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  • September 30, 2025

    NPR Fights CPB's $30M Grant Shift In Court

    A federal judge got assurances from Corporation for Public Broadcasting lawyers Tuesday that it won't commit $30 million to a new National Public Radio alternative for managing the public radio satellite system for at least the next month as he considers a motion from NPR for an injunction blocking the move indefinitely.

  • September 30, 2025

    sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Looks To Save Renewed Experian Credit Reporting Suit

    Consumer reporting agency Experian Information Solutions Inc. should not be allowed to escape certain Fair Credit Reporting Act allegations taking aim at its handling of consumer disputes, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has argued, asserting the parties made an "inadvertent mutual mistake" in leaving Experian's name off the parties' agreement to toll the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s claims.

  • September 30, 2025

    Ford Says 'Reckoning' At Hand For Lemon Law Firms

    The Ford Motor Co. has urged a Los Angeles federal judge to keep alive a racketeering lawsuit alleging three law firms specializing in California's lemon law engaged in a "death-by-a-thousand-cuts" fraudulent billing scheme to bleed the automaker dry, arguing the firms' immunity claims don't hold up.

  • September 30, 2025

    IRS Penalty Case Tossed For Now Over Shifting Legal Claims

    A woman's shifting legal theories doomed her challenge to IRS penalties related to her delayed disclosure of a foreign inheritance, a California federal judge found, tossing the suit but allowing her to amend her complaint.

  • September 30, 2025

    Musk Escapes X Corp. Workers' Severance Suit In Del.

    A federal judge in Delaware has tossed 14 counts naming billionaire Elon Musk in a suit filed by six former X Corp. employees seeking severance benefits, with all but two dismissed with prejudice.

  • September 30, 2025

    Boeing, Rolls-Royce Get Suit Over Osprey Crash Trimmed

    A California federal judge has trimmed fraudulent misrepresentation and breach of contract claims out of a suit from the families of five U.S. Marines who died in the June 2022 crash of a V-22 Osprey aircraft, saying the complaint fails to meet pleading standards on those counts.

  • September 30, 2025

    AI Chipmaker's Valuation Soars To $8.1B After Funding Round

    Artificial intelligence infrastructure maker Cerebras Systems, advised by Latham & Watkins LLP, announced on Tuesday that it wrapped an oversubscribed Series G funding round after securing $1.1 billion of commitments, boosting the Sunnyvale, California-headquartered company's post-money valuation to $8.1 billion.

  • September 30, 2025

    Calif. Agency Fines Retailer $1.35M Over Data Privacy Lapses

    Rural lifestyle retailer Tractor Supply Co. will pay a record $1.35 million penalty and overhaul its data privacy practices to resolve the California privacy agency's claims that it failed to properly notify consumers and job applicants of their privacy rights, maintain adequate agreements with service providers and provide consumers with an effective way to stop the sharing and sale of their personal information, the regulator announced Tuesday.

  • September 29, 2025

    Visa Defeats Claims It Profited From Child Porn, For Now

    A California federal judge has thrown out allegations Visa knew about and profited from child pornography on Pornhub and other websites it worked with, though he gave the young woman who sued another opportunity to file an amended complaint.

  • September 29, 2025

    Meta Faces Sanctions Bid Alleging Co. Destroyed 'Taps' Data

    Personal injury plaintiffs have urged a California state judge to sanction Meta Platforms Inc. in coordinated litigation over claims social media harms young users' mental health, alleging Meta willfully destroyed crucial time‑stamped "taps" data that captures users' taps, scrolls and swipes on Facebook and Instagram.

  • September 29, 2025

    Newsom Signs AI Law Requiring Guardrails, More Disclosures

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed into law a bill that bolsters safety and disclosure requirements for artificial intelligence companies in the Golden State, a measure the governor said further establishes California as a leader in "safe, secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence."

  • September 29, 2025

    Meta Ducks Antitrust Suit As Economist's Opinions Excluded

    A California federal judge on Monday freed Meta from an antitrust lawsuit that accused it of monopolizing an asserted market for personal social networking, saying Facebook users failed to prove the existence of an antitrust injury, with or without help from an expert witness.

