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  NY Gov. Signs Data Center Moratorium Executive Order

  By Isaac Monterose

  New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed an executive order that blocks any new hyperscale data center projects fro...(read more)

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  5th Circ. Undoes BP Retirees' Pension Info Suit Win

  By Kellie Mejdrich

  The Fifth Circuit unraveled a Texas court's judgment against BP that held the oil giant was liable to company re...(read more)

• Albertsons Probed On Pharmacy Compliance Staffing At Trial

  By Ben Adlin

  Two former Albertsons pharmacy compliance executives testified in video depositions played Tuesday before a Washington judge considering whether Albertsons failed to prevent the diversion of opioids in the state, acknowledging the nationwide compliance team consisted of just six staffers between 2015 and 2020 despite heightened scrutiny amid the opioid epidemic.

• White House Unveils New AI Cybersecurity Clearinghouse

  By Hailey Konnath

  The White House has launched a clearinghouse for both the government and the private sector that's aimed at identifying and patching cyber vulnerabilities using artificial intelligence, according to an announcement made Tuesday.

• Silicon Valley Bank Ignored BlackRock's Advice, Judge Hears

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  Silicon Valley Bank disregarded advice from BlackRock's investment advisory firm suggesting the bank reduce the amount of its long-term mortgage-backed securities, the bank's former treasurer acknowledged Tuesday under questioning from a California federal judge during a bench trial over the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's claim SVB mismanaged its assets before its 2023 collapse.

• 3 Int'l Arbitration Trends To Watch: Midyear Report

  By Caroline Simson

  With the latter half of 2026 in full swing, experts tell Law360 that artificial intelligence remains top of mind. As its usage becomes ever more ubiquitous, the trends they're seeing aren't about how it's changing the way lawyers work, but rather how it's leading to three related trends: disputes from the AI buildout, changes to arbitral rules, and an increase in award challenges.

• DOJ Drops Trade Secrets Case Against DuPont Rival Mid-Trial

  By Lauren Berg

  Just a few days into the start of a monthlong trial, the U.S. Department of Justice has dropped its 15-year-old criminal espionage case alleging a group of related Chinese steel companies stole DuPont Co. trade secrets for creating titanium dioxide.

• 9th Circ. Erases Comet's $40M Trade Secret Verdict

  By Ivan Moreno

  A split Ninth Circuit panel on Tuesday overturned Comet Technologies USA's $40 million trade secret verdict against XP Power and ordered a new trial, holding in a precedential decision that the jury was wrongly instructed that XP had to prove Comet's claimed secrets could have been lawfully discovered or reverse-engineered.

• 4th Circ. Sends $166M Arbitral Judgment Back To Trial Court

  By Abigail Harrison

  The Fourth Circuit ruled Tuesday that a trial court must determine if a $166 million arbitral award against convicted insurance mogul Greg Lindberg can stand under North Carolina law, reversing a lower court's confirmation of the award under the Federal Arbitration Act.

• 3rd Circ. Revives Providers' Underpayment Suit Against Cigna

  By Gina Kim

  The Third Circuit partially revived several New Jersey-based healthcare practices' Employee Retirement Income Security Act suit alleging Cigna improperly underreimbursed them for covered healthcare services provided to Cigna's subscribers, ruling Monday the plaintiffs sufficiently alleged they were underpaid for some out-of-network services when compared to their normal charges for similar services.

• Patent Eligibility Bill Divides Senators Over Health Costs

  By Ryan Davis

  Several U.S. senators expressed strong support at a hearing Tuesday for a bill aimed at expanding which inventions are eligible for patents, while others appeared to have reservations about the potential effect of the proposed changes on healthcare costs.

• Apple Again Beats Suit Over CSAM Detection Failures

  By Jonathan Capriel

  Apple has defeated another proposed class action filed by child abuse victims who claim the company allowed predators to store sexual abuse images and videos on iCloud, with a California federal judge saying the victims "deserve better" and calling on the company and lawmakers to act.

• 7th Circ. Says TCPA Do-Not-Call Limit Doesn't Cover Texts

  By Nadia Dreid

  The Telephone Consumer Protection Act's do-not-call restrictions do not apply to text messages, a Seventh Circuit panel declared Tuesday, roughly six weeks after the panel expressed skepticism during oral arguments that "telephone call" could also mean "text message."

• CVS Caremark Settles Out Of FTC Suit Over Insulin Pricing

  By Matthew Perlman

  The Federal Trade Commission reached a settlement on Tuesday with CVS Caremark that includes a number of changes to its business practices, the second deal in a case accusing the country's largest pharmacy benefit managers of inflating insulin prices through unfair rebate schemes.