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  • July 01, 2025

    Hartford Units Avoid Asbestos Settlement Coverage

    Three Hartford units have no duty to cover a brake and clutch manufacturer for an asbestos injury settlement, a New Jersey federal court ruled, finding the company's late notice of the claim doomed its chances at coverage.

  • July 01, 2025

    $70M Verdict Boosts TriZetto's Trade Secrets Award To $370M

    A New York federal jury has concluded that the TriZetto Group, a healthcare software company, is entitled to nearly $70 million in compensatory damages due to Syntel Inc.'s copyright infringement and trade secret theft, bringing the total award for TriZetto to $370 million following a damages retrial.

  • July 01, 2025

    Apple Hit With $111M Patent Verdict In Delaware

    A Delaware federal jury has found that Apple owes more than $110.7 million for infringing a Spanish company's wireless communications systems patent with the tech giant's products, including mobile phones and tablets.

  • July 01, 2025

    Judge Dismisses Health Data Breach Suit As 'Bare Assertions'

    A North Carolina federal judge has thrown out a putative data breach class action against a health information company, finding that the named plaintiff's alleged anxiety, injuries in the form of future harms, and fear over his financial situation were too speculative to support standing under Article III.

  • July 01, 2025

    Top Personal Injury, Med Mal News: 2025 Midyear Report

    A U.S. Supreme Court ruling over whether personal injury claims can be brought under a RICO statute and a $7.4 billion settlement reached with the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma are among Law360's top personal injury and medical malpractice cases from the first six months of 2025.

  • July 01, 2025

    House Report Says Ad Group Colluded With Foreign Govts

    The World Federation of Advertisers' digital safety initiative targeted conservative voices with a digital advertising pressure campaign meant to "undermine American civil liberties" and "limit" consumer choice up until the project's discontinuation last year, according to a new report from the Republican-controlled House Judiciary Committee.

  • July 01, 2025

    Willkie Lands Orrick Energy Leader In Houston

    The global head of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's energy and infrastructure group has moved his practice to Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in Houston, Willkie announced Tuesday.

  • July 01, 2025

    Judge OKs Perplexity 'Comet' Browser Launch Amid TM Fight

    Perplexity AI can go forward with launching a search engine called "Comet" amid a trademark infringement challenge by Comet ML Inc., but the artificial intelligence giant can't encroach on the other company's market territory, a California federal judge said Monday.

  • July 01, 2025

    Groups Urge Fed. Circ. To Stop USPTO Retroactive Denials

    Advocacy groups in the communications, automotive and technology fields have thrown their support behind Motorola's challenge of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's decision to retroactively apply a decision withdrawing earlier guidance on when the Patent Trial and Appeal Board should not review patent challenges.

  • June 30, 2025

    Verizon Says Mich. Town Illegally Rejected Cell Tower

    Communications tower builder Skyway Towers is going after a township in northern Michigan that it says illegally denied its request to build a cell tower for Verizon that the major telecom company needs in order to keep its service in the area reliable.

  • June 30, 2025

    Proton Joins Fight Over Alleged Apple App Store Monopoly

    Swiss technology company Proton on Monday filed its own proposed class action accusing Apple of monopolizing the markets for iOS app distribution and payment processing, saying this latest suit is needed to ensure Apple changes its App Store policies and permanently end the alleged anticompetitive behavior.

  • June 30, 2025

    Battery-Maker Says Award Against Tesla Must Be Enforced

    Matthews International Corp. has asked a California federal court to enforce an arbitral award against Tesla Inc. that guarantees the global battery maker's right to sell its dry battery electrode equipment to parties other than the electric car giant.

  • June 30, 2025

    Supreme Court May Shape Future Of ISP Liability In Cox Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court's decision Monday to take on a $1 billion battle between major music publishers and Cox Communications Inc. could set new liability boundaries for internet service providers that have faced significant damages for allegedly not curbing users who repeatedly download songs illegally.

  • June 30, 2025

    Aspen Hotel Investor Can't Get 2nd Go In $1M Fraud Suit

    A Colorado federal judge on Monday dismissed the bulk of claims against a luxury hotel owner accused of stealing more than $1.3 million from a former investment partner, ruling that the claims have already been litigated in New York state court.

