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  • 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 Gov'ts

    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 Former Orrick Energy Leader In Houston

    The former global energy and infrastructure sector leader at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 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.

  • June 30, 2025

    Texas Justices Scrap New-Trial Order For 3 SpaceX Contractors

    Comments to a jury alleging attorneys planned a "shakedown" do not warrant a new trial for three men awarded less in damages than they hoped after their truck was hit in a crash caused by a commuting SpaceX engineer, the Texas Supreme Court said Friday, saying the men's counsel did not seek redress at the time.

  • June 30, 2025

    Blackstone-Backed Cirsa Prices IPO For $2.9B Market Cap

    Private equity-backed Spanish casino operator Cirsa Enterprises S.A.U. on Monday launched plans for an initial public offering that would give the company a €2.5 billion ($2.9 billion) market capitalization.

  • June 30, 2025

    Fintech Group Goes To Bat For sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s Open Banking Rule

    A top fintech trade group has fired back in defense of a Biden-era open banking rule that bank groups and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau want struck down in Kentucky federal court, accusing them of twisting the law in a flawed effort to kill off the regulation.

Expert Analysis

  • Digital Equity Act Grant Terminations Raise Key Legal Issues

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    The Trump administration's move to cancel grant programs created under the Digital Equity Act yields key legal and policy questions facing the executive branch, Congress and the courts, including how the administration plans to implement the cancellation of the Digital Equity Act's appropriations in the first place, say attorneys at Akin.

  • GAO Report Reveals How Banks And Regulators Are Using AI

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    A U.S. Government Accountability Office report published last month makes clear that while both federal regulators and regulated entities like banks and credit unions are employing artificial intelligence to improve efficiency, they're maintaining some skepticism, say attorneys at Orrick.

  • Strategies For Litigating In The Unified Patent Court

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    Since opening its gates two years ago, the European Unified Patent Court has transformed the patent litigation landscape and global litigation strategies, but parties seeking to take advantage of the court's robust processes must be prepared for the front-loaded character of UPC proceedings, say attorneys at McDermott.

  • Series

    Running Marathons Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    After almost five years of running marathons, I’ve learned that both the race itself and the training process sharpen skills that directly translate to the practice of law, including discipline, dedication, endurance, problem-solving and mental toughness, says Lauren Meadows at Swift Currie.

  • Tips To Avoid Consumer Tracking Tech Class Actions

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    Recent class actions alleging Trade Desk illegally tracked millions of consumers through its advertising platform highlight growing data privacy compliance concerns over digital tracking practices, but there are disclosure best practices businesses can take to reduce litigation risk, says David Wheeler at Neal Gerber.

  • 3 Mistakes To Avoid In Service Provider AI Terms

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    Every service provider contract doesn't need extensive artificial intelligence provisions, because when poorly drafted, they create impracticable obligations, miss important distinctions and may reflect wrong understanding of the law, says Chris Wlach at Huge Inc.

  • DOJ Policy Shifts May Resurrect De Facto 'China Initiative'

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    The U.S. Department of Justice's recently unveiled white collar enforcement strategy seemingly marks a return to a now-defunct 2018 policy aimed at combating national security concerns with China, and likely foretells aggressive scrutiny of trade and customs fraud, sanctions evasion, and money laundering, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Supporting A Trial Team

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    While students often practice as lead trial attorneys in law school, such an opportunity likely won’t arise until a few years into practice, so junior associates should focus on honing skills that are essential to supporting a trial team, including organization, adaptability and humility, says Lucy Zelina at Tucker Ellis.

  • Recent Complex Global Deals Reveal Regulatory Trends

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    An analysis of six complex global deals that were completed or abandoned in the last year suggests that, while such deals continue to face significant and lengthy scrutiny across the U.S, U.K. and European Union, the path to closing may have eased slightly compared to recent years, say attorneys at Weil.

  • Google Damages Ruling May Spur Income Approach Usage

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    The Federal Circuit's recent decision in EcoFactor v. Google may affect the extent to which damages experts apply the market approach in patent infringement matters, and income approach techniques may assume greater importance, says Erin Crockett at Charles River Associates.

  • Lessons From FTC Action On Dark Patterns In User Interfaces

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    The Federal Trade Commission's recent complaint against Uber for its billing and cancellation practices comes amid other actions addressing consumer confusion and deception, so it is paramount to deploy tools that assess customers' cognitive states of mind to separate lawful marketing from misconduct, says Ceren Canal Aruoba at Berkeley Research Group.

  • FAR Rewrite May Cloud Key Gov't Contract Doctrine

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    The Trump administration's government procurement overhaul, under which sections of the Federal Acquisition Regulation are eliminated by default, is bound to collide with a doctrine that allows courts to read omitted clauses into government contracts if they represent long-standing pillars of federal procurement law, say attorneys at Rogers Joseph.

  • Compliance Essentials To Mitigate AI Crime Enforcement Risk

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    As artificial intelligence systems move closer to accurately mimicking human decision-making, companies must understand how the U.S. Department of Justice might prosecute them for crimes committed by AI tools — and how to mitigate enforcement risks, say attorneys at Paul Hastings.

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    Adapting To Private Practice: From US Attorney To BigLaw

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    When I transitioned to private practice after government service — most recently as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia — I learned there are more similarities between the two jobs than many realize, with both disciplines requiring resourcefulness, zealous advocacy and foresight, says Zach Terwilliger at V&E.

  • 2nd Circ. Limits VPPA Liability, But Caveats Remain

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    The Second Circuit's narrowed scope of the Video Privacy Protection Act in Solomon v. Flipps Media, in which the court adopted the ordinary person standard, will help shield businesses from VPPA liability, but the decision hardly provides a free pass to streamers and digital media companies utilizing website pixels, say attorneys at Frankfurt Kurnit.

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