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  American Airlines Shuts Down United Merger Rumors

  By Linda Chiem

  American Airlines on Friday shut down speculation of a potential combination with United Airlines, saying it's n...(read more)

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  DC Circ. Orders SEC Rethink Of Whistleblower Claim

  By Jessica Corso

  The D.C. Circuit on Friday ordered the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to better explain why it denied a...(read more)

• Bayer Loses Bid To Block J&J's Cancer Drug Survival Claims

  By Lauren Berg

  A Manhattan federal judge Friday refused to block Johnson & Johnson from advertising its prostate cancer drug as having a lower risk of death compared with Bayer's medication, saying Bayer has not shown it is likely to succeed on its claims that its rival's advertising campaign is false or misleading.

• 11th Circ. Revives Trademark Suit Against Frida Kahlo Family

  By Hailey Konnath

  The Eleventh Circuit on Friday agreed to resurrect a dispute between a company that claims to own various Frida Kahlo trademarks and Kahlo's family, ruling that a lower court erred in throwing out the case for lack of jurisdiction. 

• 'Constantly Shifting': Judge Rips Musk, OpenAI As Trial Nears

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A California federal judge Friday appeared frustrated with Elon Musk and OpenAI ahead of trial over Musk's challenge to OpenAI's conversion to a for-profit entity, criticizing the parties' "constantly shifting" positions and doubting whether she has the authority to grant the relief Musk requested.

• Missed Deadline Fatal To Patient's Stapler Suit, 4th Circ. Says

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  The Fourth Circuit ruled Friday that a surgery patient's missed expert disclosure deadline rightfully ended his case seeking to hold Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon Endo-Surgery LLC liable for allegedly faulty staples used in his procedure.

• WDTX Jury Clears Bitcoin Mining Co. In Patent Suit

  By Adam Lidgett

  A federal jury in the Western District of Texas let bitcoin mining company Riot Platforms off the hook Friday when it found the company didn't infringe a patent owned by Green Revolution Cooling Inc. covering ways to cool down electronics at data centers.

• DOJ's NFL Probe May Reshape Sports Broadcasting Law

  By David Steele

  Though antitrust charges are in play in the U.S. Department of Justice's investigation into the NFL's deals with services like Amazon Prime and Netflix, experts say they don't see a strong federal case against the league's broadcasting practices, as focus may shift to updating a decades-old law governing how sports leagues negotiate television deals.

• Up Next At High Court: SEC And FCC Enforcement Authority

  By Katie Buehler

  The U.S. Supreme Court's final argument session of this term kicks off Monday, when the justices will consider the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's authority to seek disgorgement orders against alleged wrongdoers without proving investors were harmed. Here, Law360 breaks down the week's oral arguments.

• 3 Key Questions On Trump's Pharma Tariffs

  By Dylan Moroses

  President Donald Trump recently announced 100% tariffs on certain imported pharmaceutical products, with opportunities for drug companies to lower their tariff rates to zero, but questions remain about the requirements for preferential treatment and abilities to administer the regime. Here, Law360 examines three open questions surrounding pharmaceutical tariffs' implementation.

• Thread Count Claims Clear, 9th Circ. Says, Reviving Target Suit

  By Emily Field

  The Ninth Circuit on Friday found that a lower court erred in dismissing a proposed class action alleging that Target Corp. sold bedsheets claiming to be 100% cotton with a thread count of 600 or more, which can't be achieved with purely cotton fabric, saying that a reasonable consumer can still be deceived by a physically impossible claim.

• Tufts Grad Settles Immigration Cases, Returns To Turkey

  By Carolyn Muyskens

  Tufts University graduate Rümeysa Öztürk has returned to her native Turkey after completing her doctorate and reaching a settlement with the federal government to end her immigration proceedings, her attorneys said Friday.

• Nussbaum-Linked Law Firms Hit Ch. 11 Facing Scheme Suits

  By Vince Sullivan

  Two commercial real estate law firms headed by Mark J. Nussbaum filed for Chapter 11 protection in New York, listing at least $353 million in disputed unsecured claims tied to the firms' hard money lending practices that have been described in litigation as a Ponzi scheme.

• Uber To Buy Delivery Hero Stake From Prosus For €270M

  By Dawood Fakhir

  Prosus said Friday that it has agreed to sell a stake in Delivery Hero to Uber for approximately €270 million ($319 million) to satisfy a regulatory condition to complete its €4.1 billion acquisition of Just Eat Takeaway.com.