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  AEG, BigLaw Atty In Hot Seat As Live Nation Trial Nears End

  By Stewart Bishop

  Live Nation on Wednesday concluded its defense case with glowing testimony about it from the manager for rap sta...(read more)

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  SEC Taps Gibson Dunn Partner For Enforcement Director

  By Sarah Jarvis

  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Wednesday that it has appointed a Gibson Dunn & Crutcher L...(read more)

• Fuel Executive Gets 5 Years For $4.5M Navy Fraud Scheme

  By Elaine Briseño

  A Florida federal judge sentenced a former fuel executive to five years in prison after a jury found him guilty of defrauding the U.S. Department of Defense of more than $4.5 million.

• Feds Move To Block Arizona's Gambling Laws Against Kalshi

  By Lauren Berg

  The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Wednesday backed Kalshi's assertion that Arizona's gambling laws cannot be applied to federally regulated prediction market platforms, the same day the Phoenix federal court rejected Kalshi's bid to halt enforcement of those state laws.

• DC Circ. Allows DOD To Ax Anthropic Contracts Amid Review

  By Hailey Konnath

  The D.C. Circuit Wednesday shot down Anthropic's request for an emergency order temporarily barring the U.S. Department of Defense from designating the artificial intelligence company as a national security risk while Anthropic's appeal plays out, although it agreed to expedite the appeal.

• Fed. Circ. Questions Specificity Needed In Oxy IP Invalidation

  By Dani Kass

  A Federal Circuit panel expressed frustration with attorneys from both Purdue Pharma LP and generic-drug maker Accord Healthcare Inc. Wednesday as it tried to navigate whether the Delaware district court order invalidating Purdue's abuse-deterrence patent was explicit enough.

• NY Panel Skeptical Of TikTok Bid To Ax AG's Addiction Suit

  By Frank G. Runyeon

  A five-judge appellate panel Wednesday voiced doubts about TikTok's bid to dismiss the New York attorney general's claims that the social media platform is an addictive product that targets and harms children, pushing back on the company's free speech defense.

• Trump Asks NY's Top Court To Toss AG's 'Flawed' Fraud Case

  By Lauren Berg

  President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked New York's highest court to throw out New York Attorney General Letitia James' "deeply flawed" civil fraud judgment entirely after a lower appellate court tossed what it called an "excessive" $489 million penalty against the president, his sons and his real estate companies.

• Full 1st Circ. Hesitant To Undo Cop's Suspension For FB Post

  By Carolyn Muyskens

  The full First Circuit seemed unmoved Wednesday by a police officer's argument that his free speech rights were trampled when he was suspended for making a private Facebook post critical of George Floyd.

• AbbVie Says 340B Program Defines 'Patient' Too Broadly

  By Mark Payne

  Federally funded healthcare providers in the 340B Drug Pricing Program are using an "overly broad" interpretation of the word "patient" based on government guidelines, and it's leading to them abusing 340B discounts, AbbVie claimed in a lawsuit filed against two federal health agencies Wednesday.

• 'Ketamine Queen' Gets 15 Years In Matthew Perry Death Case

  By Craig Clough

  The woman known as the "Ketamine Queen" of North Hollywood was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a California federal judge Wednesday for several drug dealing-related crimes, including her role in providing the ketamine that led to the 2023 death of "Friends" star Matthew Perry.

• ABA Rates Montana Judicial Pick 'Not Qualified'

  By Courtney Bublé

  Katie Lane, senior legal counsel at the Republican National Committee who has been tapped for a federal judgeship in Montana, is the first nominee to receive a majority "not qualified" rating by the American Bar Association in the second Trump administration.

• FedEx Says NY Attys And Medical Providers Staged Crashes

  By Hope Patti

  FedEx accused a network of lawyers, medical providers and clinics of orchestrating an insurance scam in which they staged motor vehicle accidents in order to defraud the delivery giant through sham lawsuits and inflated medical bills, according to a suit filed in New York federal court.

• Appeals Court Wipes Out PacifiCorp Wildfire Liability Verdict

  By Cara Salvatore

  A verdict that made power utility PacifiCorp liable to a class of property owners around Oregon from Labor Day 2020 wildfires must be overturned because of a faulty jury instruction, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday.