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  • February 10, 2026

    NJ Panel Nixes Amusement Park Co.'s Luxury Housing Suit

    A New Jersey appellate panel backed the permanent dismissal of an amusement park company's suit challenging a New Jersey luxury housing and retail project, ruling that the lower court rightfully decided that it lacked jurisdiction for the suit.

  • February 10, 2026

    Paramount Amends Warner Bid To Cover Netflix Breakup Fee

    Paramount Skydance Corp. said Tuesday it has sweetened its $30 per share, all-cash tender offer for Warner Bros. Discovery by adding new financial protections and regulatory assurances, and offering to pay the breakup fee if WBD walks away from its existing deal with Netflix. 

  • February 09, 2026

    Hasbro Wants To Ditch Magic: The Gathering Investor Suit

    Hasbro asked a New York federal court to throw out investors' amended proposed class action accusing the game company of overprinting sets of the popular game Magic: The Gathering, arguing that the investors have "completely abandoned" their original allegations and embarked on an "equally misguided" quest to recover alleged losses.

  • February 09, 2026

    Meta Allows Pump-And-Dump Scam Ads, New Suit Says

    A new proposed class action in California federal court alleges Meta Platforms Inc. knowingly allowed pump-and-dump scammers to advertise on its platform and to promote and falsely inflate the prices of certain stocks before selling their shares, gaining millions of dollars from Meta users.

  • February 09, 2026

    Meta And Google's 'Addiction Machine' Hurt Kids, Jury Told

    The first bellwether trial over thousands of consolidated cases alleging social media apps harm young people's mental health began in a California state court Monday, with an attorney for the plaintiff telling jurors that internal documents from defendants Meta and Google will prove they knew their products addicted children.

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