Judge McMahon granted the prosecution's request to allow the introduction of Mr. Pirro's statement at trial.
The UKTV brand is also set to be used to allow the introduction of an upcoming umbrella video-on-demand service.
The law would not allow the introduction of any new tobacco products unless they were ruled "appropriate for the protection of public health".
The judge later withdrew his ruling after the government asked to make new arguments in hopes of persuading him to allow the introduction of the statement at trial.
Afterward, Senator Lindsey Graham, who is also a lawyer in the Air Force Reserves, said that no military judge would allow the introduction of such evidence.
Defendants complain that, in a handful of jurisdictions, judges allow the introduction of poor scientific evidence and block depositions by plaintiffs, with devastating consequences.
Grayling said the new six-year tagging contract would allow the introduction of a new generation GPS satellite-tracking tags for some offenders by the end of this year.
Broadcaster Sky News said it welcomed "a very encouraging move, which shows that the judiciary is ready to allow the introduction of other modern communications methods to make the courts more accessible to the public at large".
While the feud involves financial issues, a series of recent doping scandals at the Tour prompted its organizer, Amaury Sport Organization, to pull the race from the cycling union's control to allow the introduction of more stringent antidoping measures.
On Dec. 2, the court docket showed an affidavit by Debra Brown Steinberg, one of the lawyers at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft representing M.I.T. and Convolve, asking the magistrate handling the case to allow the introduction of Mr. Galloway's testimony.
He pointed out that Japan's three nonnuclear principles — not to possess, manufacture or allow the introduction of nuclear weapons — were designed to keep its citizens safe from the threat of nuclear use.
