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September 18, 2025
Gov't Told GPS Signal Jamming Growing Far Worse
More than a dozen trade groups banded together to tell federal agencies that GPS signal jamming is a growing concern to U.S. industries in international waters and airspace.
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September 18, 2025
Jury Mulls Claims Man Duped Penny Stock Traders On Twitter
A Manhattan federal jury on Thursday weighed fraud claims against an Ohio salesman from securities regulators who say he duped other traders as he took in over $2.5 million buying penny stocks, hyping shares on Twitter before selling in a "scalping" scheme.
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September 18, 2025
Fox Can't Strike Distributor's Evidence In Sports IP Fight
A New York federal court ruled that a Mexican sports broadcasting distributor provided enough support to retain evidence that could help it overturn sanctions for unlawfully using Fox Corp.'s trademarks, rejecting Fox's efforts to suppress the evidence.
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September 18, 2025
DOJ's Slater Says Google Search Fixes Set AI 'Foundation'
The head of the Justice Department Antitrust Division left the door open Thursday to appealing a D.C. federal judge's rejection of the government's most sweeping remedies proposals targeting Google's search monopoly, even as she used New York City remarks to tout the fixes the government did manage to win.
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September 18, 2025
OpenAI Faces Liability Test In Suit Over ChatGPT Suicide
A wrongful death suit accusing OpenAI's artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT of aiding a teenager's suicide is set to be a high-stakes test of the responsibilities that AI firms will have toward vulnerable users, particularly minors exhibiting signs of mental distress, attorneys said.
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September 18, 2025
Jay-Z, Buzbee Conspiracy Suits Sent To Texas State Court
A Texas federal judge has sent two conspiracy lawsuits brought by clients of Texas personal injury attorney Tony Buzbee against Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter's company Roc Nation and his attorneys back to state court in Houston, finding the court lacks jurisdiction in the case despite the defendant's argument that law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP was "improperly joined."
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September 18, 2025
DOJ Seeks Rehearing On Copyright Chief's Reinstatement
The federal government has asked the D.C. Circuit to rethink its decision to temporarily reinstate the head of the U.S. Copyright Office who was fired by President Donald Trump, saying the president has the authority to remove the copyright chief because the position is part of the executive branch.
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September 18, 2025
Group Of US Investors To Buy TikTok, Plus More Rumors
A consortium of big-name buyers including Oracle, Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz are rumored to be taking a majority stake in TikTok after a long search to find the app a U.S. owner; Paramount Skydance is reportedly ready to make an offer for Warner Bros. Discovery; and private equity shop CVC is close to inking a $1.5 billion deal to acquire web-hosting provider Namecheap. Here, Law360 breaks down these and other deal rumors from the past week.
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September 18, 2025
IRS Leaked Private Info To News Outlets, Agency Official Says
An IRS official serving as head of the agency's Large Business and International Division who was placed on leave accused the agency of unlawfully leaking information on her employment status to news outlets including Fox News and Bloomberg, according to a complaint filed Thursday in D.C. federal court.
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September 17, 2025
Disney's $233M Deal In Living Wage Suit Gets Final OK
A California state court has granted final approval of Walt Disney Co.'s $233 million settlement with more than 51,000 Disneyland workers who accused the entertainment company of flouting the city of Anaheim's minimum wage ordinance, handing the workers' lawyers $35 million in attorney fees.
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September 17, 2025
Live Nation Unit Sues Biz Partners Over Fla. Music Venue
A Live Nation subsidiary and majority owner of a prominent Miami club has sued its business partners over a music venue's operation in Florida federal court, alleging they became greedy and reneged on a carefully negotiated mediation agreement, resulting in a potential loss of millions of dollars and reputational damage.
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September 17, 2025
Movie Chain Shakes Privacy Row Over Meta Data-Sharing
A New York federal judge tossed a proposed class action accusing Bow Tie Cinemas of illegally sharing movie ticket buyers' personal information with Facebook parent Meta, finding a recent Second Circuit decision on what qualifies as data covered by the Video Privacy Protection Act was "fatal" to the plaintiff's claims.
