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July 21, 2025
Copyright And TM Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court will evaluate contributory liability in a $1 billion copyright case involving internet service providers, and the Federal Circuit will assess the latest attempted trademark registration testing the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's comfort with profanity. Here are the copyright and trademark cases to watch for the rest of the year.
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July 21, 2025
Baseball Training Co. Must Face Suit Over Mom's Injury
Indiana's court of appeals ruled that a baseball training center cannot escape a lawsuit accusing the business of negligence after an admittedly unstable training screen fell over and caused a head injury to the mother of one of the trainees.
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July 21, 2025
Crypto-Based Polymarket Sets US Return With Exchange Deal
Prediction market platform Polymarket said Monday it's returning to the U.S. with the acquisition of a registered derivatives exchange, a planned reentry that comes after a recently closed FBI investigation and a 2022 civil regulatory settlement that sent it offshore in the first place.
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July 21, 2025
NCAA Says Ohio NIL Case Ruling Ends NC Spat
The end of a name, image and likeness suit several states away further substantiates that antitrust claims against the National Collegiate Athletic Association were filed too late, according to a filing in North Carolina Business Court.
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July 21, 2025
Wis. Homeowners Lack Basis For Tax Burden Suit, Court Told
A Wisconsin county, town and tribal school district pushed a federal court to throw out a suit by homeowners who claim the government entities have conspired to expand the Menominee Indian Tribe's holdings of tax-exempt land and increase taxpayers' burden, saying the homeowners lacked standing.
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July 21, 2025
Stadium Deal Still On Despite Trump Threat, DC Officials Say
The mayor and City Council chair of Washington, D.C., said on Monday that they were focusing on their roles in approving the $3 billion plan for a new stadium for the NFL's Commanders, regardless of President Donald Trump's weekend threat to kill the deal if the team's racist former nickname was not brought back.
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July 21, 2025
Judge Allows Calif. Tribe In Casino Suit, Denies Dismissal Bid
A California tribe at the center of a dispute over a decision to take 70 acres into trust for its proposed Sonoma County hotel and casino project can intervene in the litigation, a federal judge said, while finding that the Indigenous nation cannot dismiss the case based on sovereign immunity.
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July 21, 2025
Judge Won't Recuse Over Past Work With DraftKings Counsel
A California federal judge presiding over a proposed class action against DraftKings regarding its fantasy sports games offerings rejected a request from the plaintiffs to recuse himself over concerns that an attorney for the defense has ties to the court.
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July 18, 2025
蓝莓视频 Names 2025's Top Attorneys Under 40
蓝莓视频 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2025, our list of more than 150 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.
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July 18, 2025
Shannon Sharpe, Rape Accuser Settle $50M Suit
Pro Football Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe and a woman who accused him of raping and threatening to choke her during a rocky relationship have agreed to settle her lawsuit, the woman's attorney announced Friday on social media, citing "protracted and respectful negotiations."
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July 18, 2025
Geragos Owes $100K For Role In Nike Extortion, Jury Says
Celebrity attorney Mark Geragos was ordered to pay $100,000 to a youth basketball coach by a Los Angeles jury that found he aided and abetted disbarred lawyer Michael Avenatti in a failed attempt to extort Nike that landed Avenatti with a 2陆 year prison sentence.
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July 18, 2025
Stewart Issues Discretion Decisions For 56 More Petitions
Acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart issued 25 more orders on requests for discretionary denial, deciding a total of 56 cases, while the results of earlier proceedings she let move forward have started to roll out.
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July 18, 2025
Ohio State, NCAA, Big Ten Beat Ex-QB's NIL Suit
Ohio State University, the NCAA, the Big Ten Conference Inc. and a media rights licensing company have dodged an antitrust suit from former Buckeye star quarterback Terrelle Pryor alleging they monopolized profits on athletes' names, images and likenesses while denying them compensation.
