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  Turkey's Halkbank Reaches Deal To Exit Iranian Sanctions Case

  By Stewart Bishop

  U.S. authorities and Turkey's Halkbank have agreed to end the long-running criminal case accusing the state-back...(read more)

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  Anthropic Sues Over Trump Admin's 'Campaign Of Retaliation'

  By Madeline Lyskawa

  Anthropic sued the Trump administration on Monday, challenging the Pentagon's designation of the artificial inte...(read more)

• DLA Piper Can't Rep Itself At Bias Trial, Fired Atty Says

  By Pete Brush

  DLA Piper should not be permitted to represent itself at trial in a pregnancy discrimination case brought by a senior associate who was fired in 2022, lawyers for the plaintiff told a Manhattan federal judge.

• Atkins Promises End To 'Duplicative' SEC-CFTC Enforcement

  By Jessica Corso

  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is in the process of updating its protocols for coordinating enforcement efforts with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission with an eye toward ending "duplicative enforcement actions," SEC Chair Paul Atkins said Tuesday.

• Google, Epic Games Settle Play Store Fortnite Removal Fight

  By William Janes

  Google has reached a settlement over claims that it engaged in anticompetitive conduct by dropping the popular Fortnite video game from its Play Store after the game's maker, Epic Games, launched its own app payment system.

• Feds Can't Pause Fight Over Offshore Wind Stop-Work Order

  By Keith Goldberg

  A D.C. federal judge has rejected the Trump administration's bid to pause litigation challenging its stoppage of the Empire Wind offshore wind project, saying the government hasn't justified the need for a stay.

• Musk's Team Warned 'WWIII' Over Twitter Deal, Atty Testifies

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  After Twitter sued Elon Musk for terminating his $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform, Musk's legal team said their client would launch "World War III" against the company's board if forced to go through with the transaction, a Wilson Sonsini lawyer who led the deal for Twitter told a California federal jury Monday.

• 9th Circ. Doubts Trial Judge Properly Nixed $4.7B NFL Verdict

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A Ninth Circuit panel appeared open Monday to reversing at least portions of a lower court's ruling that scrapped a $4.7 billion class action antitrust jury verdict against the National Football League, with one judge saying the "fundamental problem" is the trial court took the verdict away from the jury.

• Kavanaugh, Jackson Debate High Court Emergency Orders

  By Katie Buehler

  U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh pushed back Monday against critiques that the high court is ruling in favor of President Donald Trump in emergency appeals more often than it did for prior presidents, saying people who believe those allegations have "short" memories. 

• Fed. Circ. Punts On Ligado's $40B Spectrum Takings Claim

  By Christopher Cole

  Federal Circuit judges declined to rule for now on whether to dismiss network company Ligado's nearly $40 billion claim alleging the government has trampled its property rights by using airwaves Ligado bought for exclusive use.

• Abbott Formula Linked To 'Horrible' Gut Disease, Ill. Jury Told

  By Celeste Bott

  Abbott Laboratories' preterm baby formula was a contributing factor that caused four premature infants born in Illinois to develop a "devastating and painful intestinal disease," and the company has failed to warn parents and physicians that the cow's milk-based formula is a risk factor for the condition, a Cook County jury heard Monday.

• DOJ Official Calls Live Nation Deal Win-Win As AGs Press On

  By Bryan Koenig

  The Justice Department's midtrial settlement with Live Nation on Monday created an instant rift with more than two dozen state attorneys general who vowed to press forward instead of accepting a deal that requires online ticketing technology to be open-sourced and forces the company to divest control over at least 13 amphitheaters.

• Novo, Hims & Hers Make Up, Agree To Sell GLP-1s Together

  By Theresa Schliep

  Novo Nordisk A/S will start selling its GLP-1 medications on Hims & Hers Health Inc.'s platform as part of a deal that resolves the pharmaceutical company's patent infringement lawsuit against the telehealth provider, the companies announced Monday.

• Shell Sells Jiffy Lube To Monomoy Capital For $1.3B

  By Spencer Brewer

  A Shell USA Inc. subsidiary announced Monday that it will sell Jiffy Lube International Inc. to Kirkland & Ellis LLP-led Monomoy Capital Partners in a $1.3 billion deal.