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  Meta Lied About Data Privacy, New Mexico Jury Finds

  By Cara Salvatore

  A New Mexico jury said Friday that Meta lied willfully on 26 different occasions regarding data privacy, hate sp...(read more)

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  Brightline Florida To Continue Operating While In Ch. 11

  By Vince Sullivan

  Florida's Brightline rail service will continue operating during the Chapter 11 cases of its parent entities, as...(read more)

• DC Circ. Judges Clash Over Fate Of Deported Venezuelans

  By Nadia Dreid

  Two D.C. Circuit judges did not see eye to eye during oral arguments Friday as the federal government attempted to overturn an order requiring it to facilitate the return of Venezuelan nationals it deported after a court told it not to.

• Fed. Circ. Backs Nixing Of Speech Patent In 'Hey Siri' Dispute

  By Dani Kass

  The Patent Trial and Appeal Board was right to fully invalidate a speech recognition patent that Apple stands accused of infringing, the Federal Circuit held Friday.

• CPSC Told To Explain Warning Against Weighted Baby Blankets

  By Lauren Berg

  A D.C. federal judge on Friday sent Dreamland Baby Co.'s dispute over the Consumer Product Safety Commission's warning against weighted blankets and swaddles for infants back to the agency, saying it didn't adequately explain its stance or its refusal to retract it.

• USPTO Is Seeing A Rise In Continued Examination Requests

  By Theresa Schliep

  Requests for continued examination of patent applications have ballooned at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, a trend attributed in part to the agency's success at decreasing the backlog of new applications.

• BREAKING: Justices Block Missouri's New Midterm Map In Loss For GOP

  By Jeff Overley and Katie Buehler

  The U.S. Supreme Court late Friday barred Missouri from using in its impending midterm elections a newly redrawn congressional map that would favor Republicans, rejecting the Eighth Circuit's restoration of revised boundaries and likely ending a litigation whirlwind that reached the justices thrice this month.

• DC Circ. Backs Bitcoin Fog Crypto Mixer Conviction

  By Aislinn Keely

  The D.C. Circuit upheld the conviction of Bitcoin Fog operator Roman Sterlingov in a Friday opinion that found the government adequately tied his conduct to the D.C. venue and introduced sufficiently reliable forensic evidence to link him to the cryptocurrency mixing service.

• DC Circ. Backs Buy America Waiver For Brightline Trains

  By Tom Lotshaw

  The D.C. Circuit on Friday rejected Alstom Transportation Inc.'s challenge of a Buy America waiver approved for trains for a high-speed rail project linking Las Vegas to Southern California, holding that the waiver is reasoned and aligns with federal requirements.

• 2nd Circ. Rules $7.25M Mansion Belongs In Guo's Ch. 11

  By Brian Steele

  The Second Circuit on Friday upheld a Connecticut bankruptcy court decision that folded a $7.25 million mansion into the Chapter 11 estate of convicted fraudster Miles Guo, turning away his wife's argument that she actually controlled the property's corporate owner.

• Google Win Over Online Ad Patent Case Backed By Fed. Circ.

  By Adam Lidgett

  The Federal Circuit on Friday refused to revive an advertising management system company's infringement suit against Google and YouTube, agreeing with a California federal judge's finding that the claims at issue were invalid under the U.S. Supreme Court's Alice precedent.

• Novo Bets $1.3B On Nanexa Drug Tech Amid Obesity Push

  By Al Barbarino

  Novo Nordisk has agreed to pay up to about €1.165 billion ($1.3 billion) under an exclusive license and collaboration agreement for Swedish drug-delivery company Nanexa's PharmaShell technology.

• Supreme Court Revives DHS Voter Citizenship Database

  By Katie Buehler and Jeff Overley

  The Trump administration can reinstate the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's upgraded citizenship verification database ahead of this year's midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday.

• DC Circ. Denies Anthropic's Security Risk Suit Against DOD

  By Madeline Lyskawa

  A divided D.C. Circuit panel ruled Friday the Pentagon was justified in citing national security concerns to exclude Anthropic's suite of Claude artificial intelligence models from its supply chain.