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  Eli Lilly Gets $177M Teva Migraine Drug Patent Verdict Tossed

  By Lauren Berg

  A Massachusetts federal judge overturned a $176.5 million migraine drug patent infringement verdict that Teva Ph...(read more)

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  Trump Found Liable For Fraud In NY Attorney General's Case

  By Frank G. Runyeon

  A New York state judge on Tuesday placed Donald Trump's assets in limbo and sanctioned his attorneys after rulin...(read more)

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• Surgalign Gets Texas Judge's OK For Ch. 11 Plan

  By Emily Lever

  Bankrupt AI spinal imaging and treatment company Surgalign got approval Wednesday in Texas bankruptcy court for its Chapter 11 plan, which will see it emerge from bankruptcy following the sale of its medical hardware business and digital assets.

• Rhode Island Bank Agrees To $9M DOJ Redlining Settlement

  By Jon Hill

  One of the nation's oldest community banks has agreed to pay $9 million to settle government claims of racial discrimination in its residential mortgage lending in Rhode Island, the U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday.

• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive Legal Mal Suit Against Polsinelli

  By Matthew Santoni

  The Third Circuit won't revive parts of an online pharmacy's legal malpractice suit against Polsinelli PC, finding that handing off large parts of its defense of the pharmacy and its ex-CEO to co-counsel at WilmerHale was not a violation of the law firm's contract.

• Gov't Shutdown Would Block New IPOs, SEC's Gensler Says

  By Jessica Corso

  If the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is forced to operate on a "skeletal" staff due to a looming government shutdown, companies would be prevented from going public and whistleblower complaints could go uninvestigated, agency Chair Gary Gensler told Congress on Wednesday.

• Jury Rules For SEC In $144M Penny Stock Fraud Case

  By Brian Dowling

  A Boston federal jury on Wednesday found two British Columbia residents violated securities laws by participating in a $144 million penny stock scheme that allegedly featured shell companies, encrypted messages and James Bond-like code names.

• 4 Years On, Unraveling The Lessons Of 'Varsity Blues'

  By Chris Villani

  The "Varsity Blues" college admissions case rocked the legal world and higher education when it first broke in 2019. More than four years later, after 50 guilty pleas and a mixed record at the trial and appellate level, the landmark prosecution leaves a complex legacy.

• McKinsey Strikes $230M Opioid Deal With Gov'ts, Schools

  By Emily Field

  Management consulting giant McKinsey & Co. has struck a deal to pay a total of $230 million to end claims brought by local governments and school districts that its work advising drugmakers contributed to the opioid crisis, according to documents filed late Tuesday in California federal court.

• Hollywood Writers To End Strike As WGA Leaders OK Deal

  By Lauren Berg

  The Hollywood writers strike will come to an end Wednesday as the Writers Guild of America leadership on Tuesday voted unanimously to recommend the tentative agreement reached with studios over the weekend.

• Ex-Bush Admin Atty Yoo Cites Founders To Defend Eastman

  By Craig Clough

  University of California, Berkeley law school professor and former Bush administration attorney John Yoo testified in John Eastman's disbarment trial on Tuesday that the historical actions of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams support Eastman's claims about the unilateral power of the vice president during the counting of electoral votes.

• Maya Kowalski Told Doc She Was Afraid Of Upsetting Mother

  By Carolina Bolado

  Maya Kowalski, the child at the center of the Netflix documentary "Take Care of Maya," told a doctor during her stay at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital that she didn't want to "go back on all of these pills or have the ketamine anymore" but was afraid to tell her mother, according to a report shown to jurors at trial Tuesday.

• Apple VP: No Need For 'Inferior' Options To Google Search

  By Bryan Koenig

  Apple never really needed to consider alternatives to Google Search for the Safari browser on Macs and iPhones, a senior vice president testified Tuesday in D.C. federal court, pushing back on U.S. Department of Justice assertions that Google's default placement threatens privacy and is based purely on billions in revenue sharing.

• Jury Convicts Driver For Aiding Murder Of Fed. Court Officer

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A California federal jury on Tuesday convicted a man charged with driving the getaway vehicle during the fatal 2020 shooting of a federal courthouse security guard, finding him guilty of aiding and abetting the murder and attempted murder of courthouse officers.