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  Pro Swimming League Wins Antitrust Trial. Its Prize? $1

  By Hailey Konnath

  A California federal jury has determined that World Aquatics illegally boycotted International Swimming League e...(read more)

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  EU To Suspend US Tariff Countermeasures Another 6 Months

  By Dylan Moroses

  The European Union will suspend tariff countermeasures covering more than €93 billion ($110 billion) of U.S. goo...(read more)

• Paul Weiss, Foley & Lardner Steer IonQ's $1.8B SkyWater Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  Quantum computing company IonQ said Monday it has agreed to purchase U.S. semiconductor maker SkyWater Technology in a cash-and-stock transaction with a total equity value of approximately $1.8 billion.

• Judge Blocks Mass Termination Of Migrant Family Parole

  By Julie Manganis

  A Massachusetts federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from terminating the legal status of more than 8,400 migrants who were invited to stay in the U.S. while awaiting green cards under a family reunification program.

• 2 Firms Guide Data Center, Grid Parts Builder Seeking $1.5B

  By Nate Beck

  Forgent Power Solutions, a manufacturer serving industrial and data center customers, said Monday that it expects to raise an estimated $1.5 billion in an upcoming initial public offering advised by Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP.

• High Court Kicks Restitution Case Back To Mich. Justices

  By Carolyn Muyskens

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Michigan Supreme Court to rethink ordering a man convicted of murder to pay the victim's funeral expenses under a restitution law enacted years after the slaying.

• Czech Tycoon Launches €1.1B Bid For French Retailer

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínsky said Monday that he plans to buy French electronics retail group Fnac Darty in a deal valued at approximately €1.1 billion ($1.3 billion) as he looks to further expand his European empire.

• Freshfields, Fried Frank Aid CVC's $1.2B Buy Of US Credit Biz

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Private equity firm CVC said Monday that it plans to buy hedge fund Marathon Asset Management LP in a cash and equity deal of up to $1.2 billion to boost its credit products in the U.S.

• Feds' Wind Farm National Security Claim Faces Skepticism

  By Keith Goldberg

  Federal courts aren't buying the Trump administration's argument that construction of offshore wind farms should be halted for national security reasons, with some judges suggesting that the government isn't making its claim in good faith.

• Supreme Court Caseload Hits 160-Year Low

  By Katie Buehler

  Not since the Civil War has the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in as few cases as it will this term — the latest milestone for the court's shrinking docket, and one attorneys say might have more to do with the high court's culture than its expanding emergency appeals caseload.

• Heart Valve Deal Was Blocked Over Innovation Concerns

  By Matthew Perlman

  The D.C. federal court ruling earlier this month that upended a deal for Edwards Lifesciences Corp. to purchase JenaValve Technology Inc. was based on concerns that the deal would reduce innovation by eliminating competition for a heart valve treatment that's still being developed, according to a ruling unsealed on Friday by the judge who issued it.

• $7B Grain Belt Power Line Project Can Move Forward In Ill.

  By Celeste Bott

  The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday allowed Grain Belt Express LLC to move forward with plans to stretch a high-voltage direct current transmission line across nine southern Illinois counties as part of a $7 billion power supply project, reversing a lower court that said the company behind the project hadn't properly shown that it could finance it.

• DC Circ. Bars Nazi Art Claims Over Sovereign Immunity

  By Caroline Simson

  The D.C. Circuit on Friday reluctantly ended a 16-year-old lawsuit brought by the descendants of a Hungarian Jewish art collector seeking the return of a priceless art collection looted by the Nazis, saying they could not show that the artwork had been expropriated.

• Coinbase Moves To End Suit Over SEC, 'Bankruptcy' Warnings

  By Katryna Perera

  Coinbase and its top brass have again urged a New Jersey federal judge to toss a class action alleging the cryptocurrency exchange misled investors about its regulatory risks and bankruptcy concerns, arguing investors were given enough notice about a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation and that new Third Circuit rulings undercut the suit's claims.