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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)

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  Paul Weiss, Cleary Steer $11.75B GE Aerospace, CPP Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  GE Aerospace said Tuesday it has agreed to buy engineered castings maker Consolidated Precision Products from pr...(read more)

• 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.

• Helicore, Investor Clash Over Fraud, Deadlock Claims

  By Jarek Rutz

  Attorneys for telecom infrastructure startup Helicore LLC and its primary investor clashed Tuesday during a Delaware Chancery Court hearing over whether a dispute involving allegedly fabricated board approvals, equity dilution and a deadlocked board amounts to fraud and fiduciary misconduct or simply a contract fight.

• 'Resilience,' Scale Up For Changes In EU Merger Overhaul

  By Bryan Koenig

  With major European Union merger reforms due for finalization by the end of the year, the EU's top competition official said Sunday that enforcers plan to add more clarity to the draft merger guidelines, including by spelling out how improving environmental "resilience" can push transactions across the finish line.

• LIV Golf Hits Ch. 11 After Losing Saudi Backing

  By Alex Wittenberg

  LIV Golf filed for Chapter 11 protection in New Jersey bankruptcy court Tuesday with more than $500 million in debt after losing the financial backing of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, saying it plans to hand control of the company to its players.

• Tamarack, Headwater To Merge In $7.2B Canadian Energy Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd. and Headwater Exploration Inc. said Tuesday they have agreed to merge in an all-stock transaction valued at CA$10 billion, or about $7.2 billion, with Stikeman Elliott LLP and Burnet Duckworth & Palmer LLP advising, respectively. 

• Wachtell, Simpson Thacher Guide $3.9B EverBank, WaFd Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  EverBank Financial Corp. and WaFd Inc. have agreed to combine through a $3.9 billion reverse merger, in a deal steered by Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. 

• Kirkland Leads Bridgepoint On €1.2B Pantheon Fund Deal

  By Dawood Fakhir

  A subsidiary of British asset manager Bridgepoint Group said Tuesday that a special fund led by private markets investor Pantheon has acquired approximately €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion) of financial commitments from a Bridgepoint direct lending fund.

• Missouri Asks Justices To Prevent Election 'Disaster'

  By Katie Buehler

  Missouri has implored the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the state high court's ruling prohibiting the use of a new congressional map drawn to help Republicans in this year's midterms and requiring the map be submitted for voter approval, claiming the decision will create an unconstitutional "disaster." 

• USPS Asks High Court To Allow 'Modest' Mail Ballot Rules

  By Katie Buehler

  The Trump administration has once again asked the U.S. Supreme Court to lift a Massachusetts federal judge's order barring the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing new mail-in ballot regulations ahead of this year's midterms, arguing the "modest" changes are well within USPS' authority and don't affect election administration.