4 Firms Drive $250B Norfolk, Union Pacific Mega Deal

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Union Pacific Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. on Tuesday announced plans to combine in a megamerger that will create the country's first transcontinental railroad boasting a combined enterprise value of approximately $250 billion, but which will also likely draw antitrust scrutiny.

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DOJ's Top Antitrust Deputy, Merger Chief Both Fired

By Bryan Koenig

The U.S. Department of Justice has ousted two of its top Antitrust Division officials, citing insubordination amid growing signs of tension between merger enforcers and the wider Trump administration.

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DOJ Drops Challenge Of Amex GBT's $570M Deal For CWT

By Matthew Perlman

The U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday that enforcers have agreed to drop their case challenging American Express Global Business Travel Inc.'s planned $570 million purchase of corporate travel management rival CWT Holdings LLC.

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Some OpenAI Defenses Nixed In 'Over-Litigated' Musk Suit

By Bryan Koenig

A California federal judge briefly took Elon Musk and OpenAI to task on Tuesday, in an order summarily nixing some of the ChatGPT-maker's affirmative defenses against the billionaire's lawsuit challenging plans to change its corporate structure.

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Teva, Amneal End Case Over Listing Inhaler IP In Orange Book

By Dani Kass

A New Jersey federal judge on Tuesday closed litigation between Teva and Amneal, which had led to the Federal Circuit's major decision that patents for Teva's inhalers don't belong in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Orange Book. 

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Ark. Law Banning PBM-Owned Pharmacies Put On Ice

By Patrick Hoff

Arkansas can't enforce a law banning pharmacy benefit managers from owning pharmacies in the state, a federal judge ruled, saying that CVS, Express Scripts, Optum and a trade group are likely to succeed on their claims that the statute unlawfully restricts interstate commerce.

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X Corp. Asks Judge To Keep Suit Alleging Ad Boycott Intact

By Spencer Brewer

X Corp. is asking a Texas federal judge to keep intact its sprawling antitrust lawsuit against advertisers, saying in multiple briefs that the World Federation of Advertisers and several major brands conspired to withhold billions of dollars in advertising in response to its allegedly lax moderation policies.

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Guests Defend Luxury Hotel Info Exchange Claims

By Matthew Perlman

Guests targeting luxury hotel chains for using software provided by Amadeus IT Group to exchange occupancy information told an Illinois federal court the chains have used the software platform to raise room rates in local areas across the country.

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Del. Judge Lets Realtek Beat IP Suit With Alice Invalidation

By Dani Kass

A Delaware federal judge has invalidated the communications patent Media Content Protection LLC accused Realtek Semiconductor Corp. of infringing, finding it doesn't meet patent eligibility requirements.

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Motorola Seeks Contempt Ruling In Hytera Trade Secret Fight

By Adam Lidgett

Motorola has urged an Illinois federal court to hold Hytera in contempt for selling off its Teltronic subsidiary without telling the court or Motorola, saying it still owes Motorola hundreds of millions of dollars toward a $489 million debt it owes in a trade secrets fight over two-way radios.

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Brokerage Owner Says NAR Dues Policy Hurts Competition

By Isaac Monterose

The owner of a Modesto, California, residential sales brokerage urged a California federal court to not toss his antitrust suit challenging dues created by the National Association of Realtors and enforced by affiliated Realtor associations, arguing that he has Article III standing for his claims and that he was significantly harmed by the dues policy.

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Auto Dealer Software Biz Hit With Antitrust Counterclaims

By Lauren Berg

A data company accused alongside Tekion Corp. of hacking into rival technology firm CDK Global's auto dealership management software system to steal proprietary information hit CDK Tuesday with an antitrust counterattack, accusing it of "usurping control over dealer data" that doesn't belong to it in an effort to thwart competition.

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Leagues, Fanatics Seek Exit From Trading Card Antitrust Suit

By Elaine Briseño

The NFL, MLB, NBA and Fanatics have urged a New York federal court in separate filings to toss an antitrust lawsuit that accuses the organizations of monopolizing the trading card market, arguing the complaint fails to establish an unlawful conspiracy to restrain the market.

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FCC Nixes Objection To Nonprofit's New Miami FM Station

By Nadia Dreid

Three petitioners have been scrabbling before the Federal Communications Commission for the right to operate a new low-power station in a part of Miami that can only tolerate one station, and the agency has finally decided who gets it.