  • June 30, 2025

    RTX Expands Contract Fight With New Breach Claim

    RTX Corp. said the consulting firm Delaware North America LLC missed deadlines and failed to deliver on an information technology services contract, in a breach of contract counterclaim filed in litigation that Delaware initiated.

  • June 30, 2025

    TD Bank Suit Doesn't Link Data Sharing To Harm, Judge Says

    TD Bank has escaped a proposed class action alleging it wrongfully shared customers' personal information with Meta Platforms Inc. for marketing purposes, with a judge ruling that the plaintiff failed to allege what sensitive financial information belonging to him was improperly disclosed.

  • June 30, 2025

    Chipmaker Wolfspeed Hits Ch. 11 With Plan To Ax $4.6B Debt

    Semiconductor maker Wolfspeed Inc. filed for Chapter 11 protection in Texas bankruptcy court Monday with a plan supported by its senior lenders to slash about $4.6 billion of debt and emerge from the insolvency proceeding later this year.

  • June 30, 2025

    FCC To Screen Regulatory Offenses For Criminal Liability

    The Federal Communications Commission has outlined criteria to decide when regulatory offenses should lead to criminal liability, responding to a White House executive order issued to federal agencies in May.

  • June 30, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Affirms Mixed PTAB Rulings On Computing IP

    The Federal Circuit on Monday backed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's finding that Amazon was able to show a Swarm Technology computer processing patent was invalid but refused to throw out a separate patent.

  • June 30, 2025

    Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

    Delaware's Supreme Court was kept busy this past week with litigants' attempts to challenge its previous decisions, as well as those of Delaware's Court of Chancery, which included an argument that the state's high court incorrectly ruled in favor of energy company Boardwalk Pipeline Partners LP by rejecting the Chancery's decision upholding class claims branding the call-in of public shares unfair. In case you missed it, here's the latest from the Delaware Chancery Court.

  • June 30, 2025

    FCC Delays Deadlines To Cap Prison Phone Rates

    The Federal Communications Commission on Monday temporarily waived compliance deadlines for its contested new prison phone rate caps until April 2027.

  • June 30, 2025

    Xockets Sues Amazon, Claiming Data Patent Infringement

    Tech startup Xockets Inc. on Monday hit Amazon.com Inc. and Amazon Web Services Inc. with two lawsuits in Texas federal court, claiming infringement of its data processing unit patents that it said are central to advancing artificial intelligence technology.

  • June 30, 2025

    Del. Justices Uphold State Sale Of Long-Dormant Stock

    Rejecting a doctor's claim that the risk of a state seizure and sale of his long-unchecked stock was "inherently unknowable," Delaware's Supreme Court preserved on Monday a lower court's finding that the statute of limitations barred his attempt to reclaim securities purportedly worth some $600,000 when sold.

  • June 30, 2025

    Meta Gets Court To Pause Its Challenge To FTC Privacy Order

    A D.C. federal judge has agreed to pause Meta's constitutional challenge to the Federal Trade Commission's effort to block the company from monetizing children's data, giving other courts hearing separate cases time to weigh in on the commission's structure and an injunction requested by the company before ruling on dismissal.

  • June 30, 2025

    9 Charged With Cyberfraud In Aid Of North Korea

    Eight Chinese and Taiwanese nationals and a New Jersey resident have been charged in a cyberfraud scheme on behalf of North Korea, in which they allegedly posed as American information technology workers to get remote jobs with U.S. Fortune 500 companies and one defense contractor, federal prosecutors in Massachusetts announced Monday.

Expert Analysis

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Communicating With Clients

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    Law school curricula often overlook client communication procedures, and those who actively teach this crucial facet of the practice can create exceptional client satisfaction and success, says Patrick Hanson at Wiggam Law.

  • 3 Judicial Approaches To Applying Loper Bright, 1 Year Later

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    In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Chevron deference in its Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision, a few patterns have emerged in lower courts’ application of the precedent to determine whether agency actions are lawful, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.

