Elon Musk said Tuesday he wants OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stripped of his title and "all equity and other personal financial benefits" to be awarded to OpenAI's nonprofit if Musk wins his case claiming OpenAI duped him, saying he isn't after "a remedy directed to benefiting himself personally."
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Musk Wants Altman Out, Not To Boost 'Himself Personally'

By Hailey Konnath

Elon Musk said Tuesday he wants OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stripped of his title and "all equity and other personal financial benefits" to be awarded to OpenAI's nonprofit if Musk wins his case claiming OpenAI duped him, saying he isn't after "a remedy directed to benefiting himself personally."

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Rivera Kept $50M Venezuela Deal Quiet, Ex-Partner Says

By Carolina Bolado

The government's star witness took the stand Tuesday in the criminal case against former U.S. Rep. David Rivera of Florida, telling jurors that Rivera and others kept a $50 million consulting contract with a unit of Venezuela's state-owned oil company quiet because of concerns about how it would be perceived in Miami.

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2nd Circ. Backs Cheese Producer In Whey Contract Battle

By Brian Steele

A nutritional supplement maker forfeited an argument that its whey supplier was required to engage in ongoing sale negotiations by failing to raise it in the lower court, the Second Circuit ruled in upholding a summary judgment win for the world's largest producer of mozzarella cheese.

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FTC Must List Potential Remedies In Amazon Antitrust Case

By Matthew Perlman

A Washington federal court ordered the Federal Trade Commission to respond to Amazon's discovery request asking for a list of remedies enforcers intend to seek in the antitrust case alleging its merchant rules drive up online retail prices.

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LEGAL ETHICS & MALPRACTICE

NJ Food Biz Owner Fights Sanctions Bid Over Death Claims

By Jake Maher

A New Jersey businessman suing the widow of a former business partner in a food industry contract dispute denied that he insinuated that his opponent played a role in her husband's death, saying the statements in question support his case.

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REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT

Timeshare Exit Co.'s Insurer Can't Appeal To 9th Circ. Yet

By Jennifer Mandato

A Washington federal judge rejected an insurer's request to reconsider a summary judgment ruling that the carrier breached its duty to defend a now-defunct timeshare exit company, stating that the carrier failed to prove an indisputable error in the ruling.

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INSURANCE

Wash. Panel Nixes Insurer's Gordon Rees Malpractice Claims

By Rachel Riley

A Washington Court of Appeals panel said a Great American insurance unit can't inherit an equipment manufacturer's legal malpractice claims against Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP and Sinars Slowikowski LLC because of "potential conflict" between the insurer and manufacturer in the underlying dispute over a climber's fall.

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Tobacco Co. Says Insurers Can't Void $75M Tornado Coverage

By Gianna Ferrarin

Insurers have no basis to rescind a $75 million policy issued to a tobacco company alleging it was wrongly denied coverage for $89 million worth of aging tobacco inventory that was destroyed in a tornado, the company told a Tennessee federal court.

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HEALTHCARE & LIFE SCIENCES

Pa. Hospitals Accuse Aetna Of Underpaying Medicare Claims

By Hailey Konnath

Two Pennsylvania hospital operators have sued Aetna Health Inc. in federal court, alleging the insurer has been improperly denying Medicare Advantage claims for inpatient services, or underpaying, under a new policy.

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Insurer Premera Accuses Clinic Of Misusing No Surprises Act

By Ben Adlin

Premera Blue Cross sued a weight loss clinic on Monday in Washington federal court saying it abused a federal law aimed at safeguarding patients from unexpected medical bills in order to shake down the insurer for exorbitant amounts of money — as much as 10 times what Premera pays in-network providers.

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PRIVACY & CONSUMER PROTECTION

TD Bank Says It's Not To Blame For $1.1M Sent To Scammer

By Emilie Ruscoe

TD Bank has asked a Connecticut state court judge to strike a contracting company's claims that the bank should face liability after the company sent $1.1 million to a scammer, pointing out in its filings that the company's own representative handed over TD Bank login credentials to the fraudster.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

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Conn. Finance Firm, Ex-Adviser Settle Trade Secrets Claims

By Aaron Keller

Connecticut financial firm Ridgeline Financial Partners LLC has settled a lawsuit accusing a former adviser of taking trade secrets and asking clients to join his own competing company, Crionna Wealth LLC.

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SPORTS & BETTING

MLB Players, DraftKings Settle Suit Over Use Of Player Images

By Tom Lotshaw

A Major League Baseball Players Association subsidiary and DraftKings Inc. have settled a suit that accused the sports betting company of using athletes' images without permission to promote its gambling platform, according to a Pennsylvania federal judge's order dismissing the case.

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EMPLOYMENT

'Bachelor' Editor Hits Warner Bros. With Wage Suit

By Benjamin Morse

Warner Bros. Television Group and related entities failed to pay required wages and premium compensation under an industry labor agreement, a former assistant editor on "The Bachelor" alleged in a California state court complaint.

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Texas Panel Keeps Ex-GC's Suit Over Unpaid Bonuses Alive

By José Luis Martínez

A Texas appeals court on Tuesday kept in play a suit by a dairy equipment manufacturer's former general counsel over unpaid bonuses, holding that updated anti-SLAPP rules applied to newly added claims in the suit and that the company failed to meet procedural requirements in trying to dismiss them.

