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July 21, 2025
Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
Last week at the Delaware Court of Chancery, a major settlement between Meta Platforms Inc. and its investors reached on the proverbial courthouse steps during day two of a trial ended an $8 billion-plus suit accusing the company's directors and officers of breaching privacy regulations and corporate fiduciary duties tied to allegations dating to the Cambridge Analytica scandal more than a decade ago.
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July 21, 2025
Pet Care App Wag! Plans To Go Private In Ch. 11
The pet care app Wag! filed for bankruptcy on Monday, saying it expects to have a prepackaged restructuring plan confirmed in just over a month that will transfer ownership of the publicly traded company to its secured lender.
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July 21, 2025
DC Circ. Strikes Down Gag Order On X Corp. Subpoenas
A D.C. Circuit panel has struck down a lower court's sweeping order blocking X Corp. from informing users about government data requests, with the appeals court finding the district court failed to identify specific harm that would come from keeping users in the loop.
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July 21, 2025
11th Circ Says. Experian Not Liable For Credit Dispute Costs
The Eleventh Circuit upheld a win for Experian PLC when it held that a consumer's attempts to correct inaccurate information in a credit report can't constitute an injury without evidence that the data was published to a third party or some other actual or imminent harm.
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July 21, 2025
Oil Equipment Co. Says Agent At Fault For Lack Of Coverage
An oilfield equipment supplier said it is facing potential liability exceeding $1.3 million because of its insurance agent's negligence, telling a Texas state court the agent failed to timely notify the company's cyber insurer after a hacking incident.
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July 21, 2025
States, Territories Get The OK For $42B In Broadband Grants
The U.S. Department of Commerce said Monday that all 56 states and territories taking part in a $42.5 billion expansion of U.S. broadband service can now begin picking contractors to get the work done on the ground.
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July 21, 2025
4th Circ. Reverses Portion Of Railroads' Broadband Suit
The Fourth Circuit has ruled that the Association of American Railroads has standing to challenge a Virginia state law requiring railroads to allow for broadband crossings, reversing a trial court decision and dealing another blow to a law that the Virginia Supreme Court already gutted on state constitutional grounds in May.
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July 21, 2025
Mismanagement Cost Nokia 401(k) Plan $100M, Suit Alleges
Two former Nokia workers have hit their ex-employer with a proposed Employee Retirement Income Security Act class action in New Jersey federal court, accusing the company of mismanaging its 401(k) plan.
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July 21, 2025
GlobalFoundries Faces $9.2M Verdict In Chip Patent Trial
A Texas federal jury has found that semiconductor maker GlobalFoundries Inc. infringed a patent belonging to Texas-based competitor Katana Silicon Technologies LLC and owes $9.2 million.
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July 21, 2025
NY Judge Wants Atty To Explain Bogus AI Citations
A federal judge wants a New York attorney to explain himself after he potentially used artificial intelligence to write his response to an order she issued concerning his use of AI to write an earlier brief that cited nonexistent cases.
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July 21, 2025
Uber Sues LA Law Firms Over Alleged Crash Fraud Scheme
Uber Technologies Inc. filed a lawsuit Monday against two Los Angeles personal injury firms, two of their attorneys and others, alleging the ride-sharing company is being targeted by a scheme involving fraudulent personal injury claims arising from motor vehicle accidents.
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July 21, 2025
Fed. Circ. Affirms Motorola Win In Camera Patent Suit
A prominent Taiwanese manufacturer of smartphone camera lenses has failed to convince the Federal Circuit that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board wrongly found one of its patents challenged by Motorola to be invalid.
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July 21, 2025
Web Design Giant Figma Launches Plans For $979M IPO
Venture-backed web-design software maker Figma on Monday outlined plans for an estimated $979 million initial public offering, a move that comes after the company's failed $20 billion merger with Adobe Inc.
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July 21, 2025
The Ether Machine Goes Public With $1.5B Via SPAC Merger
Ether generation company The Ether Machine, advised by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, on Monday launched as a public company with more than $1.5 billion of committed capital following its merger with Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP-advised special purpose acquisition company Dynamix Corp.
