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  • September 04, 2025

    Albertsons Says Kroger CEO Docs Fair Game In Del. Suit

    An attorney for Albertsons Companies Inc. told a Delaware vice chancellor Thursday the food and drugstore giant should get access to The Kroger Co.'s documents related to CEO Rodney McMullen's abrupt exit from the job months after the collapse of the two companies' planned $25 billion merger.

  • September 04, 2025

    Monthly Merger Review Snapshot

    The Justice Department settled a challenge to UnitedHealth's $3.3 billion home hospice acquisition while Democrats called for a judge to reject a different government settlement and the Federal Trade Commission moved against medical technologies transactions for heart valves and device coatings.

  • September 04, 2025

    Judge Questions Defense Dept. Cap On Research Costs

    A Massachusetts federal judge weighing whether to vacate a U.S. Department of Defense cap on administrative costs for research funding programs said Thursday that the government appeared to have ignored a series of injunctions in similar challenges to Trump administration grant cuts and terminations when it imposed the across-the-board limits.

  • September 04, 2025

    Solar Co. Mosaic Gets OK For Debt-For-Equity Ch. 11 Plan

    A Texas bankruptcy judge Thursday approved residential solar panel financing firm Mosaic's plan to reorganize and hand ownership of its loan servicing business to its secured lender, after no buyers came forward at a Chapter 11 auction.

  • September 04, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Backs Motorola Camera Lens Patent Win At PTAB

    The Federal Circuit on Thursday upheld the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's finding that smartphone maker Motorola was able to prove that claims in an imaging lens system patent owned by a Taiwanese company were invalid.

  • September 04, 2025

    Axinn Veltrop Raises Salaries, Offers Bonuses Up To $25K

    Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP is bumping up its pay scale for its associates by $25,000 along with paying them special bonuses of up to $25,000, the firm announced Thursday.

  • September 04, 2025

    Beer, Wings, Patents: Tackling The Latest IP Football Fights

    As this NFL season kicks off, a copyright fight stemming from the statue of a famed Detroit Lions player and a suit from a former New York Jets player over his portrayal in the sports documentary series "30 for 30" are brewing in the courts.

  • September 04, 2025

    Which GCs Sold Stock In August? Carlyle Group And More

    General counsel Jeffrey W. Ferguson, who has been with the Carlyle Group for 26 years, cashed in some $19 million worth of stock in August.

  • September 04, 2025

    Retailer Pushes To Dismiss Ugg Maker's IP Claims

    Online fashion retailer Fashion Nova has asked a California federal judge to toss a trade dress infringement suit brought by the maker of Uggs boots, saying the suit had no allegations that it had any intent to infringe or knowledge of the relevant design patents.

  • September 04, 2025

    OnlyFans' Parent Says AI-Tainted Briefs Are Unsalvageable

    The online platform OnlyFans' parent company said that a bid to correct legal briefs in a proposed class action against the company should be denied, arguing that the decision to use artificial intelligence to create mistake-riddled documents is severe misconduct and the briefs should be struck instead.

  • September 04, 2025

    California Powerhouse: Keker Van Nest & Peters

    California-based Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP's trial attorneys secured high-profile wins for a variety of big-name clients, including Netflix and Sutter Health, while also representing OpenAI in closely watched litigation over copyright fair use in generative artificial intelligence, earning the firm a spot among À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ's 2025 Regional Powerhouses.

  • September 04, 2025

    Feds Sue SoCal Edison Over Eaton, Fairview Wildfires

    The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday sued Southern California Edison, seeking a combined $77 million in a pair of lawsuits alleging that its negligence in maintaining its infrastructure caused the catastrophic Eaton wildfire in January and devastating Fairview fire in 2022.

  • September 04, 2025

    Cathay Bank Denies Knowledge Of $20M NFT Scam Suit

    California-based Cathay Bank asked a federal judge to throw out claims alleging it ignored red flags from scammers and enabled a $17 million romance scam, arguing the victim did not allege the bank even knew about the alleged fraud.

  • September 04, 2025

    NFL, Broncos Want Ex-Player's Reshuffled Weed Suit Tossed

    A former NFL player's deletion of references to the league's collective bargaining agreement should not save his suit against the NFL over his punishment for violating its substance abuse policy, the league and his former team told a Colorado federal judge in a bid to drop the suit.

  • September 04, 2025

    Polsinelli Emerging Companies Ace Rejoins Pillsbury In SF

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP is expanding its venture capital team, welcoming back an emerging companies specialist most recently with Polsinelli PC as a partner in its San Francisco office.

  • September 03, 2025

    Google To Give Users More Control Over Ad Bidding Info

    Google will allow hundreds of millions of users to limit the information shared about them with companies that participate in Google's fast-paced digital ad auctions, part of a nonmonetary settlement resolving allegations information is shared without users' knowledge or consent, according to a filing in California federal court.

  • September 03, 2025

    9th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Satanists' Idaho Abortion Ban Suit

    The Ninth Circuit refused to revive the Satanic Temple's lawsuit that challenged Idaho's laws criminalizing abortion, ruling in a published amended opinion Tuesday that the religious association of more than 1.5 million Satanists lacked standing to sue, both based on its members and as an organization.

