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  Tobey Maguire Says He Rerouted Fee To Goldstein

  By Jared Foretek

  "Spider-Man" star Tobey Maguire told the jury Wednesday in Thomas Goldstein's tax fraud trial that he paid $500,...(read more)

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  Chancery Awards $50M To Arxada In Trade Secrets Case

  By Adam Lidgett

  Chemicals company Arxada on Wednesday was awarded more than $50 million in damages and expenses in its lawsuit i...(read more)

• Full 1st Circ. To Review Cop's Suspension For Facebook Post

  By Carolyn Muyskens

  The full First Circuit has agreed to review a Massachusetts police officer's suspension for making disparaging comments about George Floyd on a personal Facebook page, setting aside an opinion in the police department's favor and teeing up an appeal focused on the speech rights of government employees.

• BREAKING: Calif. Jury Convicts Ex-Google Engineer Of Stealing AI Secrets

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  A California federal jury on Thursday found former Google software engineer Linwei Ding guilty of seven counts of trade secret theft and seven counts of economic espionage in a criminal trial over allegations that he stole the tech giant's artificial intelligence trade secrets to help himself and China.

• Jones Day Guides VSE Corp. On $2B Precision Aviation Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  Jones Day is advising aviation company VSE Corp. on an agreement to acquire Precision Aviation Group Inc. from Winston & Strawn LLP-led GenNx360 Capital Partners for up to $2.15 billion, the companies announced Thursday.

• Former First Brands Execs Indicted On Fraud Charges

  By Ben Zigterman

  Patrick James, the founder of bankrupt auto parts maker First Brands Group, and his brother Edward James were indicted by federal prosecutors in New York, who accused the pair of inflating invoices, double pledging collateral and concealing liabilities from lenders.

• Mass. AG Sues 9 Towns To Enforce Housing Law

  By Julie Manganis

  The Massachusetts attorney general on Thursday sued nine towns that have not complied with a controversial state housing initiative requiring them to allow multifamily housing in at least a portion of their communities.

• Mo. Packaging Co. Files For Ch. 11 To Reduce Debt By $900M

  By Yun Park

  Missouri-based packaging company Pretium Packaging LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in a New Jersey bankruptcy court, with a prepackaged plan of reorganization aimed at reducing the company's funded debt by more than $900 million.

• Anthropic Hit With 2nd Music IP Suit, This Time For $3B

  By Hailey Konnath

  Major music publishers already suing Anthropic for copyright infringement filed a second, $3 billion suit against the artificial intelligence company on Wednesday, a move they say is necessary to hold Anthropic accountable for "brazen," newly discovered mass infringement of sheet music and songbooks.

• ICE Violated Nearly 100 Court Orders, Minn. Judge Says

  By Rae Ann Varona

  The Minnesota federal court's chief judge admonished U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday for violating nearly 100 court orders concerning the Trump administration's immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota while another judge, on the same day, temporarily blocked ICE from unlawfully arresting and detaining refugees in the North Star State.

• Mid-America Inks $53M Deal In RealPage Landlord MDL

  By Lauren Berg

  Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc. revealed in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing Wednesday that it will pay $53 million to settle out of multidistrict antitrust litigation alleging some of the largest landlords in the country used RealPage Inc.'s software to fix rent prices for residential properties.

• Google To Pay Android Users $135M To End Data Use Suit

  By Allison Grande

  Google agreed to pay $135 million and obtain consent from new Android users for use of their cellular data to resolve a proposed class action accusing it of conducting "passive" data transfers without consumers' knowledge or consent over the Android operating system, according to a proposed deal filed in California federal court.

• Trade Secret Filings Hit Record High In 2025, Report Finds

  By Ivan Moreno

  Trade secret litigation reached an all-time high in 2025, with more than 1,500 federal cases filed for the first time ever, according to a new report by legal analytics firm Lex Machina, which also highlights trends about damages, the busiest courts and the law firms most frequently involved.

• Louis Vuitton Didn't Heed Salesforce Breach Alert, Suit Says

  By Gina Kim

  Louis Vuitton failed to heed warnings and security recommendations from Salesforce to protect against "vishing" techniques from cybercriminals who ended up infiltrating the fashion house's systems last summer and stole customer information, alleges a proposed class action filed Tuesday in New York federal court.