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  Squires Vows To Open USPTO Doors To AI Technologies

  By Ivan Moreno

  New U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires said Friday his agency will embrace artificial intell...(read more)

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  Office Building REIT Hits Ch. 11 In Texas With $1B+ Debt

  By Rick Archer

  A Massachusetts-based real estate investment trust with 124 office properties nationwide has filed for Chapter 1...(read more)

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• JPMorgan Kept Biz With 'Child Sleaze' Epstein Despite Flags

  By Dorothy Atkins

  JPMorgan Chase reported Jeffrey Epstein's suspicious cash transactions suggesting sex-trafficking years before the financier faced felony charges, but the bank continued to do business with him even as banking executives joked internally about Epstein as a "known child sleaze," according to documents unsealed in New York federal court Friday.

• Pfizer Sues Metsera, Novo Nordisk Over $9B Buyout 'Bribe'

  By Rae Ann Varona

  Pfizer Inc. filed suit Friday in Delaware Chancery Court to stop Metsera from terminating their multibillion-dollar merger agreement, saying in a complaint filed the same day it secured early antitrust clearance that Novo Nordisk's bid to step in with a $9 billion buyout proposal is nothing but an "old-fashioned bribe."

• Alaska Joins Utah In Firing Motley Rice From Opioid Case

  By Lauren Berg

  Alaska joined Utah this month in terminating its contract with Motley Rice LLC, which the state hired nearly a decade ago to pursue litigation over the opioid crisis, saying the law firm didn't disclose it was simultaneously representing other clients in separate opioid litigation.

• Ex-Knick Must Pay Madison Square Garden $642K Legal Fees

  By Lauren Berg

  Charles Oakley must pay Madison Square Garden a little more than $642,000 for legal fees stemming from its pursuit of the former New York Knick's deleted text messages in his battery suit against the arena, a federal magistrate judge ruled Friday, cutting down the arena's requested $1.5 million.

• 10th Circ. Rules Fed Can Reject Master Account Access

  By Katryna Perera

  A divided Tenth Circuit panel ruled Friday that Federal Reserve banks have the discretion to reject master account access requests from eligible entities, rejecting crypto-focused Custodia Bank's claim that it is entitled to a master account in a decision that prompted a dissenting judge to say "the Fed has gone too far."

• 9th Circ. Nixes Exemption To Bioengineered Food Label Rule

  By Craig Clough

  The Ninth Circuit delivered a mixed ruling Friday in some food advocacy groups' challenge to federal food labeling regulations, affirming that the U.S. Department of Agriculture can use the term "bioengineered" over "GMO" or "genetically modified" but reversing an order exempting highly refined foods from receiving the bioengineered label.

• Up Next At High Court: Tariffs, Fugitives & Contractor Liability

  By Katie Buehler

  The U.S. Supreme Court will begin its November oral argument session Monday, during which the justices will consider President Donald Trump's authority to impose tariffs on foreign countries under an emergency statute, whether military contractors can be held liable for alleged breaches of contracts in war zones, and if there are time limits for litigants who want to vacate a void judgment. Here, Law360 breaks down the week's oral arguments.

• Getty Inks AI Pact As Regulators Eye $3.7B Shutterstock Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  Getty Images said Friday it has signed a multiyear image licensing agreement with artificial intelligence-powered search engine company Perplexity, in a move that comes as the visual media giant's $3.7 billion merger with Shutterstock remains under regulatory review.

• DC Circ. Judge Asks If Disputed Nuclear Rules 'Ignore Future'

  By Nadia Dreid

  The D.C. Circuit asked the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission whether it was "reasonable to ignore the future" when conducting environmental assessments for nuclear power plant license renewals during oral arguments Thursday morning.

• Squires' National Security Fears Over RPIs Draw Skepticism

  By Dani Kass

  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires has started requiring patent challengers to disclose all real parties in interest when filing their initial Patent Trial and Appeal Board petitions, building on his policies to limit such challenges and citing concerns over national security.

• Trade Deals At Risk In Trump Tariff Case, Feds Tell Justices

  By Dylan Moroses

  The federal government told the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday that President Donald Trump's global tariffs have led to significant trade deals addressing the underlying national emergencies he declared, and a ruling determining them unlawful would prove catastrophic.

• Judge Blasted For Violent Sexual Comments Against Minors

  By Spencer Brewer

  The Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct has reprimanded a municipal judge for directing sexual remarks at children and wishing sexual violence upon them, noting that the judge exhibited racial bias from the bench.