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  Apple Hit With $634M Verdict Over Masimo Health Tech Patent

  By Craig Clough

  A California federal jury on Friday awarded Masimo Corp. more than $634 million from Apple Inc. following an eig...(read more)

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  DOJ Official Among Trump Picks For District Courts

  By Courtney Bublé

  President Donald Trump announced judicial nominees for federal courts in Tennessee, Indiana and Missouri on Frid...(read more)

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• Judge Orders Grand Jury Docs Released In Comey Case

  By Brandon Lowrey

  A Virginia federal magistrate judge Monday ordered the disclosure of all grand jury materials related to the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, saying government misconduct may have tainted the grand jury proceedings.

• Cravath, Goodwin Advise On J&J's $3B Cancer Drug Play

  By Al Barbarino

  Cravath-advised Johnson & Johnson said Monday it has agreed to pay $3.05 billion in cash for Goodwin-led Halda Therapeutics, a biotech developing a clinical-stage therapy for prostate cancer.

• DOJ Backs White House's Military Lawyer Transfers

  By Courtney Bublé

  A newly released legal opinion from the U.S. Department of Justice says the Trump administration is allowed to detail military lawyers to serve as immigration judges and special assistant U.S. attorneys in the District of Columbia.

• Ex-Boxer's Cocaine Trial Off After Jury Tampering Arrests

  By Pete Brush

  A Brooklyn federal judge on Monday dismissed a jury that had been set to hear the government's $1 billion cocaine trafficking case against a former heavyweight boxer, after three men were arrested for allegedly trying to bribe a juror.

• 3 Firms Steer Mitsui's $1.44B Minority Stake In Barings

  By Jade Martinez-Pogue

  Japanese insurance company Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. Ltd. on Monday announced that it has agreed to take a minority stake in MassMutual-owned asset management firm Barings LLC in a $1.44 billion deal built by three law firms.

• Diamond Co. Lugano Hits Ch. 11 With $500M+ Debt, Sale Plans

  By Emlyn Cameron

  Luxury jewelry house Lugano Diamonds & Jewelry Inc. hit Chapter 11 in Delaware, estimating liabilities between $500 million and $1 billion and touting a stalking horse bidder as it seeks to continue operating and pursue a sale.

• 3 Firms Advising On CD&R's $10.3B Bubble Wrap Maker Buy

  By Al Barbarino

  Private equity firm CD&R has agreed to purchase Sealed Air Corp., a provider of packaging solutions including Bubble Wrap and Cryovac, at an enterprise value of $10.3 billion in a deal steered by three law firms, Sealed Air said in a Monday announcement.

• Justices Pass On Avianca's Ch. 11 Lease Obligation Appeal

  By Clara Geoghegan

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up Latin America airline Avianca's challenge to the Second Circuit's decision that aircraft lease broker fees that became due during its Chapter 11 were administrative expense claims, not general unsecured claims.

• SEC Gives Cos. Freer Rein To Block Shareholder Proposals

  By Jessica Corso

  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Monday that it will not review most of the requests it gets from publicly traded companies hoping to exclude shareholder proposals from corporate ballots this proxy season, saying that it will not object to the exclusions due to time and resource constraints.

• Justices Won't Decide If PTAB Can Review Expired Patents

  By Dani Kass

  The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review whether the Patent Trial and Appeal Board has the authority to review expired patents.

• Justices Won't Review Ex-Examiner's Patent Bar Rejection

  By Dani Kass

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a former patent examiner's petition, which alleged that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office wrongly rejected his request to practice before the agency based on a suspension he argued was improper.

• No High Court Review For FDA Fast-Track Denial

  By Gianna Ferrarin

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it would not consider whether federal drug regulators went astray in denying fast-track review for a digestive disorder medication being developed by Vanda Pharmaceuticals.