  • September 03, 2025

    How Morgan & Morgan Got Ousted As Top Federal Tort Filer

    Heavyweight injury firm Morgan & Morgan PA was ousted from the top spot for most federal court filings in the past three years thanks to more than 2,000 individual cases filed in Mississippi over drinking water there, according to a new analysis by Lex Machina, whose rich trend data also shows how other firms fared over the same period.

  • September 03, 2025

    TikTok, Chinese Co.'s $845M IP Fight Heads To October Trial

    A California federal judge refused to fully grant TikTok Inc. summary judgment or a terminating-sanctions win in a Chinese company's $845 million lawsuit accusing the social media giant of stealing video-editing tool trade secrets and infringing its copyrights, finding that the dispute must go to an October jury trial.

  • September 03, 2025

    DOI Casino Approval Overturned For Ignoring Tribal Input

    The U.S. Department of the Interior went beyond its authority and failed to properly consult with another local tribe when it approved the Koi Nation's plan to build a casino on newly acquired trust land, a California federal judge has ruled.

  • September 03, 2025

    Ex-Latham Atty Who Quit Over Trump Deal Joins Stoel Rives

    Former BigLaw associate Sam Wong, who publicly quit Latham & Watkins LLP earlier this year in response to a deal it reached with the Trump administration to avoid executive orders targeting the firm, said he has joined Stoel Rives LLP, where he will be advising clients on energy projects, regulatory matters and more. 

  • September 03, 2025

    Trump's Refugee Admission Pause Looks Legal To 9th Circ.

    Two Ninth Circuit judges suggested on Wednesday that President Donald Trump had the authority to suspend U.S. refugee admissions in a January executive order, while also hinting that his administration went too far by pulling funding for resettlement support.

  • September 03, 2025

    Derivative Claim Miss Dooms Chancery Squeeze-Out Suit

    A minority stockholder suit alleging a $15 million "sham foreclosure" of storage venture Clutter Holdings Inc. — allegedly once worth $1.2 billion — was tossed Wednesday in Delaware's Court of Chancery, in a ruling that found the claims unsupportable or derivative and ineligible for direct investor recoveries.

  • September 03, 2025

    C3.ai Execs Accused Of Hiding CEO's Health Impact On Co.

    Executives and directors of artificial intelligence software developer C3.ai were hit with a shareholder's derivative suit alleging they inflated company share prices by not disclosing that its CEO's health issues were preventing C3 from closing deals.

  • September 03, 2025

    Silvergate's $37.5M Investor Settlement Gets Final OK

    Investors of failed, cryptocurrency-focused Silvergate Bank secured a California federal judge's final approval Wednesday for their $37.5 million settlement of claims alleging the bank misrepresented its safeguards against onboarding customers like the collapsed, fraud-ridden crypto exchange FTX.

Expert Analysis

  • Tips For Managing Social Media And International Travel Risks

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    Employers should familiarize themselves with the legal framework governing border searches and adopt specific risk management practices that address increasing scrutiny of employees’ social media activities by immigration enforcement, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.

  • DOJ Actions Signal Rising Enforcement Risk For Health Cos.

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    The U.S. Department of Justice's announcement of a new False Claims Act working group, together with the largest healthcare fraud takedown in history, underscore the importance of sophisticated compliance programs that align with the DOJ's data-driven approach, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • 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.

  • How McKesson Ruling Will Inform Interpretations Of The TCPA

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    Amid the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates v. McKesson, we can expect to see both plaintiffs and defendants utilizing the decision to revisit the Federal Communications Commission's past Telephone Consumer Protection Act interpretations and decisions they did not like, says Jason McElroy at Saul Ewing.

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    Calif. Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q2

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    The second quarter saw California become a more active protector of consumers in response to federal regulatory pullback, with regulators proposing a licensing framework for digital asset businesses, ending an enforcement exemption and otherwise signaling further expansions of oversight and enforcement, say attorneys at Stinson.

  • Navigating Court Concerns About QR Codes In FLSA Notices

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    As plaintiffs attorneys increasingly seek to include QR codes as a method of notice in Fair Labor Standards Act collective actions, counsel should be prepared to address judicial concerns about their use, including their potential to be duplicative and circumvent court-approved language, say attorneys at Shook Hardy.

  • Justices Rethink Minimum Contacts For Foreign Entities

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    Two recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions, Devas v. Antrix and Fuld v. Palestine Liberation Organization, suggest that federal statutes may confer personal jurisdiction over foreign entities that have little to no contact with the U.S. — a significant departure from traditional due process principles, says Gary Shaw at Pillsbury.

  • Examining TCPA Jurisprudence A Year After Loper Bright

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    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.

  • Gauging The Risky Business Of Business Risk Disclosures

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    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.

  • Series

    Playing The Violin Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    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.

  • DOJ Enforcement Trends To Watch In 2nd Half Of 2025

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    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.

  • 'Top Gun' And 'Together' IP Suits Spotlight Similarity Issues

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    The outcome of recent lawsuits revolving around the films "Top Gun: Maverick" and "Together" may set meaningful precedents for how courts analyze substantial similarity in creative works, say attorneys at Greenspoon Marder.

  • State, Fed Junk Fee Enforcement Shows No Signs Of Slowing

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    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

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    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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