An Eighth Circuit panel had only a handful of questions on Wednesday for the pharmacy benefit managers accused of inflating insulin prices, though one of the judges expressed skepticism about pausing the Federal Trade Commission's in-house enforcement action on constitutional grounds.
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8th Circ. Hears PBMs' Bid To Pause FTC Insulin Pricing Case

By Matthew Perlman

An Eighth Circuit panel had only a handful of questions on Wednesday for the pharmacy benefit managers accused of inflating insulin prices, though one of the judges expressed skepticism about pausing the Federal Trade Commission's in-house enforcement action on constitutional grounds.

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Greystar Cuts $7M Deal With 9 AGs In Rent Price-Fixing Suit

By Dorothy Atkins

Greystar Management Services LLC has agreed to pay North Carolina, California and seven other states $7 million 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 Tuesday.

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Justices Told Presidential Firing Limits Is An 'Originalist' Idea

By Katie Buehler

A bipartisan collection of current and former government officials has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a 90-year-old ruling that empowers Congress to prohibit the president from firing certain agency officials at will, claiming the precedent has roots that date back to the country's founding and reflects key separation of powers principles.

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MERGER REVIEW

4 Groups Urge FCC To Reject Charter, Cox Merger

By Christopher Cole

Four public interest groups petitioned the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday to block the $34.5 billion merger agreement between cable giants Charter and Cox.

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Nexstar Asks FCC To Waive Ownership Cap In Tegna Takeover

By Christopher Cole

TV station giant Nexstar has asked the Federal Communications Commission to sign off on its pending acquisition of Tegna Inc. even though the $6.2 billion deal would breach existing FCC limits on national media ownership.

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INTERNATIONAL

Which Says Funder Can Support £3B Apple ICloud Claim

By Joanne Faulkner

Consumer group Which downplayed Wednesday suggestions from Apple that it had brushed away concerns around the financial health of the litigation funder backing a proposed £3 billion ($3.9 billion) collective action over cloud storage.

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LITIGATION

Live Nation Looks To End DOJ's Antitrust Case

By Matthew Perlman

Live Nation told a New York federal court there's no need for a trial in the antitrust case from the U.S. Department of Justice and a contingent of states because enforcers have not shown that it has monopoly power over any live entertainment market or that it hurt competition.

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GTCR Wants FTC's In-House Merge Case Withdrawn Too

By Bryan Koenig

GTCR BC Holdings LLC wants the Federal Trade Commission to rethink its in-house challenge to a medical coatings supplier merger after an Illinois federal judge refused a temporary block and the FTC opted not to appeal that rejection.

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Sinclair Sanctioned For Failing To Preserve Texts In Ads MDL

By Lauraann Wood

An Illinois federal judge sanctioned Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. on Tuesday over the company's failure to preserve text message data from more than 50 company-issued cellphones for discovery in multidistrict litigation targeting an allegedly illegal advertising price-fixing scheme.

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Bird Flu An Excuse For Egg Producers To Fix Prices, Suit Says

By Celeste Bott

The nation's five largest egg producers have been using avian flu as a cover for their yearslong conspiracy to artificially inflate their prices without fear of being undercut in the market, a proposed class of consumers claimed Tuesday in Illinois federal court.

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Tennis Australia Seeks Pause In Suit As Antitrust Deal Nears

By Elaine Briseño

Professional tennis players are seeking to pause proceedings against defendant Tennis Australia Ltd. in a lawsuit accusing major organizations in the sport of manipulating pay and rankings through an illegal cartel, saying Wednesday that a settlement is imminent.

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Space Force Beats Lanham Act Claims In Florida Suit

By David Minsky

A Florida federal judge ruled in favor of the U.S. Space Force on Lanham Act claims in a lawsuit brought by a commercial launch provider that alleged the government was required to utilize its services to launch rockets when available, finding the agency isn't prohibited from using its own facilities. 

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Bonus Spotlight

BigLaw Begins To Fall In Line With Cravath Bonuses

By Aebra Coe

Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, McDermott Will & Schulte LLP and Dechert LLP are among the law firms following the lead of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP on year-end associate bonuses this week, with at least five large firms matching the market leader within a day of Cravath's Tuesday announcement.

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Troutman Owes $3.7M In Atty Fees After $1M Malpractice Loss

By Jake Maher

Troutman Pepper Locke LLP must pay $3.7 million in attorney fees to a healthcare tech company that won on malpractice claims against the firm in 2024 after six years of litigation and an eight-day bench trial, a New Jersey state judge has ordered.

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Dissent Accuses Redistrict Ruling Of 'Judicial Misbehavior'

By Spencer Brewer

A Fifth Circuit judge denounced the judge who penned a federal court order blocking Texas' newly redrawn congressional map, saying in a Wednesday opinion the order blocking the redistricting amounts to the "most blatant exercise of judicial activism" he had ever seen.

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Halligan Says Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment

By Jared Foretek

U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan acknowledged Wednesday that the full grand jury in the James Comey case never saw or voted on the final version of the indictment that was handed up to the court in the case. An attorney for Comey said the clarification was grounds for dismissal.

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Alaska Senator Pushes For Better Vetting After Judge Scandal

By Courtney Bublé

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, said on Wednesday that after a federal judge in his state resigned in disgrace last year, he decided he had to revamp his selection process for judicial nominees.

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Pillsbury Asks 2nd Circ. To Guard $4M Client Fee From SEC

By Aaron Keller

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on Wednesday urged the Second Circuit to allow it to keep a $4 million advance payment retainer from the since-convicted former CEO of a bankrupt cybersecurity company, but the law firm conceded it should have clarified its rights after the government sought an asset freeze.

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Latham DQ'd From Sleep Apnea Device Co.'s Patent Fight

By Madison Arnold

A Delaware federal court has disqualified Latham & Watkins LLP from representing the creator of a sleep apnea implant in its patent dispute after the firm served as counsel to the rival's underwriters, saying the "appearance of impropriety is glaring."

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The House's Plan B For Repealing Provision On DOJ Lawsuits

By Courtney Bublé

If the Senate does not take up a bill to repeal a provision in the government funding package allowing senators investigated by former special counsel Jack Smith to sue for damages, a Republican House member is already making contingency plans.

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Dechert LLP

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Duane Morris

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Paul Hastings

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Express Scripts Holding Co.

George Washington University

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Integer Holdings Corp.

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

Marriott International Inc.

Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund

Mid America Apartment Communities Inc.

Morgan Stanley

New York University

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RealPage Inc.

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

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National Labor Relations Board

North Carolina Department of Justice

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

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U.S. Department of Justice

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

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

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