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  Habba Resigns As Acting US Atty After DQ Ruling At 3rd Circ.

  By Jake Maher

  Alina Habba stepped down Monday as acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey following a Third Circuit ruling that she...(read more)

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  Justices Seek SG Input On Bias Protections For Coaches

  By David Steele

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday requested input from the solicitor general on the case of two former Georgia co...(read more)

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• Trump's 'Unlawful' Freeze Of Wind Projects Gets Blocked

  By Hailey Konnath

  A Massachusetts federal judge Monday blocked President Donald Trump's executive order indefinitely pausing permits for wind farm projects, ruling that the order was arbitrary and capricious and contrary to the law.

• 7-Eleven To Pay $4.5M Penalty Over Fla. Gas Station Buy

  By Rae Ann Varona

  7-Eleven Inc. and its Japanese parent company will pay a historic $4.5 million penalty to settle the Federal Trade Commission's allegations that the convenience store giant bought a Florida gas station without first informing the FTC, in violation of a 2018 agreement, the agency announced Monday.

• App Maker Says 1st Amendment Bars AG's Removal Demand

  By Ganesh Setty

  The developer of an application allowing users to report sightings of immigration enforcement authorities accused U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Monday in D.C. federal court of violating his free speech rights by getting Apple to remove it.

• Cravath, Latham Guide Paramount's Hostile $108B Bid For WB

  By Dorothy Atkins

  Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP guided Paramount Skydance Corp.'s hostile $108.4 billion bid for Warner Bros. Discovery on Monday, challenging Netflix's $82.7 billion play for the studio and streaming business, which has quickly drawn bipartisan criticism from lawmakers, Hollywood and even the president.

• Food Biz Groups Say Texas Food Label Law Unconstitutional

  By Emily Field

  Food industry trade groups on Friday said the recent "Make Texas Healthy Again Act" is unconstitutional since the government is forcing them to spread inaccurate information about the safety of products, adding that the law undermines the domestic regulation of food safety.

• Chancery Blocks Opt-Out In $32M Emisphere Settlement

  By Jarek Rutz

  The Delaware Chancery Court on Monday signed off on a $32 million class settlement over Emisphere Technologies Inc.'s $1.8 billion sale to Novo Nordisk AS, rejecting Emisphere investor IsZo Capital LP's push to opt out and pursue its own claims and trimming the investors' fee request to a 23.5% cut of the fund.

• 4 Firms Lead $1.51B TC Transcontinental Packaging Deal

  By Jade Martinez-Pogue

  Private equity-backed ProAmpac on Monday unveiled plans to acquire TC Transcontinental Packaging from TC Transcontinental in a $1.51 billion deal built by four law firms.

• Bernstein Litowitz Corp. Founder Returns To 'Stabilize' Group

  By Rose Krebs

  Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP announced Monday that it has welcomed back a prominent shareholder lawyer to co-lead its corporate governance practice following the controversial departure of the group's former leader to launch a boutique firm.

• Del. Chancellor Finds Prince Estate Battle Will Play On

  By Jeff Montgomery

  Delaware's chancellor on Monday tossed some but not all amended counterclaims in a long-running battle among some relatives of the musician known as Prince and managing members of his estate, while saying a neutral party could help resolve the case.

• 'Red Flags' Give 2nd Circ. Pause In NBA Health Fraud Appeal

  By Elliot Weld

  A Second Circuit panel appeared skeptical Monday of arguments by two former NBA players convicted of defrauding a league healthcare plan that they were tricked into participating by the scheme's leader, saying the trial evidence included "red flags."

• High Court Rejects Bids To Clarify Video Privacy Law's Reach

  By Allison Grande

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider a pair of disputes over the scope of the federal Video Privacy Protection Act, a 1988 law that has sparked a flood of litigation over the viewing data disclosure practices of website operators ranging from the NBA to streaming provider Flipps Media. 

• Paul Weiss Guides IBM On $11B Buy Of Cooley-Led Confluent

  By Jade Martinez-Pogue

  Tech company IBM, advised by Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, on Monday unveiled plans to acquire data streaming company Confluent, led by Cooley LLP, in an $11 billion deal.