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  Uber Put Profits Over Safety, Jury Told At 1st Sex Assault Trial

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  Uber put growth and money over passenger safety, counsel for a woman claiming she was sexually assaulted by a dr...(read more)

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  NBA Taps Wachtell To Probe Possible Cap Scam By Clippers

  By David Steele

  Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, which has led two previous probes into misconduct by NBA franchises that pushed th...(read more)

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• Lutnick Picks Ex-DOJ, TM Leaders To Advise USPTO

  By Dani Kass

  U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard W. Lutnick has appointed high-profile members to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's public advisory committees, nearly six months after clearing them out.

• Roberts Pauses Foreign Aid Distribution For Now

  By Katie Buehler

  U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday temporarily stayed a lower court's order requiring the Trump administration to release roughly $4 billion in frozen foreign aid while the court considers a longer-term solution. 

• Post-Chevron, DC Circ. Again Backs FERC Solar Ruling

  By Keith Goldberg

  The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday stuck to a decision backing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's conclusion that a hybrid solar facility qualified for small-scale power producer perks, following a U.S. Supreme Court-ordered rethink due to the elimination of so-called Chevron deference.

• Ex-Ill. Bank VP Sentenced To 1 Year For Role In Embezzlement

  By Celeste Bott

  The former vice president of the now-defunct Washington Federal Bank for Savings was sentenced to one year in prison Tuesday for his role covering up a $66 million embezzlement scheme.

• Lambda Legal Attorney Indicted Over Judge Shopping Probe

  By Ryan Boysen

  An attorney with LGBTQ rights nonprofit Lambda Legal has been charged in Alabama federal court in connection with an alleged judge-shopping scandal in Alabama, with prosecutors claiming he lied to a panel of federal judges investigating the episode.

• BREAKING: Justices Grant Fast-Track Review For Trump Tariff Suit

  By Dylan Moroses

  The U.S. Supreme Court will fast-track its consideration of the government's appeal of a Federal Circuit ruling that President Donald Trump's tariffs under the International Emergency Econmic Powers Act are unlawful, according to a Tuesday order. 

• 2nd Circ. Allows NY AG To Curb Nonprofit's Debtor Coaching

  By Andrea Keckley

  The Second Circuit vacated a lower court order that prevented New York Attorney General Letitia James from stopping a bankruptcy education nonprofit from advising low-income debtors Tuesday, saying that while the state's unauthorized practice of law statutes regulate speech, they are content neutral and should be reviewed under intermediate scrutiny.

• Mich. Judge Throws Out Charges For Fake Trump 'Electors'

  By Carolyn Muyskens

  A Michigan judge on Tuesday dismissed all criminal charges against Republicans accused of acting as fake electors for President Donald Trump in the 2020 election, finding that prosecutors failed to show criminal intent.

• Cenovus Energy Selling WRB Refining Stake For $1.4B

  By Al Barbarino

  Cenovus Energy said Tuesday it has struck a deal to sell its 50% stake in WRB Refining LP to Phillips 66 for $1.4 billion, as the Canadian energy company cashes out of a long-standing refining partnership.

• Pentagon Finalizes Cybersecurity Rule For Contractors

  By Madeline Lyskawa

  The U.S. Department of Defense released its long-anticipated final rule on Tuesday detailing how the agency will incorporate its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, aimed at boosting cybersecurity standards across the defense industrial base, into defense contracts.

• Bowling And Eatery Chain Pinstripes Hits Ch. 11 Seeking Sale

  By Rick Archer

  Illinois-based bowling and restaurant chain Pinstripes has filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware bankruptcy court with more than $143 million in debt and plans to seek a going concern sale.

• 7 Firms Guide $52B Anglo American, Teck Mining Merger

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Britain's Anglo American and Teck Resources of Canada said Tuesday that they will combine to create a $52 billion copper-mining giant after both natural resources companies recently fought off takeovers from large rivals.