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COMPETITION

Microsoft, Others Tell Court To Reject Epic-Google Deal

By Bryan Koenig

Microsoft, advocacy groups and economists pushed back on the revised settlement between Epic Games and Google that would open up the Play Store to competition, vouching instead for at least parts of the injunction Epic won in California federal court but is now looking to replace.

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

Colo. Justices Say Disputed Costs OK In Public Works Claim

By Benjamin Morse

Disputed or unliquidated costs, including delay and disruption damages, can be included in claims under Colorado's Public Works Act, the state's highest court has ruled, reviving a subcontractor's bid to recover a roughly $13 million claim tied to a Denver-area rail project.

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CRYPTOCURRENCY

Crypto Host To Pay $6M For Using UK Miner's Equipment

By Katryna Perera

A Texas federal judge ordered a company that hosts cryptocurrency data centers to pay more than $6 million to a United Kingdom-based bitcoin mining company for illegally using its mining equipment and violating a contract between the companies.

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CANNABIS

Fee And Atty Row Splinters Mass Medical Pot Licensing Suit

By Jonathan Capriel

An attorney's departure, fee disputes and clashes over who actually represents Oklahoma medical marijuana companies has caused a fissure in the litigation seeking to overturn the state's residency requirements, resulting in some plaintiffs being forced to file a separate lawsuit.

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Vape Co. Says Buyer Never Paid For $354K Device Order

By Jonathan Capriel

The Illinois-based owner of the Urb vape brand claims it is out over $300,000 after a California company ordered tens of thousands of empty vape devices but never paid for them, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in California federal court.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Senior Housing Demands A Distinct Dealmaking Playbook

An aging population and evolving state regulations underscore a critical reality that senior housing assets can undergo operational or compliance shifts during dealmaking, highlighting the need for unique contractual safeguards like expanded disclosures, anchored notice obligations, and targeted closing conditions and remedies, say attorneys at Goodwin.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Pregnant DLA Piper Atty Recounts Firing: 'This Feels Wrong'

By Pete Brush

A former associate who claims DLA Piper unlawfully fired her after she announced she was pregnant told a Manhattan federal jury Tuesday that she got positive feedback as she worked with large corporate clients and was "shocked" when she was terminated.

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Blanche Says Only Trump Knows Why Bondi's Leaving DOJ

By Courtney Bublé

Todd Blanche said on Tuesday he is now acting attorney general and no one, beyond the president, knows why Pam Bondi is out and he is in.

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Calif. Lawmakers Advance Bill To Curtail PE Role In Litigation

By Emily Sawicki

A California bill to ban corporate investors from influencing litigation strategy is heading to the state Senate, backed by bipartisan support from the Assembly.

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Top DOJ Immigration Atty Faces Ethics Complaint

By Jack Karp

The head of the U.S. Department of Justice's immigration litigation office has lied to judges, disobeyed court orders and failed to stop attorneys he supervises from engaging in misconduct in high-profile immigration cases, according to an ethics complaint filed Tuesday.

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Analysis

Habeas Orders Sharpen As Due Process Concerns Mount

By Britain Eakin

Federal judges are issuing increasingly detailed, critical and decisive orders for habeas relief in immigration cases, stepping in as what immigration experts say is a last resort check on a system viewed as having crumbling due process safeguards.

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DOJ Pushes To End Former Immigration Judge's Bias Suit

By Jake Maher

The U.S. Department of Justice moved to dismiss a former Ohio immigration judge's discrimination suit in D.C. federal court this week, calling the complaint "heavy on conclusory statements and speculation and light on allegations of fact."

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Calif. Atty Apologizes, Blames OpenCase For False Citations

By Matt Perez

A California attorney has filed a response to an order for potential sanctions over his alleged use of artificial intelligence, which resulted in false citations, saying the hallucinations appeared in a later draft after using OpenCase to perform a cite check.

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Audio

Approach The Bench: Judge Robinson On Community Court

By Cara Bayles and Steven Trader

Judge Devin Robinson's courtroom at the Red Hook Community Justice Center in Brooklyn looks and feels very different from the courthouse archetype.

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States, DC Back NY AG James In DOJ Probe Appeal

By Emily Sawicki

Backed by amici including the attorneys general of 20 states and the District of Columbia, New York Attorney General Letitia James is fighting the U.S. Department of Justice's bid to reopen an investigation into her office launched by a federal prosecutor found to have been serving unlawfully.

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DLA Piper

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Debevoise & Plimpton

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K&L Gates

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AARP Inc.

ACT Corp

AccuWeather Inc.

Aetna Inc.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Economic Liberties Project

American International Group Inc.

Apple Inc.

Berkshire Hathaway Energy GT&S

British Broadcasting Corp.

CFN Enterprises Inc.

Consumer Attorneys of California

Digital Content Next

DraftKings Inc.

Epic Games Inc.

Google LLC

International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees

Leprino Foods Co. Inc.

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

Lloyd's America Inc.

Major League Baseball Inc.

Major League Baseball Players Association

Microsoft Corp.

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

National Rifle Association of America

New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

OpenAI OpCo LLC

Premera Blue Cross

QBE Insurance Group Ltd.

Regional Transportation District

Ridgeline Inc.

Rovio Entertainment Corp.

Spotify Technology SA

States United Democracy Center

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.

The District of Columbia Bar

The New York Times Co.

Timeshare Exit Team

Toronto-Dominion Bank

Trump Organization Inc.

Turning Point Brands Inc.

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Yale University

eBay Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Colorado Supreme Court

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

Los Angeles Superior Court

New York Attorney General's Office

Oklahoma Attorney General's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of New York

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma