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  Justices Grant Fast-Track Review For Trump Tariff Suit

  By Dylan Moroses

  The U.S. Supreme Court will fast-track its consideration of the government's appeal of a Federal Circuit ruling ...(read more)

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  Novartis To Acquire Cooley-Led Biotech Biz For $1.4B

  By Tom Fish

  Novartis AG said Tuesday it has agreed to buy U.S. biotechnology company Tourmaline Bio Inc. for approximately $...(read more)

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• Uber Jury Won't Hear Exec's Convo He 'Trashed Rape Victims'

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  A California federal judge overseeing a trial in a rape victim's lawsuit against Uber declined Tuesday to allow the woman's lawyer to introduce evidence that an Uber communications executive once joked with a colleague via Slack that he "trashed rape victims" in talks with a reporter.

• 'How To Kill A Federal Judge': Manifesto-Writer Faces Charges

  By Hailey Konnath

  A 72-year-old Minnesota man is accused of once again threatening to kill a federal judge, according to an announcement made Tuesday by prosecutors who said that, this time, he penned a 236-page manifesto titled "How To Kill a Federal Judge" and showed it to staff at a local library.

• 2nd Circ. Won't Nix Vimeo IP Loss But Clears Path For Appeal

  By Dorothy Atkins

  The Second Circuit Tuesday mostly rejected Capitol Records' bid to revisit its loss to Vimeo over lip-dub videos set to copyrighted songs, removing a footnote that could've blocked an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, but leaving intact their finding that the record labels waived a key liability theory.

• Fed. Circ. Revives Realtek's Fee Bid In Semiconductor IP Feud

  By Theresa Schliep

  The Federal Circuit on Tuesday faulted U.S. District Judge Alan Albright for denying Realtek Semiconductor Corp.'s request for fees following the dismissal of a patent infringement suit against it, saying the semiconductor company is the prevailing party even if the accusing company willingly abandoned the case.

• 9th Circ. Declines To Block Most Of Social Media Addiction Law

  By Lauren Berg

  The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday largely rejected a tech trade group's effort to block California from enforcing a law barring online platforms from using algorithms to deliver addictive feeds to children, saying a requirement to hide "likes" and share counts must be enjoined but challenges to other provisions are either unripe or fact-intensive.

• Norfolk Southern Inks Deal With DOJ Over Amtrak Delays

  By Linda Chiem

  Norfolk Southern Corp. has agreed to give Amtrak passenger trains priority over freight trains under a deal with the federal government that would close out a case stemming from widespread delays on Amtrak's New York City to New Orleans route, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday.

• Senate Confirms Florida And Missouri Judges

  By Courtney Bublé

  The U.S. Senate confirmed two judges Tuesday, one for Florida and the other for Missouri.

• Full 11th Circ. Backs Health Plan's Gender Care Exclusions

  By Kellie Mejdrich

  The Eleventh Circuit struck down a win Tuesday for a transgender sheriff's deputy who sued a Georgia county health plan after it refused to pay for gender-affirming surgery, saying the challenged coverage exclusion did not violate federal anti-discrimination law.  

• Roberts Pauses Foreign Aid Distribution For Now

  By Katie Buehler

  Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday temporarily stayed a lower court's order requiring the Trump administration to release roughly $4 billion in frozen foreign aid while the U.S. Supreme Court considers a longer-term solution. 

• Post-Chevron, DC Circ. Again Backs FERC Solar Ruling

  By Keith Goldberg

  The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday stuck to a decision backing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's conclusion that a hybrid solar facility qualified for small-scale power producer perks, following a U.S. Supreme Court-ordered rethink due to the elimination of the so-called Chevron deference.

• Ex-Ill. Bank VP Sentenced To 1 Year For Role In Embezzlement

  By Celeste Bott

  The former vice president of the now-defunct Washington Federal Bank for Savings was sentenced to one year in prison Tuesday for his role covering up a $66 million embezzlement scheme.

• Lambda Legal Attorney Indicted Over Judge Shopping Probe

  By Ryan Boysen

  An attorney with LGBTQ rights nonprofit Lambda Legal has been charged in Alabama federal court in connection with an alleged judge-shopping scandal in Alabama, with prosecutors claiming he lied to a panel of federal judges investigating the episode.