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  BigLaw Partners, Judges Back Susman Godfrey In EO Suit

  By Ryan Boysen

  Hundreds of BigLaw partners and former judges on Friday threw their support behind Susman Godfrey LLP's lawsuit ...(read more)

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  Santos Gets Over 7 Years For Campaign Finance Fraud

  By Stewart Bishop

  Former U.S. Rep. George Santos was sentenced Friday to over seven years in prison after admitting he falsely inf...(read more)

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• Nike Investors Say 'Brazen' NFT Rug Pull 'Decimated' Them

  By Hailey Konnath

  Nike was hit with a proposed securities class action on Friday accusing the athletic apparel giant of touting its nonfungible tokens before abruptly abandoning that business, in a "brazen rug pull" that left purchasers of Nike's NFTs "decimated."

• Google Exec Warns Of 'Shadow' Of Chrome If DOJ Wins Sale

  By Bryan Koenig

  Chrome's top executive told a D.C. federal judge Friday that the Justice Department's bid to force the sale of Google's prized web browser would cause a dramatic degradation in quality for a product that is used by over one billion people and is heavily integrated into the rest of Google.

• Ramey Loses Last-Minute Attempts To Avoid Sanctions

  By Dani Kass

  Texas attorney Bill Ramey and two others will have to pay more than $64,000 and alert disciplinary bodies that they have been sanctioned by Saturday, after a California federal court and the U.S. Supreme Court refused a last-minute stay on the sanctions.

• Up Next At High Court: Class Cert., Religious Charter Schools

  By Katie Buehler

  The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in five cases this coming week, including in disputes over whether courts can certify classes of plaintiffs when some members haven't suffered an injury and whether students alleging disability discrimination in public schools must meet a higher standard of proof to bring claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

• 'Yellowjackets' Makers Swat Away Suit Alleging 'Eden' Copy

  By Craig Clough

  The similarities between the TV show "Yellowjackets" and the 2015 film "Eden" are not substantial enough to support a copyright infringement claim, a California federal judge ruled Friday, tossing the filmmaker's suit against Showtime, Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. and the makers of the show.

• SPAC Deals Are Buzzing Again Despite Tariff Turmoil

  By Tom Zanki

  Amid heavy volatility that has largely frozen traditional initial public offerings, deal teams are launching more special purpose acquisition companies, an alternative market to typical IPOs that so far has shown few ill effects from tariff-related uncertainty.

• Samsung Owes $279M In Wireless Patent Suit, Jury Says

  By Adam Lidgett

  A Texas federal jury on Friday said Samsung owes nearly $279 million after finding the company infringed two wireless communications patents developed by Airgo Networks co-founder Greg Raleigh's later research outfit.

• Defunct Media Co. To Pay $4.5M In NY WARN Act Case

  By Irene Spezzamonte

  Former digital media startup The Messenger has agreed to pay $4.5 million to a class of 275 workers who claimed in New York federal court that the company didn't give them enough notice about its layoffs and shutdown, the parties said on Friday.

• EU Probing Universal Music's $775M Deal For Downtown

  By Matthew Perlman

  European enforcers are reviewing a planned deal for Universal Music Group to buy Downtown Music Holdings for $775 million, after receiving a referral from competition authorities in Austria and the Netherlands.

• WTO Will Hear EU-China Dispute Over Electric Car Batteries

  By Alex Lawson

  A World Trade Organization dispute panel will hear China's complaint against the European Union's duties on Beijing's electric car batteries after talks between the two governments failed to resolve the matter, the global trade watchdog announced Friday.

• Judge Says FDA Can Take Ozempic Off Shortage List

  By Andrew Karpan

  A Texas federal judge has sided with arguments from Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk A/S not to block the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from moving forward with an administrative decision stopping "unsafe, knockoff versions" of the blockbuster diabetes and weight loss drug from flooding the market.

• Father Trapped In Tesla During Fatal Fire, Family Claims

  By Jonathan Capriel

  The family of a father who died while trapped inside his Tesla Model 3 as it "spontaneously combusted and erupted into fire" is suing the automaker in California state court, claiming it was aware its doors would malfunction during a fire but hid that from consumers.