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  Apple Gets High Court Review Of Epic Case Sanctions

  By Bryan Koenig

  The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to take up Apple's challenge to a California federal court contempt order ...(read more)

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  Justices Strike Down Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order

  By Katie Buehler

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday thwarted President Donald Trump's attempt to limit birthright citizenship to b...(read more)

• MGA Asks Trial Judge To End TI's Punitive Damages Claim

  By Gina Kim

  MGA urged a California federal judge Tuesday to end the punitive damages trial in its intellectual property dispute with Tameka Harris and rapper T.I., arguing ahead of closing arguments the Harrises presented no evidence that MGA or its CEO intentionally misappropriated the looks of their girl group when designing dolls.

• 2nd Circ. Backs NY Gas Appliance Ban In Split With 9th Circ.

  By Lauren Berg

  New York City and the Empire State can enforce their laws effectively banning fossil-fuel appliances in new buildings, the Second Circuit ruled Tuesday, splitting from the Ninth Circuit in rejecting trade groups and unions' arguments that the statutes run afoul of federal law.

• Ex-SVB Exec Defends Bank's Risk Appetite In FDIC Trial

  By Dorothy Atkins

  Silicon Valley Bank's ex-chief financial officer defended SVB's risk appetite during a California federal bench trial Tuesday over the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s claims the bank's brass mismanaged its assets, testifying SVB consistently received satisfactory regulatory ratings, took action to mitigate risks and received expert advice before SVB collapsed.

• Justices' Birthright Ruling Leaves Little Room For Congress

  By Britain Eakin

  The U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 holding Tuesday that President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship is unconstitutional did more than invalidate the policy, it effectively foreclosed Congress from trying to implement the executive order through legislation, experts told Law360.

• Lively Says Baldoni 'Holy War' Cost Her $8M In Legal Fees

  By Hailey Konnath

  Actress Blake Lively says she racked up more than $8 million in legal fees and expenses in her battle with her "It Ends With Us" costar Justin Baldoni, litigation she characterized as a "holy war" waged by Baldoni and his studio's financier, whom she accused of "scorched-earth" tactics designed to drain her resources.

• Ex-Palo Alto Insider Trader Avoids Prison After 9th Circ. Trip

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  A California federal judge resentenced an ex-Palo Alto Networks engineer Tuesday, 17 months after the Ninth Circuit upheld his securities fraud conviction but threw out his 18-month sentence, saying it now "doesn't make any sense" to incarcerate the 51-year-old given his failing health and family obligations.

• Egg Producers Settle Collusion Claims From DOJ, States

  By Matthew Perlman

  State and federal enforcers have reached settlements with Cal-Maine, Versova and Hickman's Egg Ranch over claims that the egg producers inflated prices by colluding to manipulate benchmarking rates.

• FERC Future Fuzzy After High Court's Agency Firings Ruling

  By Keith Goldberg

  The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission faces an uncertain future following the U.S. Supreme Court's blockbuster ruling that presidents have unlimited authority to fire members of independent agencies, which creates new risks for an energy industry that's used to regulatory continuity at FERC.

• Supreme Court To Hear Ohio Prayer Group Zoning Case

  By Nate Beck

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear claims that the city of University Heights, Ohio, used its zoning code to prevent a man from holding a prayer gathering in his home, in a case that seeks to test the limits of municipal powers over the exercise of religion.

• Justices Won't Hear MSPB Case After Slaughter Decision

  By Sarah Jarvis

  The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday denied a former Merit Systems Protection Board member's bid to review a D.C. Circuit decision upholding her firing from the agency, following a Monday high court decision finding that presidents have unlimited authority to fire members of independent agencies.

• EEOC Scraps Long-Standing Affirmative Action Guidance

  By Anne Cullen

  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Tuesday it has rescinded several decades-old guidance documents relating to voluntary workplace affirmative action plans, concluding the previous positions were out of step with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

• Justices Will Hear Challenges To Semiautomatic Rifle Bans

  By Aaron Keller and Celeste Bott

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday accepted Second Amendment challenges to semiautomatic rifle bans in Cook County, Illinois, and the state of Connecticut, combining two cases to decide whether the Constitution guarantees the right to possess AR-15-style weapons.