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  Paul Weiss, Skadden Lead Amazon's $11.6B Globalstar Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  Amazon.com Inc. said Tuesday it has agreed to purchase Globalstar Inc. for about $11.6 billion, part of an effor...(read more)

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  Del. Judge Ends 80K Pre-2026 Zantac Cases

  By Emily Field

  A Delaware state court on Monday dismissed more than 80,000 suits filed before December alleging that Boehringer...(read more)

• Westlake Inks $67M Antitrust Deal With PVC Pipe Buyers

  By Hailey Konnath

  Purchasers of polyvinyl chloride pipe urged an Illinois federal judge Tuesday to sign off on a proposed $67 million deal with Westlake Corp. that would put to rest allegations it and other PVC pipe producers conspired to fix prices, according to a motion filed in Illinois federal court.

• Judiciary Panel Backs Legal Finance Project, Subpoena Rules

  By Jeff Overley

  Federal judiciary advisers agreed Tuesday to develop transparency obligations for litigation funders despite "vehement" views in the defense and plaintiffs bars, while also advancing controversial subpoena rules involving remote testimony and process servers.

• 2nd Circ. Mulls Bid To Save Walmart, E-Commerce Co. IP Case

  By Theresa Schliep

  A Second Circuit panel on Tuesday grappled with a group of businesses' attempt to revive its copyright and trademark case against Walmart and an e-commerce company, with the judges wondering whether the businesses impermissibly expanded their safe harbor arguments on appeal.

• Evidence Cut In Weinstein's 3rd NY Rape Trial As Jury Picked

  By Frank G. Runyeon

  Six years after the first #MeToo verdict against Harvey Weinstein, a New York state judge on Tuesday began picking a jury for the disgraced producer's third rape trial in Manhattan and ruling on what evidence would come in.

• 3M's Disputed Role In Factory Explosion Heard By Texas Jury

  By José Luis Martínez

  Businesses affected by a 2020 industrial explosion told a Houston jury Tuesday that 3M's gas detection servicing work failed to ensure alarms were operative prior to the fatal disaster, as opposed to claims by the company that fault falls on the facility's "culture of carelessness."

• VLSI's Calif. IP Suit Against Intel Revived By Fed. Circ.

  By Dani Kass

  The Federal Circuit breathed new life into one of VLSI Technology's patent infringement suits against Intel Corp. on Tuesday, concluding a California federal judge wrongly interpreted an agreement between the companies to limit the scope of litigation.

• Foundation Building Investors Ink $26M Deal Over PE Buyout

  By Katryna Perera

  The CEO, controlling investor and board members of specialty building product maker Foundation Building Materials Inc. and others have reached a $26 million settlement with stockholders who challenged the company's $1.4 billion sale to a private equity buyer on claims that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties.

• IBM's FCA Deal Creates Unease Over DEI Enforcement Scope

  By Madeline Lyskawa

  IBM's agreement to pay the Trump administration $17 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act with policies aimed at increasing the diversity of its workforce continues to raise more questions than answers about what the administration views as illegal diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

• Meta, Others Can't Look At Internal Data To Probe Jury Pool

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A California federal judge on Tuesday granted an uncontested bid by school district plaintiffs to bar Meta and other social media companies from using nonpublic information — including their internal data — to investigate potential jurors for an upcoming bellwether trial in multidistrict litigation over the alleged harms of social media addiction.

• Fed. Circ. Affirms On-Sale Bar Ax Of Car Software Patent

  By Ryan Davis

  The Federal Circuit on Tuesday upheld a decision invalidating a patent on modifying vehicle engine software because the invention was on sale before the patent was sought, siding with auto equipment maker Powerteq LLC and rejecting an argument that the ruling was based on hearsay.

• Grassley Says Cruz And Lee Top His List If Alito Retires

  By Courtney Bublé

  Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said on Tuesday that if U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito were to retire then he would recommend the president nominate either Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, or Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah.

• 3rd Circ. Upholds J&J Injunction Bid Loss In Biosimilar Fight

  By Adam Lidgett

  The Third Circuit on Tuesday ruled that a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary couldn't justify its bid for an order blocking Samsung Bioepis from paving the way for a Cigna unit to launch a generic version of an anti-inflammatory treatment.