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  • July 23, 2025

    Oakley Penalized For Failing To Preserve Texts In MSG Spat

    A New York federal judge Wednesday declined to dismiss the assault and battery lawsuit launched by former New York Knicks player Charles Oakley against Madison Square Garden and said it will not impose monetary sanctions, related to destroyed text messages, against two law firms representing him.

  • July 23, 2025

    Anthropic Judge Says Authors Can Seek OpenAI Docs In NY

    A California federal judge on Wednesday told a certified class of authors claiming Anthropic stole their work to train its AI technology that they have his blessing to ask a New York court overseeing copyright litigation against OpenAI and Microsoft to produce documents and deposition testimony related to the California case.

  • July 23, 2025

    Medical Device Co. Faces Investor Suit Over Sales Decline

    Eye surgery equipment manufacturer RxSight Inc. has been hit with a proposed shareholder class action accusing it of concealing "adoption challenges" and declining sales of its products, which led to a nearly 38% hit to shares when it finally disclosed the shortcomings.

  • July 23, 2025

    Ex-Copyright Chief Suggests Trump Fired Her Over AI Report

    An attorney for the fired leader of the U.S. Copyright Office suggested Wednesday that President Donald Trump "sought to sideline her" to stop her from advising Congress on issues related to the use of copyrighted material for training artificial intelligence models, noting her dismissal occurred shortly after she released a pivotal report on the subject.

  • July 23, 2025

    9th Circ. Revives Barrett Business Services' Secrets Case

    The Ninth Circuit has reinstated Barrett Business Services Inc.'s claims of trade secret theft against two former employees, their wives and a competing company they started.

  • July 23, 2025

    Eye-Control Wheelchair Tech Targeted In Wash. Co.'s IP Suit

    A Washington-based firm that makes devices for individuals with disabilities has launched a lawsuit in federal court claiming a German company exploited its patented technology that allows users to control powered wheelchairs by looking at a screen.

  • July 23, 2025

    8th Circ. Tosses FCC Dems' Local Media Ownership Rule

    The Eighth Circuit on Wednesday threw out local media ownership rules passed a year and a half ago by Democrats on a split Federal Communications Commission vote.

  • July 23, 2025

    Amazon Shoppers Protest Proposed 'Mini-Trial' On Class Cert.

    Consumers are fighting Amazon's bid for an evidentiary hearing in parallel antitrust suits before a Washington federal judge decides a pending class certification motion, insisting the company has had plenty of time to vet key opinions from the plaintiffs' economics expert.

  • July 23, 2025

    Operators Of Streaming Site Jetflicks Sentenced Up To 7 Years

    Five people convicted last year of running an illegal streaming website called Jetflicks have been sentenced by a Nevada federal judge, with one receiving seven years in prison and three others receiving shorter terms.

  • July 23, 2025

    UK Eyes Google, Apple Mandates For App Ranking, Payments

    United Kingdom antitrust authorities on Wednesday formally proposed singling out Apple's and Google's mobile platforms for extra regulatory attention and specific mandates, proposing road maps for the Play Store and App Store that could try to stop the companies from boosting their own apps and commission-based payment systems.

  • July 23, 2025

    Tort Report: Panera Settles Last Of 'Charged Lemonade' Suits

    The final resolution of a handful of injury suits over Panera Bread's caffeinated lemonade drink and the U.S. Supreme Court's rejection of a medical malpractice case lead Law360's Tort Report, which compiles recent personal injury and medical malpractice news that may have flown under the radar.

  • July 23, 2025

    DLA Piper Employment Atty Jumps To Davis Wright In LA

    Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is expanding its employment law team, announcing this week that it has brought in a DLA Piper litigator as a partner in its Los Angeles office.

  • July 23, 2025

    Apple Tells 9th Circ. Birthright Ruling Scraps Epic's Injunction

    Apple Inc. told the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling in litigation challenging President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship executive order means that a nationwide injunction and civil contempt order in Epic Games Inc.'s antitrust case over Apple's App Store policies cannot stand.

