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• Justices Mull RICO's Scope In Trucker's CBD Case

  By Sam Reisman

  U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared conflicted whether to sanction a commercial trucker's attempt to bring a racketeering claim against CBD companies, whose allegedly mislabeled products the trucker claims led to his firing.

• Walmart, Execs Settle Chancery Opioid Suit For $123M

  By Jeff Montgomery

  Walmart and its directors and officers have agreed to a $123 million deal to end a stockholder class derivative lawsuit in Delaware's Court of Chancery that accused the nationwide retailer of multi-year opioid prescription oversight failures, potentially resolving class claims dating to early 2020.

• Ga. Fund Manager Who Fled Country Cops To Fraud Charge

  By Chart Riggall

  An Atlanta financier admitted Tuesday to running a fund that ripped off investors to the tune of millions of dollars before fleeing the country as the scheme collapsed, pleading guilty to a single charge of interstate transfers of stolen money, prosecutors said.

• Amazon Gets Win In Patent Trial Over Wi-Fi System

  By Adam Lidgett

  A federal jury has found that Amazon didn't infringe certain claims in a trio of wireless network patents, clearing it of allegations relating to some of the e-commerce giant's Wi-Fi enabled devices.

• BREAKING: J&J Hit With $15M Verdict In Builder's Mesothelioma Suit

  By Brian Steele & Aaron Keller

  A Connecticut state court jury on Tuesday slammed Johnson & Johnson and several subsidiaries with a $15 million compensatory damages verdict for a real estate developer who sought to hold the companies liable for his mesothelioma diagnosis.

• 2nd Circ. Says 'Robust' Video Privacy Law Covers NBA Suit

  By Elliot Weld

  The Second Circuit on Tuesday endorsed a broad reading of a decades-old video privacy law in the modern internet age as it revived a proposed class action against the NBA by one of its free newsletter subscribers who claimed the league's website unlawfully shared his viewing information with Facebook.

• Frontier May Be Worth 2 Times Verizon's Bid, Investor Warns

  By Al Barbarino

  Frontier Communications Parent Inc. stockholder Cooper Investors Pty Ltd. on Tuesday expressed "strong opposition" to Verizon Communications Inc.'s planned $20 billion deal to absorb the company, arguing Frontier could be worth nearly double the $38.50 per share that Verizon plans to pay.

• True Value Hardware Hits Ch. 11 With $153M Asset Sale Plan

  By Yun Park

  The 75-year-old hardware retailer True Value Company LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware bankruptcy court, with its plan to sell all assets to industry rival Do It Best Corp.

• High Court Rejects Emergency NLRB Constitutional Challenge

  By Braden Campbell

  In the first case related to the National Labor Relations Board's constitutionality to reach the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday denied a car parts maker an emergency injunction that would've blocked the agency from pursuing a labor lawsuit.

• Justices Won't Review Atty Fee Denial In DOL Stock Plan Case

  By Patrick Hoff

  The U.S. Supreme Court declined Tuesday to hear a construction design firm's push for attorney fees following its win in a U.S. Department of Labor case alleging the company mismanaged an employee stock ownership plan, leaving the Ninth Circuit's rejection of the bid for fees intact.

• Justices Won't Hear Suit Over Marine Recruit Crash Death

  By Mike Curley

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a petition from a Marine recruit's family to review the dismissal of a suit over the recruit's death, leaving in place a Third Circuit decision finding that his recruiter had immunity for the claims.

• Justices Reject Homebuilder Case Over Minn. Fee Escalator

  By Nate Beck

  The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear claims from a homebuilders' trade group that a court failed to consider whether "valuation-based" permit fees that scale higher for more expensive projects should match the support two Minneapolis suburbs provide.