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  Donziger Case May Stretch Constitution, 2nd Circ. Panel Says

  By Cara Salvatore

  A Second Circuit panel on Tuesday appeared open to Chevron foe Steven Donziger's argument that there are serious...(read more)

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  UK To Force Facebook To Unwind $400M Giphy Deal

  By Najiyya Budaly

  The antitrust regulator said on Tuesday that Facebook must sell Giphy Inc., its online image platform, after fin...(read more)

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• Jury Says BGI Owes Illumina $8M For Infringing DNA Patents

  By Hannah Albarazi

  A California federal jury determined Tuesday that four out of five of Illumina's patents behind its next-generation genome-sequencing technology were valid, finding that Illumina's Chinese rival BGI Genomics and its subsidiaries willfully infringed the patents and must pay Illumina $8 million in damages, according to a person familiar with the case.

• 'God's Tigress': Feds Query Holmes On Balwani 'Love' Texts

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A federal prosecutor cross-examined former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on her purportedly abusive relationship with ex-Theranos executive Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani in her criminal fraud trial Tuesday, noting that they texted each other the word "love" 594 times and highlighting a Balwani text calling Holmes "god's tigress and warrior."

• FDA Panel Backs Merck COVID Pill For High-Risk Adults

  By Lauren Berg

  A split U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory committee on Tuesday voted in favor of emergency use authorization for an antiviral pill developed by Merck & Co. and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics to treat COVID-19 in high-risk adults.

• 9th Circ. Revives Calif.'s High-Capacity Gun Magazine Ban

  By Lauren Berg

  A divided en banc Ninth Circuit broke with a previous three-judge panel and upheld California's ban on large-capacity ammunition on Tuesday, with the majority finding that the restriction saves lives and does not significantly interfere with a person's right to self-defense.

• 'Jane' Tells Jury Maxwell Was Part Of Epstein's Sex Abuse

  By Stewart Bishop

  An actress who says she was sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein starting at age 14 told a Manhattan federal jury on Tuesday that the deceased financier's associate Ghislaine Maxwell was often in the same room and sometimes took part in the misconduct.

• Split Fed. Circ. Upholds Mylan's Win In Axing Tecfidera Patent

  By Dani Kass

  A West Virginia federal judge rightfully invalidated a patent covering Biogen's blockbuster multiple sclerosis drug Tecfidera, negating the need to see whether the Patent Trial and Appeal Board should have done so as well, the Federal Circuit said Tuesday.

• 7th Circ. Seems Unconvinced Obama Center Work Must Stop

  By Lauraann Wood

  The Seventh Circuit seemed unconvinced Tuesday that it should reverse a lower court's ruling and temporarily halt the construction of former President Barack Obama's planned multimillion-dollar presidential center in a historic Chicago park.

• Kavanaugh Seen As Key Vote In Roe Showdown

  By Jimmy Hoover

  When the U.S. Supreme Court debates the fate of Roe v. Wade on Wednesday morning, the spotlight will be on key vote Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who has called Roe an "important precedent" but has also been willing to overturn holdings he disagrees with.

• DC Circ. Says DOJ Must Unredact Portions Of Mueller Report

  By Khorri Atkinson

  The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday ordered the U.S. Department of Justice to disclose some previously redacted parts of former special counsel Robert Mueller's Russian election interference report that would reveal why he declined to bring campaign finance charges against certain Trump 2016 campaign officials.

• Behind The Scenes With Opioid Attys At Landmark Jury Trial

  By Jeff Overley and Cara Salvatore

  Fresh off the first jury verdict in coast-to-coast opioid litigation, attorneys for victorious Ohio counties took Law360 behind the scenes to discuss misconduct that nearly derailed the landmark trial, lessons learned from conversations with jurors, and their evolving strategy for future courtroom clashes.

• DC Circ. Skeptical Of Trump's Bid To Block Capital Riot Docs

  By Khorri Atkinson

  A D.C. Circuit panel expressed strong doubts Tuesday about former President Donald Trump's blanket assertion of executive privilege to shield his White House records from a House panel probing the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot, suggesting that he doesn't have standing to challenge President Joe Biden's decision to waive his privilege claim.

• Pa. Justices Keep School Mask Order In Place Before Hearing

  By Matthew Santoni

  The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania said Tuesday that a statewide school mask mandate can remain in place for now, throwing out a lower court's order that the mandate must be lifted or replaced by Dec. 4.