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August 21, 2025
9th Circ. Dissenters Rip Judge's 'Weaponization Of Sanctions'
A half-dozen Ninth Circuit judges Thursday denounced six-figure sanctions against attorneys for prominent politicians challenging Arizona election procedures, accusing a lower court of "twisting and contorting" allegations in order to punish lawyers "based on the nature of the complaint and the clients that they represented."
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August 21, 2025
Google Got App Data Profits After Pledging Privacy, Jury Told
A computer scientist testifying in a multibillion-dollar privacy lawsuit alleging Google LLC illegally collected data from 98 million cellphone users who had opted out of tracking told a California federal jury Thursday that the tech giant stores information about their app use in a "shadow account" and uses it to sell ads.
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August 21, 2025
FTC Warns Tech Cos. To Honor Data Vows In Foreign Dealings
The head of the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday cautioned Meta, Google, Apple, Amazon and other major tech companies to refrain from weakening data security protections or censoring content in response to pressure from foreign governments, reminding them that reneging on promises they make to U.S. consumers could land them in hot water with the agency.
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August 21, 2025
Nikola SPAC, Related Settlements Reach $33.75M In Del.
A multi-court string of settlements has produced a $33.75 million proposed payout for stockholders who alleged in direct and derivative state and federal actions that they were misled in deals that took electric vehicle maker Nikola Corp. public.
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August 21, 2025
Pa. Biz Groups, Providers, Uber Want Fault Loophole Closed
Uber and a coalition of organizations often targeted by injury lawsuits urged a Pennsylvania appeals court to close a legal loophole that they claim largely undermines the purpose of the Fair Share Act, which limits a defendant's liability to their portion of fault.
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August 21, 2025
Biz Groups Appeal Calif. Climate Reporting Ruling To 9th Circ.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups have appealed a court order rejecting their bid to block new California state regulations requiring large companies to publicly disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risks that they claim violate their First Amendment rights.
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August 21, 2025
WDTX Judge Won't Send Nvidia Patent Case To California
A Texas federal court has declined to send a patent dispute between an artificial intelligence startup and chipmaking giant Nvidia to a California federal court, saying it would be no more convenient there than it would be to litigate in Texas.
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August 21, 2025
Court Refuses To Split IT Co.'s Settlement Coverage Claims
A Colorado federal court refused Thursday to separate and stay an information technology company's bad faith claims against a Chubb unit and malpractice claim against a law firm in a dispute over coverage for a $3.4 million underlying judgment.
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August 21, 2025
Perplexity AI Fails To Toss Or Transfer Publishers' IP Suit
Perplexity AI Inc. on Thursday was denied a bid to dismiss a copyright infringement suit brought by the companies that publish The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post when a New York federal judge said the court has jurisdiction over Perplexity under the state's long-arm statute.
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August 21, 2025
UC Grant Cuts Over DEI Likely Stifle Speech, 9th Circ. Says
The Ninth Circuit on Thursday refused to pause a preliminary injunction requiring three federal agencies to reinstate research grants terminated following two of President Donald Trump's executive orders seeking to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion, saying the terminations likely aimed to suppress speech favorable of DEI and environmental justice.
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August 21, 2025
Nintendo Gets PTAB To Pare 2 Patents In Switch Fight
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has found that Nintendo Co. Ltd. was able to show that claims in two patents it was accused of infringing in a Washington federal court lawsuit were obvious.
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August 21, 2025
Snap Inc. Hit With Investor Suit Over Ad Platform Glitch
Snapchat's parent company, Snap Inc., was hit with a proposed shareholder class action Thursday in California federal court accusing it of concealing the effects of a glitch on its advertising auction system that caused it to lose revenue.
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August 21, 2025
sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Calls For Input On Open-Banking Fees, Access Issues
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is taking a first step toward reopening its Biden-era open-banking rule, issuing a fresh call for comment on key sticking points that have divided banks and fintech firms and become a focus of industry litigation.
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August 21, 2025
Digital Ad Co. Misled Investors About Client Loss, Suit Says
Digital advertising firm PubMatic Inc. and two of its executives have been hit with a proposed shareholder class action in California federal court alleging they failed to inform investors about the loss of a key customer for its digital marketing business, which led to a stock price decline when the truth came to light.
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August 21, 2025
Roblox Hit With New Accusations Of Child Safety Shortfalls
The Roblox Corp. prioritized growth and profits over child safety, opening the door to sexual exploitation, a North Carolina mother claimed in the latest complaint the tech giant faces over alleged safety shortfalls.Â
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August 21, 2025
NC Judge Warns Sabotage Trial Might Be A 'Slugfest'
A North Carolina Business Court judge hinted Thursday that he might let a jury decide whether an ordinary person could deduce the identities of a couple who claim they were defamed online by their former friends, but he also urged the feuding families to consider what it might ultimately cost to take their case to trial.
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August 21, 2025
Dolby Says It Has Right To Know Who's Behind PTAB Petition
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corp. wants the full Federal Circuit to rethink a panel's dismissal of its challenge to Patent Trial and Appeal Board proceedings that it prevailed on, saying it was being denied the right to know who exactly was behind a petition seeking to invalidate its patent.
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August 21, 2025
Workers Snag Deal In $500M Twitter Severance Suit
Social media platform X has agreed to settle a suit accusing it of owing workers $500 million in severance after Elon Musk took the reins of the company while it was still named Twitter, the two workers suing and the entity told the Ninth Circuit.
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August 21, 2025
FCC Seeks Feedback On New Pole Attachment Deadlines
The Federal Communications Commission wants industry and interested parties to share what they think about a set of rule changes the agency has proposed to make pole attachment regulations less complicated and hopefully to speed up the deployment of broadband.
