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  TikTok Seals Joint Venture Deal For US Operations

  By Lauren Berg

  TikTok's Beijing-based owner, ByteDance, has sold a majority stake in the video app's U.S. operations to a new U...(read more)

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  Trump Sues JPMorgan For $5B Over Account Closures

  By Jon Hill

  President Donald Trump on Thursday sued JPMorgan Chase in Florida state court for at least $5 billion in damages...(read more)

• Mass. Judge Seeks Input On Kalshi Sports Ban

  By Julie Manganis

  A Massachusetts state court judge said Friday he is still grappling with how to craft an order barring prediction market Kalshi from promoting sports-related event offerings in the state without infringing on the rights of existing contract holders, asking counsel for the company and the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General for help hammering out the details.

• Reforms, $737.5K Fee Proposed To End Del. Skin Tech Suit

  By Jeff Montgomery

  A mediated deal on corporate governance reforms and a fee and expenses award have tentatively settled a consolidated Delaware Court of Chancery derivative suit targeting oversight and disclosure failures involving a "hydrafacial" skin treatment device that cost The Beauty Health Co. at least $63.2 million to manage.

• X Can't Access OpenAI Source Code In Antitrust Suit

  By Matthew Perlman

  A Texas federal court will not force OpenAI Inc. to hand over its source code in an antitrust case from Elon Musk's X Corp. over the artificial intelligence company's deal to integrate ChatGPT on Apple devices.

• Dems Push For Another Round Of Jack Smith Testimony

  By Courtney Bublé

  Following former special counsel Jack Smith's congressional appearance, Democrats are looking for him to return once he is able to speak about the second volume of his report on President Donald Trump's retention of classified documents after he left office.

• 5 Firms Steer Capital One's $5.15B Fintech Buy

  By Jade Martinez-Pogue

  Banking giant Capital One Financial Corp. has announced plans to acquire fintech company Brex in a $5.15 billion cash-and-stock deal that was built by five law firms.

• A&O Shearman-Led Telenor To Exit Thailand In $4B Deal

  By Dawood Fakhir

  Norwegian telecoms company Telenor said it has agreed to sell its entire stake in Thailand's True Corp. for approximately 39 billion Norwegian kroner ($4 billion), marking its exit from the country after 25 years.

• Apple Hit With £1.5B Class Action Over Digital Wallet Fees

  By Eddie Beaver

  Apple has been hit with a competition claim on behalf of more than 50 million U.K. consumers who allege that the technology giant imposed fees on financial institutions using Apple Pay which increased banking costs by up to £1.5 billion ($2 billion).

• Google, Epic Fight Uphill To Tweak App Antitrust Injunction

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  A California federal judge indicated Thursday that he's unlikely to grant Epic and Google's request to modify a permanent injunction issued after a jury found Google monopolized the distribution of apps on Android devices, saying they have to show changed circumstances, and "I haven't seen anything change, other than a deal" between the companies.

• Goldstein Prosecutors Unveil Conflicting Cash Source Claims

  By Jared Foretek

  A former lawyer at SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein's firm said Thursday that Goldstein told coworkers that the more than $960,000 in cash he brought off a flight from Hong Kong — the source of which is integral to the government's case — had come from a client.

• New Securities Class Actions Declined In 2025, Report Says

  By Katryna Perera

  New securities class action filings fell overall last year, along with aggregate settlement values and attorney fees, but the emergence of tariff-related suits could present a new trend in filings in response to actions taken by the U.S. government, according to a recent National Economic Research Associates Inc. report.

• Trump Calls For Prosecution Of Jack Smith Post-Hearing

  By Courtney Bublé

  Shortly after former special counsel Jack Smith gave his first public congressional testimony on the Trump cases, in which he warned the rule of law should not be taken for granted, President Donald Trump said he should be prosecuted.

• As Lawmakers Scrutinize Costs, Insurers Point To Hospitals

  By Yeji Jesse Lee

  Facing a barrage of questions from lawmakers on Capitol Hill about rising costs, the heads of the biggest health insurance companies in the U.S. sought to blame providers and other parts of a complex industry.