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July 21, 2025
Carlyle Selling Calastone To SS&C In $1B Fund Tech Deal
SS&C Technologies said Monday it has agreed to acquire global funds network and technology provider Calastone from private equity firm Carlyle for approximately £766 million ($1.03 billion).
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July 21, 2025
X Denies Algorithm Manipulation Amid French Criminal Probe
Social media giant X said Monday that it has refused to cooperate with an investigation by French police over alleged algorithm manipulation and fraudulent use of data, saying the criminal probe is "politically motivated."
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July 21, 2025
Paul Hastings Boosts Tax Team In NY With Ex-Kirkland Atty
Paul Hastings LLP announced Monday that a former Kirkland & Ellis LLP attorney is bringing her tax practice to its New York office in a move the firm says will bolster its ability to guide clients through complex deals like mergers, acquisitions and private equity transactions.
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July 18, 2025
Law360 Names 2025's Top Attorneys Under 40
Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2025, our list of more than 150 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.
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July 18, 2025
Top 4 Texas Court Rulings Of 2025: Midyear Report
Texas courts made several high-profile decisions in the first half of 2025, including backing a multibillion-dollar mattress merger, awarding more than $6 million to employees fired by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, and granting the state a $1.4 billion data privacy settlement with Google. Here are four of the biggest court rulings in Texas so far this year.
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July 18, 2025
USPTO Calls On Fed. Circ. To Reject Fight Over Fintiv Policy
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office urged the Federal Circuit on Friday to reject allegations that its handling of policies governing Fintiv-based discretionary denials violates due process, claiming SAP America Inc. is just upset that its Patent Trial and Appeal Board challenges were rejected.
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July 18, 2025
FCC Seeks To Change How It Handles Broadband Report
The Federal Communications Commission got the ball rolling Friday on its annual inquiry into how available advanced telecommunications are to everyone in the country, only a few weeks before it will vote to change the way it evaluates how well broadband is being deployed.
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July 18, 2025
Stewart Issues Discretion Decisions For 56 More Petitions
Acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart issued 25 more orders on requests for discretionary denial, deciding a total of 56 cases, while the results of earlier proceedings she let move forward have started to roll out.
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July 18, 2025
Hyatt, Hilton Beat Room Price-Fixing Antitrust Suit, For Now
Hyatt, Hilton, Wyndham and other hotels beat a proposed antitrust class action, for now, alleging that they shared confidential occupancy data and prices through IDeaS's revenue management software to inflate room rates, after a California federal judge said Friday the suit doesn't plausibly allege a horizontal agreement or parallel conduct among them.
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July 18, 2025
Chancery Tosses Twitter Investor's $1.9M Stock Drop Suit
A Washington state computer software engineer who sued Elon Musk and affiliated entities in Delaware's Court of Chancery hoping to recoup a $1.88 million loss on Twitter shares he sold when Musk briefly backed out of a deal for the social media company lost on all counts on Friday.
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July 18, 2025
Plaintiffs' Expert Says Tesla Deleted Data From Crashed Car
A vehicle accident reconstruction expert told jurors Thursday that data from the Tesla Model S involved in a fatal Florida Keys crash had been deleted after the crash by the automaker, which is defending its autopilot system at a trial in Miami.
Expert Analysis
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NFL Draft Incident Offers Remote Work Data Security Lessons
A recent incident in which an NFL coach's son prank called a potential draft pick after accessing confidential information on his father's computer serves as a wake-up call for organizations to analyze their protocols and practices related to protecting confidential information during remote work, say attorneys at Paul Hastings.
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Forensic Challenges In Lithium-Ion Battery Fire Cases
Lawsuits over lithium-ion battery fires and explosions often center on the core question of whether the battery was defective or combusted due to some other external factor — so both plaintiff and defense attorneys litigating these cases must understand the forensic issues involved, says Drew LaFramboise at Joseph Greenwald.
