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  Paul Weiss Stuns Legal Industry With Trump DEI Deal

  By Ryan Boysen

  Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP's decision to strike a deal with the Trump administration to defuse an...(read more)

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  DOJ Seeks To DQ Judge From Perkins Coie's Exec Order Suit

  By Jack Karp

  The U.S. Department of Justice moved Friday to disqualify the D.C. federal judge presiding over Perkins Coie LLP...(read more)

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• Schools, Unions Sue To Block Education Dept. Shutdown

  By Julie Manganis

  Two Massachusetts school districts and a coalition of public employee unions sued in federal court Monday, seeking to block the Trump administration from "dismantling" the U.S. Department of Education.

• Trump Asks High Court To Halt Fed. Workers' Reinstatement

  By Katie Buehler

  The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to pause a California federal court order reinstating tens of thousands of probationary federal workers who were fired from six agencies, arguing the band of nonprofit groups that obtained the order have no standing to challenge the firings.

• BREAKING: Netlist Again Wins Samsung Patent Contract Suit On Retrial

  By Rachel Scharf

  Netlist Inc. secured a repeat win Monday in a California federal court retrial of a breach of contract suit against Samsung Electronics Co., a verdict that itself carries no money judgment but bolsters the chipmaker's position on maintaining $421 million worth of patent infringement damages from separate trials.

• Nadine Menendez Did Senator's 'Dirty Work,' Feds Tell Jury

  By Pete Brush

  Nadine Menendez aided her husband Bob Menendez's corruption by acting as "the bribe collector" for payments "too risky" for the New Jersey Democrat to handle himself, a Manhattan federal prosecutor said at the start of her trial Monday.

• Monsanto Hit With $2.1B Verdict In Ga. Roundup Case

  By Elliot Weld

  A Georgia jury has ordered Monsanto to pay nearly $2.1 billion to a man who said his cancer was caused by the weedkiller Roundup, in what his attorneys called the largest single-plaintiff injury verdict in the state's history.

• 4 Firms Advise On $8.75B James Hardie, Azek Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  Dublin-based building products company James Hardie Industries PLC has agreed to acquire The Azek Co. Inc. in a cash and stock transaction valued at $8.75 billion, including debt, in a deal steered by four law firms. 

• Trump Names His Counselor Interim US Atty For NJ

  By Carla Baranauckas

  President Donald Trump on Monday named his counselor and former personal attorney, Alina Habba, as interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, a surprise move in which she'll replace a prosecutor who was sworn into the role on March 3.

• Vertical Farming Co. Files Ch. 11 Amid Financing Struggles

  By Alex Wittenberg

  Vertical farming venture Plenty Unlimited Inc. filed for Chapter 11 protection in Texas bankruptcy court with $100 million to $500 million of both assets and liabilities after struggling to raise fresh funds to support its money-losing business.

• Sidley-Led Clearlake Inks $7.7B Deal To Buy Dun & Bradstreet

  By Al Barbarino

  Sidley Austin LLP-advised Clearlake Capital Group has agreed to acquire business analytics provider Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Inc., represented by Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, at a $7.7 billion valuation, including debt, the companies said Monday.

• Supreme Court Skips Fed. Circ. 1-Word Order Cases

  By Theresa Schliep

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a pair of challenges to the Federal Circuit's use of one-word orders in patent cases.

• Justices Close Door On Kids' Climate Case

  By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to revive a lawsuit from youths alleging that current federal energy policies harm their future by exacerbating climate change.

• Justices Decline To Revisit Landmark Press Freedom Ruling

  By Katie Buehler

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied casino mogul and Trump donor Steve Wynn's bid to overturn a landmark ruling on press freedom that established a high evidentiary standard for public figures to pursue defamation claims.