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  Wachtell Lipton Steers OpenAI On $110B Amazon-Led Funding

  By Al Barbarino

  Wachtell Lipton-advised OpenAI said Friday that it has completed a $110 billion funding round that values the ar...(read more)

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  Del. Supreme Court OKs Disputed Corporate Law Rework

  By Jeff Montgomery

  Delaware's Supreme Court upheld Friday hotly contested legislation approved by state lawmakers in 2025 that expa...(read more)

• NetChoice Gets Va. Social Media Limits For Kids Blocked

  By Lauren Berg

  A Virginia federal judge Friday preliminarily halted enforcement of the commonwealth's new law that limits children's access to social media, saying a trade group representing Meta Platforms, Google and other tech companies is likely to succeed on its contention that the law violates the First Amendment.

• Social Media Trial Judge Threatens Media With Gag Order

  By Craig Clough

  The judge overseeing the landmark bellwether trial accusing major social media platforms of harming children's mental health lashed out at the media Friday morning, threatening to issue a gag order because she believed an outlet violated her orders to stay away from jurors in the hallway. 

• Goldstein Testimony 'Solidified' Case, Juror Says

  By Jared Foretek

  One of the 12 jurors who convicted SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein on a slew of tax and mortgage charges on Feb. 25 told Law360 that the key moment in the 16-day trial was when the famed U.S. Supreme Court lawyer took the stand, with the juror calling the testimony "a performance."

• Paramount, Warner Seal Merger Agreement At $110B Value

  By Al Barbarino

  Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery said Friday they have reached a definitive agreement under which Paramount will acquire WBD, in a deal valuing WBD at $81 billion in equity and $110 billion in enterprise value. 

• Trump's Trade Deals Face Tricky Path After Tariff Ruling

  By Dylan Moroses

  While President Donald Trump has said the trade agreements struck in response to tariffs that have now been invalidated by the U.S. Supreme Court will be kept, navigating the terms of those deals in the aftermath is already proving complicated.

• Optimum Says Apollo, BlackRock Bullied Kirkland Withdrawal

  By Bryan Koenig

  Optimum Communications is escalating its fight accusing Apollo, Ares, BlackRock and other financial giants of an illegal joint campaign constricting its ability to refinance debt, amending its New York federal court complaint to also accuse the companies of "bullying" Kirkland & Ellis LLP into withdrawing as its transaction counsel.

• 2nd Circ. Affirms Norfolk's Win In Investors' Derailment Suit

  By Sydney Price

  The Second Circuit on Friday declined to revive a suit by investors claiming railroad operator Norfolk Southern Corp. botched disclosures about how an efficiency plan might cause derailments, validating a lower court's interpretation that the statements about safety were inactionable puffery.

• FCC Staff Gives Go-Ahead To $34B Charter, Cox Tie-Up

  By Christopher Cole

  The Federal Communications Commission's staff on Friday cleared the $34.5 billion combination of cable giants Cox and Charter, approving the license transfers needed to merge into a broadband, mobile and video distribution behemoth.

• Judge Tosses Bulk Of Copyright Suit Over Ye's 'Donda' Album

  By Ivan Moreno

  A California federal judge has dismissed the majority of a copyright lawsuit accusing the artist once known as Kanye West of using a song by DJ Khalil and other artists on his album "Donda," allowing only a narrow part of the case to proceed over whether earlier demo versions of the track "Hurricane" contained an unauthorized sample.

• Freight Brokers Fear Liability Pileup In Pivotal Top Court Case

  By Linda Chiem

  The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday on whether freight brokers might also be liable for roadway crashes that have killed or injured people, in a case that could reshape liability standards in a commercial trucking industry unnerved by supersized verdicts against carriers and drivers.

• Developer Admits Stealing From Investors, On Hook For $13M

  By Pete Brush

  A Florida developer told a Manhattan federal judge Friday that he misappropriated the proceeds of membership interests in real estate projects he pitched to investors, copping to a count of securities fraud and agreeing to forfeit up to $13 million.

• Tricolor Noteholders Say Big Banks Ignored Auto Loan Fraud

  By Jon Hill

  Securitized auto loan investors are suing JPMorgan, Barclays and Fifth Third in New York federal court, alleging the banks ignored glaring red flags and helped conceal a sprawling subprime auto loan fraud by Tricolor Holdings that collapsed in bankruptcy last year.