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May 23, 2025
SEC Cracks Door For Retail Entry Into Private Funds
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is exploring increasing retail access to private funds, marking one of several pivotal shifts the watchdog is considering that would widen public exposure to the vast but less regulated world of private markets.
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May 23, 2025
X Says Media Matters Must Pay For 'Unjustified' Transfer Bid
Social media giant X Corp. wants Media Matters for America sanctioned for waiting more than a year to try to transfer X Corp.'s lawsuit against it, and told a Texas federal judge Wednesday that the left-leaning media watchdog must cover the costs of defending against the unsuccessful motion.
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May 23, 2025
Texas Nonprofits Can Be Sued For Doc Med Mal, Justices Rule
The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that nonprofit health organizations can be sued for the alleged medical malpractice of one of their physician employees, in a dispute over an allegedly botched brain surgery.
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May 23, 2025
Trump Says 'It's Time For Nuclear' And Orders New Reactors
President Donald Trump said Friday that he wants to revive the nation's nuclear power industry to serve defense and artificial intelligence needs, and ordered the U.S. Department of Energy to "eliminate or expedite" environmental reviews so new reactors can come online more quickly.
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May 23, 2025
10th Circ. To Weigh Tribal Sovereignty In Casino Land Dispute
Officials for the Fort Sill Apache Tribe have asked the Tenth Circuit to reverse a lower court's partial denial of their bid to dismiss the Comanche Nation's lawsuit seeking to shut down an FSA casino that the Nation claims is on its historical reservation.

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