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  Greenpeace Owes More Than $660M In Dakota Pipeline Case

  By Cara Salvatore

  Greenpeace said Wednesday that a jury ordered it to pay more than $660 million in a suit alleging the group fals...(read more)

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  Purdue Pharma Files New $7.4B Ch. 11 Plan Settlement

  By Rick Archer

  Bankrupt OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP filed a new Chapter 11 plan in a New York bankruptcy court, including ...(read more)

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• GM Seeks Full 6th Circ. Guidance Amid Class Action Surge

  By Danielle Ferguson

  Sixth Circuit judges on Wednesday dug into whether they should undo a panel's ruling upholding class certification for consumers who allege General Motors sold vehicles with defective transmissions, as the automaker urged the judges to give courts guidance on class certification at a time the circuit has been "inundated" with class actions.

• DC Circ.'s Copyright Denial Of AI Art Is A Sign Of Future Fights

  By Ivan Moreno

  A computer scientist's quest to register artwork made by his artificial intelligence system hit another roadblock this week when the D.C. Circuit concluded that only human authors qualify for copyright protection, but his case foreshadows complex questions that courts and perhaps Congress will have to grapple with as the technology evolves.

• All GOP FTC Tamps Down Dissent, Ratchets Up Legal Fights

  By Bryan Koenig

  Dissenting voices may become an endangered prospect at the Federal Trade Commission after President Donald Trump fired the agency's two Democrats on Tuesday, with no sign of plans to name new members.

• Jury Deliberates Fraud Charges Against 'Jailhouse Lawyer'

  By Pete Brush

  A Manhattan federal jury on Wednesday weighed charges accusing a longtime "jailhouse lawyer" of unauthorized practice of law, conspiracy and fraud after he began charging inmates and their families for legal services upon leaving prison.

• Westlaw Rival Seeks Early Appeal Of 1st AI Ruling On Fair Use

  By Rae Ann Varona

  Legal tech company ROSS Intelligence Inc. has urged a Delaware federal court to let it seek the Third Circuit's opinion on two issues concerning the copyrightability of Thomson Reuters' Westlaw headnotes and fair use, saying the district court's recent about-face on the issues made it clear that legal guidance was needed.

• EU Accuses Google Of Breaking New Big Tech Rules

  By Matthew Perlman

  European enforcers accused Google on Wednesday of violating the bloc's new rules for digital markets by favoring its own services in search results and through restrictions in its Play Store, while also outlining steps Apple needs to take to comply.

• Goldstein Says Feds 'Misled' Court With Obstruction Claim

  By Phillip Bantz

  U.S. Supreme Court lawyer and SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein wants a Maryland federal judge to sanction prosecutors in his tax evasion case for a "pattern of false and misleading statements" to the court accusing him of hiding millions in cryptocurrency and bribing his former law firm manager.

• DC Judge Won't Preemptively Stop IRS Data Sharing With DHS

  By Ali Sullivan

  A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday said two immigrant rights groups had not shown that the IRS is poised to unlawfully share noncitizen taxpayer records with immigration enforcement authorities, rejecting their bid for a court order that would preemptively block any information transfer.

• Del. House Panel Sends Corporate Law Rework To Final Vote

  By Jeff Montgomery

  A Delaware House committee on Wednesday sent toward a possible final House vote corporation law amendments that would create new "safe harbor" protections for officers, directors and controlling stockholders, shielding them from liability if they have conflicting interests in some corporate acts.

• 'They're Walking Away': Ripple Labs Says SEC To Drop Appeal

  By Aislinn Keely

  Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse said Wednesday the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will drop its Second Circuit appeal of a summary judgment in its headline-grabbing enforcement action over Ripple's XRP token.

• Plastic Alternative Maker Files Ch. 11 With $450M Of Debt

  By Emily Lever

  Plastics alternative maker Danimer Scientific Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware listing about $400 million of debt, saying in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it plans to wind down.

• Advanced Instruments Buys Nova Biomedical In $2.2B Deal

  By Jade Martinez-Pogue

  Biopharmaceutical and clinical markets analytical instruments provider Advanced Instruments, repped by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, on Wednesday unveiled plans to acquire Nova Biomedical, advised by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, from its founding shareholders for an enterprise value of $2.2 billion.