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  Harvey Weinstein In Plea Talks As 3rd NY Trial Looms

  By Frank G. Runyeon

  A lawyer for Harvey Weinstein said Thursday the former Hollywood movie mogul will consider pleading guilty to a ...(read more)

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  Trump Exits Climate Pact, UN Orgs. He Says 'Conflict' With US

  By Lauren Berg

  President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he is withdrawing the United States from a decades-old international ...(read more)

• Virginia Justices Order New Trial In $2B Trade Secrets Case

  By Ivan Moreno

  The Virginia Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a state appellate court decision that vacated Appian Corp.'s $2 billion trade secrets award against software competitor Pegasystems Inc., saying the decision correctly ordered a new trial because errors from the trial judge led to the biggest jury award in Virginia history.

• Salt-N-Pepa Can't Keep Pushing Copyright Fight, Judge Says

  By Elliot Weld

  A New York federal judge on Thursday dismissed a case brought by Salt-N-Pepa seeking the copyrights for several of the hip-hop group's most popular songs against UMG Recordings Inc., saying none of the relevant agreements between the parties indicate that the group ever owned the copyrights at issue.

• 2 Firms Guide Eli Lilly's $1.2B Ventyx Biosciences Acquisition

  By Al Barbarino

  Eli Lilly and Co. has agreed to acquire Ventyx Biosciences Inc., a San Diego-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, for about $1.2 billion in cash, with Ropes & Gray LLP and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC advising.

• La. Judge Is Senate's 1st Judicial Confirmation Of 2026

  By Courtney Bublé

  The Senate voted 53-40 on Thursday to confirm former acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook to be a district judge in the Western District of Louisiana.

• Judge Says He'll Approve Ideanomics Plan After Revisions

  By Rick Archer

  A Delaware bankruptcy judge said Thursday that he will approve the Chapter 11 liquidation plan for electric vehicle technology company Ideanomics Inc. once an injunction barring future claims in the plan is narrowed in scope.

• US Atty In NY Northern District Serving Unlawfully, Judge Says

  By Stewart Bishop

  A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday held that the acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York is unlawfully serving in his position, the latest in a string of rulings disqualifying prosecutors appointed by President Donald Trump.

• Benefit Street Partners Closes $10B Multifamily-Focused Fund

  By Nate Beck

  Asset manager Benefit Street Partners said Thursday it has closed its latest fund at $10 billion, with Ropes & Gray LLP advising, with the fund targeting U.S. commercial real estate investments with a focus on the multifamily sector.

• Delaware Judge Sends Employee Stock Dispute To Trial

  By Jarek Rutz

  The Delaware Chancery Court has refused to let either side bypass an upcoming trial in a dispute between autonomous-robotics company Seegrid Corp. and former employees over the forced repurchase of stock options, concluding that the case is too fact-intensive for summary judgment and should instead be resolved through live testimony.

• OpenAI Can't Ax Musk's Fraud Claim Over For-Profit Plan

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  A California federal judge indicated Wednesday that she'll deny OpenAI's bid to toss Elon Musk's claims that the artificial intelligence company duped the billionaire into donating $45 million with false promises of remaining a nonprofit, saying "there's plenty of evidence" to take the claim to a jury.

• Bulk Of SDNY Attys Are Tasked With Reviewing Epstein Docs

  By Hailey Konnath

  Over half of the more than 220 assistant U.S. attorneys at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York have been tasked with sifting through documents related to the investigation of the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a Justice Department disclosure filed in federal court.

• Google, Character.AI To Settle Suicide, Violent Content Suits

  By Y. Peter Kang

  Google and artificial intelligence company Character Technologies have agreed to settle lawsuits over various injuries suffered by underage users of its Character.AI chatbot, including the suicides of two teenagers, according to documents filed in federal courts.

• Warner Bros. Hits Nokia With Antitrust Claims In Patent Case

  By Ryan Davis

  Warner Bros. has fired back at Nokia's video coding patent suit against it with allegations that the Finnish company has violated antitrust law by running an "unlawful monopolization scheme" on the technology and going back on pledges to license its patents on reasonable terms.