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  FCC Threats Loom Like 'Guillotine,' ABC Tells Court

  By Christopher Cole

  ABC argued during intense questioning from a D.C. federal judge Tuesday that a Federal Communications Commission...(read more)

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  Justices Seem To Support End To Intel 401(k) Fund Suit

  By Kellie Mejdrich

  The U.S. Supreme Court appeared likely Tuesday to affirm a Ninth Circuit decision ending a federal benefits disp...(read more)

• Pitt's Atty Insinuates Sexism By Jolie's Atty In Winery Fight

  By Craig Clough

  A hearing over Brad Pitt's efforts to obtain financial documents from his ex-wife Angelina Jolie in a real estate battle over their winery turned personal Tuesday when Pitt's female counsel from Bird Marella suggested Jolie's male counsel from Murphy Rosen was being sexist, an intimation Jolie's attorney vehemently denied.

• Gold-Hoarding Ex-CIA Officer Admits To $194M Fraud On Gov't

  By Lauren Berg

  A former CIA officer who federal prosecutors say stashed nearly 300 gold bars in his home admitted in Virginia federal court Tuesday that he acquired the hoard of precious metal, as well as real estate and luxury items, by defrauding the government out of $194 million.

• EPA's Climate Retreat Sidelined As Justices Weigh State Torts

  By Keith Goldberg

  The Trump administration's recent moves renouncing its authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions appear unlikely to sway the U.S. Supreme Court in deciding whether state and local governments can pursue climate change lawsuits against fossil fuel companies, attorneys say.

• 1st Circ. Questions Need To Rule On Expired Harvard Visa Ban

  By Julie Manganis

  The First Circuit grappled Tuesday with what to do with an injunction blocking the Trump administration's long-suspended ban on foreign students from attending Harvard University, more than 10 months after the president's proclamation expired.

• DC Circ. Wary Of Hikvision Appeal Over FCC Device Denials

  By Nadia Dreid

  Chinese device-maker Hikvision hoped to convince the D.C. Circuit Tuesday that the Federal Communications Commission doesn't have the authority to strip a company's existing authorizations for national security reasons, but the judges did not seem persuaded.

• 1st Circ. Sees Gaps In Order Halting RFK's Vaccine Advisers

  By Carolyn Muyskens

  A First Circuit panel on Tuesday puzzled over aspects of a lower court's order staying Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s appointments to a vaccine policy committee, with one judge saying he can't tell what authority the order was based on.

• Musician Gets 18 Mos. For $8M AI-Streaming 'Bot Farm' Scam

  By Pete Brush

  A Manhattan federal judge sentenced a North Carolina musician to 18 months in prison Tuesday, after he admitted scheming to steal $8 million worth of streaming royalty payments using an army of fake accounts and artificial intelligence-generated songs.

• Micron Ends Netlist IP Litigation With $600M, 5-Year License

  By Dani Kass

  Micron Technology Inc. has agreed to pay Netlist Inc. $600 million to end multivenue patent infringement litigation over memory technology, Netlist announced Tuesday.

• Holtec Fired CFO For Flagging False Statements, Jury Told

  By George Woolston

  Eight New Jersey jurors were told Tuesday that nuclear equipment and services company Holtec International broke the law when it fired its chief financial officer in 2022 after he raised objections over a document drafted by the company's chief executive meant for a potential investor.

• Ábrego García Deportation Hearing Abruptly Scrapped

  By Jared Foretek

  A hearing on the Trump administration's monthslong bid to deport Kilmar Ábrego García to Liberia was abruptly scrapped Tuesday afternoon, and attorneys on both sides declined to say why.

• 10th Circ. Revives Prosecution Of Utah Psilocybin Church

  By Sam Reisman

  The Tenth Circuit has revived a state court prosecution against a Utah church that uses the psychedelic psilocybin as a sacrament, saying the enforcement action did not violate religious freedoms and a lower district judge erred by halting it.

• Groq Investors Sue Over Nvidia's $20B 'Reverse Acqui-Hire'

  By Jarek Rutz

  Two former Groq Inc. stockholders have sued the artificial intelligence chip company's directors and a former officer, alleging in a Delaware Chancery Court complaint that they improperly handed Groq's technology and engineering workforce to Nvidia Corp. through a roughly $20 billion reverse acqui-hire without a stockholder vote or a process aimed at getting the best price.