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  • September 23, 2025

    Watchdog Calls For DC, Md. Bar Investigations Into Carr

    A government accountability watchdog brought a complaint against Federal Communications Chair Brendan Carr to the D.C. Bar Association on Tuesday, claiming Carr violated conduct rules when he threatened to bring FCC action against ABC if it declined to discipline Jimmy Kimmel over his remarks following Charlie Kirk's murder.

  • September 23, 2025

    Fox Pushes To Move Newsmax Antitrust Case Back To Florida

    Fox Corp. urged a Wisconsin federal court to move Newsmax's antitrust complaint back to Florida, accusing the cable TV broadcaster of "impermissible forum shopping" and saying that the suit belongs in the Sunshine State, the location of Newsmax's headquarters and where a similar lawsuit has already been filed.聽

  • September 23, 2025

    Gibson Gets $1 Guitar TM Award Upped To $168K

    After a Texas federal jury awarded guitar maker Gibson just $1 in damages from a Florida-based competitor found to have infringed trademarks for its iconic guitar shapes, a federal judge increased the award to just over $168,000 in disgorgement of profits earned through infringement.

  • September 23, 2025

    Meta Foiled Man's Disability Leave, Caregiving Time, Suit Says

    Meta failed to accommodate an employee who had disabilities and didn't allow him time off to take care of his terminally ill father in Tel Aviv, a suit filed in California state court claims.

  • September 23, 2025

    Judge Slams Hogan Estate's Standing For Sex Tape Film Suit

    A Florida federal judge who dissolved an order blocking the release of a documentary that features excerpts of Hulk Hogan's sex tape faulted representatives of his estate for bringing the lawsuit before being authorized to do so, while also saying their copyright claim might fail because of fair use.

  • September 23, 2025

    Social Media Giants Must Face Expert Testimony On Harm

    A California state judge ruled Monday that jurors set to consider claims against major social media technology companies for allegedly causing harm to young users' mental health will be allowed to hear expert testimony about potential injuries inflicted by the design and operation of the platforms.

  • September 23, 2025

    Atty-Trustee Conflicts Doom Scaife Estate's $26M Tax Refund

    A Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky attorney was also acting as Mellon heir Richard Scaife's lawyer, trustee and media executive when he signed releases that kept Scaife's spending of his inheritance secret from his children, so a resulting $200 million settlement between the children and Scaife's estate was not a bona fide tax-exempt expense, a Pennsylvania appeals court ruled Tuesday.

  • September 23, 2025

    Minnesota's Deepfake Crackdown Foreshadows Legal Clashes

    Minnesota's law cracking down on deepfake videos aimed at influencing elections has drawn separate court challenges to stop its enforcement, including one by X Corp., offering a glimpse into the hurdles other states and Congress may face as they address the proliferation of digital replicas created with artificial intelligence.

  • September 23, 2025

    Admin Argues Copyright Chief Seeks 'Sweeping Remedies'

    The Trump administration told a D.C. federal court that it had the authority to remove Shira Perlmutter as head of the U.S. Copyright Office, saying her suit over her firing seeks "sweeping remedies" she isn't entitled to.

  • September 23, 2025

    Westlaw Notes Uncopyrightable, AI Company Tells 3rd Circ.

    An artificial intelligence-powered legal search engine has asked the Third Circuit to reverse a district court's decision that its use of Westlaw headnotes did not constitute fair use, arguing its utilization of them "radically promoted scientific progress" and increased access to justice.

  • September 23, 2025

    Kirkland Hires Sports And Media Pro From Latham

    A Latham & Watkins LLP partner who advises on corporate matters in the sports and media industries has left the firm for Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

  • September 22, 2025

    WSJ Says Epstein Story At Heart Of Trump's $10B Suit Is True

    The Wall Street Journal has asked a Florida federal court to toss President Donald Trump's $10 billion defamation suit over a July 17 article reporting he sent a "bawdy" birthday letter to deceased financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, arguing the reporting is true and accurately describes what Epstein's estate shared with Congress.

