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June 20, 2025
2nd Circ. Affirms End Of NFL Meta Pixel Code Privacy Suit
The Second Circuit on Friday declined to revive a New York federal lawsuit against the NFL over its use of Meta's tracking pixel on its website, finding an ordinary person would not be able to decipher the information collected.
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June 20, 2025
Mich. Judge Denies Ethics Charges, Says He Was Spied On
A Michigan state judge accused of disparaging the district court's chief judge during official proceedings as well as secretly recording a conversation with her has responded to formal charges against him, refuting the allegations and additionally claiming the court has spied on him.
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June 20, 2025
Texas Jury To Decide Google Ad Tech Liability, Not Damages
A Texas federal judge is giving Google only partial reprieve from facing a jury on state attorneys general claims targeting its advertising placement technology business, leaving liability under federal antitrust law and any damages up to the court, while letting most state law claims go to the jury.
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June 20, 2025
Atty Interaction Prompts Recusal In Google AI Suicide Suit
A Florida federal judge and former Gunster shareholder has recused himself from a suit accusing Character.AI and Google of causing the suicide of a teen who was addicted to an artificial intelligence chatbot, after a Munger Tolles & Olson LLP attorney said he discussed the case with the then-attorney last year.
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June 20, 2025
Invest In More Broadband Use, Not Overbuilds, Report Says
The federal government should be spending its money on making sure areas with no internet at all are getting connected, not "overbuilding" in areas that already have it, a new report says on the best way to close the digital divide.
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June 20, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Pogust Goodhead face legal action from mining giant BHP Group, Trainline bring a procurement claim against the Department for Transport, Sworders auction house sue Conservative peer Patricia Rawlings, and Nokia hit with a patents claim by Hisense. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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June 20, 2025
Off The Bench: Lakers Sale, NASCAR Antitrust, NIL Appeals
In this week's Off The Bench, the Lakers fetch a $10 billion valuation as a new owner takes control of the franchise, a federal judge urges litigants in the NASCAR antitrust brawl to settle, and appeals pile up against the NCAA's landmark $2.78 billion athlete compensation settlement.
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June 20, 2025
Judge Denies Raw Story, AlterNet's Bid To Revive OpenAI Suit
A Manhattan federal judge has denied a request from AlterNet and Raw Story to reconsider the dismissal of their lawsuit accusing OpenAI of removing author and copyright information from material to train ChatGPT, saying the plaintiffs can appeal to the Second Circuit.
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June 20, 2025
Chancery OKs Expedited Trial In Nielsen Co. Suit
Nielsen Holdings Ltd. won an early partial victory Friday in a suit accusing a consumer intelligence venture it spun off in 2021 of seeking to cut off access to data used by the former parent and another business Nielsen Holdings intends to sell to the spinoff's competitor, Circana LLC.
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June 20, 2025
Texas Justices Pass On USA Today, Tax Firm Defamation Fight
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday declined to take up a venue dispute in a defamation suit against USA Today over a 2021 investigative series into tax services and technology company Ryan LLC.
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June 20, 2025
FCC Revisits National Cap On TV Ownership Again
The Federal Communications Commission leadership has signaled that it's open to the idea of stripping away some of the ownership regulations that right-leaning groups and activists say make it too hard for local broadcasters to compete with more heavyweight media companies.
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June 20, 2025
Nike, Shoe Surgeon Settle TM Suit Over Custom Sneakers
Nike has agreed to settle a trademark lawsuit it brought in New York against a Los Angeles-based sneaker customizing company called The Shoe Surgeon and others for direct and contributory infringement, with the defendants agreeing to pay an undisclosed sum to the sports apparel giant.
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June 20, 2025
Crew Member Says HBO Pays Late, Fails To Provide Breaks
Crew members working for HBO and a production company were paid several days late and were often required to work through their meal and rest breaks, a Private Attorneys General Act lawsuit filed in California state court said.
