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  Snap Inks 11th-Hour Deals Ending Social Media Harm Trial

  By Craig Clough

  Snap Inc. revealed Monday that it has reached settlements with two plaintiffs over claims its platform harms the...(read more)

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  Marvell To Buy AI Optics Co. Lumentum In $115B Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  Marvell Technology Inc. said Monday it has agreed to purchase data center optics maker Lumentum for an enterpris...(read more)

• Top Real Estate Atty Joins Goodwin As Weil Winds Down

  By Andrea Keckley

  A prominent co-leader of the real estate practice at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP is joining Goodwin Procter LLP as his former firm begins to wind down operations, according to a Tuesday announcement.

• Judiciary Stuck In AI Rulemaking Rut As Attys, Judges Protest

  By Jeff Overley

  Judiciary efforts to enact rules for the artificial intelligence age are mired in concerns about burdens on litigators, the tensions between burgeoning technology and snail-paced policymaking, and how to even define AI. And despite vivid examples of AI's risks, officials are inching toward mothballing the prominent project.

• SEC's Top Cop On Building A 'Nimble' Enforcement Division

  By Jessica Corso

  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has lost hundreds of enforcement employees and seen significant restructuring of its regional offices over the past two years, but the Division of Enforcement's director said that hasn't stopped him from building a "nimble" program that is focused on more than just the number of cases filed.

• 5th Circ. Weighs Law Student's Kirk Comment Discipline

  By Spencer Brewer

  A Fifth Circuit panel wanted to know what harm a former Texas Tech law student is currently experiencing as she seeks to overturn a disciplinary action related to statements she made allegedly celebrating Charlie Kirk's death, saying Monday the alleged harm seemed "speculative."

• 9th Circ. Sends Pot Labor Law Dispute Back To Lower Court

  By Jonathan Capriel

  The Ninth Circuit revived a cannabis retailer's lawsuit challenging California's requirement that marijuana businesses have labor peace agreements with unions, ruling on Monday that the trial court abused its discretion and must reconsider the arguments, including the possibility that both sides have "unclean" hands.

• Meta Users Win Class Cert. In Pixel Healthcare Data Suit

  By Lauren Berg

  A California federal judge certified four classes of Facebook users who allege Meta Platforms collected their personal health information through data tracking tools on healthcare providers' websites, rejecting the social media company's attempts to attack the predominance of common issues.

• AI Agents Raise Stakes For Banks As Legal Fights Loom

  By Jon Hill

  As major banks move to keep artificial intelligence agents from accessing customer accounts, financial services attorneys say the growing use of these tools in financial transactions could test the limits of existing consumer protection laws and set the stage for litigation.

• Ex-Fairstead Partner Says Late Experts Violate Court Order

  By Jarek Rutz

  A former partner at affordable housing firm Fairstead Capital Management LLC urged the Delaware Chancery Court on Monday to stop the company from using newly disclosed valuation experts and documents in a fight over his canceled equity, while Fairstead argued the changes were justified and caused no harm.

• DC Circ. Questions Lack Of Carbon Plan For Gas Terminal

  By Jared Foretek

  Judges on the D.C. Circuit on Monday pressed attorneys for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the company behind a natural gas export terminal and pipeline in South Texas on why they walked away from a connected proposal for carbon sequestration near the project without explanation.

• News Orgs Say Brave Is 'Dealer' For Scraped Content

  By Elliot Weld

  The New York Times and a group of regional newspapers have accused Brave Software Inc. of acting as a "dealer" of copyrighted news content scraped from the internet and selling it to the top makers of artificial intelligence for training data.

• 'Our Bad': Feds' First Step Act Argument Surprises Justices

  By Phillip Bantz

  Some U.S. Supreme Court justices considering a First Step Act case Monday appeared caught off guard by a government lawyer's argument that the defendant's impending release from prison renders the appeal moot.

• Blackstone-Led Group Investing $3.1B Into LNG Canada

  By Al Barbarino

  Blackstone and a group of Canadian institutional partners have agreed to invest $3.1 billion in a Mitsubishi Corp. subsidiary that holds the Japanese company's 15% stake in the LNG Canada natural gas project, the private equity giant and Japanese conglomerate announced Monday.