  • September 22, 2025

    Oracle To Secure TikTok Users' Data In Deal To Skirt US Ban

    Tech giant Oracle will be tasked with safeguarding U.S. TikTok users' personal data, and the app's recommendation algorithm will be "retrained" and operated outside the control of TikTok's Chinese parent company under a deal that President Donald Trump is expected to sign this week to avert a shutdown of TikTok, the White House said Monday.聽

  • September 22, 2025

    Google Ad Tech Breakup 'Drastic' But Best, DOJ Tells Judge

    A U.S. Department of Justice attorney pressed a Virginia federal judge Monday to break up Google's advertising placement technology business, asserting in opening statements that a divestiture is doable and the only way to fully address Google's monopoly.

  • September 22, 2025

    Meta Can't Ditch Revived Contract Fight Over Scam Ads

    A California federal judge Monday trimmed a proposed consumer class action against Meta Platforms Inc. over Chinese vendors' scam ads on Facebook and Instagram that was recently revived by the Ninth Circuit, tossing for good a negligent failure-to-warn claim, but keeping intact the consumers' remaining contact claims.

  • September 22, 2025

    $100K H-1B Fee Will Likely Hurt Both US And Foreign Workers

    The new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas, which took effect on Sunday with little advance notice, blindsided immigration attorneys who told Law360 that it could ultimately hurt domestic workers by driving U.S. companies to do business elsewhere.

  • September 22, 2025

    4th Jury Will Consider MGA, T.I.'s OMG Doll Dispute

    A California federal judge who tossed a jury's $53.6 million punitive damages award聽against聽MGA Entertainment聽for聽willfully聽infringing聽the trade dress of a pop group co-owned by hip hop moguls Clifford "T.I." Harris and Tameka "Tiny" Harris said Monday he would order a new jury to consider聽whether to award聽punitive聽damages.

  • September 22, 2025

    Colo. Justices Unsure How To Interpret Open Records Law

    Colorado Supreme Court justices grilled an attorney representing the state Monday about how its interpretation of Colorado's open records laws actually protects the identity of children, and whether its reading of the statute isn't overly broad.

  • September 22, 2025

    New Framework Needed For Satellite Power Caps, Orgs Say

    More than a dozen groups on Monday told the Federal Communications Commission it's time to update spectrum sharing rules between low earth orbit and other satellites to spur industry growth.

  • September 22, 2025

    Adult Club Owner, Charged With Fraud, Facing Securities Suit

    An RCI Hospitality Holdings investor hit the adult entertainment club operator and two executives with a proposed securities class action in Texas federal court on Sunday, alleging that they hid a multiyear tax fraud and bribery scheme that was recently unveiled in sprawling New York indictments and purportedly caused RCI's stock to plummet.

  • September 22, 2025

    DC Circ. Mulls International Media Funding, Firings

    The D.C. Circuit is set to decide whether or not to allow the Trump administration to continue dismantling the agency that oversees state news broadcaster Voice of America after hearing consolidated arguments Monday morning in a quartet of cases challenging the shutdown.

  • September 22, 2025

    Judge Lets Suit Over Audible's Expiring Credits Move Forward

    A Washington federal judge has declined to toss a consumer's proposed class action against Audible Inc. over the expiration dates on membership "credits," saying such vouchers don't have to be backed by a specific cash value to be covered by the Evergreen State's gift card law.

  • September 22, 2025

    Judge Gets More Details On Proposed $1.5B Anthropic IP Deal

    Authors who have inked a proposed $1.5 billion deal to end their copyright class action against artificial intelligence developer Anthropic PBC are saying they have worked out all the issues a California federal judge pointed out when he initially declined to give the deal approval.

  • September 22, 2025

    Browns Win Stadium Permit After Ohio DOT Reviews New Info

    The Ohio Department of Transportation reversed an earlier permit denial for the new Cleveland Browns stadium, after reviewing additional info provided by Browns owner Haslam Sports Group and the airport operator.

  • September 22, 2025

    Lighting Patent Case Against Warner Bros., Sony Stays Alive

    A Delaware federal court has refused to let entertainment industry titans Warner Bros. Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Fox Corp. dodge a suit claiming they infringed various lighting patents, but agreed to trim some of the case.

Expert Analysis

  • Reddit v. Anthropic Is A Defining Moment In The AI Data Race

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    The recent lawsuit filed by Reddit against Anthropic in California state court marks a pivotal moment in the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence by sidestepping a typical copyright dispute, focusing instead on the enforceability of online terms of service and ownership of the digital commons, says William Galkin at Galkin Law.

