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  Trump Taps White House Aide Overton To Lead FDA

  By Dan McKay

  President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced the nomination of White House aide Heidi Overton, an abortion oppo...(read more)

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  Horticultural Supplier BFG Files For Ch. 11 Seeking Sale

  By Yun Park

  A major U.S. distributor of horticultural and agricultural supplies, BFG Supply Co. LLC, filed for Chapter 11 ba...(read more)

• Davis Wright Vets Scolded: Don't Tell Foes 'How To Run Firm'

  By Jeff Overley

  Davis Wright Tremaine LLP veterans have failed to dodge six-figure sanctions in a prominent discovery donnybrook, and a California magistrate judge added invective to the financial injury, lambasting "troubling" omissions in case citations and heavy-handed "nitpicking" akin to commandeering an adversary's law firm.

• Double Patenting Ripe For Fresh Fed. Circ. To Clarify Things

  By Ryan Davis

  The already complex doctrine of obviousness-type double patenting may now be more tangled following a decision and a brief from the patent office seemingly taking different views on a key issue, but that could set the stage for the Federal Circuit to provide clarity, attorneys say.

• Expedia Offered Illegal Bookings On Cuban Island, Jurors Told

  By Carolina Bolado

  Expedia illegally trafficked in an island off the coast of Cuba and a hotel by offering reservations to tourists on its site, two Cuban-Americans who claim ownership in the properties told jurors Wednesday at the start of trial.

• 8th Circ. Backs $1B Broker Commissions Settlement

  By Isaac Monterose

  The Eighth Circuit decided Wednesday to affirm a more than $1 billion class action settlement that's supposed to resolve antitrust claims against the National Association of Realtors and multiple real estate brokerages, which were accused of running an anticompetitive scheme that involved the brokerages following NAR rules that artificially inflated buyer-broker commissions.

• Netflix Hit With Band's TM Suit Over 'KPop Demon Hunters'

  By Rae Ann Varona

  Christian heavy metal band Demon Hunter is accusing Netflix in California federal court of infringing its marks for the streaming platform's hit animated musical "KPop Demon Hunters," saying the movie's brand has already caused confusion among consumers and is pushing the long-running band's identity into obscurity.

• 9th Circ. Says Initial Arbitration No Obstacle To EFAA

  By Grace Elletson

  A split Ninth Circuit panel ruled Wednesday that a fired biopharmaceutical executive could quit arbitration and file a suit claiming her boss subjected her to gender-based harassment, finding the pivot was fair game under a law that shields sex misconduct disputes from out-of-court resolutions.

• Fed. Circ. Rejects Patent Marking Immunity For NPEs

  By Dani Kass

  Nonpracticing entities hoping for presuit damages can't get out of Patent Act requirements to mark products with patent information just because licensees don't believe their products infringe, the Federal Circuit held Wednesday.

• 3 Firms Steer $7.5B Stripe, OpenRouter AI Gateway Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  Financial services company Stripe said Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire artificial intelligence routing platform OpenRouter, as three law firms take lead roles in steering the roughly $7.5 billion transaction.

• Trade Court Judge Mulls Class Cert. For IEEPA Refunds

  By Jack McLoone

  A U.S. Court of International Trade judge on Wednesday didn't commit to certifying a class of importers who paid tariffs under President Donald Trump's struck-down global regime, though the option seemed to intrigue him.

• Judge May Trim $88M Covidien Hernia Mesh Verdict

  By Julie Manganis

  A Massachusetts federal judge said Wednesday she is "likely" to reduce a jury's recent $88 million verdict in a bellwether hernia mesh lawsuit and encouraged lawyers for an Alabama couple and Covidien LP to consider a settlement.

• 5th Circ. Backs Delay Of FDA's 11-Warning Cigarette Rule

  By Danielle Ferguson

  The Fifth Circuit on Tuesday upheld the delay of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration rule requiring the addition of graphic warning labels to cigarette packages, saying tobacco companies that challenged the rule showed the agency likely overstepped its narrow authority to adjust existing warnings by creating two new ones.

• Google Gets $12.2B Option To Buy Stake In Chipmaker Marvell

  By Al Barbarino

  Marvell Technology has issued Google a warrant to buy up to 58.97 million shares of its common stock, worth about $12.2 billion at the warrant's exercise price, according to a Marvell securities filing Wednesday.