The Georgia teenager charged as an adult with killing four people at his high school made his first court appearance. His father later appeared before the same judge on charges of enabling his son to obtain the rifle used in the shooting reut.rs/3AUio8I

The Georgia high school shooter's ability to obtain the semiautomatic rifle, warning signs, and his motive are the focus for investigators digging into the US’ first campus mass shooting since the start of the school year reut.rs/4gd1XV0

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A former American Airlines aircraft mechanic was sentenced to nine years in prison after being convicted of trying to smuggle cocaine hidden beneath the cockpit of a flight to New York from Jamaica reut.rs/4giaA0w

Esmark and its founder would pay a combined $600,000 in civil penalties over a false tender offer to buy U.S. Steel, the SEC said. Esmark in August 2023 announced a $35 per share plan to buy U.S. Steel without having the necessary finances, it said reut.rs/4gekIYa

A judge ruled that Coinbase must face a shareholder lawsuit over SEC risks. He said shareholders adequately alleged that Coinbase defrauded them by describing a favorable picture of the improbability that the SEC would file an enforcement action reut.rs/3AUVspM

DOJ plans to issue an outline by December on what Alphabet's Google must do to restore competition after a judge earlier found the company illegally monopolized the market for online search, prosecutors said at a court hearing in Washington reut.rs/4gcAcvX

Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden, pleaded guilty to federal tax charges, a surprise move that avoids a potentially embarrassing trial weeks before the US presidential election. He faces up to 17 years in prison and up to $450,000 in penalties reut.rs/47jZN28

A federal judge in Chicago seemed skeptical of a medical center's claim that NLRB members and administrative judges are improperly insulated from removal by the president reut.rs/3B58Jfp

American Airlines and JetBlue Airways lost a US court bid to dismiss class actions claiming a former alliance between the companies caused passengers to pay higher prices for some flights in the Northeast reut.rs/3z9Szkn

Suspected Georgia high-school shooter Colt Gray, 14, made his first appearance in state court, where he faces murder charges stemming from the rampage on Sept. 4, which killed four people and wounded nine others reut.rs/3XezG7R

A Pakistani citizen living in Canada was arrested and charged with planning an attack in New York City in support of the Islamic State, DOJ said reut.rs/3Zm1UAa

A blockchain consultant and lawyer sued Covington & Burling in New York state court, accusing the US law firm of advising him not to share exculpatory information with federal prosecutors when he was charged with extortion in 2019 reut.rs/3MCkc96 Dave Thomas

London-founded Allen & Overy and New York-founded Shearman & Sterling merged on May 1 to create the largest transatlantic law firm, A&O Shearman. The firm, with around 800 partners, plans to reduce its global partnership by 10% by April 2025 reut.rs/4geijg6

Suspected Georgia high-school shooter Colt Gray, 14, made his first appearance in state court, where he faces murder charges stemming from this week’s rampage that killed four people and wounded nine others reut.rs/3AUio8I

Judge Kevin Newsom said he experimented with AI tools like ChatGPT to interpret a key legal term in a man's appeal of his sentence for an armed robbery at a Florida convenience store and said they could accurately predict the ordinary meaning of words reut.rs/4gbWy0z

The EEOC has sued FedEx for allegedly sidelining and firing workers with disabilities. The federal agency said FedEx's '100% healed policies' cost workers their livelihoods without giving consideration to their specific circumstances reut.rs/3Xj23So

District Judge Matthew Maddox refused to block a Maryland law requiring drugmakers to offer discounts on drugs dispensed by third-party pharmacies that contract with hospitals and clinics serving low-income populations reut.rs/4gtt8LJ

US regulator approves BlackRock's $12.5 bln deal for Global Infrastructure Partners reut.rs/3zaaYNY

Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden, pleaded guilty to federal tax charges. Judge Mark Scarsi told Biden he faces up to 17 years in prison and up to $450,000 in penalties. He set sentencing for Dec. 16 reut.rs/47jZN28