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The Federal Trade Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into Amazon's MGM purchase. via @theinformationhttps://j.st/4YID 

A federal appeals court has ruled that a BigLaw staff member wasn’t entitled to collect disability insurance for anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder that she largely blamed on her work environment. via @ABAJournalhttps://j.st/4YIC 

Under Texas' new law, private citizens can sue abortion providers and others who knowingly help pregnant women violate the restrictions. via @ABAJournalhttps://j.st/4YIB 

A federal jury has convicted Dallas area owners of two durable medical equipment companies of one count of conspiracy to defraud and to pay and receive health care kickbacks and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. via @TheJusticeDepthttps://j.st/4YIA 

The Biden administration has just introduced a sweeping plan to forcibly inject competition into some consolidated sectors of the American economy — the tech sector prominent among them — through executive action. via @TechCrunchhttps://j.st/4YIz 

A new biometrics privacy ordinance has taken effect across New York City, putting new limits on what businesses can do with the biometric data they collect on their customers. via @TechCrunchhttps://j.st/4YIy 

Texas Republicans have introduced another set of sweeping bills that voting rights advocates say could make it harder to vote. via @nprpoliticshttps://j.st/4YIv 

St. Jude has agreed to pay $27 million to settle allegations under the False Claims Act that it knowingly sold defective heart devices to health care facilities that, in turn, implanted the devices into patients insured by federal health care programs.https://j.st/4YH0 

According to a new report from 9to5Google, starting this week, US Android users can request a "Google Pay Balance Card" that will allow them to spend their Google Pay balance directly on purchases. via @arstechnicahttps://j.st/4YGO 

Michael Avenatti has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison and three years of supervised release by Judge Paul G. Gardephe in federal court in Manhattan. via @nytimeshttps://j.st/4YGI 

A Washington, D.C., court has suspended the law license for Rudy Giuliani, former President Donald Trump's attorney, just weeks after New York similarly took action against him. via @nprpoliticshttps://j.st/4YEl 

Medical device manufacturers Alere Inc. and Alere San Diego Inc. have agreed to pay $38.75 million to resolve allegations that the companies violated the False Claims Act. via @TheJusticeDepthttps://j.st/4YE1 

Avanos Medical Inc., a U.S.-based multinational medical device corporation, has agreed to pay more than $22 million to resolve a criminal charge relating to the company’s fraudulent misbranding of its MicroCool surgical gowns. via @TheJusticeDepthttps://j.st/4YE0 

The superior court of Los Angeles County has been fined more than $25,000 for COVID-19 workplace safety violations following the deaths of at least four courthouse workers. via @ABAJournalhttps://j.st/4YDO 

A Louisiana construction company owner pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to defraud the IRS. via @TheJusticeDepthttps://j.st/4Yr1 

An elderly woman who was arrested after she missed phone calls from officials while attending a computer class – a possible violation of her home detention – is headed back home. via @USATODAYhttps://j.st/4Yr0 

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will still be led by its namesakes after their divorce, but the foundation has announced a two-year trial period to see how effectively the pair can work together. via @geekwirehttps://j.st/4YlL 

President Biden’s right-to-repair order could stop companies from blocking DIY fixes. via @arstechnicahttps://j.st/4Ylz 

Former president Donald Trump has filed class-action lawsuits targeting Facebook, Google and Twitter and their CEOs, escalating his long-running battle with the companies following their suspensions of his accounts. via @washingtonposthttps://j.st/4Ylr