A Fifth Circuit oral argument over whether the Texas Supreme Court should weigh in on a Texas law that bans most abortions became so heated Friday that one judge told another “this court doesn’t litigate on behalf of one side or the other.”

Civil rights lawyer Lani Guinier, a prominent voice on voting rights who became the first woman of color to be a tenured professor at Harvard Law School, died Friday. She was 71.

Boeing Co. and its board must face federal securities litigation in Chicago over claims they misled investors about its 737 Max 8 jetliner before two high-profile crashes that killed 346 people, a federal appeals court ruled Friday, reversing a novel decision that had sent the case to Delaware.

The push to get Covid-19 booster shots for nursing home staff is proving a tough sell. While over 72 million Americans have received Covid booster shots, including 62% of nursing home residents, only 27.6% of nursing home staff nationwide have received a booster.

California’s civil rights agency said Friday it would appeal the decision blocking it from intervening in an $18 million settlement between Activision Blizzard Inc. and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

A Biden administration proposal to stop qualified health insurance plans from discriminating against gay and transgender people is the latest regulatory step in an ongoing fight over enacting broader health-care protections for LGBTQ people.