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  DOJ Asserts Broad Power In BigLaw Executive Order Appeal

  By Jared Foretek

  A Trump administration attorney told the D.C. Circuit on Thursday that the courts have no authority to review th...(read more)

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  Justices Back Courts' Power Over Cases Sent To Arbitration

  By Caroline Simson

  The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that federal courts that have sent a dispute to arbitration have jurisdict...(read more)

• Adani Group Chair, Nephew Ink $18M Deal To Exit SEC Case

  By Lauren Berg

  Indian billionaire businessman Gautam Adani and his nephew, Sagar Adani, agreed Thursday to pay a combined $18 million to resolve the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's suit accusing them of committing securities fraud in connection with a $750 million bond offering.

• AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon Join Forces To End 'Dead Zones'

  By Hailey Konnath

  AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon have reached an agreement in principle to form a new joint venture aimed at ending wireless dead zones in the U.S. by pooling resources to increase capacity, according to an announcement made Thursday.

• Squires Lays Out Principles For Patent Review Discretion

  By Hailey Konnath

  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John A. Squires issued a precedential decision Thursday outlining the principles underlying his discretion in instituting America Invents Act reviews, emphasizing that Congress intended such reviews to be an alternative to costly and lengthy litigation.

• States Eye AI Ownership Laws To Fill Federal IP Gaps

  By Ivan Moreno

  States are beginning to test whether they can fill a gap left by federal copyright and patent law for works created with artificial intelligence, with Arkansas adopting a first-of-its-kind ownership rule for generative content and lawmakers elsewhere weighing their own proposals.

• Supreme Court Clears Way For Execution Of Texas Man

  By Brandon Lowrey

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday lifted the Fifth Circuit's stay of execution for a man who sought to challenge the constitutionality of his death sentence on grounds that he was intellectually disabled, granting an emergency petition filed by Texas, which went on to execute the man later Thursday.

• EPA Proposes Delaying Biden-Era Vehicle Emissions Regs

  By Gautama Mehta

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed a two-year extension on Thursday for the compliance deadline for Biden-era vehicle emissions standards, saying the policy was based on an overestimation of electric vehicle demand.

• Insider Trading Case Shows BigLaw Associate Vetting Gaps

  By Chris Villani

  A BigLaw attorney who was able to move through three major firms while allegedly orchestrating a massive insider trading scheme may have been aided by relatively loose hiring practices for associates that firms may consider strengthening moving forward, recruiting experts told Law360.

• High Court Maintains Abortion Pill Access Amid Circuit Appeal

  By Dan McKay

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday extended a stay preserving telehealth access to the abortion medication mifepristone while the Fifth Circuit weighs a challenge to the mail-order distribution of the pill.

• Takeda Cashed In From Delay Of Generic IBS Drug, Jury Told

  By Carolyn Muyskens

  Drug buyers urged a Massachusetts federal jury on Thursday to find that Takeda Pharmaceuticals conspired with another drugmaker to keep a generic version of anticonstipation drug Amitiza off the market in order to boost its own profits. 

• Texas Jury Clears Exxon Of 10-Year Securities Class Action

  By Spencer Brewer

  A Texas federal jury Thursday cleared Exxon Mobil Corp. of a decade-old securities class action claiming the energy giant misled investors, finding that Exxon did not breach securities laws with its representations of how much money some of its operations were making.

• 3 Firms Steer Iridium, Aireon On $367M Aviation Satellite Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  Iridium Communications Inc. said Thursday it has agreed to acquire the remaining stake in Aireon LLC for nearly $367 million, consolidating full ownership of the space-based aircraft surveillance provider in a deal steered by three law firms.

• 2nd Circ. Backs 20-Year Stretch For Forcount Fraudster

  By Pete Brush

  The Second Circuit on Thursday affirmed a 20-year sentence for an Ecuadorian man from Florida who pushed the $14 million, international Forcount cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme, concluding that "any error" from a broadcast of the sentencing did not impact the outcome.