US Politics
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Citigroup Inc. won a bid Tuesday in New York federal court to temporarily freeze $175 million the financial giant says Brigade Capital Management LP refused to return after Citigroup mistakenly transferred the amount as part of a $900 million payment to Revlon Inc. lenders… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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LinkedIn Inc. has urged a California federal court to consider a recent Ninth Circuit decision in a Federal Trade Commission antitrust case against Qualcomm, saying the ruling backs up the professional networking site’s argument that it has no duty to let rival startup hiQ use automated bots to scrape its data… Read this piece in
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Pop star Lizzo has won a bid to nix counterclaims by three songwriters who say they deserve credit for her chart-topping song “Truth Hurts,” though the California federal judge handling the lawsuit decided to give the songwriters another chance to make their case… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. beat back a challenge to its blockbuster multiple sclerosis drug Gilenya in a Delaware federal court ruling unsealed on Monday, with the judge finding Novartis’ patent valid and holding that a planned generic by HEC Pharm infringed… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Second Circuit on Monday called a video game creator’s copyright suit “highly illogical,” nixing his claims that a recent “Star Trek” series ripped off key characters and plot points from his work in a decision riddled with references to the science fiction phenomenon… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 