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  1st Circ. Suggests Appeal In Drug Rebate Case May Be Moot

  By Carolyn Muyskens

  A First Circuit panel raised mootness concerns as it heard arguments Tuesday from drug companies appealing a rul...(read more)

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  Grab Holdings To Buy 60% Of Atome Financial For $1.5B

  By Al Barbarino

  Singapore-based Grab Holdings Ltd. said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire a controlling 60% equity interest in At...(read more)

• Meta Beats Proposed Privacy Class Action Over 'Voiceprints'

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A California federal judge tossed on Tuesday a proposed class action claiming Meta's messaging platforms secretly and unlawfully capture Facebook users' "voiceprints" and related biometric information, finding the plaintiff agreed to let Meta use his personal data when he signed up for an account.

• OpenAI Wants To See Details Of SpaceXAI's Deal With Apple

  By Craig Clough

  OpenAI filed an emergency motion Tuesday in Texas federal court seeking the details of a settlement SpaceXAI inked this week with Apple over claims that Apple's deal to integrate ChatGPT into the iPhone violated antitrust law, saying the terms of the deal may undermine the antitrust allegations SpaceXAI is still pursuing against OpenAI.

• Meta's Data Collection From DMV Is Invasive, Calif. Drivers Say

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  Golden State drivers seeking to certify two classes over claims that Meta unlawfully obtained information from the state Department of Motor Vehicles' website told a California federal judge Tuesday that they have standing to sue under the Driver's Privacy Protection Act because the collection was invasive, even if it wasn't embarrassing or sensitive.

• Costco Tequila Buyers Say Agave Certification Isn't Conclusive

  By Rachel Riley

  Tequila buyers who claim Costco falsely labeled Kirkland Signature-brand tequila told a Washington federal judge on Tuesday that a Mexico-based council's certification of the bottles as "100% agave" isn't enough to extinguish their deceptive marketing case against the U.S. retailer.

• DC Circ. Queries Feds On Immigrant Truck Driver Restrictions

  By Linda Chiem

  D.C. Circuit judges on Tuesday questioned whether the U.S. Department of Transportation reasonably justified the safety rationale for new restrictions on commercial driver's licenses for foreign truckers or whether it disproportionately relied on individuals' immigration status to promulgate an "exclusionary" rule.

• 8th Circ. Revives Doctor's Suit Over COVID Speech Probes

  By Gianna Ferrarin

  An Eighth Circuit panel on Tuesday revived a doctor's suit seeking an order limiting a Minnesota state medical board's ability to investigate him for his public statements related to the COVID-19 pandemic, finding a district court "set the bar too high" at the dismissal stage.

• College Sports Overhaul Looms Closer After Senate Vote

  By Alex Lawson

  The U.S. Senate on Tuesday advanced a bill that would impose sweeping regulations on college sports, teeing up a lively legislative debate as the NCAA looks to ward off a wave of antitrust lawsuits.

• Takeda Can't Decertify Amitiza Class After $885M Jury Loss

  By Matthew Perlman

  A Massachusetts federal court refused Takeda's request to decertify a class of Amitiza buyers, after a jury awarded groups of purchasers a total of $885 million for claims that the drugmaker conspired to delay the launch of a rival generic version of the anti-constipation drug.

• UMG Says DistroKid Is Copyright-Infringing 'AI-Slop Pipeline'

  By Craig Clough

  UMG Recordings sued music distributor DistroKid in Delaware federal court Tuesday, calling it an "AI-slop pipeline" that uses copyright infringement and deceptive practices to flood popular streaming platforms with mass-generated artificial intelligence content.

• Springsteen Beats Compensation Suit Over Album Cover

  By Elliot Weld

  A New Jersey appellate court on Tuesday affirmed an order dismissing a suit from the estate of a classic car collector against Bruce Springsteen over compensation from use of a 1967 Pontiac GTO on an album cover, saying it was "abundantly clear" that all elements of hearsay were present to sink the case's only evidence against the musician.

• FTC Chair Wary Of AI's Dual Push For Regs, Antitrust Shield

  By Bryan Koenig

  Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson cast doubt Tuesday on the sincerity of artificial intelligence companies asking Washington for more safety regulations even as they seek antitrust exemptions so they can agree to AI development limits.

• 1st Circ. Presses Amex On Merchant Arbitration Rule Change

  By Julie Manganis

  A First Circuit panel on Tuesday pushed back on assertions by American Express that unilateral changes to the terms of its merchant agreement did not invalidate it, as a lower court found last year in denying the card issuer's motion to compel arbitration in a dispute over anti-steering rules.