The US Supreme Court declined to hear two cases involving the Video Privacy Protection Act, leaving conflicting rulings in place from different panels of the US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit. Two different plaintiffs accused the NBA and TrillerTV of improperly sharing users' video-viewing data with Meta Platforms. The NBA case was allowed to proceed, while the court dismissed the TrillerTV suit.

The Justice Department has proposed rules that would end the use of disparate impact under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as a tool for proving that statistical disparities indicate racial discrimination. Attorney General Pam Bondi said the current regulations have "for far too long required recipients of federal funding to make decisions based on race." Conservatives welcomed the move, while the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund said the change will eliminate crucial protections against discrimination.

Student loan borrowers participating in the Biden-era Saving on a Valuable Education plan would need to switch to another repayment option under a proposed settlement announced by the Trump administration. The US Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit blocked the SAVE plan in February.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued an interpretive letter clarifying that national banks can facilitate cryptoasset transactions as intermediaries. The policy lets banks conduct riskless principal transactions in which they purchase cryptoassets from one party and quickly resell them to another. The approach creates limited credit exposure for banks, aligning crypto trades with established securities practices.

The Federal Reserve announced another quarter-point interest-rate reduction at the end of its meeting this week, although it signaled a potentially cautious approach ahead. "We're well positioned to wait and see how the economy evolves from here," Fed Chair Jerome Powell said. The meeting showed an unusual amount of division, with three officials dissenting from the decision.

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The Education Department recalled hundreds of its Office for Civil Rights employees who were placed on administrative leave following reduction-in-force notices. The decision comes as US District Judge Susan Illston blocked the State Department from terminating foreign service officers in a similar situation.

The US Supreme Court heard arguments over whether Alabama can execute Joseph Clifton Smith, who was convicted of murder in a 1997 beating and has