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  Eli Lilly 'Sabotaged' Rezpeg's Development, Nektar Tells Jury

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  Eli Lilly & Co. breached its deal with Nektar Therapeutics to co-develop the autoimmune-disease drug Rezpeg and ...(read more)

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  Canada Defends Retaliatory Tariffs Against US As Necessary

  By Jack McLoone

  Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney defended Canada's retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. as they went into eff...(read more)

• US Bans Canadian Alcohol, Motorcycles After Tariff Retaliation

  By Jack McLoone

  President Donald Trump continued the U.S. trade offensive against Canada after its northern neighbor's retaliatory tariffs went into effect, announcing a ban on Canadian imports of certain alcohol, dairy products and motorcycles starting this month.

• 3rd Circ. Seems Open To Reviving Doctor's Age, Sex Bias Suit

  By Anne Cullen

  A Third Circuit panel appeared receptive Wednesday to a physician's push for a second chance at her age, sex and disability discrimination suit involving a denied transfer, because the judges fired pointed questions at an attorney for the hospital where she had been a resident.

• Analog, Alif Ink $1.4B Deal Steered By Wachtell And DLA Piper

  By Al Barbarino

  Analog Devices said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire Alif Semiconductor for $1.35 billion in cash, with Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and DLA Piper advising on the transaction. 

• 5th Circ. Appears Skeptical Of La. Abortion Pill Suit

  By Dan McKay

  Louisiana's solicitor general faced tough questions Wednesday from a Fifth Circuit panel about the state's standing to challenge federal regulations that allow abortion medication to be mailed to patients in the state.

• 3rd Circ. Vacates Approval For NJ Pipeline Project

  By Carla Baranauckas

  The Third Circuit has vacated New Jersey's approval of a water quality certification for Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC's proposed Northeast Supply Enhancement project, ruling that the state unlawfully deferred requirements for monitoring and corrective action and failed to explain how the project would meet water quality standards.

• Justice Roberts Won't Pause Dutch Software Co.'s IP Trial

  By Hayley Fowler

  Chief U.S. Justice John Roberts on Wednesday rejected a Dutch software company's bid to postpone an upcoming trademark trial with its former U.S. partner while it petitions for review of the lower court's injunction and contempt orders.

• Google To Invest €13B In Finland, Boosting AI Infrastructure

  By Irene Madongo

  Google said Wednesday it has committed €13 billion ($15 billion) to digital infrastructure and clean energy projects in Finland, its biggest single investment in Europe, which is expected to bolster its artificial intelligence ambitions.

• Underdog Sues 5 States To Shield Sports Wagers

  By Aislinn Keely

  Prediction market operator Underdog sued five states Tuesday to head off potential gambling enforcement actions over its sports event contracts, becoming the latest firm to argue its federally-regulated platform is beyond the reach of state gaming laws.

• DHS Asks Justices To Revive Voter Citizenship Database

  By Katie Buehler

  The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday to reinstate the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's upgraded citizenship verification database ahead of this year's midterm elections, claiming a lower court's finding that the system is unlawful threatens election integrity.

• Mo. Keeps GOP Election Map Despite High Court Setback

  By Katie Buehler

  Missouri can use a new congressional map that favors Republicans in the midterms — even though it is supposed to obtain voter approval, and the U.S. Supreme Court earlier rejected an emergency bid to reinstate it — after a federal judge paused the state high court's decision prohibiting the map's use in November.

• State Coalition Can Pursue Challenge To HHS Vax Overhaul

  By Gina Kim

  A California federal judge allowed a coalition of states to proceed with their challenge to the Trump administration's decision to cut vaccine recommendations for children, ruling Tuesday the states plausibly alleged those decisions could increase costs of running their healthcare programs and burden them with having to adjust their laws. 

• WB Asks Panel To Pull Plug On Claim 'The Pitt' Copied 'ER'

  By Rae Ann Varona

  Warner Bros. Television told a California appellate panel Tuesday that a trial court should have tossed a lawsuit by writer Michael Crichton's widow alleging the studio ripped off her husband's show "ER" with the hit medical drama "The Pitt," arguing that a plaintiffs' expert who opined on similarities never even watched the Warner Bros. show.