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  • January 22, 2026

    TikTok Seals Joint Venture Deal For US Operations

    TikTok's Beijing-based owner, ByteDance, has sold a majority stake in the video app's U.S. operations to a new U.S.-based joint venture managed by a group of non-Chinese investors in order to comply with a congressional mandate and avoid the app's shutdown, the company announced Thursday.

  • January 22, 2026

    DC Circ. Presses Feds To Justify Military Trans Ban

    A D.C. Circuit judge pressed the government on Thursday to justify a policy that effectively bars transgender people from serving in the military, questioning why Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth imposed a more stringent policy than the first Trump administration did. 

  • January 22, 2026

    Patent Office Beats La Jolla Pharma's Application Denial Suit

    A Virginia federal judge on Wednesday upheld a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office decision that denied patent applications from drug developer La Jolla Pharma LLC claiming a unique dosage and delivery method of a drug the company markets to treat low blood pressure, finding the claims are all anticipated or obvious.

  • January 22, 2026

    10th Circ. Should Deny Interest 'Opt-Out' Rehearing, Colo. Says

    Colorado pushed back against calls for the Tenth Circuit to grant a full court rehearing of a challenge to the state's "opt-out" law on interest rates, arguing that a recent panel decision upholding the law does not merit review by the full appeals court.

  • January 22, 2026

    Iran Sued For Alleged Role In Deadly Jordan Drone Attack

    The families of three U.S. soldiers killed in a drone attack orchestrated by alleged terrorists at a military installation in Jordan sued the Islamic Republic of Iran in D.C. federal court on Thursday seeking to recover monetary damages for the deaths of their loved ones.

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