  • September 29, 2025

    YouTube Inks $24M Deal To End Trump's 'Censorship' Case

    YouTube has agreed to pay more than $24 million to settle a lawsuit that President Donald Trump filed after the video platform suspended his account following the 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol over concerns he would incite further attacks, the parties told a California federal judge Monday.

  • September 29, 2025

    Hagens Berman Misstep Ends Amazon-Apple Suit, For Now

    A Washington federal judge threw out a proposed class action targeting an alleged pact between Amazon and Apple to limit device sales on the e-commerce platform, agreeing on Monday to revisit an earlier ruling after fresh facts surfaced showing that the former lead plaintiffs' counsel misled the court for months.

  • September 29, 2025

    Chancery Mulls Bid To Toss AI-Linked Battery Co. SPAC Suit

    Attorneys representing a blank-check company that took artificial intelligence-driven energy storage business Stem Inc. public in April 2021 argued in Delaware's Court of Chancery on Monday that investors suing over the deal are following a "free pass to trial" strategy that the court has cautioned against.

  • September 29, 2025

    House GOP Lawmakers Back ITC Import Ban Won By Oura

    A group of House Republicans want the U.S. Trade Representative to uphold the U.S. International Trade Commission's decision to block Ultrahuman and RingConn from importing products it held infringed an Ouraring Inc. wearable computing device patent.

  • September 29, 2025

    Meta Stole Plan For Instagram Shopping, Antitrust Suit Alleges

    A British company Friday sued Meta Platforms Inc. in California federal court, claiming the tech giant was only able to build Instagram Shopping and create a "Meta monopoly" over the tag-based shopping market by secretly stealing the startup's proprietary business plan and exploiting its social network dominance.

  • September 29, 2025

    No New Trial In Eyedrop TM Case, But Damages Cut To $11M

    A California federal judge has rejected a motion for a new trial in a trademark case between eyedrop makers after a jury awarded one side $35 million, saying there was plenty of evidence to support a finding of infringement while reducing the damages award to about $11.2 million.

  • September 29, 2025

    Newsom Signs Bills Boosting Tribal Regalia, Land Use, Grants

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law three bills that will strengthen Indigenous students' rights to wear regalia, require tribal consultation over land and reburial rights, and streamline gaming tribes' ability to provide grants to other tribes with limited resources.

  • September 29, 2025

    Billboard Co. Says Pot Ad Ban Violates 1st Amendment

    A billboard advertising company is suing a California city in federal court, saying newly enacted ordinances banning cannabis dispensaries from off-site advertising violate the First Amendment.

  • September 29, 2025

    Yale Unit Will Pay $45M To End Failed Hospitals Sale Dispute

    Yale New Haven Health Services Corp. has agreed to pay $45 million to hospital operator Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. to conclude their legal dispute over a failed $435 million sale of three Connecticut hospitals, according to a motion filed in Texas bankruptcy court.

  • September 29, 2025

    Trump Again Pushes 100% Tariff To Help US Film Industry

    President Donald Trump revived his call for a 100% tariff on imported films Monday on Truth Social, claiming the measure is necessary to reverse trends of offshoring production.

  • September 29, 2025

    O'Melveny Adds Former Top DOJ Prosecutor In LA

    O'Melveny & Myers LLP has expanded its white-collar defense offerings with the addition of a former assistant U.S. attorney for the Central District of California and chief of the office's criminal division, the firm announced on Monday.

  • September 29, 2025

    6 Firms Advise On EA's $55B Deal With Investor Group

    Electronic Arts Inc. said Monday it has agreed to be acquired by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners at an enterprise value of approximately $55 billion, with six firms steering the transaction. 

  • September 28, 2025

    Trump Asks Justices To Rule On Birthright Order's Legality

    President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on the legality of his executive order denying citizenship to American-born babies of unauthorized immigrants, after lower courts ruled the order is likely unconstitutional and barred it across the country.

Expert Analysis

  • New DOJ Penalty Policy Could Spell Trouble For Cos.

