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  Fed. Circ. Restores $82M Award Against Ford In IP Fight

  By Ivan Moreno

  The Federal Circuit on Friday reinstated a jury's $82.3 million contract award to Versata Software Inc. against ...(read more)

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  Latham, PedersoliGattai Lead Funds In €10.7B Recordati Bid

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Investment firms CVC and Groupe Bruxelles Lambert said Friday that they are heading up a group of investors that...(read more)

• Ex-Prosecutor Among Latest To Challenge Trump 'Slush Fund'

  By Hailey Konnath

  A former federal prosecutor who worked on Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection cases sued Friday over the $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund created by President Donald Trump's settlement with the Internal Revenue Service, calling it a "slush fund" that's "on a collision course with the United States Constitution."

• $7.25B Roundup Deal Had 'Lack Of Adversity,' Objectors Say

  By Rae Ann Varona

  Thirteen individuals who say they developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma after using Roundup for years objected to a $7.25 billion settlement over the herbicide, telling a Missouri federal court Friday that the underlying class action was launched not to litigate active claims but to "launder a liability-management scheme through the courts."

• Kalshi, Polymarket Can't Move Wash., Nev. Suits To Fed. Court

  By Ben Adlin

  Washington and Nevada regulators' lawsuits accusing prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket of violating state gambling laws can proceed in their respective state courts, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled Thursday, denying the companies' arguments that the actions raise federal questions and thus belong in federal court.

• Author Michael Wolff's Preemptive Melania Trump Suit Axed

  By Lauren Berg

  A New York federal judge Friday tossed author Michael Wolff's bid to secure a declaration that statements he made about Melania Trump's alleged relationship with child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were not defamatory, saying the court won't be "conscripted to oversee an abusively presented spat."

• PFAS Judge Wary Of Bid To Sanction Town For 'About-Face'

  By Aaron Keller

  A Montana federal judge on Friday seemed slightly reluctant to sanction Connecticut municipalities for moving firefighter turnout gear PFAS claims to his jurisdiction after roughly two years of litigation on the East Coast, suggesting the process of shipping purchaser claims across the nation is typical when complex cases arise.

• Why Big Tech Gets Advisory Juries In 'Socially Explosive' Suits

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A California federal judge's recent use of advisory juries for high-profile tech disputes — including Elon Musk's OpenAI for-profit conversion challenge and states' social-media addiction fight with Meta — is an uncommon practice that's intended as a "reality check" for judges deciding "socially explosive" disputes, according to legal experts.

• Ala. Atty Suspended Over 'Atrocious' Bid To Cover Up AI Use

  By Rae Ann Varona

  A federal judge has suspended an attorney from practicing in the Northern District of Alabama after the attorney deleted his ChatGPT account in a bid to cover up his use of the chatbot to write an erroneous brief, saying the court never imagined having to deal with such "atrocious conduct."

• Ábrego García Case Shows Prosecutorial Abuse, Judge Says

  By Lauren Berg

  A Tennessee federal judge on Friday threw out human smuggling charges against Kilmar Ábrego García, whom the Trump administration last year unlawfully deported to El Salvador, saying the evidence in the case "sadly reflects an abuse of prosecuting power."

• 5th Circ. Seeks 'Sound Basis' To Gauge Water Antitrust Claims

  By Rae Ann Varona

  The Fifth Circuit has remanded a real estate developer's antitrust claims over a Texas city's alleged illegal restraint on retail water utility services, saying a lower court did not give the appeals court a "sound basis" to examine the claims.

• 9th Circ. Judges Skeptical Of Roblox Arbitration Timing

  By Emily Field

  An email that Roblox Corp. sent to opposing counsel asking for an account username and saying that it was seeking to compel arbitration after it lost a bid to dismiss a parent's suit could be "damning" for the popular gaming company, a Ninth Circuit judge suggested on Friday.

• Committee Probes Insider Trading On Kalshi, Polymarket

  By Aislinn Keely

  The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform opened an investigation into potential insider trading on Kalshi and Polymarket on Friday with letters asking the prediction market platforms to hand over compliance information and documents related to headline-grabbing trades.

• Microsoft To Pay $250M To End Activision Merger Suit

  By Jessica Corso

  Microsoft Corp. has agreed to pay $250 million to exit a lawsuit accusing it of shortchanging Activision Blizzard Inc. investors by rushing through a $75.4 billion deal to buy the video game company.