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  HUD Probes Wells Fargo's 'Racial Equity' Mortgage Initiatives

  By Jon Hill

  The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said Wednesday that it is investigating whether Wells Fargo...(read more)

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  4 States Accuse TP-Link Of China Ties, Insecure Routers

  By Carolina Bolado

  The attorneys general of Florida, Montana, Nebraska and Iowa sued California-based TP-Link Systems Inc. on Tuesd...(read more)

• 1st Circ. Skeptical Of Legal Basis For IRS-ICE Data Sharing

  By Julie Manganis

  The First Circuit repeatedly suggested during a hearing Wednesday that the Trump administration's use of a privacy exception in the tax code for criminal investigations to justify demanding tax records of noncitizens could allow it to target nearly anyone's private returns.

• LIV Agrees To Review Player Contracts As Garcia, Rahm Exit

  By Vince Sullivan

  Bankrupt professional golf league LIV Golf said it would allow tour member Sergio Garcia to terminate his player participation contract with the debtor Wednesday rather than have it subject to rejection, telling a New Jersey court that it would review the deals of other golfers seeking the same relief.

• FCC Proposes $10M In Fines For Alleged Lifeline Fraud

  By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

  The Federal Communications Commission has proposed more than $10 million in fines against two providers for allegedly defrauding the agency's Lifeline program, which provides discounts on phone and internet services to qualifying low-income Americans.

• Trump Admin Calls AI Giants' Exemption Bid 'Moat-Digging'

  By Bryan Koenig

  Artificial intelligence companies have approached both Congress and federal regulators about granting them a broad exemption from antitrust liability that would let them pursue a coordinated slowdown of development.

• Mich. Judge Questions Push To Revive Abortion Restrictions

  By Dan McKay

  A Michigan judge Wednesday called a state law requiring medical providers to give parenting information and a picture of a fetus to patients seeking an abortion a "hindrance" that is out of step with a voter-approved right to reproductive freedom.

• Skadden-Led Weston Family To Buy UK's Boots For $8.9B

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Canada's Weston family said Wednesday that it will buy Boots for $8.9 billion inclusive of debt, forcing the British health and beauty retailer to change hands for the second time in just over a year.

• Cyber Consultant Convicted Of $53M Uranium Finance Heist

  By Stewart Bishop

  A Manhattan federal jury on Wednesday convicted a Maryland cybersecurity consultant of fraud and money laundering after about two hours of deliberations on charges he stole more than $53 million from crypto exchange Uranium Finance.

• Pitt's Atty Insinuates Sexism By Jolie's Atty In Winery Fight

  By Craig Clough

  A hearing over Brad Pitt's efforts to obtain financial documents from his ex-wife Angelina Jolie in a real estate battle over their winery turned personal Tuesday when Pitt's female counsel from Bird Marella suggested Jolie's male counsel from Murphy Rosen was being sexist, an intimation Jolie's attorney vehemently denied.

• Gold-Hoarding Ex-CIA Officer Admits To $194M Fraud On Gov't

  By Lauren Berg

  A former CIA officer who federal prosecutors say stashed nearly 300 gold bars in his home admitted in Virginia federal court Tuesday that he acquired the hoard of precious metal, as well as real estate and luxury items, by defrauding the government out of $194 million.

• EPA's Climate Retreat Sidelined As Justices Weigh State Torts

  By Keith Goldberg

  The Trump administration's recent moves renouncing its authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions appear unlikely to sway the U.S. Supreme Court in deciding whether state and local governments can pursue climate change lawsuits against fossil fuel companies, attorneys say.

• 1st Circ. Questions Need To Rule On Expired Harvard Visa Ban

  By Julie Manganis

  The First Circuit grappled Tuesday with what to do with an injunction blocking the Trump administration's long-suspended ban on foreign students from attending Harvard University, more than 10 months after the president's proclamation expired.

• 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.