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  Jury Asked To 'Send A Message' To J&J As Talc Trial Wraps

  By P.J. D'Annunzio

  Counsel for a woman who died of ovarian cancer asked a Philadelphia jury to "send a message" with its verdict at...(read more)

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  Social Media Cos. Must Face School In 1st Addiction MDL Trial

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A California federal judge denied social media companies' bid for a summary judgment win on a bellwether school ...(read more)

• Sidley, Fried Frank Steer $1.5B Great Lakes Dredge Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  U.S. dredging services provider Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. said Wednesday it has agreed to be acquired by privately held transportation and marine services company Saltchuk Resources Inc. in a deal valued at $1.5 billion.

• Ancora Opposes Netflix-WBD Merger, Backs Paramount Bid

  By Al Barbarino

  Ancora Holdings Group said Wednesday it opposes Warner Bros. Discovery's planned merger with Netflix, faulting the deal's financial structure and describing its path to regulatory approval as a "Hail Mary," while supporting a competing bid from Paramount Skydance Corp.

• Kaiser Will Pay $30M To End DOL Mental Health Investigations

  By Kellie Mejdrich

  Kaiser Permanente has agreed to fork over at least $30 million and change its practices to end multiple U.S. Department of Labor investigations into the adequacy of the healthcare organization's mental health and substance use disorder treatment networks in California, the DOL said.

• Legal Services Hiring Started New Year Off With A Bang

  By Tracey Read

  The legal sector is off to a good start in 2026, with 5,500 more people employed in lawyer, paralegal and other law-related professional roles last month than in December, according to seasonally adjusted data released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

• Ex-Home Depot Exec Gets 3 Years For $2M Embezzlement

  By Hayley Fowler

  The former head of Home Depot's real estate tax division was sentenced Wednesday to more than three years in prison on federal mail fraud and money laundering charges after he pled guilty last year to embezzling just shy of $2 million from the home improvement giant.

• 7th Circ. Mulls Taking Sides In Arbitration Enforcement Split

  By Jeff Overley

  Seventh Circuit judges Tuesday debated a nationwide circuit split over who decides whether disputes belong in arbitration, seemingly leaning toward joining circuits that leave the question to courts instead of arbitrators.

• 5th Circ. Says Bank Worker's ERISA Claims Can Be Arbitrated

  By Hailey Konnath

  The Fifth Circuit on Tuesday held that a former employee at a Texas-based bank must arbitrate his proposed class claims accusing the bank of failing to invest retirement funds, reversing a lower court's finding that the arbitration clause didn't apply to him because it was added after his employment ended.

• 7th Circ. Mulls Outcome Health Execs' $1B Fraud Convictions

  By Lauraann Wood

  Seventh Circuit judges hearing former Outcome Health executives' challenge to a $1 billion fraud conviction seemed critical of the U.S. government's handling of the case on Tuesday as they questioned why its admitted asset over-restraint and introduction of certain grand jury statements should not require reversal.

• Social Media App Plaintiff 'Not Addicted To YouTube,' Jury Told

  By Craig Clough

  An attorney for Google told a California state jury Tuesday during his opening remarks in the first bellwether trial over social media companies allegedly harming young people's mental health that the plaintiff's extensive medical records, own words and user history show she is not addicted to YouTube.

• Tom Goldstein To Testify At Tax Trial Wednesday

  By Jared Foretek

  SCOTUSblog co-founder Thomas Goldstein will take the stand in his tax fraud trial Wednesday, after the government rested its case with an IRS agent tallying up $3.6 million that she said went unreported on his 2016 tax return.

• From Prison, Bankman-Fried Requests New Trial

  By Aislinn Keely

  FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried requested a new trial in a pro se motion made public on Tuesday that accused Manhattan federal prosecutors of leveraging "intimidation and threats to scare off defense witnesses" who he claims could have cast doubt on the government's narrative about the misappropriation of funds and insolvency that left customers unable to withdraw their funds from the crypto exchange. 

• Circuit Split Brewing Following 5th Circ.'s No-Bond Ruling

  By Britain Eakin

  The Fifth Circuit's split ruling blessing the Trump administration's mandatory immigration detention policy won't be the final say on the matter, but it could supercharge efforts to concentrate detained immigrants there while other circuits weigh the policy's legality.