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  Davis Polk, Paul Hastings Steer $5.5B Cintas, UniFirst Merger

  By Jade Martinez-Pogue

  Uniform maker Cintas Corp., advised by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, announced plans on Wednesday to acquire Paul H...(read more)

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  Judge Fumes As Live Nation Antitrust Trial Remains In Limbo

  By Stewart Bishop

  The status of Live Nation Entertainment's antitrust trial and proposed settlement over federal and state governm...(read more)

• Gov't Workers' Unions Press Judge To Nix 'Loyalty Question'

  By Carolyn Muyskens

  Federal workers' unions told a Massachusetts federal judge Wednesday that President Donald Trump's administration is trying to fill the government workforce with loyalists, urging him to forbid the administration to ask prospective hires how they'd advance the president's priorities.

• Black To Be Deposed In Suit Alleging BofA Enabled Epstein

  By Pete Brush

  U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff said Wednesday that billionaire Leon Black must sit for questioning from both Bank of America and a plaintiff who says the bank facilitated Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes, but put off the deposition for 10 days.

• Bayer Sees 'Light At The End Of The Tunnel' In Roundup Suits

  By Chris Villani

  After more than a decade and tens of thousands of cases, a recent settlement announcement and a high-stakes high court hearing may finally give the makers of the weedkiller Roundup an off-ramp in seemingly never-ending litigation.

• Fed's Bowman Eyes 'Fine-Tuning' Of Bank Merger Reviews

  By Jon Hill

  Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman said Wednesday that federal regulators are taking a look at the competition metrics used to evaluate bank mergers, signaling potential changes to the thresholds that guide when deals raise antitrust concerns.

• Trump Cybercrime Order Creates New Compliance To-Do List

  By Phillip Bantz

  President Donald Trump's recent executive order calling for a coalition of government agencies to combat cybercrime is far more forceful than efforts under prior administrations, according to white collar lawyers, who tentatively applaud the proposal while warning it could raise new compliance risks.

• Ye Owes $140K To Worker Injured At Malibu Home, Jury Finds

  By Rae Ann Varona

  The rapper Ye owes $140,000 to a former worker who claimed he was injured and unjustly fired while working on a remodel of the music mogul's gutted Malibu mansion, a Los Angeles jury found Wednesday in a mixed verdict.

• Alex Spiro Says Twitter Atty 'Misremembering' Offer To Settle

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  Elon Musk attorney Alex Spiro testified before a California federal jury Tuesday that a lead Twitter lawyer who said Spiro tried to renegotiate Musk's $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform was "misremembering," saying Twitter's counsel offered the discount and asked for legal waivers over the company's bot claims.

• Dems Confront Roberts At Wide-Ranging Judiciary Gathering

  By Jeff Overley

  The federal judiciary's top administrator voiced "serious and urgent concerns" Tuesday regarding threats of retribution against judges, a warning that coincided with a judicial gathering where Democrats discussed security fears and controversial U.S. Supreme Court rulings.

• Prosecutor Resigns, Judge Shows Slide Deck On AI Errors

  By Abigail Harrison

  A federal prosecutor told a North Carolina federal court Tuesday that he was separating from the office after admitting in open court to using artificial intelligence to help draft a response brief, which he called "the worst decision I've ever made in my 30-year career."

• DOJ Unveils Superseding Policy For Corporate Criminal Cases

  By Sarah Jarvis

  The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday released its first-ever, department-wide, corporate enforcement policy for criminal matters, outlining how it will decline to prosecute companies that voluntarily disclose misconduct, cooperate with investigators and remediate wrongdoing.

• Judiciary Approves Supreme Court Public Defender Office

  By Katie Buehler

  The federal judiciary approved a new office Tuesday aimed at improving the quality of representation for indigent defendants with cases in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. 

• Fla. Defends Social Media Teen Ban As Content-Neutral

  By Carolina Bolado

  Florida defended its restrictions on social media for children before the Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday, arguing that the law is content-neutral and does not violate the First Amendment, and urged the appeals court to undo an injunction blocking its enforcement.