Duke Energy announced on Wednesday that it has reached a deal with North Carolina regulators, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Google and others to beef up existing protections to ensure ratepayers won't be burdened with costs incurred from data centers and other large-load customers in the Tar Heel State. 
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Duke Energy, Tech Giants Ink Data Center Cost Deal

By Gina Kim

Duke Energy announced on Wednesday that it has reached a deal with North Carolina regulators, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Google and others to beef up existing protections to ensure ratepayers won't be burdened with costs incurred from data centers and other large-load customers in the Tar Heel State. 

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NASCAR Rivals Must Yield Race Setups In Trade Secrets Suit

By Hayley Fowler

Joe Gibbs Racing LLC and rival NASCAR team Spire Motorsports must produce their race-car setups for the 2025 and 2026 seasons in their contested trade secrets battle, a North Carolina magistrate judge has ruled, but not without first lamenting the onslaught of discovery disputes he's been saddled with resolving.

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DA Looks To Stifle Subpoena In NC Digital Court Class Claims

By Hayley Fowler

A local district attorney is seeking to quash a subpoena in a proposed class action alleging glitches in North Carolina's electronic court system led to scores of individuals being wrongfully arrested or detained, calling the request "overly broad" and "unduly burdensome."

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High Court Puts 4th Circ. Political Ad Rate Ruling On Ice

By Christopher Cole

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a Fourth Circuit ruling that directed the Federal Communications Commission to review an agency staff decision requiring broadcasters charge the lowest political ad rates for committees tied to candidates.

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IP Rights Group Urges Against Litigation Funding Disclosure

By Elliot Weld

An inventor rights advocacy group has told a federal courts rules committee that requiring the disclosure of who is funding civil litigation would put independent inventors at a disadvantage when trying to enforce patents against a larger company.

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ENFORCEMENT

Taro Pharma Says MDL Deal Bars States' Duplicative Claims

By Lauren Berg

Taro Pharmaceuticals USA asked a Connecticut federal judge to toss generic-drug price-fixing claims brought by a coalition of states on behalf of consumers that are duplicative of claims the consumers have already resolved through settlements in separate multidistrict litigation.

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Mayne, Ascend Cut $1M Generic Price-Fixing Deal With States

By Gina Kim

Ascend Laboratories, Mayne Pharma and Citron Pharma asked a Connecticut federal judge Thursday to sign off on a settlement with a coalition of states resolving claims the companies were involved in an illegal conspiracy to fix prices and suppress competition for generic drugs in the United States. 

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Series

Mentalism Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Convincing strangers I can read their minds may seem like an unusual second career for a legal practitioner, but both disciplines share several important requirements, including trust and preparation, says Warren Biro at Manatt.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Sheppard Mullin Hit With Class Action Over Data Breach

By Jake Maher

A former Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP paralegal launched a proposed class action against the firm in California federal court on Wednesday over a cyberattack it had in August, in which she says at least 1,000 people's names and Social Security numbers were stolen.

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Analysis

New Fraud Division Flexes Might In Latest Enforcement Policy

By Phillip Bantz

The National Fraud Enforcement Division's new corporate enforcement policy emphasizes the quick pursuit of certain types of fraud through data analysis and staff resources, expands the target list beyond traditional healthcare providers and highlights the division's growing dominance within the U.S. Department of Justice, experts say.

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Cornell Defendant Seeks To Nix James As Special Prosecutor

By Andrea Keckley

One of the seven men accused of drugging and raping a fellow Cornell University student at a fraternity home has asked a New York state court to void Gov. Kathy Hochul's appointment of New York Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor in the case.

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Gov't Attys Could Face Sanctions Over AI Use Omissions

By Madeline Lyskawa

A U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge has ordered four government attorneys to explain why they shouldn't be sanctioned for making factual misrepresentations about the U.S. Army's use of artificial intelligence to evaluate contract proposals.

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Split Congress Could Spur Competing Probes, Cleary Finds

By Courtney Bublé

If the new year brings an era of divided Congress, then "dueling investigations" into the same topics should be expected, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP said in a report it released Thursday.

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Fla. Judge Says Oct. 7 Attack Was 'Inflection Point' For U.S.

By David Minsky

U.S. District Judge Roy K. Altman addressed a small group of attorneys in a Florida law office to speak on his book about the October 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel, saying public debate over facts surrounding the event and underlying feud has reached an "inflection point" in America.

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Buzbee Faces $970K Fee Bid In Dismissed Conspiracy Cases

By Lynn LaRowe

A Mississippi lawyer is asking a Texas state court to award her more than $970,000 in fees after defeating claims that she and her law firm conspired with rapper Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP to retaliate against prominent Houston plaintiffs attorney Tony Buzbee and two of his former clients.

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Dems Says GOP Broke Senate Rules In Jack Smith Hearing

By Courtney Bublé

The Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have accused Republicans of violating committee rules during a hearing last week with former special counsel Jack Smith.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Arnold & Porter

Baker & Hostetler

Baker Botts

Bracewell LLP

Bradley Arant

Buzbee Law Firm

Cleary Gottlieb

Consovoy McCarthy

Dechert LLP

Elias Law Group LLP

Fox Rothschild

Gibson Dunn

Harris Beach Murtha

King & Spalding

Law Offices of Irving L. Wiesen

MJ Legal PA

Manatt Phelps

McDermott Will & Schulte

Miller & Chevalier

Morgan Lewis

Nesenoff & Miltenberg

Parker Poe

Paul Hastings

Quinn Emanuel

Reed Smith

Robinson Bradshaw

Sheppard Mullin

Strauss Borrelli

Tin Fulton

Tripp Scott

Troutman

WilmerHale

Wilson Sonsini

Winston Taylor

Womble Bond

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Amazon.com Inc.

Anthropic PBC

Ascend Laboratories LLC

Atlanta Hawks

Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.

Avet Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Candela Corp.

Cornell University

Duke Energy Corp.

Fougera Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Google LLC

LinkedIn Corp.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

NASCAR Digital Media LLC

National Republican Congressional Committee

Northern Mariana Islands Retirement Fund

Novartis AG

Nucor Corp

Progress Energy, Inc.

ROC Nation LLC

RealPage Inc.

Sandoz International GmbH

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

Toyota Motor Corp.

Tyler Technologies Inc.

United Nations Children's Fund

Walmart Inc.

Yale University

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Connecticut Attorney General's Office

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Trade Commission

Food and Drug Administration

New York Attorney General's Office

North Carolina Attorney General's Office

North Carolina Department of Justice

North Carolina Utilities Commission

Texas Supreme Court

Texas Tenth Court of Appeals

U.S. Army

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

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

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

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

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

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court