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  Getty Images Files Ch. 11 Case With More Than $1B Of Debt

  By Vince Sullivan

  Visual content company Getty Images Holdings Inc. filed for Chapter 11 protection Wednesday in Delaware bankrupt...(read more)

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  2nd Circ. Won't Block Connecticut Drug Price Cap

  By Matthew Perlman

  A Second Circuit panel affirmed a lower court's decision Tuesday, refusing to block Connecticut from enforcing a...(read more)

• CRH To Unload NJ Asphalt Plants For $8.5B Arcosa Deal

  By Matthew Perlman

  New Jersey state enforcers have reached an agreement allowing CRH plc to move ahead with its planned $8.5 billion purchase of Arcosa Inc., conditioned on the sale of several hot-mix asphalt plants in the state.

• Fund Manager Fights Congo Palm Oil Ruling In Del. High Court

  By Jarek Rutz

  An investment fund manager and three affiliated entities urged the Delaware Supreme Court Wednesday to overturn a ruling that stripped them of interests in a Congolese palm oil business, arguing it handed fellow investor Kuramo Capital Management LLC an enormous windfall, while Kuramo defended the unusual remedy as necessary to protect its investment from the manager's misconduct.

• Ex-Holtec CFO Wins $2.1M Verdict On Whistleblower Claim

  By George Woolston

  A New Jersey state jury on Wednesday found that nuclear services company Holtec International violated the state's whistleblower law when it fired its chief financial officer days after he objected to what he believed were false and misleading statements in a document meant for a potential investor, awarding him $2.1 million in economic damages.

• High Court Lets Block On Prison Gender Care Ban Stand

  By Yeji Jesse Lee

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed federal prisons to continue to offer gender transition medical services to incarcerated people.

• Sen. Blackburn Clears Path For Trump's Tenn. Court Nominee

  By Courtney Bublé

  Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., has returned her blue slip for a judicial nominee for the Eastern District of Tennessee after an apparent delay.

• OCC Finalizes Stablecoin Rules, Drops Disputed Yield Plan

  By Aislinn Keely

  The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Wednesday finalized its rules for stablecoin issuers under its purview, issuing a 700-page document expected to set the baseline for other federal and state stablecoin frameworks.

• States' Suit Over Trump Energy EO Sparks Broader Questions

  By Rachel Riley

  A Washington federal judge considering the Trump administration's bid to dismiss a multistate challenge to an executive order declaring a national energy emergency said Tuesday that the case highlights a broader dilemma: how courts should handle litigation based on "a single executive directive that sets in motion hundreds of agency decisions."  

• Kagan: High Court 'Blinded Itself' To Election Ruling Effects

  By Katie Buehler

  U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan criticized her conservative colleagues' approach to deciding election law cases Tuesday, saying they often rule without considering the real-world consequences of their decisions. 

• CFPB's Debanking Push Puts Enforcement Reset To The Test

  By Jon Hill

  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is pledging to crack down on allegedly discriminatory debanking practices, but this enforcement initiative could put the agency on a collision course with both the limits of its authority and its commitment to avoiding "novel legal theories."

• 7th Circ. Rejects Removal Of Hospital Patient Privacy Suits

  By Danielle Ferguson

  The Seventh Circuit on Tuesday joined a host of other appellate courts in determining healthcare providers were not "acting under" the federal government when they created patient web portals, finding actions alleging hospitals improperly shared patient information belonged in state court.

• 8th Circ. Panel Doubts Investors' Medtronic Insulin Pump Suit

  By Kellie Mejdrich

  The Eighth Circuit appeared skeptical Tuesday of investors' bid to revive allegations that medical device company Medtronic failed to properly communicate problems with an insulin pump device it manufactured and was ultimately recalled, with judges questioning arguments that certain interactions between the company and regulators weren't properly disclosed.

• New Rule On Invoking Defendant's Past Convictions Hits Snag

  By Phillip Bantz

  A yearslong effort to make it harder for prosecutors to invoke a criminal defendant's past convictions appeared to be gaining traction — until the senior executive arm of the Judicial Conference recently intervened and the U.S. Department of Justice abruptly withdrew its support for the proposal.