In an 8-6 opinion, the 4th Circuit upheld two lower court rulings, and ruled that health insurance plans run by US states must cover gender-affirming surgeries for transgender people reut.rs/3UO8MnD

Among the 546 junior associates surveyed in January and February by legal recruiting firm Major, Lindsey & Africa and legal data intelligence provider Leopard Solutions, 45% said law school did not sufficiently prepare them for their current role reut.rs/3xWjFL7

The sculptor who created the 'Fearless Girl' statue that promoted gender diversity on Wall Street settled a lawsuit by a State Street unit seeking to stop her from selling replicas.

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A utility owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway faces $30 billion of new claims blaming it for causing Oregon wildfires in 2020, nearly four times the maximum loss it had projected reut.rs/49XyqdS

A US judge upheld the US government's Medicare health insurance program and rejected a challenge by Bristol Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson. The judge rejected their argument that it was an illegal taking of their property reut.rs/3WhAt9d

Jury selection in the first trial over claims that discontinued heartburn drug Zantac, which was sold by GSK and others, causes cancer is scheduled to begin in Illinois state court.

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Pfizer has agreed to pay $25.5 million to resolve claims that its predecessor Wyeth conspired with rival Teva to delay launching a less expensive generic version of antidepressant Effexor XR, in addition to a $39 million settlement disclosed earlier reut.rs/3UeO5Q2

The EEOC said employers refusing to use transgender workers' preferred pronouns and barring them from using bathrooms that match their gender identity amounts to unlawful workplace harassment under federal anti-discrimination law Dan Wiessner reut.rs/3wo7ZQB

The City University of New York School of Law has retained its position as the top pipeline into public interest and government law jobs, a Reuters analysis found Karen Sloan reut.rs/4aVb0a7

Google has been hit with a new copyright lawsuit in California federal court by a group of visual artists who claimed the Alphabet unit used their work without permission to train Imagen, its artificial-intelligence powered image generator reut.rs/3UjfWyz

Law firms Dentons US and Boies Schiller Flexner have been hit with a lawsuit demanding $900 million over accusations that the firms misled a client for years about the enforceability of a contract with Senelec, Senegal's state-owned electric power company reut.rs/44mXg5r

Target, Walmart, and other retailers have urged a U.S. judge to reject a proposed class-action settlement with Visa and Mastercard over credit and debit card fees, saying the accord does not go far enough Mike Scarcella reut.rs/4dmu6I3

Nike has settled its lawsuit accusing Japanese fashion brand A Bathing Ape, also known as BAPE, of unlawfully copying the footwear giant's famous sneaker designs, according to a filing in New York federal court Blake Brittain reut.rs/3xTY2uJ

A U.S. appeals court ruled that 19 Democratic attorneys general can defend a new Biden administration rule that would require public companies to report climate-related risks against legal challenges by GOP-led states and industry groups Clark Mindock reut.rs/4aUc1iB

A lawyer for an LGBTQ student group urged a U.S. appeals court to force West Texas A&M University to allow the club to host a charity drag show on campus, saying the school's president was violating its free speech rights by banning the event Nate Raymond reut.rs/3QjoDrh