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June 13, 2025
9th Circ. Allows ConocoPhillips Project To Proceed, For Now
The Ninth Circuit on Friday held that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management must reconsider a small part of its approval for the controversial ConocoPhillips Willow oil and gas project, though it stopped short of vacating existing approvals for the Arctic energy development and allowed the project to proceed.
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June 13, 2025
Wash. Judge Tosses IUD Suit Against Bayer For Good
Bayer has beat a negligence lawsuit filed by a woman who claims its Mirena IUD perforated her uterus and migrated after the patient failed to oppose the company's motion to dismiss, a Washington federal judge ruled.
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June 13, 2025
Real Estate Recap: Builders' Hack, Korean Mezz, Hotel Angst
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including an inside look at California's Builder's Remedy, aggressive moves by South Korean mezzanine lenders, and why one BigLaw hospitality leader says hotels are "scared to death."
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June 13, 2025
Microsoft Settles Email Encryption Patent Case Ahead Of Trial
Microsoft reached a deal to end a software developer's 2022 patent infringement lawsuit targeting its email encryption feature, the parties have told a federal judge in Washington state, a few days before the case was set to reach trial Monday.
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June 13, 2025
9th Circ. Renews Copyright Claims In Software Cos. Fight
A Ninth Circuit panel has partially revived an intellectual property dispute between software companies Cloanto Corp. and Hyperion Entertainment, ruling that the lower court erred in tossing Cloanto's copyright claims while correctly axing its breach of contract claim.
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