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  Legal Job Market Surges With Special Litigation, Gov't Work

  By Tracey Read

  The legal sector saw 1,200 more jobs in May after gaining 1,900 positions the month before, according to seasona...(read more)

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  3 Firms Guide TPG-Led Group's $2B Echo Realty Grocery Buy

  By Al Barbarino

  A global consortium led by TPG has agreed to purchase grocery-anchored Echo Realty in a transaction valued at ab...(read more)

• Justices Uphold 10th Circuit Native American Assault Rulings

  By Crystal Owens

  The U.S. Supreme Court won't overturn a pair of Tenth Circuit decisions that found that two Native American men cannot be convicted of simple assault under the Major Crimes Act after the federal government argued that the "senseless result" can't be reconciled with the law's plain text.

• BREAKING: High Court Won't Let Pa. AG Enter Grid Project Suit

  By Keith Goldberg

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rebuffed a plea from Pennsylvania's attorney general to let him intervene in Third Circuit proceedings that allowed an electricity transmission project to proceed despite having been rejected by state utility regulators.

• BREAKING: High Court Reopens Review Of DOE Furnace Efficiency Rules

  By Keith Goldberg

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday vacated a D.C. Circuit decision that upheld Biden-era energy efficiency standards for furnaces and water heaters and ordered the circuit court to take another look in light of the Trump administration's intent to revise the rules.

• Roche To Pay Nurix Up To $2.3B In Cancer Drug Deal

  By Najiyya Budaly

  Swiss healthcare giant Roche said Monday that it will pay U.S. biopharmaceutical company Nurix up to $2.3 billion to codevelop and sell a therapy being developed to treat certain cancers and autoimmune diseases through targeted protein degradation.

• WWE Merger Trial To Test McMahon's Grip On Sale Process

  By Jarek Rutz

  The trial over WWE's $21.4 billion merger with UFC's parent company will test how much a larger-than-life corporate controller like Vince McMahon can shape a sale process when his identity is nearly inseparable from the company itself — and when stockholders say his personal need for protection and continued influence tainted the deal.

• Justices Signal Openness To Future SEC Disgorgement Cases

  By Jessica Corso

  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's victory before the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday is likely to give the agency a leg up in settlement negotiations, but attorneys say that some defendants will continue to press judges to review the agency's disgorgement requests based on questions that the high court still hasn't answered.

• Fed. Circ. OKs Google, Microsoft Win Over Device Locator IP

  By Adam Lidgett

  The Federal Circuit on Friday rejected an inventor's attempt to revive claims in her computer-locating patents challenged by Google and Microsoft, backing the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's decisions that they were invalid.

• Activist Warns SpaceX Investors Over Valuation, Governance

  By Al Barbarino

  SOC Investment Group is cautioning potential investors in SpaceX's upcoming initial public offering about perceived financial risks, saying it has an inflated valuation and issues over transparency and governance.

• Will WDTX Remain A Patent Fixture Without Albright?

  By Dani Kass

  Whether the Western District of Texas will continue drawing in hordes of patent cases after U.S. District Judge Alan Albright leaves this summer has attorneys torn, given that he's no longer the top patent judge in his district, let alone the country.

• First Democrat Returns A Blue Slip For Judicial Nominee

  By Courtney Bublé

  Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., is the first Democratic senator in the second Trump administration to return a blue slip for a judicial nominee.

• Chancery Judge Zurn Nominated For Del. Supreme Court Seat

  By Jake Maher

  Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer on Friday nominated a vice chancellor on the Delaware Court of Chancery for a spot on the state Supreme Court held by a retiring justice.

• Saks Global OK To Exit Bankruptcy With $500M, Rebound Plan

  By Alex Wittenberg

  A Texas bankruptcy judge signed off Friday on retailer Saks Global's Chapter 11 plan, allowing the debtor to cut most of its existing debt and borrow $500 million in new money to support an effort to revitalize its business.