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  Anthropic And CEO Beat Lyric Infringement Claims, For Now

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A California federal judge on Wednesday tossed music publishers' claims against artificial intelligence behemoth...(read more)

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  CVS To Split In 2, Unraveling Decade-Old Megamerger

  By Al Barbarino

  CVS Health said Wednesday that it plans to split into two independent, publicly traded companies, separating its...(read more)

• 5th Circ. Orders Fresh Look At Tequila Brands' TM Confusion

  By Lauren Berg

  A split Fifth Circuit on Wednesday revived a trademark dispute between Mexican brand "Clase Azul" and U.S. startup "Casa Azul," finding that because the Texas district court made some errors in its underlying findings, it needs to reassess the likelihood of confusion between the two companies' marks.

• Justices Hear Texas Challenge Of 'Unavailable' Habeas Claim

  By Brandon Lowrey

  The Texas solicitor general urged the U.S. Supreme Court during oral arguments Wednesday to overturn a decision allowing a death row prisoner's successive habeas claim for intellectual disability under new diagnostic standards, saying the challenge did not qualify for a rare exception under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996.

• Goldstein Ordered To Pay Trimmed $1M Forfeiture

  By Nadia Dreid

  Former SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein was hit with a $1 million forfeiture order Wednesday by a Maryland federal judge in the wake of his tax and mortgage fraud trial, where the appellate advocate was convicted on a dozen charges.

• Senate Permitting Bill May Sink Beneath Blue Wave

  By Keith Goldberg

  The chances of Congress passing legislation aimed at speeding permits for infrastructure projects plummeted as Democrats seized control of Capitol Hill in Tuesday's elections, and any related bill introduced in 2027 could look a lot different than the current version.

• Meta Share Plan Fight Gets January Injunction Hearing

  By Jarek Rutz

  The Delaware Chancery Court ruled Wednesday that stockholders challenging Meta Platforms Inc.'s plan to create nonvoting shares will get a preliminary injunction hearing in early January, rejecting the company's push for a full trial before the transaction takes effect Jan. 19, 2027.

• Apple Can't Escape $5.7B Patent Verdict, Taction Says

  By Adam Lidgett

  Taction Technology Inc. said Tuesday that Apple shouldn't be able to dodge a jury's $5.7 billion award against it in a haptic vibration technology patent dispute, calling the tech giant's request to pay no damages "extraordinary."

• 1st Circ. Sees Mass. Promise To Robinhood As 'Cold Comfort'

  By Carolyn Muyskens

  First Circuit judges on Wednesday appeared sympathetic to Robinhood's bid to have a federal court determine if Massachusetts can regulate prediction markets, with two judges calling the state's temporary promise not to sue the fintech platform "cold comfort." 

• Lender Says Del. Court Wrongly Voided $20M Loan Liens

  By Jarek Rutz

  A lender urged the Delaware Supreme Court on Wednesday to revive its claim to $20.4 million in security interests tied to loans to collapsed technology company Bitwise Industries, saying a contract protected it even if the company's executives lacked authority to pledge real estate as collateral.

• Gibson Dunn Set To Bring On 120 Lawyers From Weil

  By Daniel Moritz-Rabson and Marialuisa Taddia

  Gibson Dunn is set to hire the U.S. and London-based private funds teams from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, bringing on 120 attorneys in the largest group move reported since Weil's management committee recommended last week that the firm wind down operations.

• Sports And Betting On The Ballot: A Midterms Roundup

  By Alex Lawson

  Tuesday's midterm elections saw voters weigh in on a bevy of closely watched sports initiatives, with four states on track to approve new restrictions on transgender athletes and Nebraska voters rejecting two proposals to expand sports betting there.

• Mass., Idaho Voters Defeat Anti-Cannabis Ballot Measures

  By Sam Reisman

  Voters in Massachusetts and Idaho on Tuesday rejected efforts to repeal or restrict marijuana legalization, dealing a blow to anti-cannabis activists and lawmakers who sought to turn Election Day into a referendum on voter-led efforts to reform drug laws.

• Ga. Adopts Farming Tax Break, Mich. Limits Utility Donations

  By Gautama Mehta

  Voters in seven states were set to decide closely watched environmental ballot measures, including whether California should speed up environmental reviews, if Colorado should codify a "right to natural gas," and if Michigan should tighten campaign finance restrictions on the utility industry.