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June 20, 2025
Artist Accuses Hachette Of AI-Created Copyright Violations
A freelance artist accused Hachette Book Group of using artificial intelligence to create derivative book covers of copyrighted artwork he created for books authored by romance and thriller novelist Sandra Brown.
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June 18, 2025
Sens., AGs Unite To Raise Alarm On State AI Moratorium
A sweeping proposal being considered by Congress to strip states of the ability to regulate artificial intelligence for a decade would do more harm than good, especially if there continues to be no similar protections in place at the federal level, a bipartisan quartet of U.S. senators and state attorneys general said Wednesday.Â
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June 18, 2025
Mississippi Social Media Law Blocked Again By Federal Judge
A Mississippi federal judge reinstated a preliminary injunction Wednesday that blocks a state law requiring digital service providers to verify users' ages and social media platforms to acquire parental consent for a minor's account, preventing it from taking effect after the Fifth Circuit lifted the court's previous injunction.
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June 18, 2025
NY Prosecutors Seize Crypto Linked To Social Media Scams
New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday said her office and the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office collaborated to seize and freeze $440,000 worth of cryptocurrency that was stolen via Facebook scams targeting Russian-speaking communities in the city and beyond.
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June 18, 2025
Split 9th Circ. Partly Undoes Walmart Copyright Verdict
The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday reversed part of a jury's verdict that found Walmart had violated a sculptor's copyrights by selling knockoffs of her lamps, allowing the retail giant to escape paying her attorney fees for now.
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June 18, 2025
Bills On Both Sides Of Capitol Hill Seek Tech Deployment Help
Rural wireless companies praised the recent filing of bills in both chambers of Congress to expand responsibility for funding phone and broadband subsidies to edge providers and tech companies, saying the programs are "no longer sustainable" without more revenue sources.
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June 18, 2025
9th Circ. Backs Papa John's Win Against Wiretapping Suit
The Ninth Circuit refused to reinstate a customer's proposed class action accusing Papa John's of recording website visitors' activities in violation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act, ruling Wednesday the pizza chain, as a party to the communications, can't be liable for spying on its own conversation.Â
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June 18, 2025
Reddit Execs Downplayed Google AI's Impact, Investors Say
Reddit and its top brass downplayed the impact Google's artificial intelligence-generated search results had on the forum website's traffic and ad revenues, causing stocks to drop when the truth emerged about weakening revenues, according to an investor's proposed class action filed Wednesday in California federal court.
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June 18, 2025
Judge Warns Overeager Samsung, ZTE Attys Not To Bug Staff
A California federal judge has issued a short, stern warning to counsel in Samsung's antitrust fight against ZTE over its standard essential patents' licensing practices, telling counsel not to contact court staff again about the status of their pending stipulation and noting "future improper communications to court staff may result in sanctions."
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June 18, 2025
FTC, Amazon Trade Blows Over Attempts To End Prime Case
The Federal Trade Commission and Amazon have slammed one another in federal court filings over their competing bids to win regulators' case targeting Prime subscription enrollment practices, continuing to spar over the applicability of a consumer protection law shielding online shoppers.
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June 18, 2025
Netflix Gets Fed. Circ.'s Backing In Streaming Patent Fight
The Federal Circuit on Wednesday affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board finding that invalidated claims in a streaming patent challenged by Netflix while also vacating the board's decision to decline to scrub other claims.
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June 18, 2025
Trump Set To Delay TikTok Sale-Or-Ban Deadline For 3rd Time
President Donald Trump is planning to extend for an additional 90 days a looming deadline for TikTok to cut ties with its Chinese parent company or face a nationwide ban, according to the White House, which said that the administration would use the extra time to finalize a deal to keep the popular social media app from going dark.Â
Expert Analysis
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A Look At 2024 NIL Rights And Economies In College Sports
Permutations in the arena of name, image and likeness affecting collegiate athletics have continued unabated this year, and practitioners and industry representatives should anticipate significant activity at schools and continuing legal changes at the state level, say attorneys at Pillsbury.
