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  FTC Clears Boeing's $4.7B Spirit Aero Deal With Fixes

  By Matthew Perlman

  The Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday that enforcers will allow Boeing to move ahead with its planned $4.7...(read more)

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  Baldwin Group Buying CAC In Nearly $1.4B Insurance Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  Tampa, Florida-based The Baldwin Group said it has agreed to purchase CAC Group in a transaction valued at up to...(read more)

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• USPTO Gets Earful On Plan To Restrict Patent Reviews

  By Ryan Davis and Theresa Schliep

  The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's proposed new rules to limit America Invents Act patent reviews have generated scores of forceful comments, with supporters saying the proposal will curb redundant challenges and opponents arguing it would bar legitimate reviews and exceed the office's power.

• Pharmacies Want Opioid Mistrial As Deliberations Stretch On

  By Cara Salvatore

  The nation's three major pharmacy chains asked a Florida state judge Wednesday to declare a mistrial following 11 days of deliberations in a $1.5 billion case by hospitals over opioid dispensing, claiming jurors seem unaware that they are allowed to report a deadlock.

• Street Preacher Goes Up Against Heck At High Court

  By Brandon Lowrey

  U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday heard arguments over whether a street preacher convicted of a Mississippi state crime can use a federal civil rights lawsuit to challenge the constitutionality of the law used to convict him.

• Investors In Pot Co. Cronos Ask Court To OK $10M Settlement

  By Jonathan Capriel

  An investor is asking a New York federal court to approve a $10 million deal to end a nearly 5-year-old class action accusing cannabis company Cronos Group Inc. and its executives of artificially inflating company revenue by improperly recording "round-trip" transitions as sales.

• Monitor Will Stay In Place In $1B Broad Street Fraud Case

  By Carolina Bolado

  A private equity firm accused by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of defrauding investors in a $1 billion fund lost its bid Wednesday to discharge the court-appointed monitor overseeing its books when a Florida federal judge rejected arguments that the monitor was acting in bad faith.

• Neb. Justices Consider Reviving Medical Cannabis Challenge

  By Sam Reisman

  The Nebraska Supreme Court gave little indication on Wednesday whether it would restore a legal challenge backed by state officials seeking to void medical marijuana legalization measures that were approved by supermajorities of state voters.

• 'Dr. P.' Gets 2.5 Years For Selling Ketamine To Matthew Perry

  By Craig Clough

  A California federal judge sentenced a former physician who supplied Matthew Perry with ketamine before the "Friends" actor's overdose death to 2 years and 6 months in prison Wednesday, following the doctor's July guilty plea to four counts of illegally distributing the drug.

• Troutman Atty Is 3rd NC Federal Judge Confirmed This Week

  By Courtney Bublé

  The Senate voted 57-41 on Wednesday to confirm Matthew Orso, a partner at Troutman Pepper Locke LLP, to the Western District of North Carolina as a federal district judge.

• NLRB Nears Quorum As Senate Committee Approves Pick

  By Braden Campbell

  The National Labor Relations Board neared a return to full function Wednesday as the U.S. Senate labor committee approved a corporate labor counsel nominated to fill one of four board vacancies, teeing him up for confirmation by the full Senate.

• US Outlines Korean Tariff Modifications In Light Of Trade Deal

  By Dylan Moroses

  U.S. regulators outlined modifications to tariffs on a variety of Korean imports in a notice published Wednesday, offering guidance on some of the commitments included in a framework trade deal with South Korea that President Donald Trump unveiled new details for last month.

• Judge Rejects X's Early Attempt To Block Minn. Deepfake Law

  By Elliot Weld

  A Minnesota federal judge has denied X Corp.'s request for a favorable ruling in its challenge to a Minnesota state law curtailing the dissemination of "deepfakes" aimed at influencing elections, saying X had not shown that it could be harmed by the law in a manner that would give it standing to block it.

• Nike 'Cool Compression' Case Not Exceptional, 3rd Circ. Told

  By Matthew Santoni

  Nike argued before the Third Circuit on Wednesday that its "cool compression" trademark litigation with clothing maker Lontex Corp. was not so "exceptional" that it should pay Lontex's attorney fees, which exceed $5 million, given that the trial court and Third Circuit had previously held that the Lanham Act case was a close one.