giant of trademark infringement, saying there's no likelihood of confusion between plaintiff UberRE's "sham" travel accommodation and real estate business and Uber's offering of travel services under the "Uber" mark.

A U.S. wind power company has asked an Illinois federal judge to toss a lawsuit accusing it of blocking a competitor's access to Panama's power grid, arguing that most of the dispute was resolved by a Panamanian regulatory agency and that an agreement struck by the parties requires remaining issues to be resolved by the same agency.

A U.S. wind power company has asked an Illinois federal judge to toss a lawsuit accusing it of blocking a competitor's access to Panama's power grid, arguing that most of the dispute was resolved by a Panamanian regulatory agency and that an agreement struck by the parties requires remaining issues to be resolved by the same agency.

The Ninth Circuit on Thursday paused a deadline for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to revise water pollutant standards as the agency works on a possible settlement over standards necessary to protect wild salmon and orca in Washington waterways.

New Mexico told the Tenth Circuit on Thursday the state has standing to challenge the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's permitting of a temporary nuclear waste storage facility just across the border in west Texas, saying the consequences of radiation exposure in an accident would harm residents, the environment and key industries.