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The Federal Circuit won't review a panel's ruling that supported the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs decision to deny or limit benefits to certain service members who claim to suffer lasting health effects of the Agent Orange chemical the government used during the Vietnam War.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned six companies to stop selling Delta-8 edibles that look like name-brand snacks such as Doritos, Oreos, Cheetos, Jolly Rancher and Nerds, saying their "copycat" foods can be easily mistaken for the real thing and send children to hospitals.

A New Jersey woman who slipped and fell outside a Costco store can't sue the wholesaler or the company it contracted to shovel away snow, a state appeals court has ruled, saying the businesses didn't owe her a duty of care as she ventured out during an ongoing storm.

Firefighting foam manufacturers want out of a lawsuit filed by Kentucky's environmental regulators against major chemical companies, including 3M and DuPont de Nemours Inc., demanding they pay for the cleanup of "forever chemicals" in the state's waterways, according to a notice of removal filed in federal court.

A worker who claims a false drug test cost him his job can't sue the drug-testing company for negligence, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday in a split decision, finding there's no legal duty to execute those tests with reasonable care.

The Ninth Circuit has released an English aerospace firm from a lawsuit in Idaho federal court seeking to hold it liable for a Cessna crash that killed three people, saying in a split decision that it lacked the minimum contacts in the state despite helping a U.S. firm seek FAA approval for an aircraft system allegedly involved in the crash.

A New Jersey appeals court on Thursday said that a cannabis delivery gifting service must hand over to state authorities its business records created prior to its incorporation, rejecting claims that companies have a Fifth Amendment right against self incrimination.

CBD American Shaman did not release privileged mediation communications and therefore should not face sanctions, a Florida magistrate judge has recommended, saying a bid by a franchisee who claims he was improperly fired relies on a court rule that does not exist.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has signed into law a measure that attempts to curtail the number of unlicensed cannabis grow facilities by hitting property owners with penalties and jail time, restoring wiretap and surveillance powers to police, and creating a new marijuana cultivation felony.

The Second Circuit has revived a former PGA Tour golfer's trip-and-fall suit against New York City's Department of Transportation, remanding the case to the trial court, where the ex-athlete's attorney faces possible sanctions over "inconsistent" claims made in the follow-up lawsuit after securing a $2.5 million settlement from another defendant.