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  Trump's $100K H-1B Fee Is Unauthorized Tax, Judge Rules

  By Britain Eakin

  A Massachusetts federal judge ruled Monday that President Donald Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa payment constitutes ...(read more)

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  High Court Reopens Review Of DOE Furnace Efficiency Rules

  By Keith Goldberg

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday vacated a D.C. Circuit decision that upheld Biden-era energy efficiency standar...(read more)

• 9th Circ. Judge Faces Inquiry, Charges After Idaho Altercation

  By Lauren Berg

  The Ninth Circuit on Monday identified a judicial misconduct complaint against U.S. Circuit Judge Ryan D. Nelson after he was charged with misdemeanor battery stemming from an argument in an Idaho Falls parking lot that ended with him allegedly stomping a man's eyeglasses on the asphalt.

• FCC Considering 120-Day Deadline For Permit Approvals

  By Nadia Dreid

  The Federal Communications Commission plans to propose telling states and municipalities that they have four months to act on applications before it will presume they've "effectively prohibited the provision of wireline telecommunications services," as part of a push to reduce what it perceives as barriers to broadband deployment.

• DC Judge Undoes IRS Wind, Solar Tax Credit Limitations

  By Ganesh Setty

  A D.C. federal judge has vacated an Internal Revenue Service notice limiting how wind and large-scale solar projects can qualify for two Biden-era clean energy tax credits, finding the Trump administration didn't sufficiently consider reliance interests and explain its rationale for the change.

• Fed. Circ. Panel Backs Invalidation Of OxyContin Patent

  By Theresa Schliep

  The Federal Circuit on Monday upheld a Delaware federal court's decision that deemed invalid a Purdue Pharma patent covering an abuse-deterrent version of the opioid OxyContin, rebuffing the company's arguments that the lower court got its obviousness analysis wrong.

• Todd Blanche Officially Nominated To Be AG

  By Courtney Bublé

  President Donald Trump on Monday officially nominated Todd Blanche to be attorney general.

• Biogen To End Investors' Alzheimer's Drug Case For $18.9M

  By Jessica Corso

  Biogen Inc. has agreed to pay $18.9 million to exit a lawsuit accusing it of misleading investors about the commercial readiness of a new Alzheimer's treatment, according to a settlement filed in Massachusetts federal court.

• SCOTUSblog Founder Goldstein's Sentencing Delayed To July

  By Jared Foretek

  A Maryland federal judge has agreed to push SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein's sentencing to July, after federal prosecutors speculated that his defense attorneys might come to the previously scheduled June hearing and declare that they aren't ready to proceed.

• Goodwin, Fenwick Guide Incyte-Vega Deal Worth Up To $2B

  By Al Barbarino

  The biotechnology company Incyte said Monday it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Vega Therapeutics Inc. from Star Therapeutics for up to $2 billion, with Goodwin Procter LLP advising Incyte and Fenwick & West LLP representing Star Therapeutics. 

• 'Hard-Money' Lenders Stole Millions In Fees, Feds Tell Jury

  By Pete Brush

  Two Florida men used their "hard-money" commercial real estate finance company to steal millions, prosecutors told a Manhattan federal jury Monday, calling their operation a scam designed to reap upfront fees before the defendants put up "roadblocks" to kill transactions.

• Mich. Dems Back Trump Judicial Pick After Blue-Slip Review

  By Courtney Bublé

  Michigan's Democratic U.S. senators, Gary Peters and Elissa Slotkin, announced on Monday they've returned their blue slips for the nomination of Michael Martin, a veteran career prosecutor, to be a judge in the Eastern District of Michigan.

• Another Lawmaker Joins Impeachment Push For Ga. Judge

  By Courtney Bublé

  A Republican House member on Monday introduced articles of impeachment for U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross of the Northern District of Georgia after she was reprimanded for having sex with a police officer in her chambers within earshot of staff.

• France's SFR Inks $24B Deal For Sale To Telecom Companies

  By Al Barbarino

  French telecom operators Bouygues Telecom, Iliad and Orange have signed a memorandum of understanding with Altice France to acquire rival SFR in a deal valuing the business at about €20.35 billion ($23.5 billion).