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  Two Giuliani Associates Deny Campaign Finance Charges

  By Pete Brush

  Two associates of President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani denied charges of using straw donors to funnel R...(read more)

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  DOJ Sues Calif. Over Cap-And-Trade Deal With Québec

  By Juan Carlos Rodriguez

  The Trump administration on Wednesday sued California over its cap-and-trade agreement with Québec, saying the s...(read more)

• Zuckerberg Pledges To Only Move On Libra With Regulator OK

  By Philip Rosenstein and Dean Seal

  In a highly anticipated Capitol Hill appearance Wednesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pledged to a skeptical House Financial Services Committee that the social media giant will not be involved in launching the Libra digital currency until U.S. regulators are on board.

• Latex Not Enough Cover For Adult Tax Exemption, Texas Says

  By Michelle Casady

  Liquid latex applied in layers to the otherwise nude bodies of dancers at adult entertainment clubs does not constitute "clothing" under the law, and therefore the clubs must pay a tax assessed on sexually oriented businesses, Texas told a state appellate court in oral arguments Wednesday.

• Vance Tells 2nd Circ. Trump's Immunity Gambit Is Fake Law

  By Pete Brush

  Donald Trump's lawyer told the Second Circuit on Wednesday that the president has total immunity from prosecution while in office and couldn't be charged even if he pulled a gun and shot someone on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, but a local prosecutor probing Trump's personal business and tax dealings called that a fake legal theory.

• Lizzo Fights 'Truth Hurts' Plagiarism Claims With Lawsuit

  By Bill Donahue

  The singer Lizzo filed a preemptive lawsuit Wednesday in California federal court aimed at disproving recent accusations that several other songwriters deserve credit for her chart-topping "Truth Hurts."

• Ky. AG Announces $40M In Settlements With Bayer, Reckitt

  By Emily Field

  The Kentucky attorney general on Wednesday announced two settlements worth nearly $40 million with drug companies, including one for $17 million with Bayer Corp. over claims that it misled women about risks associated with two of its birth control products, Yasmin and Yaz.

• Trump Touts Exit From Paris Accord At Pa. Shale Conference

  By Matthew Santoni and Juan Carlos Rodriguez

  President Donald Trump used his keynote address to the Shale Insight Conference in Pittsburgh Wednesday to tout his administration's deregulation of oil and gas production and infrastructure, and he doubled down on his promise to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord.

• Fairchild Strikes $175M Power Integrations Deal After 15 Years

  By Dani Kass

  ON Semiconductor has agreed to pay Power Integrations $175 million to end long-running litigation after ON's Fairchild subsidiary was hit with nearly $200 million in patent infringement verdicts, a resolution that means the Federal Circuit won’t answer a burning question about foreign damages as part of the fight. 

• Ex-BigLaw Atty Who Killed Wife Must Face Estate's Death Suit

  By Y. Peter Kang

  The former Fisher Phillips employment partner sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his wife must face a wrongful death suit after a Georgia appellate panel on Wednesday rejected the man's claim that his wife’s estate had no legal standing since he is the surviving spouse.

• FDA To Require Warning Labels On Breast Implants

  By Ryan Boysen

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it will require breast implant manufacturers to include written warnings on the packaging of those products, a move that comes amid a wave of lawsuits accusing medical giants like Allergan of using regulatory loopholes to peddle potentially dangerous implants.

• Ex-SEC Compliance Expert Denies Pilfering Info For PE Firm

  By Jody Godoy

  The chief compliance officer at New York-based private equity firm GPB Capital pled not guilty Wednesday in a case alleging that he abused his prior position at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to gather information about an investigation into the firm.