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  • November 19, 2025

    FDIC Can't Have Advisory Jury In $1.9B Fight With SVB Trust

    A California federal judge Wednesday denied the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s request that she empanel an advisory jury in a suit looking to force the agency to return some $1.9 billion in frozen deposits to the former operator of Silicon Valley Bank, finding "no compelling reasons" to do so.

  • November 19, 2025

    GSA, Perplexity Strike 'First' Direct-To-Gov't AI Deal

    The U.S. General Services Administration struck a "first-of-its-kind" direct deal with Perplexity to provide federal agencies access to the artificial intelligence company's flagship enterprise AI product for just 25 cents per agency, GSA announced Wednesday.

  • November 19, 2025

    Colo. Justices Question Public Works Act Interpretation

    The Colorado Supreme Court appeared skeptical Wednesday of an appellate court's Public Works Act interpretation, which vacated a subcontractor's $12.7 million claim against the general contractor that employed it to help build a new Denver rail line.

  • November 19, 2025

    Cato Urges High Court To Review SEC Disgorgement Powers

    The Cato Institute and others have come out in support of a call for the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve a circuit split over the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's disgorgement powers, saying a recent Ninth Circuit decision unlawfully delegates legislative power to executive officials. 

  • November 19, 2025

    Colo. High Court Considers Insurers' Noncooperation Defense

    Colorado Supreme Court justices on Wednesday questioned the scope and effects of a state law requiring insurers to meet certain requirements in requesting information from policyholders before bringing a failure-to-cooperate defense, in a case where a man was denied claims after not turning over medical records.

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