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  Samsung Owes $191.4M In OLED Patent Case

  By Adam Lidgett

  A federal jury in Texas said Monday that Samsung owes $191.4 million after finding that the South Korean electro...(read more)

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  4 Firms Guide $48.7B Kimberly-Clark Deal For Kenvue

  By Al Barbarino

  Huggies maker Kimberly-Clark Corp. announced Monday it will acquire Tylenol parent company Kenvue at an enterpri...(read more)

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• MIT Bros Rest, Expert Says $25M Crypto Score Was Aboveboard

  By Stewart Bishop

  Two MIT-educated brothers accused of using an unlawful crypto trading strategy to steal $25 million from other traders on Monday rested their case without taking the stand, after a defense expert witness said they didn't violate any rules of the Ethereum blockchain.

• DC Circ. Skeptical Of Challenge To $47M NAFTA Award

  By Caroline Simson

  An attorney for Mexico fought an uphill battle on Monday trying to convince a D.C. Circuit panel to vacate a $47 million arbitral award to a Canadian lender based on an argument that the arbitrators misinterpreted part of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

• FDA Official Quits As Aurinia Sues Over 'Personal Vendetta'

  By Lauren Berg

  Aurinia Pharmaceuticals on Sunday launched a lawsuit accusing Dr. George Tidmarsh, who that same day resigned as head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's drug division, of falsely claiming the biotech's lupus nephritis drug doesn't work amid his "longstanding personal vendetta" against the company's board chair and investor.

• Justices Tackle Scope Of Military Contractor Liability

  By Madeline Lyskawa

  The U.S. Supreme Court appeared hesitant on Monday to completely shelter U.S. military contractors engaged in combatant activities from liability for state-based injury claims, as the justices questioned whether doing so could hurt troops.

• Samba TV Dodges Nonresidents' Calif. Data Privacy Claims

  By Allison Grande

  A group of television owners who live outside of California can't use the state's wiretap laws to sue Samba TV for allegedly intercepting their video-viewing data and have failed to adequately allege that the analytics provider is covered by federal video privacy law, a California federal judge ruled in axing a proposed class action against the company.

• Squires' First Orders Reject PTAB Petitions En Masse

  By Dani Kass

  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires, true to his word, rejected 13 petitions for inter partes review with no explanation, furthering the administration's controversial push toward narrowing the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's place in patent litigation. 

• Squires Mandates Reexam Of Controversial Pokémon Patent

  By Dani Kass

  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires on Monday initiated an ex parte reexamination of a Pokémon patent whose issuance had caused upheaval in the video game industry.

• CMA Rejects Fix For Getty-Shutterstock Deal, Deepens Probe

  By Matthew Perlman

  The U.K.'s competition enforcer rejected a package of fixes on Monday aimed at curing competition concerns raised by Getty Images' planned $3.7 billion merger with Shutterstock and launched an in-depth review of the visual content deal.

• 2 Doctrines Likely To Direct Justices' Review Of Trump Tariffs

  By Dylan Moroses

  When the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments Wednesday over whether President Donald Trump can impose tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, it will likely test two doctrines the justices have recently considered: the major questions and nondelegation doctrines.

• Calif. Can't Enforce 'Clean Trucks' Pact, Judge Says

  By Linda Chiem

  California cannot enforce a 2023 agreement that would have subjected heavy-duty truck manufacturers to stringent state emissions standards and stiff penalties for noncompliance, after a federal judge signaled that federal law likely preempts the Golden State's standards.

• Philip Morris To Pay $66M Under New Wash. Tobacco Deal

  By Rachel Riley

  Washington will receive $66 million from Philip Morris under a new settlement resolving long-running disputes over annual payments owed by the major tobacco company under a landmark multistate deal with tobacco producers in 1998 over public health costs, according to the Washington State Attorney General's Office.

• Chancery Considers Reviewing Icahn's $10M Illumina Settlement

  By Jeff Montgomery

  A Delaware Chancery Court hearing on resolving class and derivative claims over Illumina fiduciary data breaches connected to the company's $8 billion acquisition of Grail Inc. was sidelined Monday by questions over a private, $10 million proposed settlement payment.