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A disbarred Tennessee personal injury lawyer was not entitled to assert that head injuries from his college football career, including possible CTE, negated the intent element necessary to convict him of federal bank fraud, the Sixth Circuit ruled.

Elizabeth Holmes, the former Theranos CEO convicted in January of defrauding investors, requested a new trial in two separate filings this week. One filing alleges that a key prosecution witness has expressed regret for his testimony while another asserts that the fact that she was tried before her former partner Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani was unfairly prejudicial.

A federal judge ruled this week that scanning students' rooms during remote exams violates the Fourth Amendment.

A New York resident argues that the name and packaging of the Margarita-Hard Seltzers deceive consumers by leading them to think that the beverages contain tequila when they do not.

A federal magistrate judge declared a mistrial on Thursday in a high-profile Flint water contamination case after jurors stated that they could not reach a unanimous verdict without threatening their physical and mental health.

The FTC filed suit against Meta on Wednesday, seeking to block its acquisition of Within Unlimited, the creator of an extremely popular virtual reality fitness app, over anti-competitive concerns.

Ex-CIA computer engineer Joshua Schulte was convicted in federal court on Wednesday in the largest theft of CIA secrets in history.

One of the 10 people shot in an April mass shooting on a Brooklyn subway has sued gun manufacturer Glock over its marketing and distribution practices.

A judge in Nevada ruled that claims brought by the former NFL head coach and ESPN analyst should not be dismissed or sent to arbitration.

On May 18, the New York Court of Appeals weighed whether an elephant living at the Bronx Zoo named Happy could be considered a person under the law and released to an elephant sanctuary.