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  • October 20, 2026

    Wachtell Lipton, Covington Aid Salesforce's $5.66B Braze Buy

    Salesforce said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire Braze for a roughly $5.66 billion enterprise value, part of a broader effort to bolster its customer engagement platform, with Wachtell Lipton and Covington advising Salesforce and Davis Polk representing Braze.

  • October 19, 2026

    Ex-OpenAI Engineer Must Stay In Custody In Recording Case

    The former OpenAI product team engineer accused of hiding a secret recording device in an executive conference room has been ordered to stay behind bars after prosecutors argued he has "considerable resources and ties to Saudi Arabia," according to news reports and the government's motion for detention.

  • October 19, 2026

    Amazon Noncompetes Run Afoul Of California Law, Suit Says

    Two former Amazon employees have accused the company of wrongfully forcing its California workers to sign agreements containing a noninterference provision, contending the provision amounts to a noncompetition clause that's forbidden by state law.

  • October 19, 2026

    Drake Ripped Off Chorus 'Word-For-Word,' Songwriter Alleges

    Drake has been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit in California federal court by a songwriter who alleges the catchy chorus in the rapper and singer's Billboard-topping song "Janice STFU" ripped off a hook the songwriter wrote, "word-for-word, note-for-note."

  • October 19, 2026

    Cannabis Partners Urge Contempt Finding Over Tax Returns

    Two cannabis entrepreneurs have asked a California state court to hold their former business partner in contempt after he failed to hand over eight years of tax returns, evidence they need to help support claims he schemed to steal majority ownership in their dispensary by creating $3.4 million in "phantom debt."

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