🧩 Clio buys AI for the bench
PLUS: A free-speech reprieve for rent software
October 1, 2026
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Clio buys the AI helping judges read filings
RealPage's rent software gets a First Amendment reprieve
California takes on companies acting alone
The firm retreat behind McDermott's bias suit
THE VERDICT
Arguing today's litigation news
Rent software speaks. A federal judge temporarily blocked New York's ban on algorithmic residential-rent pricing tools, finding RealPage “marginally” likely to win its First Amendment challenge. New York argued it was regulating conduct. Judge Valerie Caproni said considering competitors' prices is ordinary commercial conduct that the law prohibits when facilitated by software.
Monopolizing alone. California prosecutors will be able to pursue companies for monopolizing a market on their own under the COMPETE Act, which Governor Gavin Newsom signed Wednesday. Starting January 1, the law expands the state's Cartwright Act to cover single-company anticompetitive conduct. Prosecutors must prove substantial market power, not just size. Small businesses are exempt, and the new claims belong to the attorney general and district attorneys. A private right to sue was stripped out during negotiations.
Rewriting the label. Liquidia plans to ask the FDA to take one use off Yutrepia's label after a Delaware court found its inhaled lung drug infringes two United Therapeutics patent claims. The claims cover treating pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease; Yutrepia is also approved for pulmonary arterial hypertension. United wants an injunction restricting the drug's availability, but the court hasn't chosen a remedy.
More than a check. The DOJ wants a Colorado judge to withhold approval of more than $202 million in meat-processor wage-fixing settlements because they lack enforceable restrictions on future wage fixing. Workers allege processors including Tyson, National Beef and Hormel shared confidential compensation data to suppress pay; the companies deny wrongdoing. The DOJ excludes Webber and Agri Stats from its objection, having already secured injunctions against them in separate litigation.
THE DEAL
Wheelin' and dealin' today's corporate news
AI on the bench. Clio, which sells AI tools to lawyers, acquired Learned Hand, whose software helps judges and clerks work through filings, research cases and draft orders. Clio says courts including Los Angeles County Superior Court already use the product. It's Clio's first direct move into the judiciary, which the company says will help courts keep up as lawyer-side AI makes filings faster and more numerous.
Settled and expanding. Sanofi and Regeneron settled litigation over their collaboration and agreed to expand the immunology partnership behind Dupixent. Sanofi will pay $1 billion upfront for four experimental antibodies, with up to $7 billion more tied to development, regulatory and commercial milestones. Only one is in Phase 1 trials; the other three are expected to enter clinical testing in 2027. The partners will split the new programs' costs and profits equally, leaving Dupixent's profit-sharing arrangement unchanged.
ATMs for sale. Brink's and NCR Atleos conceded that their proposed $6.6 billion merger meets the threshold for a deeper UK competition investigation and asked to move straight to discussing remedies. The parties' analysis, accepted by the CMA, identified 122 local areas where their ATM businesses overlap. Brink's is proposing to sell its UK NoteMachine and TestLink businesses; the parties have until October 7 to offer undertakings that could avoid a full investigation.
BOILERPLATE
The retreat screen. McDermott Will & Schulte resolved former associate Ashley Ogedegbe's discrimination suit, which described “white pride” and “white power” responses appearing on a screen at a firm retreat. The firm acknowledged the words appeared, denied endorsing them and said it couldn't identify their authors. It denies wrongdoing. Ogedegbe, who is Black, alleged she was denied work and training and fired after complaining. The settlement terms weren't disclosed.
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