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  Gov't Targets 'Privilege' Of Clinton-Linked Atty In Trial Opener

  By Justin Wise

  Ex-Perkins Coie LLP partner Michael Sussmann's criminal trial kicked off Tuesday with federal prosecutors painti...(read more)

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  Allianz Unit Pleads Guilty In $6B Investor Fraud Settlement

  By Al Barbarino and Stewart Bishop

  Germany's Allianz will pay more than $6 billion in restitution, penalties and disgorgement for a fraudulent opti...(read more)

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• DOJ Sues To Force Steve Wynn To Register As China Agent

  By Lauren Berg

  The U.S. Department of Justice dusted off the Foreign Agents Registration Act on Tuesday, suing in D.C. federal court to compel Steve Wynn to register as a Chinese agent after it said the business mogul in 2017 lobbied President Donald Trump for a political favor at the behest of Chinese government officials.

• Orthopedic Center Hit With $111M Verdict For Botched Surgery

  By Hailey Konnath

  A Minnesota federal jury has found that a St. Cloud orthopedic center's negligent care following a leg surgery directly caused "permanent, disabling and catastrophic" harm to a man's leg, awarding him more than $111 million in damages.

• The Week In Bankruptcy: Purdue Bonus, PR Pension Appeal

  By Vince Sullivan

  Two dozen states objected to proposed bonus payments for the CEO of bankrupt drugmaker Purdue Pharma, the First Circuit declined to rehear an appeal over changes made to Puerto Rican teacher pensions as part of the island's restructuring, and Affordable Care Act penalties are taxes in bankruptcy court. This is the week in bankruptcy.

• Consumer Group Gets OK For £480M Qualcomm Class Action

  By Matthew Perlman

  A British consumer group won permission Tuesday to represent millions of phone buyers seeking £480 million ($599 million) from Qualcomm over its chip licensing practices, as a tribunal accepted the group's calculation of harm for the purpose of certifying a class.

• Santa Fe Archdiocese Inks $121.5M Deal To End Abuse Claims

  By Dorothy Atkins

  The Archdiocese of Santa Fe has agreed to pay $121.5 million to resolve sexual abuse claims by roughly 375 alleged victims in its Chapter 11 case in New Mexico, according to separate statements issued Tuesday by the official creditors committee and the archdiocese.

• 7th Circ. Probes Liberty Mutual's Nassar Defense Fees Payout

  By Celeste Bott

  A Seventh Circuit panel pushed a Liberty Mutual unit Tuesday to address why it paid more than $1.4 million toward defense costs incurred by USA Gymnastics during investigations into sexual abuse by former team doctor Larry Nassar if it believed a lower court erred when it ordered the insurer to reimburse those legal fees.

• WDTX Sets New Trial Date For VLSI's $1B Case Against Intel

  By Andrew Karpan

  U.S. District Judge Alan Albright of the Western District of Texas on Tuesday scheduled a November trial date in a billion-dollar computer chip lawsuit against Intel brought by a patent licensing company after last month's in-person trial was cut short by multiple positive COVID-19 tests.

• Gov't Can Dodge SeaWorld Orca Data Suit, DC Circ. Says

  By Clark Mindock

  The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday rejected a suit over access to the medical data of three orca whales that died in SeaWorld captivity, after finding environmental groups hadn't shown that a favorable outcome would lead to the desired results.

• DC Circ. Judge Tatel Moves To Senior Status

  By James Arkin

  D.C. Circuit Judge David S. Tatel moved to senior status Monday, more than a year after announcing his intent to enter judicial semi-retirement and ahead of the confirmation of U.S. District Judge J. Michelle Childs, President Joe Biden's nominee to fill the seat he's leaving.

• Sick Juror Delays Ex-Theranos Exec's Criminal Fraud Trial

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A California federal judge adjourned former Theranos executive Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani's criminal fraud trial Tuesday after a juror informed the court he was too sick to report for jury duty, but prosecutors said they still expect to wrap their case-in-chief by the end of the week.

• Musk Threatens To Halt Twitter Deal Over 'Bots' Dispute

  By Tom Zanki

  Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk said Tuesday his prospective $44 billion acquisition of Twitter Inc. will not proceed unless the social media platform's CEO can prove that "bots" represent less than 5% of Twitter users.

• Key Rulings And Cases As COVID Claimed 1M American Lives

  By Jeff Overley and Y. Peter Kang

  COVID-19's death toll in the U.S. now surpasses 1 million lives, researchers said Tuesday. The fatalities have been a dark backdrop to wide-ranging litigation over failures to protect thousands of older Americans, extraordinary assertions of government power and a historic overhaul of the nation's health insurance system.