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April 17, 2026
Fed. Circ. Reverses $18M Penile Implant Trade Secrets Win
In a unanimous precedential decision, the Federal Circuit on Friday largely reversed a California jury's $18.3 million trade secrets verdict over a penile implant, holding that the asserted secrets were already publicly disclosed or generally known and therefore not protectable.
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April 17, 2026
Sumitomo's $4.5B Tri Pointe Deal Clears Antitrust Review
Japanese logging company Sumitomo Forestry Co.'s $4.5 billion all-cash acquisition of U.S. homebuilder Tri Pointe Homes has met an antitrust review requirement for closing the merger, Tri Pointe said in a securities filing.
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April 16, 2026
9th Circ. Judge Rips 'Sophistry' By Online Prediction Markets
A Ninth Circuit judge appeared skeptical Thursday of requests by KalshiEX LLC, Crypto.com and Robinhood to block Nevada from enforcing state gambling laws against sports and election-related contracts, telling Robinhood's counsel "I don't buy" the companies' regulatory interpretation and slamming a Crypto.com argument as "sophistry to the nth degree."
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April 16, 2026
Yelp Seeks To Bind Google To DOJ's Search Monopoly Win
Yelp urged a California federal judge Wednesday to preclude Google from arguing in defense of antitrust claims that it is not a monopolist in the general search services market, saying the issue was already determined in the U.S. Department of Justice's landmark antitrust win over the search engine company.
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April 16, 2026
Nvidia Fights Uphill For Big Trim Of Authors' AI Copyright Suit
A California federal judge indicated Thursday that he won't grant Nvidia Corp.'s request to permanently toss the bulk of a proposed class action by authors who say the artificial intelligence giant unlawfully copied their copyrighted material to develop its LLMs, but will pare some claims with leave to amend.
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