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  Kaiser Entities Settle Medicare Fraud Claims For $556M

  By Rae Ann Varona

  Five Kaiser Permanente affiliates agreed to a $556 million settlement resolving allegations they defrauded the g...(read more)

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  Boeing Settles Latest 737 Max Ethiopian Air Case Before Trial

  By Celeste Bott

  Boeing has agreed to settle the wrongful death case of a man who lost his parents and sister in the Ethiopian Ai...(read more)

• Playlist, EGYM Merging To Create $7.5B Wellness Platform

  By Al Barbarino

  Fitness and wellness company Playlist has agreed to merge with German fitness technology company EGYM in a deal that will value the combined business at $7.5 billion, the companies announced Thursday.

• Calif. Justices Order Prosecutors To Explain Alleged AI Errors

  By Dorothy Atkins

  The California Supreme Court has ordered Nevada County prosecutors to explain to a lower court why they shouldn't be sanctioned for "apparent serial submission" of artificial intelligence-generated briefs with nonexistent legal citations in multiple criminal proceedings.

• SEC Taps Ex-BlackRock, GSA Atty To Be General Counsel

  By Sarah Jarvis

  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Thursday a former BlackRock senior attorney and U.S. General Services Administration top lawyer will be its next general counsel, as the agency gets underway with a regulatory agenda that prioritizes easing administrative burdens and facilitating capital formation.

• 3 Firms Steer Talen's $3.45B Natural Gas Assets Buy

  By Jade Martinez-Pogue

  Independent power producer Talen Energy Corp. on Thursday announced plans to acquire a trio of assets from energy-focused investment firm Energy Capital Partners, in a $3.45 billion cash-and-stock deal that will add 2.6 gigawatts of natural gas generation capacity to Talen's portfolio.

• Sens. Advance Indiana Judge Nominee Grilled Over Sermons

  By Courtney Bublé

  A federal judicial nominee for Indiana who came under scrutiny by a Republican senator for his past sermons as an ordained elder was voted out of committee Thursday alongside five other judicial nominees.

• Ex-NCAA Players Among 26 Accused Of Rigging Games

  By Phillip Bantz

  Federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania announced criminal charges Thursday against 26 people, including more than a dozen former college basketball players, accused of conspiring to rig NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association games.

• 3rd Circ. Finds Khalil Can Be Detained Again

  By Carla Baranauckas

  The Third Circuit on Thursday vacated a series of New Jersey federal court orders that halted the removal of a former Palestinian graduate student and had ordered his release from immigration detention.

• 3 Firms Advise On Boston Scientific's $14.5B Penumbra Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  Allen Overy Shearman Sterling and Arnold & Porter are advising Boston Scientific Corp. on an agreement announced Thursday for the global medical technology company to purchase Davis Polk-advised Penumbra Inc. at a $14.5 billion enterprise value.

• Dr Pepper-Maker Launches €15.5B Offer For JDE Peet's

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Beverage heavyweight Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. said Thursday that it plans to complete its €15.5 billion ($18 billion) deal to snap up Dutch coffee company JDE Peet's NV in the second quarter of 2026 before splitting into two publicly traded U.S. companies.

• DHS Can Axe '11th Hour' Venezuelan Protections, 9th Circ. Told

  By Dorothy Atkins

  The Trump administration urged the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday to vacate its summary judgment loss so that the government can continue to unwind temporary protected status for 600,000 Venezuelans, arguing that U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem had the authority to terminate the Biden administration's "eleventh hour" protections.

• Google Ex-Staffer Attys In 'Grave Danger' Of Testimony Misstep

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  A California federal judge appeared open Wednesday to letting prosecutors introduce previously suppressed evidence from the FBI's interview with an ex-Google engineer accused of stealing trade secrets, telling defense counsel that their efforts to paint Google and the government as in cahoots raised a "grave danger" he'd allow the evidence.

• Pharmacy Wields Antitrust Law In Challenge To GLP-1 Giants

  By Lauren Berg

  Eli Lilly & Co. and Novo Nordisk are using their dominant positions in the market for weight loss and diabetes medications to squash potential competitors, including through unlawful exclusivity agreements with telehealth providers, a compounding pharmacy alleged Wednesday in what it calls a landmark antitrust lawsuit.