  • July 23, 2025

    Bradley Arant Taps Arnall Golden Fintech Pro In Atlanta

    Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has added a former Arnall Golden Gregory LLP attorney as a partner in the firm's banking and financial services group to extend its Atlanta team counseling technology companies.

  • July 23, 2025

    Rocket Maker IRocket To Go Public Via $400M SPAC Merger

    Greenberg Traurig LLP-advised Innovative Rocket Technologies Inc., also called iRocket, and White & Case LLP-led special purpose acquisition company BPGC Acquisition Corp. unveiled plans Wednesday to merge in a $400 million deal that would take iRocket public.

  • July 23, 2025

    Career Cooley Corporate Lawyer Joins DLA Piper In Va.

    A career Cooley LLP emerging growth companies lawyer who got his law degree after serving as a captain in the U.S. Air Force is moving from the platform he's spent a decade with to DLA Piper's office just outside the nation's capital.

  • July 23, 2025

    Trump Publishes AI 'Action Plan' With 90 Policy Proposals

    In an effort to secure America's leadership in artificial intelligence, the Trump administration released a blueprint Wednesday outlining ideas to accelerate innovation, modernize infrastructure and foster international collaboration while safeguarding national security.

  • July 23, 2025

    Paramount, Skydance Defend Merger Plan At FCC

    Paramount Global and Skydance Media continued to lobby the Federal Communications Commission for approval of their proposed $8 billion merger last week, telling the agency not to side with commenters calling for additional regulation as a condition.

  • July 23, 2025

    PE-Backed Consumer Data Giant NIQ Prices $1.1B IPO

    Private equity-backed consumer research services provider NIQ Global Intelligence began trading after pricing its initial public offering at $1.1 billion within its marketed range, one of two new listings to debut Wednesday.

  • July 23, 2025

    Senate Confirms Roth To Lead Federal Spectrum Agency

    The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Arielle Roth as the next chief of the U.S. Department of Commerce agency that manages federal use of the airwaves.

  • July 22, 2025

    Google, Meta Can't Escape GoodRx Health Data Sharing Suit

    Google, Meta Platforms and Criteo largely cannot escape litigation alleging GoodRx improperly shared patients' protected health information with the tech companies, a California federal judge ruled Tuesday.

  • July 22, 2025

    Becton Dickinson Investors Seek Final OK Of $9M Deal

    Investors in medical tech manufacturer Becton Dickinson are seeking final approval of their $9 million deal that will end derivative claims the company was damaged by its attempts to hide regulatory problems regarding sales of its Alaris pump, which would add to the list of settlements the company has entered over the alleged misrepresentations.

  • July 22, 2025

    Engineer Cops To Stealing Missile Tracking Tech To Aid China

    An engineer who worked at a tech company admitted in California federal court to stealing trade secrets regarding nuclear missile detection used by the U.S. government after previously seeking to help the People's Republic of China with its military research, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

  • July 22, 2025

    Meta And Menstrual App Maker Violated Privacy, Users Testify

    Five named plaintiffs testified Tuesday in a 13 million-member class action alleging Meta and Flo Health illegally collected their private health information and used it for ad targeting, telling a California federal jury considering the multibillion-dollar suit that they never gave permission for data from the menstrual-tracking app to be shared.

  • July 22, 2025

    Clorox's $380M Suit Says Cognizant Gave Hackers Passwords

    Bleach maker Clorox hit Cognizant with a $380 million lawsuit in California state court Tuesday, alleging the cybersecurity company enabled a "catastrophic" 2023 cyberattack by handing over highly sensitive Clorox employee passwords after hackers simply asked for them.

Expert Analysis

  • Series

    Playing Mah-Jongg Makes Me A Better Mediator

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    Mah-jongg rewards patience, pattern recognition, adaptability and keen observation, all skills that are invaluable to my role as a mediator, and to all mediating parties, says Marina Corodemus.

  • Does Research Tool Safe Harbor Cover AI Drug Development?

