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  Legal Job Market Surges With Special Litigation, Gov't Work

  By Tracey Read

  The legal sector saw 1,200 more jobs in May after gaining 1,900 positions the month before, according to seasona...(read more)

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  3 Firms Guide TPG-Led Group's $2B Echo Realty Grocery Buy

  By Al Barbarino

  A global consortium led by TPG has agreed to purchase grocery-anchored Echo Realty in a transaction valued at ab...(read more)

• WWE Merger Trial To Test McMahon's Grip On Sale Process

  By Jarek Rutz

  The trial over WWE's $21.4 billion merger with UFC's parent company will test how much a larger-than-life corporate controller like Vince McMahon can shape a sale process when his identity is nearly inseparable from the company itself — and when stockholders say his personal need for protection and continued influence tainted the deal.

• Justices Signal Openness To Future SEC Disgorgement Cases

  By Jessica Corso

  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's victory before the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday is likely to give the agency a leg up in settlement negotiations, but attorneys say that some defendants will continue to press judges to review the agency's disgorgement requests based on questions that the high court still hasn't answered.

• Fed. Circ. OKs Google, Microsoft Win Over Device Locator IP

  By Adam Lidgett

  The Federal Circuit on Friday rejected an inventor's attempt to revive claims in her computer-locating patents challenged by Google and Microsoft, backing the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's decisions that they were invalid.

• Activist Warns SpaceX Investors Over Valuation, Governance

  By Al Barbarino

  SOC Investment Group is cautioning potential investors in SpaceX's upcoming initial public offering about perceived financial risks, saying it has an inflated valuation and issues over transparency and governance.

• Will WDTX Remain A Patent Fixture Without Albright?

  By Dani Kass

  Whether the Western District of Texas will continue drawing in hordes of patent cases after U.S. District Judge Alan Albright leaves this summer has attorneys torn, given that he's no longer the top patent judge in his district, let alone the country.

• First Democrat Returns A Blue Slip For Judicial Nominee

  By Courtney Bublé

  Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., is the first Democratic senator in the second Trump administration to return a blue slip for a judicial nominee.

• Chancery Judge Zurn Nominated For Del. Supreme Court Seat

  By Jake Maher

  Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer on Friday nominated a vice chancellor on the Delaware Court of Chancery for a spot on the state Supreme Court held by a retiring justice.

• Saks Global OK To Exit Bankruptcy With $500M, Rebound Plan

  By Alex Wittenberg

  A Texas bankruptcy judge signed off Friday on retailer Saks Global's Chapter 11 plan, allowing the debtor to cut most of its existing debt and borrow $500 million in new money to support an effort to revitalize its business.

• Trust Tells DC Circ. Security Isn't Viable Reason For Ballroom

  By Courtney Bublé

  The National Trust for Historic Preservation argued to the D.C. Circuit on Friday that the administration can't use national security as a reason to build the ballroom at the White House.

• Katten Is Latest Firm To Match Milbank Associate Pay Raise

  By Kevin Penton

  Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP has joined the growing list of firms that are largely matching a new pay scale for associates set earlier this week by Milbank LLP, with attorneys set to see annual pay increases of $10,000 to $20,000.

• Judge Slams Gov't For 'Pretextual' Immigration Filing Pause

  By Britain Eakin

  A Rhode Island federal judge ruled on Friday that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' indefinite hold on processing immigration applications for individuals from the 39 countries on President Donald Trump's travel ban list is unlawful.

• Howard Hughes Completes $2.1B Deal For Insurer Vantage

  By Irene Madongo

  Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. has said its subsidiary's $2.1 billion acquisition of insurer and reinsurer Vantage Group has completed successfully.