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  • June 18, 2026

    Asbestos Spinoff Battles Bid For Trustee Takeover In Ch. 11

    The chief legal officer of Georgia-Pacific spinoff Bestwall admitted Thursday that the company is exploring more bankruptcy filings, but denied the contention by asbestos claimants waiting on settlements that it's going to abandon the nearly 9-year-old Chapter 11 case.

  • June 18, 2026

    German Co. Defends Audio Patents In Dispute With Lenovo

    A German nonprofit research organization tried Wednesday to persuade a North Carolina federal court not to hand Lenovo and its subsidiary Motorola a pretrial win, arguing that the organization's asserted patents for wireless audio communications are inventive and offer specific technical solutions.

  • June 18, 2026

    Blackstone's LivCor Cuts $7M Rent-Fixing Deal With 9 States

    Blackstone subsidiary LivCor LLC has agreed to pay North Carolina, California and seven other states $7 million in penalties to resolve allegations against it in a sprawling antitrust lawsuit alleging major landlords used software company RealPage to fix rent prices, according to documents filed in North Carolina federal court Thursday.

  • June 18, 2026

    Skadden, Troutman Lead First Carolina Bank's $69M IPO

    First Carolina Financial Services, a community bank with branches in several southeastern states, began trading its shares on Thursday after pricing a $69 million initial public offering below its target range, guided by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP and underwriters' counsel Troutman Pepper Locke LLP.

  • June 18, 2026

    DirecTV, AGs Tell 9th Circ. Not To Curb Nexstar-Tegna Block

    DirecTV and a coalition of state attorneys general urged the Ninth Circuit not to narrow a district court preliminary injunction blocking Nexstar's purchase of Tegna, arguing the only way to preserve competition while the case proceeds is a full block, not one restricted to 31 overlapping broadcast markets.

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