The U.S. Department of Justice has rolled out its first department-wide corporate criminal enforcement policy, giving companies and their counsel a more uniform framework for one of the most consequential decisions in any internal investigation: whether to self-disclose potential misconduct.

The policy is designed to clarify when prosecutors may decline to bring criminal charges against a company that voluntarily discloses…
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The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to pause a lower-court order holding Apple in contempt in its long-running fight with Epic Games, a procedural move that keeps immediate pressure on Apple while the broader dispute over App Store payment rules continues.

The order stems from the remedy phase of the Epic litigation, where Apple was previously directed to loosen restrictions…
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The FTC’s lawsuit against Uber has taken on added significance with the agency’s announcement that participating states joined in an amended complaint, reinforcing a broader enforcement trend: consumer-protection cases involving billing, cancellation, and subscription design are increasingly being pursued through coordinated federal-state action.

For legal and compliance teams, that multistate posture matters. A case that might once have been viewed…
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AT&T Services, Inc. has launched a new inter partes review at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, filing IPR2026-00348 on May 5, 2026. As of this early stage, the PTAB docket reflects the petition filing but does not yet provide the full merits picture in the publicly summarized case metadata. That means practitioners will want to monitor the record closely…
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The Department of Justice has announced that a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of North Carolina has indicted former FBI Director James Comey on charges alleging threats to harm President Donald Trump. Whatever the ultimate merits, the case is immediately significant because it combines a high-profile defendant, allegations involving threats against a sitting or former president, and the…
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The Ninth Circuit’s May 7, 2026 civil opinion by Judge McKeown appears to be a useful procedural decision for litigators focused on preserving issues for appeal and understanding the scope of appellate review. Although the docket entry does not itself provide the full factual background, the opinion is notable because the court addresses core appellate principles that frequently determine whether…
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AT&T Services, Inc. has launched a new inter partes review at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, filing IPR2026-00349 on May 5, 2026. At this early stage, the proceeding is notable less for any merits ruling and more for what it signals: another major operating company turning to the PTAB as part of a broader patent-defense playbook.

Based on the…
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The Patent Trial and Appeal Board granted institution in IPR2026-00146, concluding that the petitioner met the threshold showing required under 35 U.S.C. § 314(a): a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on at least one challenged claim. At the institution stage, that is the key question, and the Board found the petition sufficiently supported to move forward to a full trial on…
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Former FBI Director James Comey has made his first court appearance in a criminal case alleging he made a threat against former President Donald Trump, launching what could become a closely watched test of how federal prosecutors prove criminal intent in politically charged speech cases.

The prosecution, styled US v. James Comey, Jr., is drawing unusual scrutiny not only…
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Federal prosecutors have announced charges against Cole Tomas Allen in a case alleging attempted assassination of the president and assault on a federal officer with a deadly weapon. Even at the indictment stage, the matter immediately stands out as one of the most consequential federal criminal prosecutions in the current news cycle, both because of the alleged target and because…
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The Department of Justice highlighted two very different but equally consequential criminal matters this week: a jury conviction in Virginia tied to the deletion of U.S. government databases, and a guilty plea in a terrorism case involving an alleged ISIS-inspired plot targeting a Jewish center in Brooklyn. Taken together, the cases show DOJ’s continued focus on cyber-related insider threats and…
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday left in place, for now, lower-court rulings that allow the mailing of the abortion pill mifepristone to continue while litigation proceeds. The order preserves the status quo in one of the most closely watched administrative-law and reproductive-rights disputes in the country, avoiding an immediate change to how patients and providers access medication abortion.

At…
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A federal judge in California has put the proposed Nexstar Media Group acquisition of Tegna on hold, preventing the deal from moving forward until antitrust claims are resolved. The ruling by Judge Troy Nunley of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California marks a significant development in a closely watched fight over consolidation in local television and…
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