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  Goldstein Gets 6-Year Sentence, Bond Revoked

  By Jared Foretek

  Thomas Goldstein, the famed U.S. Supreme Court attorney and founder of SCOTUSblog whose turn into the world of u...(read more)

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  No Hack Involved In Alleged $53M Crypto Heist, Judge Hears

  By Pete Brush

  A Maryland man accused of hacking Uranium Finance to steal $53 million in cryptocurrency told a Manhattan federa...(read more)

• FDA, CDC Broaden Cyclospora Outbreak To 9 States

  By Emily Field

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that the investigation into the ongoing cyclospora outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce has now expanded into four more states, bringing the total to nine.

• Paramount Promises Not To Close Merger During Challenge

  By Bryan Koenig

  Paramount Skydance Corp. took a fight over a preliminary injunction off the table Friday with a promise not to close its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. until June 2027 or when a California federal judge rules on the merits of challenges to the deal.

• 9th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Investor Suit Against SunPower

  By Craig Clough

  The Ninth Circuit on Friday affirmed the dismissal of a proposed securities class action accusing solar power equipment company SunPower and some of its leaders of concealing a product defect, finding the plaintiffs did not plausibly allege the company had advance knowledge of the issue.

• Dallas Jury Hits C.H. Robinson With $600M Verdict For Crash

  By Spencer Brewer and Linda Chiem

  A Dallas County jury hit C.H. Robinson with a $604 million verdict Thursday after finding the freight broker and logistics company partially responsible for a 2021 crash that killed three people and injured two others in Mississippi.

• Daily Beast Sued Over Image Of CEO In Viral Coldplay Incident

  By Elliot Weld

  A photographer sued the Daily Beast in New York federal court on Friday for using his image of Andy Byron, the former CEO of software company Astronomer who was caught in a viral "kiss cam" incident at a Coldplay concert.

• WDP, Argan To Create $14.8B European Logistics RE Giant

  By Al Barbarino

  Belgian warehouse landlord WDP and French logistics real estate investment trust Argan have agreed to combine in a deal that will create one of Europe's largest logistics REITs, with a portfolio exceeding €13 billion ($14.78 billion). 

• DOJ Looks To Streamline Some Merger Reviews

  By Matthew Perlman

  The U.S. Department of Justice introduced a new model timing agreement for merger reviews on Thursday, as part of what it said was an effort to help antitrust enforcers focus their investigations on key issues early in the process.

• Feds Withdraw Subpoenas To NYT Over Trump Jet Reporting

  By Pete Brush

  The Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office on Thursday withdrew grand jury subpoenas served on four New York Times journalists who reported on security flaws aboard a jet gifted to President Donald Trump for use as Air Force One, after a federal judge threatened to quash the inquiries.

• Senate Confirms 2 Judges, Advances Ohio And Colo. Picks

  By Courtney Bublé

  The Senate on Thursday voted 48-47 to confirm Judge Daniel Traynor of the District of North Dakota to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and 49-44 to confirm Antonio M. Pozos, a partner at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, as a judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

• Nestlé, PE Firm Platinum To Form $5.6B Beverage Unit

  By Al Barbarino

  Nestlé said Thursday that it has agreed to team up with Platinum Equity to create Peranel, a Paris-based 50/50 joint venture for Nestlé's waters and beverages business that values the unit at €4.9 billion ($5.6 billion).

• Jack Smith's Lawyers Say Criminal Referral Twists Testimony

  By Courtney Bublé

  Former special counsel Jack Smith's legal team has said the criminal referral a U.S. Congress member sent the Department of Justice to investigate Smith is based on a "spurious claim."

• Bar Works Fraudster Gets More Prison Despite Cooperation

  By Pete Brush

  A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday tacked on more time behind bars for the architect of the $57 million Bar Works shared office space investment Ponzi scheme, expressing concern that the Englishman has the potential to reoffend despite cooperating against four co-conspirators.