A North Carolina woman recounted for a federal jury on Wednesday how an Uber driver sexually assaulted her in 2019, rebuffing the ride-hailing giant's suggestion that the incident never occurred and describing how she felt "grossed out," "horrified" and "terrified."
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NC Passenger Tells Jury Of 'Disgusting' Uber Driver Assault

By Hayley Fowler

A North Carolina woman recounted for a federal jury on Wednesday how an Uber driver sexually assaulted her in 2019, rebuffing the ride-hailing giant's suggestion that the incident never occurred and describing how she felt "grossed out," "horrified" and "terrified."

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NC Judge Won't Undo $4M Philips Copyright Verdict

By Elliot Weld

A North Carolina federal judge has refused to erase a $4 million jury verdict against independent service organization Transtate Equipment Co. for violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, saying trial evidence provided a "firm basis" to support the jury's statutory damages award.

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Head Shaver Co. Seeks Toss Of Rival's Patent Suit

By Elliot Weld

A company that makes head shavers asked a North Carolina federal judge Wednesday to throw out a case alleging that it infringed one patent and one design patent held by a rival, saying the suit has no chance of plausibly showing that its products are infringing.

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Jury Finds Live Nation Monopolized Concert Ticketing

By Stewart Bishop

Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary harmed competition in the live entertainment sector by willfully monopolizing ticketing services to major concert venues and unlawfully tying artists' use of large amphitheaters to Live Nation's promotional services, a Manhattan federal jury found on Wednesday.

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LITIGATION

'A Bunch Of Games': MDL Judge Irked By Meta, AGs Sparring

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge appeared skeptical Wednesday of Meta Platforms Inc.'s request for a summary judgment win over claims by state attorneys general in multidistrict social media addiction litigation, saying repeatedly that many disputes should be resolved at trial and panning some arguments by both sides as "a bunch of games."

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Amneal Trims But Can't Nix AGs' Drug Price-Fixing Suit

By Lauren Berg

There is enough evidence from which a jury could conclude that Amneal Pharmaceuticals participated in a conspiracy to fix the price of an epilepsy medication, but not enough to show it participated in the overarching antitrust conspiracy alleged by dozens of state attorneys general, a Connecticut federal judge ruled Wednesday.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Mintz Consulting Arm Hires Ex-HHS Official, Health Policy Pro

By Jack Rodgers

ML Strategies, a consulting subsidiary of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC, has hired a former federal health policy director at consulting firm Guidehouse who brings almost a decade of experience in senior roles with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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Katten Partner Rejoins Epstein Becker In DC For 3rd Time

By Jack Rodgers

Epstein Becker Green LLP has rehired, for the third time, a healthcare transactional attorney who focuses his practice on guiding hospital systems, private equity-backed entities and professional practices on transactional matters and regulatory compliance.

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Higher Ed Group Seeks Fees After Beating DOE Research Cap

By Julie Manganis

An organization of public and private research universities has asked a Massachusetts federal judge to award attorney fees and costs in a successful challenge to a U.S. Department of Energy limit on reimbursements for indirect costs of grant-funded research, the third such request since last fall.

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Foley Hoag Adds Experienced Diplomat As Partner

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Foley Hoag LLP announced on Wednesday that it had hired the former U.S. ambassador to Hungary as a partner at its New York office.

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NJ US Atty's Office Turmoil Doesn't Nix Conviction, Judge Rules

By Carla Baranauckas

A federal judge on Thursday rejected a New Jersey criminal defendant's attempt to dismiss his conviction and disqualify the state's top federal prosecutor, holding that the appointment of the current U.S. attorney complies with federal law and that any earlier defects in leadership do not warrant dismissal.

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Optimum Defends Antitrust Suit Against Apollo, BlackRock

By Alex Wittenberg

Apollo, Ares, BlackRock and other financial giants are colluding to block Optimum Communications Inc. from negotiating a debt refinancing to avert bankruptcy, acting as a "cartel" and locking Optimum out of credit markets, Optimum said in a brief opposing the investors' bid to dismiss its antitrust suit in New York.

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Anapol Weiss

Boies Schiller

Bradley Arant

Brown Cornell

Burr & Forman

Chaffin Luhana LLP

Clement & Murphy

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

Cravath Swaine

Crowell & Moring

Davis Polk

Day Pitney

Epstein Becker

Foley Hoag

Friedman Kaplan

Girard Sharp

Green LLP

Holland & Knight

Jenner & Block

Kelley Drye

Kellogg Hansen

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Latham & Watkins

McGuireWoods

Mintz Levin

Nelson Mullins

O'Melveny & Myers

Orrick Herrington

Parker Poe

Peiffer Wolf

Perkins Coie

Reed Smith

Sidley Austin

Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan

Soliman & Associates

Sullivan & Cromwell

Troutman

Williams Hart

Winston & Strawn

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Altice USA

American Council on Education

Amneal Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Association of American Universities Inc.

Avet Pharmaceuticals Inc.

BlackRock Inc.

California Institute of Technology

Emcure Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Google LLC

Guidehouse Inc.

Instagram Inc.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Lannett Company, Inc

LinkedIn Corp.

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

ML Strategies LLC

Malaysia Airlines Bhd.

Marriott International Inc.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Meta Platforms Inc.

Michigan State University

New York University

Northern Mariana Islands Retirement Fund

Optimum

Sandoz International GmbH

Uber Technologies Inc.

Viatris Inc.

Walmart Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Department of Justice

City and County of San Francisco, California

Connecticut Attorney General's Office

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Trade Commission

Health Resources and Services Administration

International Court of Justice

National Institutes of Health

National Science Foundation

National Security Council

New York Attorney General's Office

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

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

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

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

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 Massachusetts

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

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

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

U.S. House of Representatives

United Nations