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• February 04, 2026

  HPE Backs DOJ Bid For Final Merger Deal Approval

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise has endorsed the Justice Department's bid for final approval of a controversial settlement permitting the $14 billion purchase of Juniper Networks, telling a California federal judge that Democratic state attorneys general have nothing but "vague and inaccurate accusations" that the deal was improper.

• February 04, 2026

  Co. Can't Limit Punitive Damages For Ill. Dehumidifier Fire

  A dehumidifier manufacturer lost its bid to limit the punitive damages sought by property owners and their insurer for damage they say was caused by a product defect when an Illinois federal court ruled Tuesday the owners' punitive damages are for the total damage, not just the deductible for their uninsured loss.

• February 04, 2026

  GM Brings Design Patent Suits Over Alleged Car Part Copies

  General Motors has launched a trio of lawsuits in both Michigan and Illinois federal courts, accusing a host of companies of infringing the auto giant's design patents by selling copies of its car parts.

• February 04, 2026

  Walgreens Says Audio Recording Refutes Shareholders' Claim

  Walgreens told an Illinois federal judge Tuesday that newly discovered evidence warrants revisiting a decision allowing shareholders' claim over an executive's allegedly false statement to move forward, saying an audio recording shows "no basis to conclude the actual statement was false or misleading when made."

• February 04, 2026

  United Says Pilot's Vax Accommodation Should End Dispute

  United Airlines has urged an Illinois federal judge to hand it a pretrial win over a pilot's accusation that the airline failed to properly handle his religious-based COVID-19 vaccination exemption request, arguing he received an accommodation that should be considered reasonable and defeat his claims.

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