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    As artificial intelligence increasingly takes root in drug development, many questions may emerge regarding current gaps in courts' application of the research tool exception to the safe harbor defense against patent infringement, and whether that defense applies to AI-based tools, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

  • Tips For Business Users After 2 Key AI Copyright Decisions

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    Because two recent artificial intelligence copyright decisions from the Northern District of California — Bartz v. Anthropic and Kadrey v. Meta — came out mostly in favor of the developers using the plaintiffs' works to train large language models, business users should proceed with care, says Chris Wlach at Acxiom.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Navigating Client Trauma

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    Law schools don't train students to handle repeated exposure to clients' traumatic experiences, but for litigators practicing in areas like civil rights and personal injury, success depends on the ability to view cases clinically and to recognize when you may need to seek help, says Katie Bennett at Robins Kaplan.

  • Copyright Takeaways From 2 Calif. GenAI Rulings

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    Two California federal court decisions suggest that the fair use defense may protect generative artificial intelligence output, but given the ongoing war between copyright holders and AI platforms, developers should still consider taking steps to reduce legal risk, says Lincoln Essig at Knobbe Martens.

  • 5 Things Manufacturing GCs Should Know About Cyber Risk

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    Following a recent government report underscoring the growing cyber threat landscape for manufacturers, general counsel in the sector should be aware of the potentially broad consequences of a cyberattack, evolving notification systems and the need for incident response plans, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.

  • Challenging A Class Representative's Adequacy And Typicality

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    Recent cases highlight that a named plaintiff cannot certify a putative class action unless they can meet all the applicable requirements of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, so defendants should consider challenging a plaintiff's ability to meet typicality and adequacy requirements early and often, say attorneys at Womble Bond.

  • Lawsuit, Exec Orders Should Boost Small Modular Reactors

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    A lawsuit in Texas federal court and a set of new executive orders from the White House may finally push the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to allow for accelerated deployment of small modular reactors — a technology that could change the country's energy future, says Aleksey Shtivelman at Shutts & Bowen.

  • Opinion

    4 Former Justices Would Likely Frown On Litigation Funding

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    As courts increasingly confront cases involving hidden litigation finance contracts, the jurisprudence of four former U.S. Supreme Court justices establishes a constitutional framework that risks erosion by undisclosed financial interests, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.

  • Congress Crypto Movement Could Bring CFTC 'Clarity' At Last

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    The Clarity Act's arrival at the House floor during "Crypto Week" in Congress demonstrates enduring bipartisan support for legislation addressing digital assets and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's important role in a future regulatory structure, say attorneys at DLA Piper.

  • What To Know About Bill Aiming To Curb CIPA

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    A bill pending in the California Assembly would amend the California Invasion of Privacy Act to allow for the use of website tracking technologies for commercial business purposes, limiting class actions seeking damages under the act for industry standard practices, say Katherine Alphonso and Avazeh Pourhamzeh at Kaufman Dolowich.

  • Practical Implications Of SEC's New Crypto Staking Guidance

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent staff guidance that protocol staking does not constitute securities offerings provides a workable compliance blueprint for crypto developers, validators and custodial platforms willing to keep staking strictly limited to protocol-driven rewards, say attorneys at Cahill.

  • Brand Protection Takeaways From OpenAI Trademark Case

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    The ongoing battle between IYO and OpenAI offers critical lessons on diligent trademark enforcement and proactive risk management for startups and established players alike navigating branding in the rapidly evolving artificial intelligence sector, say attorneys at Dykema.

  • How Attys Can Use AI To Surface Narratives In E-Discovery

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    E-discovery has reached a turning point where document review is no longer just about procedural tasks like identifying relevance and redacting privilege — rather, generative artificial intelligence tools now allow attorneys to draw connections, extract meaning and tell a coherent story, says Rose Jones at Hilgers Graben.

  • Identifying Data Center Investment Challenges, Opportunities

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    The role of data centers is expanding, as are new opportunities for private capital investors, but there are issues to consider, including finance models and contract complexity, as well as power supply, cyber threat resilience and data sovereignty, say lawyers at Ropes & Gray.

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