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  Brightline Florida To Continue Operating While In Ch. 11

  By Vince Sullivan

  Florida's Brightline rail service will continue operating during the Chapter 11 cases of its parent entities, as...(read more)

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  Eli Lilly Hit With $90M Verdict In Nektar's Rezpeg Breach Suit

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  A California federal jury on Thursday found Eli Lilly breached the implied covenant of good faith and fair deali...(read more)

• BREAKING: Justices Block Missouri's New Midterm Map In Loss For GOP

  By Jeff Overley and Katie Buehler

  The U.S. Supreme Court late Friday barred Missouri from using a newly redrawn congressional map that would favor Republicans in its impending midterm elections, rejecting the Eighth Circuit's restoration of revised boundaries and likely ending a litigation whirlwind that reached the justices three times this month.

• DC Circ. Backs Bitcoin Fog Crypto Mixer Conviction

  By Aislinn Keely

  The D.C. Circuit upheld the conviction of Bitcoin Fog operator Roman Sterlingov in a Friday opinion that found the government adequately tied his conduct to the D.C. venue and introduced sufficiently reliable forensic evidence to link him to the cryptocurrency mixing service.

• DC Circ. Backs Buy America Waiver For Brightline Trains

  By Tom Lotshaw

  The D.C. Circuit on Friday rejected Alstom Transportation Inc.'s challenge of a Buy America waiver approved for trains for a high-speed rail project linking Las Vegas to Southern California, holding that the waiver is reasoned and aligns with federal requirements.

• 2nd Circ. Rules $7.25M Mansion Belongs In Guo's Ch. 11

  By Brian Steele

  The Second Circuit on Friday upheld a Connecticut bankruptcy court decision that folded a $7.25 million mansion into the Chapter 11 estate of convicted fraudster Miles Guo, turning away his wife's argument that she actually controlled the property's corporate owner.

• Google Win Over Online Ad Patent Case Backed By Fed. Circ.

  By Adam Lidgett

  The Federal Circuit on Friday refused to revive an advertising management system company's infringement suit against Google and YouTube, agreeing with a California federal judge's finding that the claims at issue were invalid under the U.S. Supreme Court's Alice precedent.

• Novo Bets $1.3B On Nanexa Drug Tech Amid Obesity Push

  By Al Barbarino

  Novo Nordisk has agreed to pay up to about €1.165 billion ($1.3 billion) under an exclusive license and collaboration agreement for Swedish drug-delivery company Nanexa's PharmaShell technology.

• Supreme Court Revives DHS Voter Citizenship Database

  By Katie Buehler and Jeff Overley

  The Trump administration can reinstate the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's upgraded citizenship verification database ahead of this year's midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday.

• DC Circ. Denies Anthropic's Security Risk Suit Against DOD

  By Madeline Lyskawa

  A divided D.C. Circuit panel ruled Friday that the Pentagon was justified in citing national security concerns to exclude Anthropic's suite of Claude artificial intelligence models from its supply chain.

• US Backs Elon Musk In €120M EU Digital Transparency Case

  By Sophia Dourou

  The U.S. has announced it will join Elon Musk in a bid to overturn a €120 million ($137 million) fine imposed by the European Commission on social media platform X for breaching the bloc's digital transparency rules.

• Paramount Judge Won't 'Rubber Stamp' States' Merger Deal

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A California federal judge questioned state enforcers Thursday about the details of their proposed settlement to resolve antitrust litigation challenging Paramount Skydance's planned $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery, telling counsel, "The court isn't a rubber stamp," and "I've got questions, and I'm not the only one."

• Calif. Bill Deals Blow, But Not Knockout, To Tracking Suits

  By Allison Grande

  A California bill awaiting the governor's signature is poised to reduce the swell of litigation under the California Invasion of Privacy Act, but the narrow scope of the pending lawsuit ban leaves open other avenues for plaintiffs to target the widespread use of website tracking technologies.

• Seyfarth Failed To Guard Client Data From Hack, Suit Alleges

  By Lauren Berg

  Seyfarth Shaw LLP on Thursday was hit with a proposed class action in Illinois federal court accusing it of failing to protect its current and former clients' personal information after the Chicago-based law firm this month disclosed a recent data breach.