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  Split Fed. Circ. Backs Block On Generic Of Otsuka Neuro Drug

  By Theresa Schliep

  A split Federal Circuit panel on Wednesday supported a lower court's temporary block on Hetero Labs from selling...(read more)

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  Kroger Inks $1.65B Giant Eagle Deal With Planned Divestitures

  By Al Barbarino

  The Kroger Co. said Wednesday it will acquire regional grocer Giant Eagle in a deal worth $1.65 billion, with Jo...(read more)

• Calif. Man Says ChatGPT Fueled Bipolar Delusion, Self-Harm

  By Lauren Berg

  When a California man with bipolar disorder shared his intense delusions with ChatGPT, a lack of safeguards caused OpenAI's artificial intelligence chatbot to drive him deeper into those delusions and encourage him to attempt to take his own life, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in San Francisco.

• 'I Would've Been Fired': FDIC Expert Pans SVB's Risk-Taking

  By Dorothy Atkins

  The FDIC's banking expert testified in a California federal bench trial Wednesday that Silicon Valley Bank violated prudent banking standards by mismanaging assets before it collapsed, saying officers knew SVB was taking excessive risks but did not stop, adding that "I would've been fired" if he had managed his bank's assets the same way.

• 7th Circ. Questions Contempt On Hytera Radio Redesign

  By Lauraann Wood

  A Seventh Circuit panel seemed unsure Wednesday that a district court correctly found Motorola Solutions Inc. entitled to a cut of Hytera Communications Corp. Ltd.'s sales of redesigned mobile radios under a 2022 royalty order entered after a jury found Hytera liable for trade secret theft.

• FCC Wants To Extend Covered List's Reach To Components

  By Nadia Dreid

  The Federal Communications Commission Wednesday announced new plans to expand the so-called covered list of telecommunications equipment — equipment deemed to be a national security risk — even further so that it bans not only a completed item but all the parts that make it up.

• 6th Circ. Backs Smucker In Salmonella Coverage Dispute

  By Hope Patti

  An alleged salmonella outbreak that potentially tainted peanut butter produced by J.M. Smucker Co. is a single occurrence under its commercial general liability policies, the Sixth Circuit affirmed Wednesday, saying Smucker's peanut butter production did not constitute 225 separate occurrences that are each subject to a $250,000 retainer.

• U Of Ky. Appoints Controversial Dean Pick For Law School

  By Courtney Bublé

  U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove of the Eastern District of Kentucky will retire from the bench later this month to become dean of the University of Kentucky's J. David Rosenberg College of Law, a move that sparked controversy in the state.

• Latham-Led Bending Spoons Leads Trio Of IPOs Topping $2B

  By Jade Martinez-Pogue

  Italian mobile app developer Bending Spoons hit the public markets after raising $1.7 billion in its initial public offering, marking the largest of three IPOs to begin trading on Wednesday, exceeding $2.1 billion in total deal volume.

• MGA Beats Rapper T.I.'s Bid For $125M In Punitive Damages

  By Gina Kim

  A California federal jury found Wednesday that MGA Entertainment owes no punitive damages for misappropriating looks from the OMG Girlz singing group created by rapper T.I. and his wife Tameka Harris, wrapping another chapter in a six-year legal battle in which the couple sought up to $125 million in punitive damages. 

• Yelp Gets To Lock In Part Of DOJ's Search Win Over Google

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  A California federal judge Wednesday partially granted Yelp Inc.'s request to lock in liability findings from the U.S. Department of Justice's landmark antitrust win over Google LLC for its own case against the company, thereby precluding Google from arguing it didn't monopolize the market for general search services.

• 8th Circ. Keeps Missouri's 340B Contract Pharmacy Law Alive

  By Mark Payne

  The Eighth Circuit declined Wednesday to temporarily block a Missouri law that bars drugmakers from imposing restrictions on federally funded providers that contract with pharmacies to distribute discount drugs in the 340B drug discount program.

• EPA Approves Controversial Pesticides For Agricultural Use

  By Gautama Mehta

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized approvals for several pesticides for use on crops, drawing criticism from environmental groups who say some of them contain forever chemicals.

• 3rd Circ. Tests FERC's Attention To Public Input In Hydro Case

  By P.J. D'Annunzio

  A Third Circuit panel Wednesday dug into whether the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission really listened to the concerns of residents of York County, Pennsylvania, about its initial approval of a hydroelectric project they claimed could lead to ecological and property damage.