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  Tesla Gets Del. Justices To Cut $100M From Investor Atty Fees

  By Lauren Berg

  The Delaware Supreme Court on Friday handed Tesla a win, reducing by roughly $100 million the attorney fees awar...(read more)

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  FTC Warns 42 Law Firms Of DEI 'Anticompetitive Collusion'

  By Sarah Jarvis

  The Federal Trade Commission announced Friday that it has sent warning letters to 42 major law firms for their p...(read more)

• ESAB Corp. To Acquire Eddyfi Technologies For $1.45B

  By Al Barbarino

  ESAB Corp. said Monday it has agreed to purchase Eddyfi Technologies for $1.45 billion, pushing deeper into industrial inspection and monitoring as it looks to diversify beyond its core welding equipment business.

• FTC Says Bezos, Amazon Execs Hid Evidence Via Signal App

  By Bryan Koenig

  The Federal Trade Commission asked a Washington federal judge to assume Amazon.com Inc. used auto-deleting Signal chats to hide the "anticompetitive nature" of rules that allegedly created an artificial pricing floor across online retail, escalating a long-simmering evidentiary fight that implicates Jeff Bezos and general counsel David Zapolsky.

• Judge Skeptical Of XAI's Claims In OpenAI Trade Secrets Suit

  By Ivan Moreno

  A California federal judge has said she's inclined to grant OpenAI's motion to dismiss a trade secrets complaint from Elon Musk's xAI "in full," saying the plaintiffs have not provided enough facts to support claims that OpenAI poached employees and stole source code.

• Bausch, Lannett To Pay $17.9M In Drug Price-Fixing Deal

  By Abigail Harrison

  Lannett Company Inc., Bausch Health US LLC and Bausch Health America Inc. will pay $17.85 million to settle allegations by 48 states and territories that they conspired to fix prices for generic drugs, according to a motion filed Monday seeking preliminary approval of the deal.

• Blake Cassels Guides Eldorado On $2.8B Foran Mining Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  Canadian metals producer Eldorado Gold said on Monday it has agreed to acquire Foran Mining in a stock and cash deal valuing Foran at about CA$3.8 billion ($2.8 billion), creating a top gold and copper producer with a diversified asset base across Canada, Greece and Turkey.

• Judge Says 'Piddling' Dispute Slowing Arts Grant Cut Cases

  By Pete Brush

  A Manhattan federal judge on Monday prodded groups seeking the reversal of $175 million of Trump administration cuts to grants for writers to move past a lingering privilege dispute, saying it won't "advance the ball" toward judgment.

• Urgent Care Co. Carbon Health Hits Ch. 11 With $100M+ Debt

  By Ben Zigterman

  Carbon Health Technologies Inc., an urgent care provider based in California, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy relief Monday in Texas, listing more than $100 million in liabilities.

• Latham, Gibson Dunn Steer Brookfield's $1.2B Peakstone Buy

  By Jade Martinez-Pogue

  Private equity giant Brookfield Asset Management, advised by Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, on Monday unveiled plans to acquire Latham & Watkins LLP-led Peakstone Realty Trust in a $1.2 billion take-private transaction.

• Oilfield Co. Nine Energy Hits Ch. 11 To Cut $320M In Debt

  By Rick Archer

  Oilfield services provider Nine Energy Services filed for Chapter 11 protection in a Texas bankruptcy court Monday with a prepackaged plan to cut $320 million of its $388 million in debt with an equity swap.

• Google Can't Ditch $425M Privacy Verdict, But Won't Owe $2B

  By Hailey Konnath

  A California federal judge on Friday refused to decertify a class of Google users who scored a $425 million jury verdict in their privacy suit; however, he also shot down the consumers' request that Google shell out an additional $2.36 billion in disgorgement of profits.

• 11th Circ. Urged To Undo $38M Chiquita Verdict, $229K Fee

  By David Minsky

  The Eleventh Circuit heard arguments Friday in two cases stemming from claims that Chiquita funded a right-wing paramilitary group, with Chiquita urging the court to vacate a $38 million verdict finding it caused eight deaths, while an attorney for the plaintiffs asked to reverse a firm's $229,000 fee award.

• Senate Passes Gov't Funding Package; House Must Vote Next

  By Courtney Bublé

  The Senate voted 71-29 on Friday to pass five of the remaining government funding bills for fiscal 2026 and a short tenure extension for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security bill to give lawmakers and the White House time to work on possible immigration enforcement changes.