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  Tech Consultants File First Challenge To H-1B Wage Hikes

  By Suzanne Monyak

  A group of technology consulting firms filed the first lawsuit Friday challenging the Trump administration's rul...(read more)

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  Apple Loses 1st Battle In War To Invalidate 3G, 4G Patents

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  A London judge on Friday found that Apple Inc. infringed a valid and essential patent for 3G and 4G wireless dev...(read more)

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• Musicians Fight NLRB Nonemployee Property Access Limits

  By Braden Campbell

  The National Labor Relations Board misread labor law by placing workers' rights below those of nonemployee organizers in a precedential decision limiting workers' power to protest at work locations not owned by their employers, a musicians' union attorney said at D.C. Circuit arguments Monday.

• Memorabilia Biz Accuses Debevoise Of Fraud Amid SEC Probe

  By Justin Wise

  A memorabilia auction company sued Debevoise & Plimpton LLP on Saturday, saying the firm's attorneys "abysmally failed" their duties and "annihilated" the company's market value by trying to cover up their own mishandling of an SEC investigation into potential fraud.

• 6 Russian Officers Indicted Over Massive Cyberattack

  By Daniel Wilson

  A Pennsylvania grand jury has indicted six Russian military officers for cyberattacks, including the destructive 2017 NotPetya malware attack, from the same intelligence unit accused of interfering with the 2016 presidential election, the U.S. Department of Justice said Monday.

• FinCEN Hits Bitcoin Service Operator With $60M Fine

  By Al Barbarino

  The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network on Monday levied a $60 million civil money penalty against the head of two bitcoin businesses for violations of Bank Secrecy Act regulations, stating that he facilitated illicit activity including drug transactions and child pornography by operating in the "darkest spaces of the internet." 

• Thomas Decries Okla. 'Uncertainty' As Tribal Tax Case Denied

  By Andrew Westney

  Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday blasted the U.S. Supreme Court for failing to dispel "uncertainty" left by its July ruling on federal, state and tribal jurisdiction in McGirt v. Oklahoma, dissenting sharply with the court's refusal to take up a petition over a state tax on gaming equipment leased to a tribal casino.

• NJ Man Charged With Threatening To Kill Federal Judge

  By Jeannie O'Sullivan

  A New Jersey man was charged Sunday with threatening to kill a federal judge over his dissatisfaction about how his civil lawsuit is being handled, calling the judge a "traitor" facing a "death sentence" and threatening to publicly reveal where the jurist lives, federal prosecutors said Monday.

• High Court Wants Feds' Input On PwC ERISA Class Action

  By Emily Brill

  The U.S. Supreme Court asked for the federal government's take Monday on whether it should review the Second Circuit's holding that PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP retirees could receive money damages in a 14-year-old ERISA case.

• 2 Firms Craft $13B ConocoPhillips-Concho Resources Merger

  By Benjamin Horney

  ConocoPhillips, counseled by Wachtell, has agreed to combine with Sullivan & Cromwell-guided Concho Resources in a $13 billion deal that stands to form a single Texas-based energy giant with an enterprise value of about $60 billion, the companies said Monday.

• Judge Wants Trump To Clarify 'Declassify' Tweets

  By Khorri Atkinson

  A D.C. federal judge rejected the government's push for him to ignore President Donald Trump's recent tweets saying he has "fully authorized the total declassification" of all Russia probe documents, telling federal attorneys Friday the White House Counsel's Office must directly confer with Trump about his intent.

• Vance Asks Justices To Deny Trump's Bid To Halt Subpoena

  By Dylan Moroses

  President Donald Trump's request to the U.S. Supreme Court to halt a grand jury subpoena for his tax and business records should be denied after lower courts thoroughly rejected the president's arguments, the Manhattan district attorney told the court Friday.

• Alsup Asked To Delay Patent 'Showdown' Due To Sick Witness

  By Dorothy Atkins

  Rival biotechnology equipment makers have asked U.S. District Judge William Alsup to push back a "patent showdown" claim construction hearing set for December, after a 78-year-old expert validity witness developed COVID-19 symptoms.

• Energy, Climate Policy Chasm Divides Trump And Biden

  By Keith Goldberg

  The energy policy divide underpinning next month's presidential election couldn't be more stark, with President Donald Trump's commitment to fossil fuels and deregulation pitted against former Vice President Joe Biden's multitrillion-dollar vow to combat climate change.