  • Opinion

    The Legal Education Status Quo Is No Longer Tenable

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    As underscored by the fallout from California鈥檚 February bar exam, legal education and licensure are tethered to outdated systems, and the industry must implement several key reforms to remain relevant and responsive to 21st century legal needs, says Matthew Nehmer at The Colleges of Law.

  • Unpacking Notable Details From FTC's 'AI Washing' Cases

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    The Federal Trade Commission has brought many cases involving allegedly deceptive artificial intelligence claims over the past couple of years, illustrating overlooked aspects of AI washing generally and a few new types of AI marketing claims that may line up in regulatory crosshairs down the road, says Michael Atleson at DLA Piper.

  • Justices' Age Verification Ruling May Lead To More State Laws

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    The U.S. Supreme Court鈥檚 recent Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton ruling, permitting a Texas law requiring certain websites to verify users鈥 ages, significantly expands states' ability to regulate minors鈥 social media access, further complicating the patchwork of internet privacy laws, say attorneys at Troutman.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Relevance Redactions

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    In recent cases addressing redactions that parties sought to apply based on the relevance of information 鈥 as opposed to considerations of privilege 鈥 courts have generally limited a party鈥檚 ability to withhold nonresponsive or irrelevant material, providing a few lessons for discovery strategy, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Opinion

    Section 1983 Has Promise After End Of Nationwide Injunctions

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    After the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down the practice of nationwide injunctions in Trump v. Casa, Section 1983 civil rights suits can provide a better pathway to hold the government accountable 鈥 but this will require reforms to qualified immunity, says Marc Levin at the Council on Criminal Justice.

  • Courts Redefining Software As Product Generates New Risks

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    A recent wave of litigation against social media platforms, chatbot developers and ride-hailing companies has some courts straying from the traditional view of software as a service to redefining software as a product, with significant implications for strict liability exposure, say attorneys at Reed Smith.

  • Trump's 2nd Term Puts Merger Remedies Back On The Table

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    In contrast with the Biden administration, the second Trump administration has signaled a renewed willingness to resolve merger enforcement concerns through remedies from the outset, particularly when the proposed fix is structural, clearly addresses the harm and does not require burdensome oversight, say attorneys at Cooley.

  • Reel Justice: 'Oh, Hi!' Teaches Attys To Return To The Statute

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    The new dark comedy film 鈥淥h, Hi!鈥 鈥 depicting a romantic vacation that turns into an inadvertent kidnapping 鈥 should remind criminal practitioners to always reread the statute to avoid assumptions, meet their ethical duties and finesse their trial strategy, says Veronica Finkelstein at Wilmington University School of Law.

  • What To Know About NCAA Deal's Arbitration Provisions

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    Kathryn Hester at Jones Walker discusses the key dispute resolution provisions of the NCAA's recently approved class action settlement that allows for complex revenue sharing with college athletes, breaking down the arbitration stipulations and explaining how the Northern District of California will handle certain enforcement, administration, implementation and interpretation disputes.

  • Opinion

    Premerger Settlements Don't Meet Standard For Bribery

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    Claims that Paramount鈥檚 decision to settle a lawsuit with President Donald Trump while it was undergoing a premerger regulatory review amounts to a quid pro quo misconstrue bribery law and ignore how modern legal departments operate, says Ediberto Rom谩n at the Florida International University College of Law.

  • Series

    Playing Soccer Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Soccer has become a key contributor to how I approach my work, and the lessons I鈥檝e learned on the pitch about leadership, adaptability, resilience and communication make me better at what I do every day in my legal career, says Whitney O鈥橞yrne at MoFo.

  • What To Do When Congress And DOJ Both Come Knocking

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    As recently seen in the news, clients may find themselves facing parallel U.S. Department of Justice and congressional investigations, requiring a comprehensive response that considers the different challenges posed by each, say attorneys at Friedman Kaplan.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Learning From Failure

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    While law school often focuses on the importance of precision, correctness and perfection, mistakes are inevitable in real-world practice 鈥 but failure is not the opposite of progress, and real talent comes from the ability to recover, rethink and reshape, says Brooke Pauley at Tucker Ellis.

  • Midyear Rewind: How Courts Are Reshaping VPPA Standards

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    The first half of 2025 saw a series of cases interpreting the Video Privacy Protection Act as applied to website tracking technologies, including three appellate rulings deepening circuit splits on what qualifies as personally identifiable information and who qualifies as a consumer under the statute, say attorneys at Perkins Coie.

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