  • Breaking Down Part 3 Of The Copyright Office's AI Report

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    On May 9, the U.S. Copyright Office published a prepublication version of the third and final part of its three-part report on artificial intelligence, offering key insights on the unauthorized use of copyrighted material by AI systems, says Courtney Sarnow at CM Law.

  • Trending At The PTAB: Shifts In Parallel Proceedings Strategy

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    Dynamics are changing between the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and federal courts, with two recent discretionary denials and one Federal Circuit decision offering takeaways for both patent owners and challengers navigating parallel proceedings, say attorneys at Finnegan.

  • What Businesses Need To Know To Avoid VPPA Class Actions

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    Divergent rulings by the Second, Sixth and Seventh Circuits about the scope of the Video Privacy Protection Act have highlighted the difficulty of applying a statute conceived to regulate the now-obsolete brick-and-mortar video store sector in today's internet economy, say attorneys at DTO Law.

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    Adapting To Private Practice: From US Rep. To Boutique Firm

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    My transition from serving as a member of Congress to becoming a partner at a boutique firm has been remarkably smooth, in part because I never stopped exercising my legal muscles, maintained relationships with my former colleagues and set the right tone at the outset, says Mondaire Jones at Friedman Kaplan.

  • Discretionary Denial Rulings May Spur Calls For PTAB Reform

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    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's recent decision in iRhythm Technologies v. Welch Allyn, denying inter partes review based on the patent owner's settled expectations that the patent would not be challenged, could motivate patent holders to seek Patent Trial and Appeal Board reform to preserve patent quality without burdening owners, say attorneys at Dechert.

  • Comparing New Neural Data Privacy Laws In 4 States

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    Although no federal law yet addresses neural privacy comprehensively, the combined effect of recent state laws in Colorado, California, Montana and Connecticut is already shaping the regulatory future, but a multistate compliance strategy has quickly become a gating item for those experimenting with neuro-enabled workplace tools, says Kristen Mathews at Cooley.

  • Spinoff Transaction Considerations For Biotech M&A

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    Amid current market challenges, boards and management teams of biotech companies can consider several strategies for maximizing value should a spinoff opportunity arise, but not without significant advance planning and careful implementation, particularly in cases that might qualify as tax-free, say attorneys at Paul Hastings.

  • 2025's First Half Brings Regulatory Detours For Fintechs

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    The first half of the year has resulted in a bifurcated regulatory environment for fintechs, featuring narrowed enforcement in some areas, heightened scrutiny in others and a policy window that, with proper compliance, offers meaningful opportunities for innovation, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Opinion

    Senate's 41% Litigation Finance Tax Would Hurt Legal System

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    The Senate’s latest version of the Big Beautiful Bill Act would impose a 41% tax on the litigation finance industry, but the tax is totally disconnected from the concerns it purports to address, and it would set the country back to a time when small plaintiffs had little recourse against big defendants, says Anthony Sebok at Cardozo School of Law.

  • Comparing Stablecoin Bills From UK, EU, US And Hong Kong

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    For multinational stablecoin issuers, navigating the differences and similarities among regimes in the U.K., EU, Hong Kong and U.S., which are currently unfolding in several key ways, is critical to achieving scalable, compliant operations, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Tips For Litigating Apex Doctrine Disputes Amid Controversy

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    Litigants once took for granted that deposition requests of high-ranking corporate officers required a greater showing of need than for lower-level witnesses, but the apex doctrine has proven controversial in recent years, and fights over such depositions will be won by creative lawyers adapting their arguments to this particular moment, say attorneys at Hangley Aronchick.

  • Series

    Performing As A Clown Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    To say that being a clown in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has changed my legal career would truly be an understatement — by creating an opening to converse on a unique topic, it has allowed me to connect with clients, counsel and even judges on a deeper level, says Charles Tatelbaum at Tripp Scott.

  • A Midyear Tuneup For Your Trade Secret Portfolio

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    Halfway through 2025, now is a good time for companies to thoroughly evaluate their trade secret portfolios and follow eight steps to reassess protection processes for confidential information, says Robert Jensen at Wolf Greenfield.

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