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  Trump Nominates Ex-Personal Atty Emil Bove For 3rd Circ.

  By Courtney Bublé

  President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday he is nominating Emil Bove, his former criminal defense attorney w...(read more)

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  Brazilian Airline Azul Files Ch. 11 To Cut $2B Of Debt

  By Vince Sullivan

  Azul SA, one of Brazil's largest airlines, filed for Chapter 11 protection in New York on Wednesday, saying it h...(read more)

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• Intel Pushes Fortress, VLSI On Financial Control Limits

  By Dani Kass

  Intel Corp. tried to convince an Austin federal jury Wednesday that Fortress Investment Group's power to say "no" when VLSI Technology LLC requests money, among other override authorities, makes clear who has actual control over VLSI's finances, even if that "no" has never been invoked.

• Elon Musk Is Leaving White House Role, Trump Admin Says

  By Hailey Konnath

  Billionaire Elon Musk is ending his work with President Donald Trump and the federal Department of Government Efficiency, a White House official confirmed Wednesday evening.

• Regeneron Urges Judge In FCA Kickback Suit To Set Trial Date

  By Chris Villani

  Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Wednesday pressed a Massachusetts federal judge to ready a long-running False Claims Act suit for a jury and reject the government's second bid for a pretrial win under a different legal theory following a First Circuit setback.

• Slots Co. Says Ga. Lottery Stacked Deck In License Row

  By Chart Riggall

  A holder of Peach State slot machine licenses urged a Georgia appellate court Wednesday to revive a suit that tried to force the state's lottery corporation to honor its own hearing officer's directive permitting the company to transfer its rights to another business.

• Execs Smuggled Billions In Goods To Skirt Duties, Feds Say

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  Two California shipping company executives have been charged with smuggling billions of dollars' worth of goods from the United States into Mexico — avoiding millions of dollars in duties to Mexico — using bogus documents, shell companies, bribes to public officials and kickbacks to drug cartels.

• SG Backs Cox's High Court Bid In Music Copyright Battle

  By Theresa Schliep

  The U.S. solicitor general has pressed the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Fourth Circuit ruling affirming a contributory copyright infringement verdict against Cox Communications Inc., saying the circuit court's "sweeping view" of that kind of infringement can have downstream effects on internet access.

• 7th Circ. Skeptical That NCAA Eligibility Rules Restrain Trade

  By Celeste Bott

  The Seventh Circuit on Wednesday appeared to raise doubts over a lower court's decision granting a University of Wisconsin football player another year of eligibility, questioning his claim that the National Collegiate Athletic Association's five-year rule restrains competition in violation of federal antitrust laws.

• Samsung Owes $112M To Maxell In Patent Fight, Jury Says

  By Adam Lidgett

  A federal jury in Texas said Wednesday that Samsung owes about $111.7 million after finding it infringed a series of patents covering functions in personal electronic devices owned by Maxell Ltd.

• CFPB Energy Loan Rule An 'Unlawful Power Grab,' Suit Says

  By Keith Goldberg

  Lenders that finance clean energy home improvement projects on Wednesday challenged a Biden-era rule that applies standard mortgage protections to loans where homeowners pay for such projects through property tax bills, saying the rule is unlawful and threatens to kill their business.

• 'ComEd Four' Denied New Trial After High Court Ruling

  By Celeste Bott

  An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday denied a motion by Commonwealth Edison Co.'s former CEO and lobbyists to throw out their corruption convictions in the wake of a recent U.S. Supreme Court false-statement ruling, saying the jury made a "reasonable call" that they falsified internal records to hide the steering of benefits to ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

• Mallinckrodt Investors Get Initial OK For $5.5M Settlement

  By Sydney Price

  Investors of drugmaker Mallinckrodt received preliminary approval of their $5.5 million settlement with two executives and a director of the company Wednesday, ending the investors' claims they were misled into believing Mallinckrodt had recovered from bankruptcy and would make a $200 million payment to opioid claimants.

• Vt. Judge To Order Release Of Harvard Researcher

  By Julie Manganis

  A Vermont federal judge on Wednesday said a Harvard Medical School researcher and Russian national accused of smuggling frog embryos into the United States is entitled to release from immigration custody while she challenges her detention.