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September 17, 2025
Colo. Judge Won't Toss Trans Pilot's Defamation Claim
A Colorado federal judge Wednesday opted to not throw out the complaint of a transgender Army National Guard pilot who accused a conservative social media influencer of defamation when he claimed to his followers that she was the pilot who caused the deadly collision over the Potomac River that killed 67 people earlier this year, and that she did it as an intentional terrorist attack.
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September 17, 2025
'It Doesn't Look Good': CoComelon Foe Faces Uphill IP Fight
Ninth Circuit panel judges doubted Wednesday a Chinese company's appeal of its $23.4 million copyright-trial loss to the maker of the children's YouTube channel CoComelon, with one judge telling counsel "it doesn't look good for you," and another observing he's "never seen copying evidence quite as compelling as this record."
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September 17, 2025
AM Radio Bill Makes It Through House Committee, Again
More than two-thirds of the House of Representatives have signed on to co-sponsor a bill that would prevent automakers from removing AM radios from their vehicles, so it came as no surprise when the bill sailed through markup Wednesday afternoon.
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September 17, 2025
Conn. Gallery Owner Must Face 'Fake' Art Sale Claims
A Greenwich, Connecticut-based art seller should face a jury on claims that it sold a fake Keith Haring chalk drawing for $165,000 after vouching for its authenticity, a judge has ruled, denying a gallery's request for a quick win on eight of nine counts.
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September 17, 2025
Colo. Judge Denies ACE's Bid To Halt USA Cricket Split
A Colorado state judge refused Wednesday to stop USA Cricket from immediately ending its partnership with American Cricket Enterprises LLC, saying the sport's governing body must have a chance to be heard before deciding on ACE's request to maintain the agreement.
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September 17, 2025
FCC Told To Take Care When Adding AI To Public Alerts
As the Federal Communications Commission mulls how to best overhaul its emergency alert rules, one California county is warning the agency to tread carefully when it comes to adopting emerging technologies like artificial intelligence.
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September 17, 2025
Media Matters Again Denied Transfer Of X's Nazi Posts Suit
Media Matters for America must remain in Texas for X Corp.'s defamation lawsuit over a story about ads running alongside Neo-Nazi content, after a federal judge again refused Tuesday to transfer the case to California following a Fifth Circuit decision nixing a previous rejection of transfer.
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September 17, 2025
Morgan & Morgan Hauls Disney Into Court Over TM Concern
Law firm Morgan & Morgan sued Disney on Wednesday, asking a Florida federal court to declare that an advertisement it plans to run featuring elements from the animated short film "Steamboat Willie" does not infringe on Disney's intellectual property because the work entered the public domain last year.
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September 17, 2025
Judges Pan Chris Cuomo's Arbitrator Bias Claim On Appeal
A majority of the justices on a New York appellate court panel voiced skepticism of ex-CNN anchor Chris Cuomo's arguments that the arbitrator was biased against him in his $125 million wrongful termination case against the news network.
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September 17, 2025
Satellites Belong In FCC's Enviro Reviews, Agency Told
The Federal Communications Commission can't justify excluding potentially luminous satellites from environmental reviews keyed to industries under its jurisdiction, a group fighting light pollution said.
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September 17, 2025
Noteholders Say $219M Mexico Claim Can Proceed
Noteholders owed hundreds of millions of dollars by Mexican television producer TV Azteca are defending their $219 million investor-state claim against Mexico after its courts allegedly stymied collection efforts, saying any procedural deficiency in their claim arose as a result of the Mexican court's actions.
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September 17, 2025
Chancery Approves $30M Match.com Spinoff Suit Settlement
A Delaware vice chancellor approved a $30 million mediated settlement Wednesday to resolve a five-year dispute over the fairness of Match.com's 2019 reverse spinoff from Barry Diller-controlled IAC/Interactive, with stockholder attorneys taking home $6.9 million.
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September 17, 2025
Anthropic, Reddit Spar Over Keeping AI Case In Federal Court
Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic has asked a California federal judge to keep Reddit's claims that user content is used to train large language models in federal court, saying that at least one of Reddit's claims are preempted by the Copyright Act and effectively arise from federal law.
