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  Clippers Fined $30M As Probe Uncovers Salary Cap Violations

  By Alex Lawson

  The NBA unveiled sweeping sanctions against the Los Angeles Clippers Wednesday, including a $30 million fine and...(read more)

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  DOJ Ad Tech Judge Won't Break Up Google's Biz

  By Bryan Koenig

  A Virginia federal judge on Wednesday refused to break up Google's advertising placement technology business, op...(read more)

• Alanis Morissette Accuses 'Terrible' Tour Manager Of Extortion

  By Ben Adlin

  Rock star Alanis Morissette sued her former tour manager in California federal court Tuesday over claims she was the victim of a "calculated blackmail campaign" in which the manager threatened to falsely report her for drug trafficking unless she paid "massive compensation" and agreed to employ the worker as a tour director for 15 years.

• Online Embedders May Like 5th Circ.'s Pivot On Server Test

  By Ivan Moreno

  The Fifth Circuit last week rejected a 2007 copyright test that publishers have long criticized, but attorneys say the court's replacement may still leave news aggregators and apps that embed third-party content in a strong position while putting more pressure on rights holders to restrict content they don't want embedded elsewhere.

• House Rejects Amendment To Fix Court At 9 Justices

  By Courtney Bublé

  The House failed to pass a proposed constitutional amendment on Wednesday that would keep the number of U.S. Supreme Court justices at nine.

• States Sue To Block Medicaid Ban On Youth Gender Care

  By Dan McKay

  Twenty state attorneys general on Wednesday challenged the Trump administration's plan to halt Medicaid funding for minors' gender-affirming care, alleging the move would violate federal law and usurp congressional power over government spending.

• DOJ Backs OpenAI, Microsoft Fair Use Defense In NYT IP Case

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  The federal government is weighing in on the sprawling copyright litigation against OpenAI Inc. and Microsoft Corp. in New York federal court brought by The New York Times and others, telling the judge that using copyrighted texts to train generative tools shouldn't expose developers to broad infringement liability.

• Fed. Circ. Backs Micron's PTAB Wins Over Netlist

  By Dani Kass

  Micron took home a series of wins at the Federal Circuit on Wednesday in its multifaceted patent battle against Netlist, with the court upholding invalidations of five computer memory patents.

• DOJ Says Trump's Jan. 6 Speech Was An Official Act

  By Jared Foretek

  The U.S. Department of Justice argued Tuesday that President Donald Trump was carrying out one of his office's "most important functions" when he urged protesters to head to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and "fight like hell," so the D.C. Circuit should deem his speech official conduct.

• NJ Urges Justices To Resolve Kalshi Sports Betting Split

  By Aislinn Keely

  New Jersey regulators on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to address the newly emerged circuit split around prediction market regulation, filing a long-awaited petition that challenged a Third Circuit decision blocking the state from pursuing Kalshi's sports event contracts as unlicensed bets.

• Mass. Sheriff Acquitted Of Extorting Cannabis Co.

  By Carolyn Muyskens

  A Boston federal jury on Wednesday cleared a sheriff of charges that he shook down a cannabis company for a pre-initial public offering investment opportunity.

• Colo. Exits Pharma Group's Challenge Of Drug Discount Law

  By MJ Koo

  A Colorado federal court has thrown out a pharmaceutical industry trade group's challenge of a state law requiring drug manufacturers to sell discounted drugs through contracted pharmacies, finding the group failed to show the law conflicts with federal law or controls business activity beyond Colorado's borders.

• Linqto Founder Engineered $450M 'Pre-IPO' Fraud, Feds Say

  By Pete Brush

  The founder of Linqto, a bankrupt platform that allows investors to buy shares before their initial public offerings, was arrested in California Wednesday and charged in New York federal court with a $450 million price markup scheme.

• Buchanan, Davis Polk Steer Vertiv-UIG Deal Worth Up To $2.6B

  By Al Barbarino

  Vertiv Holdings Co. said Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire UtilityInnovation Group, a provider of microgrid controls and behind-the-meter power systems for data centers, for about $1.45 billion in cash at closing plus up to $1.15 billion in additional consideration tied to earnings targets.