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  Justices Seem To Support End To Intel 401(k) Fund Suit

  By Kellie Mejdrich

  The U.S. Supreme Court appeared likely Tuesday to affirm a Ninth Circuit decision ending a federal benefits disp...(read more)

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  CFTC Floats Framework For Crypto Cos. Offering Leverage

  By Aislinn Keely

  The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Monday unveiled plans for a framework governing leveraged crypt...(read more)

• DC Circ. Wary Of Hikvision Appeal Over FCC Device Denials

  By Nadia Dreid

  Chinese device-maker Hikvision hoped to convince the D.C. Circuit Tuesday that the Federal Communications Commission doesn't have the authority to strip a company's existing authorizations for national security reasons, but the judges did not seem persuaded.

• 1st. Circ. Sees Gaps In Order Halting RFK's Vaccine Advisers

  By Carolyn Muyskens

  A First Circuit panel on Tuesday puzzled over aspects of a lower court's order staying Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s appointments to a vaccine policy committee, with one judge saying he can't tell what authority the order was based on.

• Musician Gets 18 Mos. For $8M AI-Streaming 'Bot Farm' Scam

  By Pete Brush

  A Manhattan federal judge sentenced a North Carolina musician to 18 months in prison Tuesday, after he admitted scheming to steal $8 million worth of streaming royalty payments using an army of fake accounts and artificial intelligence-generated songs.

• Micron Ends Netlist IP Litigation With $600M, 5-Year License

  By Dani Kass

  Micron Technology Inc. has agreed to pay Netlist Inc. $600 million to end multivenue patent infringement litigation over memory technology, Netlist announced Tuesday.

• Holtec Fired CFO For Flagging False Statements, Jury Told

  By George Woolston

  Eight New Jersey jurors were told Tuesday that nuclear equipment and services company Holtec International broke the law when it fired its chief financial officer in 2022 after he raised objections over a document drafted by the company's chief executive meant for a potential investor.

• Ábrego García Deportation Hearing Abruptly Scrapped

  By Jared Foretek

  A hearing on the Trump administration's monthslong bid to deport Kilmar Ábrego García to Liberia was abruptly scrapped Tuesday afternoon, and attorneys on both sides declined to say why.

• 10th Circ. Revives Prosecution Of Utah Psilocybin Church

  By Sam Reisman

  The Tenth Circuit has revived a state court prosecution against a Utah church that uses the psychedelic psilocybin as a sacrament, saying the enforcement action did not violate religious freedoms and a lower district judge erred by halting it.

• Groq Investors Sue Over Nvidia's $20B 'Reverse Acqui-Hire'

  By Jarek Rutz

  Two former Groq Inc. stockholders have sued the artificial intelligence chip company's directors and a former officer, alleging in a Delaware Chancery Court complaint that they improperly handed Groq's technology and engineering workforce to Nvidia Corp. through a roughly $20 billion reverse acqui-hire without a stockholder vote or a process aimed at getting the best price.

• Cornell Hires Ex-Deputy AG Yates To Lead Internal Review

  By Christine DeRosa

  Following widespread public outrage over how a former student's rape allegations were handled, Cornell University has hired former deputy U.S. attorney general and King & Spalding LLP partner Sally Yates to lead an internal review of its policies and procedures.

• 3rd Circ. Judge Faces Ethics Complaint For Managing PR Firm

  By Adrian Cruz

  A pair of U.S. senators from Delaware have filed an ethics complaint with the Third Circuit raising concerns over U.S. Circuit Judge Jennifer Mascott's purported operation of a public affairs agency, months after she was officially confirmed to the appellate court.

• Ex-FBI Analyst Says Bove Ordered Illegal Protester Probe

  By Courtney Bublé

  A former FBI agent has come forward with a claim that when U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove was at the U.S. Department of Justice, he directed the Los Angeles field office to illegally investigate protesters.

• 4 Firms Advise On $5.8B Option Care Health Take-Private Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  Private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice and healthcare company McKesson Corp. said Tuesday they have agreed to acquire Option Care Health for $5.8 billion, taking the largest U.S. independent provider of home and alternate-site infusion services private.