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  Senate Confirms Jay Clayton As National Intelligence Chief

  By Madeline Lyskawa

  The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Jay Clayton as director of national intelligence, two weeks after Clayt...(read more)

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  EBay, Former Execs To Pay $55.7M Over Couple's Harassment

  By Julie Manganis

  A Massachusetts couple who were stalked and harassed by a group of eBay employees over their blog's coverage of ...(read more)

• 'Vibe Coding' Pushes Cos. To Rethink Copyright Protection

  By Ivan Moreno

  As artificial intelligence takes on more software development projects, businesses embracing “vibe coding” are adapting to uncertain copyright protection by documenting engineers’ contributions, keeping humans involved in high-value projects and leaning more heavily on trade secrets.

• Mass. Judge Says Roundup Suit May Survive Justices' Ruling

  By Chris Villani

  A suit against Monsanto over the alleged cancer risks of the weedkiller Roundup may still be heading for trial after a Massachusetts federal judge said Wednesday that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling barring certain claims against the company doesn't necessarily doom the case.

• 4 Firms Steer Grant Thornton's $5B Agreement To Buy CBIZ

  By Al Barbarino

  New Mountain Capital-backed Grant Thornton Advisors said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire CBIZ Inc. in a deal worth $5 billion, including debt, that would create a top-five U.S. provider of professional, tax and advisory services. 

• Paul Hastings, Vinson & Elkins Guide $2.2B Permian Combo

  By Al Barbarino

  SoftVest LP and Blackbeard Holdings have agreed to combine the Dallas-based Permian Basin Royalty Trust with Blackbeard's oil and gas mineral and land assets in a transaction valued at about $2.24 billion, with Paul Hastings LLP advising SoftVest and Vinson & Elkins LLP representing Blackbeard.

• Lending Firm YSA Hits Ch. 11 With Over $500M In Debt

  By Alex Wittenberg

  YSA Investments 1, a private lender and asset management company, has filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware bankruptcy court with more than $500 million in debt.

• Activists Shift Focus To M&A, AI In Quieter Proxy Season

  By Al Barbarino

  A surge in mergers and acquisitions-focused activist campaigns in the first half of 2026 came as companies adjusted to the universal proxy regime and activists increasingly turned to artificial intelligence to identify targets, according to a Diligent Market Intelligence report released on Tuesday.

• 1st Circ. Wary Of Reinstating 'Fork In The Road' Suit

  By Carolyn Muyskens

  A First Circuit judge on Tuesday questioned the repercussions of a court nixing the Trump administration's deferred-resignation program more than a year after federal workers accepted the buyouts. 

• How A Casino Analogy Helped Win A Short-Swing Profits Trial

  By Katryna Perera

  To win a first-of-its-kind securities trial over short-swing profits, attorneys at Freshfields LLP knew they needed to find the right analogy to showcase their argument, even if it meant comparing the case to a craps table at a casino.

• Albright Preserves Verdict Clearing Roku On Streaming Patents

  By Elliot Weld

  A Texas federal judge on Tuesday said he wouldn't grant a new trial or a favorable judgment to a company that asserted two patents against Roku after a jury cleared the streaming device maker in 2024.

• Colo. Sports Complex Owner Files Ch. 11 With $100M+ Debt

  By Emily Lever

  Future Legends LLC, the owner of a sports complex in Colorado, has filed for Chapter 11 protection in California with $100 million to $500 million in liabilities following legal battles with a local government, its lenders and the second-division U.S. men's soccer league, according to court filings.

• DC Circ. Backs EPA's Pollution Review Regulation Process

  By Jared Foretek

  A D.C. Circuit panel sided with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in its fight with environmental groups challenging rules for determining whether modifications to major pollution sources trigger new review, holding Tuesday the rule is neither inconsistent with the Clean Air Act nor arbitrary and capricious.

• Judge Pares Suit Challenging Empire Wind Project

  By Keith Goldberg

  A D.C. federal judge has trimmed a lawsuit contesting federal approvals for a wind farm off the New York and New Jersey coasts while preserving claims that the government wrongly allowed the project to harm migratory bottlenose dolphin populations.