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ABA Opinion Makes It A Bit Easier To Drop A 'Hot Potato'
The American Bar Association's recent ethics opinion clarifies when attorneys may terminate clients without good cause, though courts may still disqualify a lawyer who drops a client like a hot potato, so sending a closeout letter is always a best practice, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.
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How Political Divisions Are Stalling Pa. Energy Development
Despite possessing the nation's second-largest natural gas reserves and a legacy of energy infrastructure, Pennsylvania faces a fragmented and politically charged path to developing the energy resources it will need in the future, thanks to legislative gridlock, divided public opinion and competing energy interests, says Andrew Levine at Stradley Ronon.
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A Look At Trump Admin's Shifting Strategies To Curtail sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½
The Trump administration has so far carried out its goal of minimizing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's authority and footprint via an individualized approach comprising rule rollbacks, litigation moves and administrative tools, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
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Evading DOJ Crosshairs As Data Security Open Season Starts
As the U.S. Department of Justice begins enforcing its new data security program — aimed at preventing foreign adversaries from accessing government-related and personal sensitive data — U.S. companies will need to understand the program’s contours and potential pitfalls to avoid potential civil liability or criminal scrutiny, say attorneys at Cohen & Gresser.
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How Trump's Trade Policies Are Shaping Foreign Investment
Five months into the Trump administration, investors are beginning to see the concrete effects of the president’s America First Investment Policy as it presents new opportunities for clearing transactions more quickly, while sustaining risk aversion related to Chinese trade and potentially creating different political risks, say attorneys at Covington.
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How To Balance AI Adoption With Employee Privacy Risks
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As artificial intelligence transforms the workplace, organizations must learn to leverage AI's capabilities while safeguarding against employee privacy risks and complying with a complex web of regulations, including by vetting vendors, mitigating employee misuse and establishing a governance framework, say attorneys at Jackson Lewis.
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Tesla's Robotaxi Push Exposes Gaps In Product Liability Law
As Tesla's deployment of robotaxis on public roads in Austin, Texas, faces regulatory scrutiny and legislative pushback, the legal community confronts an unprecedented challenge: how to apply traditional fault principles, product liability laws and insurance practices to vehicles that operate as rolling computers, says Don Fountain at Clark Fountain.
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Series
My Opera And Baseball Careers Make Me A Better Lawyer
Though participating in opera and the world of professional baseball often pulls me away from the office, my avocations improve my legal career by helping me perform under scrutiny, prioritize team success, and maintain joy and perspective at work, says Adam Unger at Herrick Feinstein.
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FTC Focus: Enforcers Study AI Innovation And Entrenchment
The Federal Trade Commission and other regulators setting their sights on the burgeoning artificial intelligence ecosystem are considering how the government should approach innovation in tech markets that tend, almost inevitably, toward concentration, say attorneys at Proskauer.
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Opinion
Subject Matter Eligibility Test Should Return To Preemption
Subject matter eligibility has posed challenges for patentees due to courts' arbitrary and confusing reasoning, but adopting a two-part preemption test could align the applicant, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the courts, says Manav Das at McDonnell Boehnen.
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8 Ways Lawyers Can Protect The Rule Of Law In Their Work
Whether they are concerned with judicial independence, regulatory predictability or client confidence, lawyers can take specific meaningful actions on their own when traditional structures are too slow or too compromised to respond, says Angeli Patel at the Berkeley Center of Law and Business.
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3 Cautionary Tales For Cos. Using Facial Recognition Tech
Whether a business intends to develop its own facial recognition applications or contract with another company to use such services, three recent case studies should be kept in mind to help lower the risk of litigation or regulatory enforcement, says Adam Nyenhuis at Hilgers Graben.
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How Insurance Policies Are Adapting To AI Risk
While many risks related to artificial intelligence may still fit under existing commercial insurance policies, the rise of broad AI exclusions, the definitional uncertainties surrounding what qualifies as AI and the emergence of affirmative AI coverage signal a shift toward a more fragmented and complex coverage environment, say attorneys at Hunton.