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  Ex-Goldman Exec Convicted Of Ghana Bribery Plot

  By Stewart Bishop

  A former Goldman Sachs executive director was convicted Thursday for his role in what Brooklyn federal prosecuto...(read more)

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  EasyJet Agrees To $7.7B Apollo Buyout, Castlelake Bows Out

  By Al Barbarino

  Apollo Global Management has agreed to acquire easyJet for approximately £5.7 billion ($7.7 billion), the compan...(read more)

• Dems Slam Skadden's 'Nothing To See Here' Trump Deal Reply

  By Hailey Konnath

  Three Democratic lawmakers on Thursday criticized Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's response to their request that the firm disclose details of its pro bono arrangement with the Trump administration, saying the firm's "three sentence letter essentially saying 'nothing to see here'" is "not going to cut it."

• Trump Again Targets Birthright Citizenship In 2 New Orders

  By Rae Ann Varona

  President Donald Trump on Thursday signed two executive orders that seek to limit automatic citizenship for babies born in the U.S., after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a previous birthright citizenship executive order as unconstitutional.

• USPTO Leaders Reinstate Double Patenting Ax In Sanofi Case

  By Ryan Davis

  A panel including U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires ruled Thursday that a Sanofi patent application must be rejected for double patenting, but questioned whether the rationale for the decision risks harming innovation and should be reconsidered by the Federal Circuit.

• Ore. Judge Says DOD Wind Project Blockage Was Unlawful

  By Madeline Lyskawa

  An Oregon federal judge on Thursday halted the U.S. Department of Defense's freeze of wind projects, finding renewable energy groups and environmental nonprofits are likely to succeed in showing the agency violated deadlines for reviewing the projects' impact on military readiness.

• 7th Circ. Backs Outcome Health Execs' $1B Fraud Convictions

  By Celeste Bott

  The Seventh Circuit on Thursday upheld the convictions of two Outcome Health executives for lying about the company's capabilities and value in a $1 billion fraud, rejecting their argument that an overzealous pretrial freeze on millions in assets violated their constitutional right to hire the defense attorneys of their choice.

• 2nd Circ. Says Pillsbury Must Surrender $3.6M Retainer

  By Jessica Corso

  Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP was ordered on Thursday to hand over a $3.6 million retainer it was paid to defend a client against criminal and civil fraud charges, with the Second Circuit upholding a ruling that the funds were part of an asset freeze order issued in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission case.

• 6th Circ. Slashes 'Egregious' Fee Award In Tax-Taking Suit

  By Susan Smiley

  Michigan attorneys representing plaintiffs in a tax foreclosure suit had their awarded attorney fees, which more than doubled the settlement they obtained in the case, slashed by a Sixth Circuit panel in a published opinion Thursday.

• The Dramatic Moments Set To Shape Tom Goldstein's Appeal

  By Jeff Overley and Jared Foretek

  Prurient revelations, brash recriminations and purportedly glaring judicial errors in Tom Goldstein's criminal case have captivated the appellate bar for nearly 19 months, and many of those moments will be center stage in the star attorney's imminent appeal.

• Del. Chancery Sends Iridium CFO Dispute To Arbitration

  By Jarek Rutz

  The Delaware Chancery Court has stayed a lawsuit over the authority of an interim chief financial officer at Iridium Industries Inc., ruling that a nearly three-decade-old stockholder agreement requires arbitrators, not the court, to decide whether the dispute belongs in arbitration.

• Google, Meta, Tiktok Still Subject To Calif. Feed Algorithm Law

  By Mike Curley

  A California federal judge has declined to block enforcement of a new California law that restricts personalized social media algorithm feeds, finding that Google, TikTok and Meta have failed to show the law infringes on their First Amendment rights.

• No Simpson Thacher Malpractice In PIPE Case, Jury Finds

  By Madison Arnold

  Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP escaped a malpractice lawsuit late Thursday over its representation of Patriot National Inc. in a private investment in public equity transaction in the years before the company's downfall.

• FCC Lifts 39% Broadcast Ownership Cap In Controversial Vote

  By Christopher Cole

  The Federal Communications Commission voted 2-1 to eliminate the 39% national cap on broadcast TV audience share Thursday, with Republicans saying the change will help local stations survive and dismissing claims that the agency was exceeding its legal powers.