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  SEC Says Binance, CEO Wove 'Extensive Web Of Deception'

  By Jessica Corso

  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued Binance Holdings Ltd., the world's largest crypto platform, and...(read more)

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  Supreme Court To Review 'Trump Too Small' TM Fight

  By Andrew Karpan

  The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will take up the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's challenge of an appeal...(read more)

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• FTX Investor Suits Centralized In Fla. Over Celeb Objections

  By Emilie Ruscoe

  Eight investor suits tied to the November 2022 collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX will go through pretrial proceedings in Miami, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation decided on Monday despite opposition to the move by celebrities including retired NFL quarterback Tom Brady and his ex-wife, model Gisele Bündchen. 

• Ex-Gilead VP Says Execs Gamed Out Truvada Generic Date

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  A former Gilead executive testifying Monday in an antitrust trial over claims Gilead and Teva illegally delayed generic versions of its blockbuster HIV drugs until 2020 told jurors that before the pharmaceutical makers' deal, Gilead executives discussed the possibility that generic competition for Truvada could come as early as 2017.

• Newman Kept Off Cases As Probe Narrows To Misconduct

  By Ryan Davis

  The council that sets Federal Circuit policy declined on Monday to let Judge Pauline Newman continue hearing cases amid a probe of concerns about her mental fitness, while the investigators decided to focus on whether her responses to their orders constitute misconduct.

• Mallinckrodt Considers New Bankruptcy Over Opioid Payment

  By Lauren Berg

  Some of Mallinckrodt PLC's lenders have suggested that it consider filing another bankruptcy to make an upcoming $200 million payment in an opioid settlement, the drugmaker said in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing Monday.

• Chancery Won't DQ Selendy Gay In Fortis-J&J Earnout Suit

  By Jeff Montgomery

  Acknowledging that some arrangements were "not ideal," a Delaware vice chancellor nevertheless declined Monday to disqualify Selendy Gay Elsberg PLLC from representing a medical robotics developer and entrepreneur caught up in a multibillion-dollar post-acquisition dispute between Johnson & Johnson Inc. and Fortis Advisors.

• Lawmakers Ask Treasury, SEC If They Work With EU On ESG

  By Sarah Jarvis

  Two senior Republican lawmakers sent letters to the Treasury Department and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, requesting information on their possible coordination with the European Union on ESG measures they decried as burdensome for U.S. companies.

• High Court Ruling Bolsters Viability Of Direct Listings

  By Tom Zanki

  The U.S. Supreme Court's recent verdict limiting the ability of investors to sue companies that go public through a direct listing increases legal certainty regarding this fairly novel alternative to a traditional initial public offering, according to legal experts.

• Cyxtera Technologies Hits Ch. 11 With $200M DIP Loan

  By Emily Lever

  Florida-based data center company Cyxtera Technologies Inc. and over a dozen of its affiliates filed Chapter 11 petitions Sunday in New Jersey bankruptcy court with $40 million in cash on hand and $1 billion in debt.

• FTC Rule Tweak Subjects ALJ Decisions To Automatic Review

  By Matthew Perlman

  The Federal Trade Commission is modifying the rules for its in-house proceedings so that administrative law judges will now issue "recommended" decisions that are reviewed automatically, rather than "initial" decisions that can be appealed to the commission.

• Barber Ranen Leaders Resign Over Racist, Sexist Emails

  By Xiumei Dong

  The two name partners of Barber Ranen, who spearheaded a massive exodus from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP last month, reportedly resigned on Monday after a series of emails that showed the lawyers using offensive and derogatory language while at their former firm.

• DC Courts Not State Courts Under Habeas Law, 9th Circ. Says

  By Jess Krochtengel

  The District of Columbia's Superior Court is not considered a "state court" for purposes of appealing habeas petitions, the Ninth Circuit held in a published opinion, allowing a prisoner to appeal a denial of his habeas petition and breaking from five other circuit courts.

• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

  By Leslie A. Pappas

  New cases in Delaware's Chancery Court last week involved matters ranging from cannabis to pet care.