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A federal judge blocked new rules for graphic health warnings on cigarette packaging from taking effect, saying the required text and images may violate tobacco companies’ free speech rights.

Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc., the world’s biggest payment networks, were sued by a trade group representing operators of automated teller machines over claims the firms fix prices and suppress competition among ATM networks.

The U.S. appeals court in Virginia threw out two challenges to the Obama administration’s health care overhaul, saying it lacked authority to decide whether the measure is constitutional. With the rulings, the Richmond-based court Thursday became the second of three appellate panels this year to leave the law intact.

A lawsuit challenging U.S. funding for human embryonic stem-cell studies was dismissed by a federal judge after an appeals court found the government-backed research is probably lawful.

Southwest Airlines Co. lost a court challenge claiming that airlines are being overcharged by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration for screening passengers since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.