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August 21, 2025
Epic Says Google Can't Dodge App Store Trade Libel Claims
Video game and software developer Epic Games Inc. has told a California federal court that Google LLC can't eschew remaining state law claims in a trade libel suit because the alleged harms are new, not resurrected from claims in a separate case.
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August 21, 2025
NHTSA Looking Into Tesla Crash Report Tardiness
Tesla Inc. must explain why many crashes involving its advanced driver-assistance systems or self-driving vehicles are not being timely reported to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, according to a notice filed by federal regulators who are now investigating the company's compliance.
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August 21, 2025
Payment Tech Co. Hit With Patent Infringement Suit In Ga.
Global payment technology company Verifone Inc. has been sued in Georgia federal court for allegedly infringing Sovereign Peak Ventures LLC's patents by "making, selling, importing, offering to sell and using Verifone devices with cellular capabilities."
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August 21, 2025
C-Band Payment Clearinghouse Officially Wound Down
The C-Band Relocation Payment Clearinghouse has officially ceased operations after the Federal Communications Commission agreed back in June that the clearinghouse had done what it was intended to do.
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August 21, 2025
Fed. Circ. Leaves Lost Profits Award Alone In Tennis IP Case
The Federal Circuit on Thursday refused to award a tennis technology company more than the $119,000 in lost profit damages it already won in a case involving a vanishing defendant and the operator of the U.S. Open, but it found a lower court was wrong not to award post-judgment interest.
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August 21, 2025
FCC Seeks Feedback Before Ditching Truth-In-Billing Rules
The Federal Communications Commission is officially asking for opinions on whether the agency's slamming and truth-in-billing rules are outdated and, if so, where they should be cut, after voting earlier this month to propose eliminating some of them.
Expert Analysis
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Harmonized Int'l Framework May Boost Advanced Aircraft
International differences in the certification process for advanced air mobility aircraft make the current framework insufficient — but U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy's recent announcement of a standards harmonization effort may help promote these innovative aviation technologies, while maintaining safety, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Examining TCPA Jurisprudence A Year After Loper Bright
One year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Chevron deference in Loper Bright v. Raimondo, lower court decisions demonstrate that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act will continue to evolve as long-standing interpretations of the act are analyzed with a fresh lens, says Aaron Gallardo at Kilpatrick.
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Gauging The Risky Business Of Business Risk Disclosures
With the recent rise of securities fraud actions based on external events — like a data breach or environmental disaster — that drive down stock prices, risk disclosures have become more of a sword for the plaintiffs bar than a shield for public companies, now the subject of a growing circuit split, say attorneys at A&O Shearman.
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Playing The Violin Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Playing violin in a string quartet reminds me that flexibility, ambition, strong listening skills, thoughtful leadership and intentional collaboration are all keys to a successful legal practice, says Julie Park at MoFo.
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DOJ Enforcement Trends To Watch In 2nd Half Of 2025
Recent investigations, settlements and a declination to prosecute suggest that controlling the flow of goods into and out of the country, and redressing what the administration sees as reverse discrimination, are likely to be at the forefront of the U.S. Department of Justice's enforcement agenda the rest of this year, say attorneys at Baker Botts.
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The State Of AI Adoption In The Patent Field
The use of generative artificial intelligence in patent-related practices has lagged behind early predictions, which may be explained by a number of core concerns that organizations must address before seriously considering adoption, say attorney Michael Drapkin and leadership coach Michael Colacchio.
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Employer Tips As Deepfakes Reshape Workplace Harassment
As the workplace harassment landscape faces the rising threat of fabricated media that hyperrealistically depict employees in sexual or malicious contexts, employers can stay ahead of the curve by tracking new legal obligations, and proactively updating policies, training and response protocols, say attorneys at Littler.
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NY Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q2
In the second quarter of the year, New York utilized every available tool to fill gaps left by federal retrenchment from consumer finance issues, including sweeping updates to its consumer protection framework and notable amendments to cybersecurity rules, say attorneys at Steptoe.
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NM Cyber Ruling Will Spur Litigation As Coverage Remedy
In Kane v. Beazley, the New Mexico Court of Appeals recently found that a cyber liability provision insuring security breaches included coverage for funds transfer fraud, implicitly and incorrectly motivating policyholders to commence litigation to avoid contractual limitations on cyber coverages, say attorneys at Zelle.
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State, Fed Junk Fee Enforcement Shows No Signs Of Slowing
The Federal Trade Commission’s potent new rule targeting drip pricing, in addition to the growing patchwork of state consumer protection laws, suggest that enforcement and litigation targeting junk fees will likely continue to expand, says Etia Rottman Frand at Darrow AI.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Practicing Self-Care
Law schools don’t teach the mental, physical and emotional health maintenance tools necessary to deal with the profession's many demands, but practicing self-care is an important key to success that can help to improve focus, manage stress and reduce burnout, says Rachel Leonard​​​​​​​ at MG+M.
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New Laws Show How States Are Checking AI Developers
Recent state consumer protection legislation shows Utah, Colorado and Texas are primed to impose controls on artificial intelligence, and exemplifies the states' unwillingness to accord strong deference to developers and deployers of AI tools, say attorneys at Polsinelli.
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Navigating Enforcement Risks Facing Data Centers
The importance of data centers seems to escalate daily alongside advancements in artificial intelligence and other technologies, but the enforcement risks they may face during development and operation merit attention, whether engaged with data centers as an investor, owner or operator, say attorneys at King & Spalding.
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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.