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McDermott Rife With Race Discrimination, Black Atty Says

By Patrick Hoff

McDermott Will & Emery LLP failed to address racist comments made during a diversity presentation, kept Black attorneys out of leadership and fired a Black associate who complained that she was repeatedly sidelined because of her race, the former employee alleged Wednesday in Illinois federal court.

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Atty Sues Leech Tishman Over Referral Amid Girardi Scandal

By Adrian Cruz

An attorney at Hunt Ortmann Palffy Nieves Darling & Mah Inc. has sued Leech Tishman Nelson Hardiman in California state court for allegedly refusing to pay her a $300,000 referral fee after she convinced her CEO father to hire the firm to represent him.

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AI, Crypto Securities Class Actions On The Rise, Report Says

By Katryna Perera

The filing of new securities class actions has remained steady during the first half of 2025, but investor suits related to artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency are on pace to increase, according to a Cornerstone Research report released Wednesday, signaling the recent rapid growth of both industries.

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Grassley 'Offended' By Trump's Blue Slip Criticism

By Courtney Bublé

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Wednesday he was "surprised" and "offended" by President Donald Trump's post Tuesday night urging him to get rid of so-called blue slips, which are essentially vetoes for home state senators over U.S. attorney and district court nominee picks.

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Calif. Sens. Slam Trump's US Atty 'Hijacking' To Keep LA Ally

By Lauren Berg

California Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff issued a statement Wednesday condemning the Trump administration's decision to "circumvent the law" and appoint Bill Essayli as acting U.S. attorney in Los Angeles, in a move echoing the recent appointment of Alina Habba as acting U.S. attorney in New Jersey.

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Dem Senators Press 9th Circ. Pick On Gender Role Beliefs

By Courtney Bublé

Eric Tung, a partner at Jones Day and nominee for the Ninth Circuit, faced questions from Democratic senators during his nomination hearing Wednesday about his views on gender roles, based on remarks he gave to the Yale Daily News in 2004, when he was in college.

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White House Crypto Report Sets Blueprint For Coming Rules

By Aislinn Keely and Jon Hill

A long-awaited report from the President's Working Group on Digital Asset Markets that was released Wednesday encouraged securities and derivatives regulators to use their existing authorities to clear the way for crypto issuance and trading in the absence of lasting legislation, while also urging banking regulators to sharpen standards for crypto engagement.

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11th Circ. Revives Ga. Atty's Race Bias Suit Against State Bar

By Kelcey Caulder

The Eleventh Circuit has revived a Georgia attorney's suit accusing the state's bar association of racial bias, finding that a district court wrongly dismissed the case for lack of jurisdiction.

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Walmart Hoverboard Fire, Injury Case Ends After AI Scandal

By Jonathan Capriel

A Wyoming family of five that sued Walmart after a hoverboard they bought exploded, destroying their home and causing serious burns, has agreed to permanently end litigation in a case marred by plaintiffs counsel getting caught pushing case law "hallucinated" by artificial intelligence.

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NJ Judge Accused Of Berating Truant Teens Called One 'Vile'

By Carla Baranauckas

A New Jersey municipal court judge is accused of berating children in truancy hearings, threatening their families with deportation, and questioning their immigration status in open court — actions the state's judicial watchdog said violated multiple canons of judicial conduct.

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DC Judge Demands More Details On Atty's Fake Citations

By Emily Sawicki

In a minute order entered Wednesday, the Washington, D.C., federal judge presiding over a former executive's qui tam False Claims Act suit against a government contractor ordered plaintiff's counsel to provide more information on how nine citation errors came to be included in a motion last week, calling explanations to date "wholly inadequate."

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Judge Denies Fired Copyright Chief's Reinstatement Bid

By Ivan Moreno

A D.C. federal judge ruled Wednesday that the fired leader of the U.S. Copyright Office cannot immediately be reinstated while she challenges her termination by the Trump administration, saying she has not shown irreparable harm to herself or that the agency "will grind to a halt without her."

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Senate OKs Kirkland & Ellis Partner For Commerce Trade Role

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. Senate confirmed William Kimmitt on Tuesday to lead the U.S. International Trade Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce.

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