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What Trump's 2nd Presidency Could Mean For Crypto Sector
Trump's second term will bring a fundamental shift from the Biden administration's approach to crypto-asset regulation and banking supervision, with the most significant changes likely taking effect in the first two quarters of 2025 and broader policy shifts emerging over the next year, say attorneys at Cahill.
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Copyright Questions Surround AI Music Platform Suits
If recent lawsuits filed by the Recording Industry Association of America against two artificial intelligence music platform developers — who maintain that use of copyrighted works to train AI models constitutes fair use — go to trial, this novel issue will make for potentially precedent-setting decisions, says intellectual property lawyer Eric Lane.
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Promoting Diversity In The Selection Of ADR Neutrals
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Choosing neutrals from diverse backgrounds is an important step in promoting inclusion in the legal profession, and it can enhance the legitimacy and public perception of alternative dispute resolution proceedings, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.
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Series
Playing Ultimate Makes Us Better Lawyers
In addition to being fun, ultimate Frisbee has improved our legal careers by emphasizing the importance of professionalism, teamwork, perseverance, enthusiasm and vulnerability, say Arunabha Bhoumik and Adam Bernstein at Regeneron.Â
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Tracking The Slow Movement Of AI Copyright Cases
The tech community may be expecting a prompt resolution on whether products generated by artificial intelligence are a fair use of copyrighted works, but legal history shows that a response to this question — at the heart of over 30 pending cases — will take years, say attorneys at White & Case.
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How Property Insurance Coverage Shrank After The Pandemic
Insurers litigating property claims are leveraging rulings that provided relief in the COVID-19 context to reverse the former majority rule on physical loss or damage in all contexts, say attorneys at Reed Smith.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On Metadata
Several recent rulings reflect the competing considerations that arise when parties dispute the form of production for electronically stored information, underscoring that counsel must carefully consider how to produce and request reasonably usable data, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Striking A Balance Between AI Use And Attorney Well-Being
As the legal industry increasingly adopts generative artificial intelligence tools to boost efficiency, leaders must note the hidden costs of increased productivity, and work to protect attorneys’ well-being while unlocking AI’s full potential, says Ed Sohn at Factor.
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Fleetwood Facts: Art Imitating Life, Or Infringing Copyright?
A new lawsuit in New York federal court over Broadway's "Stereophonic" play tests copyright's limits, as copyright law poses significant hurdles when it comes to real-life stories, and the line between fact and fiction isn't always clear-cut, says Aaron Moss at Greenberg Glusker.
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Empathy In Mediation Offers A Soft Landing For Disputes
Experiencing a crash-landing on a recent flight underscored to me how much difference empathy makes in times of crisis or stress, including during mediation, says Eydith Kaufman at Alternative Resolution Centers.
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Series
Being An Artist Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My work as an artist has highlighted how using creativity and precision together — qualities that are equally essential in both art and law — not only improves outcomes, but also leads to more innovative and thoughtful work, says Sarah La Pearl at Segal McCambridge.
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How Judiciary Can Minimize AI Risks In Secondary Sources
Because courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence and other safeguards do not address the risk of hallucinations in secondary source materials, the judiciary should consider enlisting legal publishers and database hosts to protect against AI-generated inaccuracies, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.
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3 Steps For Companies To Combat Task Scams
On the rise in the U.S., the task scam — when scammers offer a victim a fake work-from-home job — hurts impersonated businesses by tarnishing their name and brand, but companies have a few ways to fight back against these cons, says Chris Wlach at Huge.
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Perspectives
Protecting Survivor Privacy In High-Profile Sex Assault Cases
Multiple civil lawsuits filed against Sean "Diddy" Combs, with claims ranging from sexual assault and trafficking to violent physical beatings, provide important lessons for attorneys to take proactive measures to protect the survivor's anonymity and privacy, says Andrea Lewis at Searcy Denney.