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  Feds Say Stolen BigLaw Deal Info Aided Huge Trading Scheme

  By Chris Villani

  Federal prosecutors on Wednesday unveiled indictments outlining a massive insider trading scheme that allegedly ...(read more)

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  Fed. Circ. Affirms DraftKings' PTAB Loss Wasn't 'Clerical Error'

  By Adam Lidgett

  The Federal Circuit on Wednesday backed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's decision to uphold one claim of an o...(read more)

• Epstein's Alleged Suicide Note Unsealed In Cellmate's Case

  By Lauren Berg

  A New York federal judge on Wednesday ordered that child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's purported suicide note, which remained sealed for years in his cellmate's criminal case, be made publicly available.

• Mother Of Musk's Kids Defends Role As OpenAI Liaison

  By Dorothy Atkins

  Ex-OpenAI board member Shivon Zilis, who has four children with Elon Musk, took the stand in a California federal jury trial Wednesday over Musk's challenge to OpenAI's for-profit conversion, defending her role as an intermediary between Musk and other OpenAI founders and testifying she twice raised concerns over Sam Altman's leadership.

• Mobile Industry's Pai Calls For More Exclusive Airwaves For AI

  By Christopher Cole

  Major wireless carriers are looking toward a future driven by artificial intelligence, but say its full potential can only be reached if policymakers give them more access to exclusive airwaves in the prime midband range.

• Texas Panel Weighs Highland Sanctions After $1B Judgment

  By Spencer Brewer

  A Texas appeals court on Wednesday pressed counsel for several former Highland Capital Management LLP executives to explain why they should get out of a contempt finding, asking what to do with an order compelling each of the executives to pay $500 in sanctions.

• Boeing Crash 'Terror' Warrants Substantial Award, Jury Hears

  By Lauraann Wood

  The estate of an emerging global health advocate who died in the Boeing jet crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 should receive substantial damages for her experience in the six minutes before impact and how her death has affected her family, Illinois federal jurors heard Wednesday.

• Dish To Pay $17M In Broadband Subsidies Settlement

  By Sarah Jarvis

  Dish Wireless LLC has agreed to pay more than $17 million to settle allegations it submitted false claims for payment under two Federal Communications Commission programs offering discounted broadband services to low-income households, according to a Wednesday announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice.

• High Court Rejects Apple's Bid To Pause App Store Ruling

  By Matthew Perlman

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected Apple's request to pause a mandate in the case from Epic Games that directs a lower court to determine what commission Apple can charge developers for purchases made outside of its app store through links.

• Calif. Justices Seem Divided On Gilead HIV Negligence Claim

  By Mark Payne

  The California Supreme Court appeared split Wednesday over whether Gilead should face a negligence claim for allegedly withholding a safer HIV drug from the market to maximize profits from an older drug with more harmful side effects. 

• Judge May Curb Exxon Questions In Mass. Greenwash Case

  By Carolyn Muyskens

  A judge hinted Wednesday that he could somewhat limit the topics ExxonMobil may broach in an upcoming deposition of the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office as the energy giant defends itself from the commonwealth's greenwashing allegations.  

• Nvidia Must Face Most Of Authors' AI Copyright Suit

  By Elliot Weld

  A California federal judge has tossed vicarious infringement claims in a proposed class action brought by authors accusing chipmaking giant Nvidia Corp. of using their copyrighted works to train artificial intelligence, but let stand claims that Nvidia lifted books from online shadow libraries to develop various AI models.

• Ametek To Acquire PE-Owned Indicor Instrumentation For $5B

  By Al Barbarino

  Industrial technology company Ametek Inc. said Wednesday it has agreed to pay $5 billion in cash for a portfolio of instrumentation businesses from Indicor LLC, a portfolio company of private equity firm CD&R.

• SEC Makes First Move To Nix Biden-Era Climate Reg

  By Jessica Corso

  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is preparing to rescind a Biden-era requirement that publicly traded companies disclose their greenhouse gas emissions, with staff informing the Office of Management and Budget this week of the planned rescission.