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  Judge Punts FTC Suit Over Meta's Instagram, WhatsApp Buys

  By Bryan Koenig

  A federal antitrust campaign against major technology platforms suffered a significant blow Tuesday with a D.C. ...(read more)

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  Tyson Won't Make Carbon Claims Under Greenwashing Deal

  By Hailey Konnath

  Tyson Foods Inc. has agreed to stop making promises to reach "net-zero" greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and to ...(read more)

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• 23andMe Seeks OK On Updated $9M Settlement

  By Emlyn Cameron

  23andMe asked a Missouri bankruptcy judge to approve a deal that will modify a settlement with data breach claimants to encompass more claims and pay $9 million, saying doing so will avoid litigation.

• OCC Clears Banks To Hold Crypto For Blockchain Fees

  By Aislinn Keely

  Banks may hold digital assets required to pay crypto transaction fees and test new crypto platforms, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency confirmed in a Tuesday interpretive letter.

• CVS Pays $18.2M To Settle False Claims Act Allegations

  By Rae Ann Varona

  CVS Pharmacy Inc. paid the federal government and California a total of $18.2 million to settle allegations it submitted claims for medication reimbursements without verifying that the medications would be for approved diagnoses, the U.S. Department of Justice has announced.

• Fed. Circ. Voids Allergan's $39M Trial Win Over Eyelash Patent

  By Theresa Schliep

  The Federal Circuit on Tuesday reversed a $39 million verdict against Sandoz in Allergan's suit accusing it of infringing an eyelash growth drug patent, finding a Colorado federal jury should have found the patent claim at issue invalid for inadequate written description.

• Texas Redistricting Blocked Over Racial Gerrymandering

  By Jared Foretek

  A Texas federal judge on Tuesday struck down Texas' newly redrawn congressional map, ruling that the state likely engaged in unconstitutional racial gerrymandering and ordering the state to revert to its 2021 map for next year's midterm elections.

• 4th Circ. Restores Trade Secrets Suit Against Insurance Execs

  By Elliot Weld

  The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday revived insurer Sherbrooke Corp.'s claims of trade secrets theft against three former executives, disagreeing with a district judge who found that the company had not made enough of an effort to guard the software in question.

• Ill. Justices Mull If Permits Override Pollution Exclusions

  By Celeste Bott

  Counsel for a sterilization company and its former parent seeking defense costs for hundreds of lawsuits over ethylene oxide emissions at a suburban Chicago facility urged the Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday to find a pollution exclusion in their insurance policy doesn't apply to emissions allowed under a state permit, insisting the policyholders are not polluters under Illinois law or "in the general sense of the word."

• Law Firms Being Tested With Associate Performance Reviews

  By Tracey Read

  Eighty-three percent of U.S. and Canadian associates receive a yearly annual review, but there is room for improvement in how law firms evaluate their attorneys' performance, according to a new study.

• Judge Questions If Trump's Say-So Makes Wind Edict Legal

  By Julie Manganis

  A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday lamented a lack of clear guidance from higher courts as she considered whether wind farm permits can be put on hold indefinitely based solely on a directive from the president.

• Republican Senators Seek Judge Boasberg's Suspension

  By Courtney Bublé

  Six Republican senators, three of whom sit on the Senate Judiciary Committee, are asking that Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg of the District of Columbia be administratively suspended while Congress considers his impeachment.

• Perkins Coie's Trump Fight Doesn't Scare Off UK Suitor

  By Chris Villani

  Perkins Coie LLP's ongoing fight with the Trump administration did not deter a proposed combination with British law firm Ashurst, signaling that the legal community is not worried about fallout from the president's suspension of the firm's security clearances.

• 3 Firms Advise On $1.1B Deal For Topgolf Majority Stake

  By Al Barbarino

  Three law firms are advising on a deal announced Tuesday that will see Leonard Green & Partners LP purchase a majority stake in the entertainment and driving range businesses of Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. at a $1.1 billion value.