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  States Say GM Will Pay $220M To Settle Driver Privacy Claims

  By Brian Steele

  Attorneys general said Thursday that General Motors will pay $220 million to three dozen states to settle claims...(read more)

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  3 Firms Steer $17B DoorDash-Instacart Grocery Delivery Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  DoorDash Inc. said Thursday it has agreed to acquire Instacart for an equity value of approximately $17 billion,...(read more)

• DOJ Boosts Alaska Election Suit As State Asks For Dismissal

  By Hailey Konnath

  The U.S. Department of Justice Thursday filed an amended, more detailed version of its lawsuit over the two Dan Sullivans running in Alaska's Senate race, prompting the state to urge the federal court to throw it out, arguing that the new complaint "has no more legal basis than the original one."

• 'Food Fraud-Friendly' Judge Pans Suit Against Campbell's

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  A California federal judge who described himself as more "food fraud-friendly" than colleagues said Thursday that a Golden State resident didn't plausibly plead that The Campbell's Co. misleads consumers by labeling microplastic-emitting soup packaging as "microwavable," but gave her permission to file an amended complaint.

• Lessons From The Past For Weil's Final Curtain Call

  By Rick Archer

  Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP leaders may have every reason to agree to an out-of-court wind-down, but dissolving such a storied law firm, which announced Wednesday it intends to shut down following an exodus of attorneys, is not as simple as a handshake among partners, experts said in interviews with Law360 on Wednesday.

• Weil's Collapse Ends Firm's Long Run As Bankruptcy Leader

  By Alex Wittenberg

  Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP helped pioneer modern bankruptcy practice and earned hundreds of millions of dollars leading many of the biggest Chapter 11 cases in U.S. history. Its collapse this week marks a stunning end to that legacy and reflects major changes in how law firms function today, attorneys told Law360.

• Tech Prices, Driver Networks Hang Over DoorDash Tie-Up

  By Bryan Koenig

  Antitrust observers told Law360 Thursday they expect significant scrutiny of DoorDash's plan to acquire Instacart for an equity value of approximately $17 billion, pointing to the overlap between their restaurant and grocery delivery services, and the timing of the deal just as the Federal Trade Commission launches a surveillance pricing investigation.

• NJ Panel Says State Shields Military Leave Past Federal Cap

  By MJ Koo

  A New Jersey state appeals court on Thursday upheld a decision giving an Atlantic City police officer his job back after the city fired him for staying on military leave for more than five years, saying a federal five-year limit is a minimum, not a maximum.

• Fed. Circ. Upholds Decision Wiping Out Cybersecurity Patent

  By Elliot Weld

  The Federal Circuit on Thursday affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision holding that a patent covering methods of monitoring a system for cyberattack detection was invalid as obvious.

• Cravath, Kirkland Steer $15.3B ADT Take-Private Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  New York investment firm Thrive Holdings has agreed to acquire security company ADT in an all-cash transaction for approximately $7.6 billion in equity value and $15.3 billion in enterprise value, ADT announced Thursday.

• 'Leadership Vacuum' Preceded Weil's Collapse

  By Daniel Moritz-Rabson and Aebra Coe

  A series of leadership failures and strategic missteps preceded the precipitous downfall of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, sources told Law360 Pulse.

• EEOC Eliminates Long-Standing Criminal History Guidance

  By Vin Gurrieri

  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has revoked Obama-era guidance that outlined employers' legal obligations in their use of workers' arrest and conviction records to make employment decisions, the agency announced Thursday.

• 1st Circ. Seeks Mass. Justices' Input On USAA Rate Row

  By Gianna Ferrarin

  The First Circuit asked Massachusetts' highest court to weigh in on a suit by service members alleging USAA improperly considered their military pay grade when issuing auto insurance policies, finding the dispute implicates questions of state law.

• Delaware Chancery Keeps $8.9B R1 RCM Buyout Claim Alive

  By Jarek Rutz

  The Delaware Chancery Court has ruled that private equity firm TowerBrook Capital Partners LP and health system Ascension Health Alliance must face a stockholder claim challenging healthcare revenue management venture R1 RCM Inc.'s $8.9 billion take-private deal, finding that their joint investment vehicle qualified as a controlling stockholder despite owning less than one-third of the company's voting shares.