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  DC Circ. Denies Copyright For AI-Created Artwork

  By Ivan Moreno

  The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday rejected an inventor's appeal to obtain a copyright for an artwork made by his artif...(read more)

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  Google Buying Cybersecurity Co. Wiz In $32B Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  Google said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire Wiz for $32 billion and integrate the growing cloud security platfo...(read more)

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• Fed. Circ. Says It Can't Review Realtek's ITC Sanctions Fight

  By Andrew Karpan

  The Federal Circuit ruled Tuesday that the appeals court can't tell the U.S. International Trade Commission to explain why it declined Taiwan-based chipmaker Realtek Semiconductor Corp.'s request for a "sua sponte ruling" over a rival's alleged conduct in a dropped patent investigation.   

• DC Circ. Seems Divided Over Firings Of Agency Officials

  By Ali Sullivan

  A D.C. Circuit panel on Tuesday questioned whether nearly century-old U.S. Supreme Court protections for some federal agency officials cover members of the Merit Systems Protection Board and National Labor Relations Board.

• Asphalt Co. Exec Avoids Prison, Fined $100K For Bid Rigging

  By Danielle Ferguson

  The president of an asphalt paving company who pled guilty to participating in a scheme with other asphalt companies to rig bids for projects in Michigan for roughly eight years avoided prison time and was ordered Tuesday to pay a $100,000 fine.

• Tennis Governing Bodies Are A 'Cartel,' Players Claim In Suit

  By David Steele

  Twelve current and former tennis professionals filed a proposed antitrust class action in New York federal court on Tuesday, accusing the sport's governing bodies of operating as a "cartel" that manipulates pay and rankings, forces unsafe playing conditions, and exposes players to unfair investigations and discipline.

• FCC Dem Starks To Step Down This Spring

  By Christopher Cole

  The longest-serving Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission, Geoffrey Starks, said Tuesday he will resign the post sometime this spring.

• DC Circ. Gives FERC Chance To Redo LNG Project Approvals

  By Jared Foretek

  The D.C. Circuit Tuesday said it would allow the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to fix problems in its reauthorizations for two natural gas projects in Texas, revising an August 2024 decision vacating the reauthorizations altogether after the commission said President Donald Trump's revocation of environmental orders should clear them.

• BlackRock Calls Red States' Suit Over Coal Prices 'Farfetched'

  By Katryna Perera

  BlackRock Inc. and two other large asset managers have urged a Texas federal judge to toss claims brought by a coalition of Republican-led states alleging the firms ran a scheme to drive up coal prices as part of an "investment cartel," saying the case "spins a farfetched theory."

• Chief Justice Speaks Out After Trump's Impeachment Push

  By Courtney Bublé

  U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. issued a rare statement Tuesday saying "impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision" after President Donald Trump called for impeaching a judge who blocked the deportation of Venezuelans.

• Judge Axes Bid To Recoup Short-Swing Profits In Novel Ruling

  By Katryna Perera

  A New York federal judge has ruled in a matter of first impression that sporting goods company Clarus Corp. cannot recoup $57 million in short-swing profits a trading firm made from a series of transactions because the high-volume trades fit an exemption for market-making activities.

• Google To Pay $28M On Claim It Favored White, Asian Workers

  By Hailey Konnath

  Google LLC will pay $28 million to put to rest allegations it pays and promotes certain nonwhite employees less than their white and Asian colleagues, counsel for a class of workers said Monday.

• Gutting USAID Threatens US Credibility, 22 Ex-Officials Say

  By Rae Ann Varona

  A bipartisan group of former high-ranking national security and defense officials on Monday voiced opposition to the Trump administration's decision to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development, saying in an amicus brief filed in D.C. federal court that the shutdown undermines the United States' credibility while allowing China and Russia to build theirs.

• Judge Questions DOJ Timing Of Deportations After Injunction

  By Britain Eakin

  U.S. Chief District Judge James Boasberg admonished the Trump administration Monday for its seeming noncompliance with an oral order to turn around flights carrying Venezuelans who were deported under a presidential proclamation invoking the 1798 Alien Enemies Act.