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  Justices Seek Solicitor General's Views On Drug Pricing Law

  By Ivan Moreno

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked the federal government to weigh in on whether it should hear the pharmace...(read more)

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  Paul Weiss, Kirkland Steer $10.9B AbbVie, Apogee Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  AbbVie said Monday it has agreed to buy Apogee Therapeutics, a company developing therapies for inflammatory and...(read more)

• Can Unread Emails Trigger Arbitration? 9th Circ. Airs Doubts

  By Jeff Overley

  Medical supplies giant Thermo Fisher Scientific pressed a Ninth Circuit panel Monday to agree that the company's repeated emails about litigation waivers should send an ex-employee's proposed class action to arbitration, but the judges repeatedly questioned why no one simply asked if the worker saw the emails.

• Blanche, Pirro Can't Be DQ'd From Trump DC Shooting Case

  By Craig Clough

  A D.C. federal judge held Monday that the man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner can't disqualify U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche from prosecuting him because of their presence at the dinner.

• Workday Can't Knock Calif. Law Claims Out Of AI Bias Suit

  By Patrick Hoff

  Workday can't cut California law claims from a proposed class action alleging its artificial intelligence tools discriminated against job applicants, as a federal judge ruled Monday that the company's Golden State headquarters provided a solid enough foundation for the state-based allegations.

• FCC Turns Away Effort To Repeal News Distortion Rules

  By Christopher Cole

  After dismissing an advocacy group's petition asking the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider how it enforces its rules against news distortion, agency staff told the D.C. Circuit Monday that it should not grant the advocates' request to force the agency's hand.

• Marathon, BP Accused Of Using Algorithm To Fix Gas Prices

  By Bryan Koenig

  Consumers sought Monday to widen the campaign against alleged algorithmic price fixing, in a proposed class action accusing Marathon, 7-Eleven, BP, Albertsons and other fuel retailers of handing over confidential data and pricing decisions to Kalibrate in violation of California state antitrust law.

• Justices To Hear Fight Over Reach Of Bivens Prison Suits

  By Elizabeth Daley

  The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a case over whether a federal inmate can use a 1971 high court precedent to pursue damages from prison officials for allegedly failing to provide adequate medical care after a 2021 prison fight.

• TerraForm Attys Get $23M Fee In Brookfield Settlement

  By Jarek Rutz

  The Delaware Chancery Court awarded plaintiffs' attorneys more than $23 million in fees and expenses for securing an $83.8 million settlement that resolved long-running shareholder litigation over Brookfield Asset Management's 2020 take-private merger with renewable energy company TerraForm Power Inc.

• USTR Launches Probe Into German Pharma Costs

  By Jack McLoone

  The U.S. Trade Representative has opened an investigation into whether Germany has been underpaying for certain pharmaceutical products in a way that burdens U.S. consumers with added costs, which could lead to added tariffs.

• 3 Firms Advise On CRH's $8.5B Arcosa Acquisition Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  Building materials supplier CRH said Monday that it will acquire infrastructure products maker Arcosa in an all-cash deal valued at about $8.5 billion, with three law firms advising.

• EDTX Jury Says Verizon Wireless Owes $190M In Patent Trial

  By Adam Lidgett

  Verizon Wireless is on the hook for $190 million after a federal jury in the Eastern District of Texas found that it infringed a patent covering a way for cellphone calls to switch between Wi-Fi and cellular networks.

• Justices Say Conviction In Patz Case Was Wrongly Overturned

  By Cara Salvatore

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday reversed a Second Circuit decision that wiped out a murder conviction stemming from the 1979 disappearance of six-year-old Etan Patz due to allegedly inaccurate jury instructions.

• High Court Leaves Intact Mich. Drone Hunting Restrictions

  By Melanie Dorsey

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to Michigan's ban on using drones to locate downed game animals, leaving in place a Sixth Circuit ruling finding the restriction does not violate the First Amendment.