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  Gibson Dunn, Davis Polk Guide SpaceX's IPO Filing

  By Jade Martinez-Pogue

  Elon Musk's SpaceX has officially filed plans for its blockbuster initial public offering, a long-anticipated mo...(read more)

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  Kirkland-Led Investors Merge To Form $21B Asset Manager

  By Tom Fish

  London-based GHO Capital and CBC Group in Singapore said Wednesday that they will merge to create what they clai...(read more)

• DOJ, Drugmakers Spar After Justices Snub 6 Negotiation Suits

  By Jeff Overley

  The U.S. Department of Justice is trying to have it both ways in drug pricing litigation, telling the U.S. Supreme Court not to intervene before additional circuits decide pending challenges and then using this week's nonintervention as ammunition against those challenges, drugmakers are arguing at appeals courts.

• 2nd Circ. Skeptical Of Bid To Boost Drug Royalty Award

  By Caroline Simson

  A Second Circuit panel appeared unsympathetic during oral arguments on Wednesday to Acorda Therapeutics Inc.'s assertion that it should be awarded nearly $66 million beyond the $16.5 million it won in a multiple sclerosis drug dispute, with one judge remarking that the company is "kind of in the soup" because it chose arbitration.

• Exxon Seeks Sanctions Over 'Altered' Photo From Mass. AG

  By Carolyn Muyskens

  Exxon Mobil Corp. this week accused a Massachusetts government lawyer of trying to mislead a deposition witness with an altered photograph, and sought to sanction the state in its ongoing climate change suit against the energy giant, but drew a skeptical reply from a state judge during a hearing Wednesday.

• White House Told To Obey Records Law, Not Trump's Policy

  By Jared Foretek

  A D.C. federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Presidential Records Act is likely constitutional and ordered White House staff to comply with it, while rejecting the Trump administration's new recordkeeping policy as insufficient.

• NCAA's Maze Of Eligibility Rules Is Athletes' Latest Target

  By David Steele

  A deluge of litigation targeting the NCAA's eligibility bylaws for allegedly limiting athletes' compensation has resulted in conflicting rulings from different courts, teeing up the possibility of a U.S. Supreme Court intervention.

• Plaintiffs Not To Blame For Monsanto Pesticide Suit Delay

  By Jonathan Capriel

  Three women whose mother died from breast cancer have persuaded a California appeals court to reinstate their wrongful death lawsuit against pesticide maker Monsanto, ruling that the trial judge abused his discretion by dismissing the case when the company suffered no prejudice from the delay in prosecution.

• 9th Circ. Tough On HP 401(k) Forfeiture Suit Revival Bid

  By Kellie Mejdrich

  The Ninth Circuit appeared reluctant Wednesday to revive a suit alleging that HP Inc. violated federal benefits law by using forfeited 401(k) funds to defray employer-side contribution obligations, with judges questioning whether plan participants backed up allegations that the tech company hadn't been sufficiently loyal or prudent.

• FCC Revamps How Broadband Maps Can Be Challenged

  By Christopher Cole

  The Federal Communications Commission overhauled broadband data collection rules on Wednesday, with an aim of making its map of national broadband deployment more accurate while also cutting unnecessary regulatory burdens.

• Ex-DOJ Atty Stole Trump Classified Docs Report, Feds Say

  By Lauren Berg

  A former Florida federal prosecutor on Wednesday pled not guilty to stealing government property after the U.S. Department of Justice alleged she emailed herself confidential documents from former special counsel Jack Smith's report over President Donald Trump's handling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate.

• Hagens Berman Says Apple Smear Job Can't Stop Withdrawal

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP urged a California federal judge to allow one of its named plaintiffs to withdraw from an Apple iCloud antitrust case, saying Apple Inc.'s filed opposition is rife with "misdirection and ad hominem" attacks and not about the merits of the dispute but "smearing opposing counsel."

• FCC Advances Anti-Robocall Plan To 'Know' Call Providers

  By Christopher Cole

  The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday proposed new rules that would require phone network operators to "know" the other network operators they do business with as a way of stemming the flow of scam and unwanted calls.

• 2nd Circ. Pick Questioned At Hearing On Role As Trump Lawyer

  By Courtney Bublé

  Matthew Schwartz, a nominee for the Second Circuit, was questioned by Democratic senators Wednesday about whether his current job as the president's personal attorney while his nomination process is underway poses a conflict of interest.