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SpaceX shares fell after the Elon Musk-led company disclosed higher-than-expected spending on its artificial intelligence business, spoiling an inaugural earnings release that broadly exceeded Wall Street estimates.
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The US Justice Department on Monday sought to drop criminal charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, taking him closer to resolving a long-running saga that once threatened the future of his giant conglomerate.
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Opinion: Trump's $1.8 billion pact with the IRS has the hallmarks of a collusive settlement, a species of fraud, that could ensnare DOJ personnel involved in designing and administering it, former DC Bar President Philip Lacovara writes.
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CVS Health Corp. made illegal profits of $66 million since 2020 on prescription drugs sold through the federal 340B drug discount program, the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers said in a lawsuit filed Monday in federal court.
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Inc.'s Twitch unit was hit with a defensive refiling by CP Studios LLC alleging its platform infringes four interactive live-streaming patents.
A contingent of Democrats joined Republicans to confirm a former House lawyer and federal prosecutor nominated by President Donald Trump to the South Carolina federal bench.
A federal appeals court appeared skeptical of Anthropic’s bid to block the Pentagon from declaring that the company poses a supply-chain risk to US national security, a move that led to a ban on government use of its artificial intelligence technology.
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The Justice Department’s new $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund lacks the rigorous controls that typically guide programs compensating victims out of litigation settlements or congressional mandates, said officials involved in prior efforts.
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche wouldn’t rule out the possibility that rioters who attacked police at the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, could receive payments from a new $1.8 billion taxpayer fund being created by the Justice Department.
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ICE agents are barred from conducting civil arrests on immigration courthouse grounds in New York City, pending the outcome of a federal lawsuit over Homeland Security’s policy of arresting noncitizens at their scheduled hearings.
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Attorneys general representing more than a dozen states are asking the Environmental Protection Agency to kill plans to scrap a Biden-era regulation governing the release of a cancer-causing chemical.
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Minnesota’s Prediction Markets Ban Draws Swift CFTC Lawsuit (2)
Opinion: Trump's $1.8 billion pact with the IRS has the hallmarks of a collusive settlement, a species of fraud, that could ensnare DOJ personnel involved in designing and administering it, former DC Bar President Philip Lacovara writes.
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A Rhode Island state agency is pushing a federal appeals court to block the release of medical records as the Justice Department investigates transgender care at children’s hospitals.
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Seventh Cir. Appears to Back Infosys in US Citizen Bias Case (1)
Boies Schiller Flexner and Dentons US prevailed Tuesday at a US appeals court against allegations that the two law firms schemed to shake down a client for legal fees.
A Texas federal judge ordered Rhode Island Hospital to submit voluminous transgender youth medical records for the court to hold pending the outcome of multi-district appeals, even as another district court judge rejected the same DOJ request.
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The EEOC’s plan to stop collecting employers’ race and gender data will cut off a decades-old tool that’s allowed the commission to focus antidiscrimination enforcement strategies and individual investigations.
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Shuttered chain Francesca’s has run its bankruptcy case to benefit secured lenders at the expense of junior creditors and should be restricted from further tapping available cash until tightening up its budget, a committee of unsecured creditors said.
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The Second Circuit affirmed a lower court’s denial of a former soccer league’s request for a new trial against US Soccer, concluding that it failed to prove a “relevant market” outlining the bounds of competition.
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