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  JPMorgan, Ex-Frank Execs Clash Over $2.1M In Legal Fees

  By Jarek Rutz

  JPMorgan Chase & Co. faced renewed demands in the Delaware Chancery Court on Thursday to pay about $2.1 million ...(read more)

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  Anthropic's Lyric 'Mash Up' May Be Fair Use, Judge Says

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A California federal judge Wednesday appeared open to Anthropic's defense that using copyrighted song lyrics to ...(read more)

• 9th Circ. Affirms Verdict Clearing Shyamalan Of Infringement

  By Elliot Weld

  The Ninth Circuit on Thursday upheld a jury's decision clearing Apple Inc. and filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan of allegations that they stole an independent filmmaker's work for the Apple TV show "Servant," rejecting arguments of improper jury instructions.

• 6th Circ. Weighs Ford's $13M Trade Secrets Verdict

  By Melanie Dorsey

  A panel of the Sixth Circuit on Thursday questioned whether Ford should have to surrender $13.2 million in profits from a vehicle interface module after a jury found the automaker misappropriated a supplier's trade secrets, pressing attorneys on whether the award improperly included profits generated by features unrelated to the disputed technology.

• Gilead Reaches $45M Settlement To End Kickback Claims

  By Spencer Brewer

  The Texas Office of the Attorney General on Thursday announced that pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences Inc. signed off on a $45 million settlement to end claims that the company ran an illegal kickback scheme in order to get prescribers to favor its medications.

• Va. State Senator Accused Of Using Office To Aid Pot Shop

  By Jared Foretek

  Democratic Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas was charged in a federal indictment unsealed Thursday with racketeering, money laundering, conspiracy to distribute marijuana and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, accused of running a criminal enterprise through a Portsmouth hemp shop.

• Zurich Gets 11th Circ To Shrink Solar Co.'s Coverage Win

  By David Aaro

  Zurich American Insurance convinced the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday to narrow First Solar Electric LLC's $12.2 million jury win in a coverage dispute over rain damage, but the appeals court backed the bulk of damages awarded to the Georgia solar farm.

• California Jury Clears San Francisco In DA Worker's Bias Case

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  A California jury on Thursday ended a decadelong, precedent-setting race bias suit brought by a Black San Francisco prosecutor's office worker who claims that the city inadequately responded after a co-worker called her a racial slur, finding that there was no racial harassment or retaliation.

• FTC Wants More Info On Curium's $8B Deal For Lantheus

  By Matthew Perlman

  The Federal Trade Commission has requested additional information about Curium's planned $8 billion acquisition of fellow radiopharmaceutical company Lantheus Holdings Inc., extending a waiting period that prevents the transaction from closing.

• Music Co. Accuses Anthropic Of Training Claude On Catalog

  By Elliot Weld

  A music holdings company has alleged that Anthropic trained its large language model Claude on copyrighted music by pirating songs from the internet and removing their copyright management information.

• New Weil-Willkie Domains Add To Merger Speculation

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Two domain names that combine the names of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP have been registered, fueling speculation about a potential merger between the two prominent Wall Street law firms.

• Latham Advises LSE Owner On $3.5B Octus Acquisition

  By Irene Madongo

  London Stock Exchange Group said Thursday it has agreed to buy U.S. credit intelligence provider Octus for $3.54 billion cash, a deal it anticipates will transform its presence in private market data.

• 7 Firms Advise EQT, Qiagen On $12.1B Take-Private Deal

  By Hailey Konnath

  A long list of firms — including Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Linklaters LLP and Milbank LLP — are steering Sweden-based EQT Private Equity's $12.1 billion takeover of life sciences testing company Qiagen NV, according to a Wednesday announcement.

• Keurig Judge Aims Trimmed K-Cup Antitrust MDL Toward Trial

  By Lauren Berg

  A New York federal judge trimmed claims in multidistrict litigation accusing Keurig Green Mountain of anticompetitively cutting out rivals with exclusive dealings and exclusionary product design, but sent to trial a number of monopolization, tying and false advertising allegations, according to an order unsealed Tuesday.