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  Paramount Revises WBD Offer As Netflix Bid War Goes On

  By Al Barbarino

  Paramount Skydance said Tuesday it has submitted a revised proposal to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery following...(read more)

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  Supreme Court Sends Baby Food Case Back To Texas

  By Emily Field

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday found that a suit against Hain Celestial Group and Whole Foods over allegedly ...(read more)

• PR Firms Must Face Trimmed World Cup Forced Labor Fight

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A New York federal judge Tuesday trimmed Filipino construction workers' lawsuit accusing U.S. public relations firms of knowingly covering up abusive working conditions during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, tossing state and federal claims stemming from human trafficking but allowing other federal claims premised in forced labor to proceed.

• YouTube-Watching Plaintiff Saw 17K Ads In 1 Year, Jury Hears

  By Craig Clough

  A YouTube executive testifying in a California bellwether trial over allegations the platform and Instagram harm children confirmed Tuesday that the company's data found the plaintiff viewed over 17,000 advertisements in one year, with her lawyer suggesting the number reflects that she spent an extraordinary amount of time on the platform.

• OpenAI Beats XAI's 'Conclusory' Trade Secrets Suit, For Now

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  A California federal judge dismissed a suit Tuesday from Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI Corp. that accuses OpenAI Inc. of poaching its workers to steal trade secrets, saying "notably absent" from the current suit's "conclusory" claims are allegations showing misconduct by OpenAI and that she would allow xAI to submit a bolstered complaint.

• PowerSchool, Chicago Schools Reach $17M Student Data Deal

  By Hailey Konnath

  PowerSchool and the Chicago Board of Education have reached a $17.25 million settlement resolving a proposed class action accusing them of violating students' privacy by surreptitiously monitoring their communications, according to a motion filed in Illinois federal court.

• 10th, 5th Circ. Stalwarts Step Back From Bench

  By Jared Foretek

  U.S. Circuit Judge Timothy Tymkovich has announced that he'll take senior status from his seat on the Tenth Circuit, just a day after U.S. Circuit Judge James L. Dennis said he'd step down from the Fifth Circuit.

• DC Circ. Presses Gov't On Reason For $20B EPA Clawback

  By Nadia Dreid

  The full D.C. Circuit gave the federal government the third degree Tuesday as it tried to convince the court that it should stick with a panel's decision that the Environmental Protection Agency is allowed to freeze $20 billion in grant funds intended for green groups.

• High Court Won't Stay Dow Corning Breast Implant Fund Row

  By Emily Field

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a request to stay a lower court's order permanently wiping out the claims of more than 2,600 Koreans who said they were failed by how the settlement was structured, as they were given notice only in English regarding their claims.

• Coinbase Asks Judge To Bar Ill. Action Over Event Contracts

  By Celeste Bott

  Coinbase urged an Illinois federal judge Tuesday to grant an injunction blocking the state's enforcement of its gaming laws against the company's sports-related event contracts offerings, arguing that effort "falls right in the heartland of preempted state laws" and that such transactions can only be regulated by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

• 11th Circ. Clears Path For CFPB's Clean-Energy Loan Rule

  By Katryna Perera

  The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday allowed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new rule on clean-energy home improvement loans to take effect next week, rejecting a last-ditch attempt by a trade group to block the Biden-era measure's mortgage-style protections.

• SAP Reaches $480M Deal In Antitrust, IP Row With Teradata

  By Matthew Perlman

  German software giant SAP has agreed to pay Teradata $480 million to end a long-simmering dispute between the companies, including claims that SAP violated antitrust law and stole trade secrets, along with patent infringement claims against Teradata.

• Quince Says Uggs Maker Runs 'A Litigation Assembly Line'

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  Retailer Quince has sued Ugg bootmaker Deckers Outdoor Corp. in California federal court, saying it runs "a litigation assembly line" churning out "sham" lawsuits to block competitors, as the companies head toward a June trial in separate litigation over Deckers' trade dress and patent infringement claims against Quince.

• Justices Wary Of Moving Pipeline Suit To Federal Court

  By Keith Goldberg

  U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared reluctant to overturn a ruling that kept Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's lawsuit seeking to shut down an Enbridge pipeline in state court, questioning why they should excuse the company for missing a federal removal deadline.