Expert Analysis
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Best Practices For Companies Integrating Existing IP With AI
Some copyright owners are exploring how they can make new content by combining their existing intellectual property assets with generative artificial intelligence, and although these initiatives can serve multiple business goals, those considering such practices should be aware they are entering largely uncharted waters, says Josh Weigensberg at Pryor Cashman.
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How Attys Can Use A Therapy Model To Help Triggered Clients
Attorneys can lean on key principles from a psychotherapeutic paradigm known as the "Internal Family Systems" model to help manage triggered clients and get settlement negotiations back on track, says Jennifer Gibbs at Zelle.
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How Athletes Can Protect Their Signature Celebrations As IP
As copyright and trademark law adapts to short-form choreography and dynamic media, athletes and their business partners have new tools to protect the intellectual property embedded in their unique dances, poses and celebrations, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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What Banks Must Do To Attract Gen Z Customers
The young adults of Generation Z bank differently, so financial institutions must engage appropriately if they wish to attract this key population, including by leveraging savvy marketing, well-designed online interfaces and top-notch customer service, says Madeline Thieschafer at Fredrikson & Byron.
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Rebuttal
Mass Arbitration Reform Must Focus On Justice
A recent Law360 guest article argued that mass arbitration reform is needed to alleviate companies’ financial and administrative burdens, but any such reform must deliver real justice, not just cost savings for the powerful, says Eduard Korsinsky at Levi & Korsinsky.
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3 Steps For In-House Counsel To Assess Litigation Claims
Before a potential economic downturn, in-house attorneys should investigate whether their company is sitting on hidden litigation claims that could unlock large recoveries to help the business withstand tough times, says Will Burgess at Hilgers Graben.
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Series
Teaching College Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins.
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Series
Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Enviro To Mid-Law
Practitioners leaving a longtime government role for private practice — as when I departed the U.S. Department of Justice’s environmental enforcement division — should prioritize finding a firm that shares their principles, values their experience and will invest in their transition, says John Cruden at Beveridge & Diamond.
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Legal Ethics Considerations For Law Firm Pro Bono Deals
If a law firm enters into a pro bono deal with the Trump administration in exchange for avoiding or removing an executive order, it has an ethical obligation to create a written settlement agreement with specific terms, which would mitigate some potential conflict of interest problems, says Andrew Altschul at Buchanan Angeli.
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Series
Playing Football Made Me A Better Lawyer
While my football career ended over 15 years ago, the lessons the sport taught me about grit, accountability and resilience have stayed with me and will continue to help me succeed as an attorney, says Bert McBride at Trenam.
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Opinion
It's Time To Reform Mass Arbitration
A number of recent lawsuits demonstrate how problematic practices in mass arbitration can undermine its ability to function as a tool for fair and efficient dispute resolution — so reforms including early case filtering, stronger verification requirements and new fee structures are needed to restore the arbitration system's integrity, says Kennen Hagen at FedArb.
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10 Arbitrations And A 5th Circ. Ruling Flag Arb. Clause Risks
The ongoing arbitral saga of Sullivan v. Feldman, which has engendered proceedings before 10 different arbitrators in Texas and Louisiana along with last month's Fifth Circuit opinion, showcases both the risks and limitations of arbitration clauses in retainer agreements for resolving attorney-client disputes, says Christopher Blazejewski at Sherin and Lodgen.
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AI Use Of Hollywood Works: The Case For Statutory Licensing
Amid entertainment industry concerns about how generative artificial intelligence uses its copyrighted content, a statutory licensing framework may offer a more viable path than litigation and petitions — one that aligns legal doctrine, economic incentives and technological progress, says Rob Rosenberg at Telluride Legal.
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Series
Power To The Paralegals: The Value Of Unified State Licensing
Texas' proposal to become the latest state to license paraprofessional providers of limited legal services could help firms expand their reach and improve access to justice, but consumers, attorneys and allied legal professionals would benefit even more if similar programs across the country become more uniform, says Michael Houlberg at the University of Denver.
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Key Digital Asset Issues Require Antitrust Vigilance
As the digital assets industry continues to mature and consolidate during Trump 2.0, it will inevitably bump up against the antitrust laws in a new way, with potential pitfalls related to merger reviews, conspiratorial or monopolistic conduct, and interlocking directorates, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.