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    In light of the U.S. Department of Justice’s recently published guidance making victim relief a core condition of coordinated resolution crediting, companies facing parallel investigations must carefully calibrate their negotiation strategies to minimize the risk of duplicative penalties, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • Influencer Marketing Partnerships Face Rising Litigation Risk

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    In light of recent class actions claiming that brands and influencers are misleading consumers with deceptive marketing practices — largely premised on the Federal Trade Commission's endorsements guidance — proactive compliance measures are becoming more important, say attorneys at Olshan Frome.

  • 7 Ways Employers Can Avoid Labor Friction Over AI

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    As artificial intelligence use in the workplace emerges as a key labor relations topic in the U.S. and Europe, employers looking to reduce reputational risk and prevent costly disputes should consider proactive strategies to engage with unions, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.

  • Trump Air Emissions Carveouts Cloud The Regulatory Picture

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    President Donald Trump's new proclamations temporarily exempting key U.S. industries from air toxics standards, issued under a narrow, rarely-used provision of the Clean Air Act, will likely lead to legal challenges and tighter standards in some states, contributing to further regulatory uncertainty, say attorneys at GableGotwals.

  • Opinion

    DOJ's HPE-Juniper Settlement Will Help US Compete

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    The U.S. Department of Justice settlement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise clears the purchase of Juniper Networks in a deal that positions the U.S. as a leader in secure, scalable networking and critical digital infrastructure by requiring the divestiture of a WiFi network business geared toward small firms, says John Shu at Taipei Medical University.

  • Anthropic Ruling Creates Fair Use Framework For AI Training

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    A California federal court’s recent ruling that Anthropic’s use of copyrighted books to train its large language model qualified as fair use provides important guidance for both artificial intelligence developers and copyright holders because it distinguishes between transformative uses and unauthorized uses involving pirated or format-shifted works, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

  • How Property Insurers Serve As Climate Change Harbingers

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    Thomas Dawson at McDermott discusses the role that U.S. property insurers may play in identifying and assessing climate risk, as well as in financing climate change adaptation projects, in light of global warming and shifting geopolitical realities.

  • Series

    Playing Baseball Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Playing baseball in college, and now Wiffle ball in a local league, has taught me that teamwork, mental endurance and emotional intelligence are not only important to success in the sport, but also to success as a trial attorney, says Kevan Dorsey at Swift Currie.

  • APA Relief May Blunt Justices' Universal Injunction Ruling

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    The Administrative Procedure Act’s avenue for universal preliminary relief seems to hold the most promise for neutralizing the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. CASA to limit federal district courts' nationally applicable orders, say attorneys at Crowell.

  • Managing Risks As State AGs Seek To Fill Enforcement Gap

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    Given an unprecedented surge in state attorney general activity resulting from significant shifts in federal enforcement priorities, companies must consider tailored strategies for navigating the ever-evolving risk landscape, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Skillful Persuasion

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    In many ways, law school teaches us how to argue, but when the ultimate goal is to get your client what they want, being persuasive through preparation and humility is the more likely key to success, says Michael Friedland at Friedland Cianfrani.

  • Litigation Inspiration: How To Respond After A Loss

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    Every litigator loses a case now and then, and the sting of that loss can become a medicine that strengthens or a poison that corrodes, depending on how the attorney responds, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • Tips For Cos. From California Climate Reporting FAQ

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    New guidance from the California Air Resources Board on how businesses must implement the state's sweeping climate reporting requirements should help companies assess their exposure, understand their disclosure obligations and begin documenting good-faith compliance efforts, says Thierry Montoya at Frost Brown.

  • What Calif. Insurance Ruling Means For Smoke Damage Limits

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    As California continues to grapple with an increasing number of wildfire claims, a state court's recent Aliff v. California FAIR Plan decision serves as a clear directive to insurers that policy language that narrows the scope of fire coverage below the California Insurance Code's minimum standards is impermissible, say attorneys at Wood Smith.

  • How NJ's Proposed Privacy Rules Could Reshape AI Data Use

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    Although not revolutionary, New Jersey's proposed privacy rules would create obligations around the management and processing of consumer personal data that will require careful planning before they can be successfully implemented, say attorneys at Norton Rose.

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