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  Brad Pitt Beats Oligarch Firm's Winery Funds Claim

  By Craig Clough

  A Los Angeles judge on Monday dismissed a cross-complaint filed against Brad Pitt by a Russian oligarch's compan...(read more)

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  3 Firms Guide Teledyne's $1.1B Varex Imaging Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  Teledyne Technologies Inc. said Monday it has agreed to purchase Varex Imaging Corp. in a deal valued at about $...(read more)

• Trump Revives Push To Reduce Kids' Vaccine Schedule

  By Dan McKay

  Responding to a legal setback, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday recommending fewer vaccines for most children and calling on parents and doctors to space out the vaccines they do give.

• 4 Firms Vie To Lead Investor Class Action Against Roblox

  By Jonathan Capriel

  Roblox investors who claim they've lost a combined $48 million after an age-verification rollout triggered an 18% stock price collapse are competing to lead the proposed securities class action in California federal court against the online game platform, with Motley Rice LLC, Johnson Van Kwawegen LLP, Grant & Eisenhofer PA and the Rosen Law Firm PA all arguing they are the best firm for the job.

• Lighting Co. Won't Get Fees Or Triple Damages In Patent Case

  By Ryan Davis

  A Nevada federal judge has rejected lighting company Signify's motion for treble damages and $4.3 million in attorney fees atop an over $410,000 patent infringement verdict against its rival Lepro, ruling that Lepro's conduct was not malicious or in bad faith.

• Meta Loses Appeal Days Before Social Media Trial Begins

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  The Ninth Circuit said Monday it lacks jurisdictional authority over Meta's appeal in a social-media-addiction multidistrict litigation at this stage, saying Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act can provide a defense to liability but not immunity from a lawsuit.

• Verisk Told It Can't Abandon $2.35B AccuLynx Deal

  By Jarek Rutz

  The Delaware Chancery Court has ruled that data analytics and insurance technology company Verisk Analytics Inc. improperly walked away from its $2.35 billion acquisition of roofing software company AccuLynx and must keep pursuing regulatory approval for the deal.

• Fed. Circ. Reverses PTAB On Prior Art Issue Over Dental IP

  By Theresa Schliep

  The Federal Circuit on Monday reversed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision that invalidated a group of claims in a Dental Monitoring SAS dental imaging patent, finding that a previous provisional patent application was missing a written description and thus can't be used as prior art.

• UWM Sues REIT For Over $500M, Claiming Merger Sabotage

  By Isaac Monterose

  UWM Holdings Corp. and subsidiary UWM Acquisitions 1 LLC hit Two Harbors Investment Corp. with a more than $500 million suit on Monday, accusing the real estate investment trust in Maryland federal court of deliberately sabotaging a $1.3 billion all-stock merger deal.

• Latham, Kirkland Steer Bernhard Capital's $1B Bowman Buy

  By Jade Martinez-Pogue

  Engineering services and program management firm Bowman Consulting Group Ltd., advised by Latham & Watkins LLP, on Monday announced that it has agreed to be bought by Kirkland & Ellis LLP-led infrastructure-focused private equity shop Bernhard Capital Partners in a $1 billion all-cash take-private deal.

• Feds Target 3 More States Over Immigrant Tuition Benefits

  By Ganesh Setty

  The Trump administration announced Monday that it has filed new lawsuits targeting states that it says unlawfully extend in-state tuition benefits to unauthorized immigrants while discriminating against U.S. citizens from other states, this time against New York, Connecticut and Vermont.

• Ill. Gov. Signs Bill Restricting PE Role In Legal Industry

  By Emma Cueto

  Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed into law a bill designed to target nonlawyer ownership of law firms, outlawing fee sharing with out-of-state alternative business structures and attempting to place restrictions on law firms' use of managed services organizations.

• Calif. AG Says Paramount Deal Challenge Is About Antitrust

  By Matthew Perlman

  California Attorney General Rob Bonta pushed back Monday against Paramount Skydance Corp. CEO David Ellison's contention that a challenge of Paramount's Warner Bros. Discovery deal was politically motivated, saying the case is a "straight up antitrust enforcement case."

• Sidley, Simpson Thacher Steer $1.5B Sale Of Yacht Retailer

  By Jade Martinez-Pogue

  Recreational boat and yacht retailer MarineMax, advised by Sidley Austin LLP, on Monday revealed that it will become a privately held company after being acquired by private equity-backed marina and superyacht services company Safe Harbor Marinas, led by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, in a $1.5 billion all-cash deal.