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July 18, 2025
NFLPA Head Resigns Amid Possible Conflict Of Interest
The executive director of the NFL's labor union has resigned, saying his leadership has become a distraction after it came to light publicly that he is working as a part-time consultant for one of the private equity firms approved by the league to pursue minority ownership
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July 18, 2025
Off The Bench: Latest NASCAR Win, Trans Athlete Fights Ban
In this week's Off The Bench, Michael Jordan's racing team fails to bounce back right away from a tough defeat in its battle with NASCAR, a transgender woman fights a last-minute expulsion from a college women's track and field event, and a football player sees his window to playing an extra college season slammed shut by the NCAA and the Seventh Circuit.
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July 18, 2025
2nd Circ. Shields Official From NRA's Free Speech Suit Again
A Second Circuit panel has said National Rifle Association's First Amendment lawsuit cannot survive a motion to dismiss because the former New York official accused of pressuring financial institutions to cut ties with the organization has qualified immunity.
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July 18, 2025
MLS Fired Exec For Reporting Racial Bias, Suit Says
A former Major League Soccer marketing executive sued the league in New York federal court Friday, alleging he was fired in retaliation for repeatedly complaining of racial discrimination by his superiors.
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July 17, 2025
Calif. Tribe Renews $700M Casino Suit With Lobbying Claim
A D.C. federal judge will let a California tribe amend its suit against the U.S. Department of the Interior for axing its eligibility to run a proposed $700 million casino on new claims that a competing tribe successfully orchestrated a politically influential lobbying campaign.
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July 17, 2025
Texas AG Sues Nat'l Org. Over Trans Swimmer Participation
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a state lawsuit against U.S. Masters Swimming Inc. and its state chapters, accusing the entity of violating Texas law by allowing transgender women to compete with cisgender women in swim meets.
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July 17, 2025
Jordan's NASCAR Team Loses New TRO Bid In Antitrust Row
A North Carolina federal judge refused Thursday to guarantee two teams 鈥 one co-owned by basketball legend Michael Jordan and NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin 鈥 chartered cars while their antitrust suit unfolds, finding that they failed to show they'd endure harm in the immediate future.
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July 17, 2025
Former Club Rugby Champ Jailed For Crypto Ponzi Scheme
A Seattle federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a former national champion club rugby player to 30 months in prison for wire fraud after he defrauded investors with promises of building a new cryptocurrency mining operation.
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July 17, 2025
Houston Texans Say No Thought Behind Ticket Holders' Suit
A group of longtime Houston Texans season ticket holders told a judge Thursday that they were "blackballed" with increased prices after 20 years of loyalty, while the team countered that their antitrust claims "do not have a lot of thought."
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July 17, 2025
UCLA Football Player Latest To Sue NCAA For Eligibility
A football player hoping to play at the University of California, Los Angeles, next season is the latest to join the ranks of athletes challenging the NCAA over its eligibility rules, claiming they restrict competition and impact players' ability to profit off their talent.
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July 17, 2025
Browns, Cleveland Spar Over Mootness In Modell Law Dispute
The city of Cleveland urged an Ohio federal court聽Wednesday to reject the Cleveland Browns' bid to have the judge determine the proper procedure for deeming the case moot because the lawsuit is already paused.
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July 16, 2025
Split 7th Circ. Backs NCAA In Eligibility Rule Antitrust Suit
A split Seventh Circuit on Wednesday overturned a decision granting a University of Wisconsin football player another year of eligibility, finding that the college athlete hasn't shown he is likely to succeed on his claim that the National Collegiate Athletic Association's five-year rule restrains competition in violation of federal antitrust laws.
Expert Analysis
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Secret Service Failures Offer Lessons For Private Sector GCs
The Secret Service鈥檚 problematic response to two assassination attempts against former President Donald Trump this summer provides a crash course for general counsel on how not to handle crisis communications, says Keith Nahigian at Nahigian Strategies.
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Insurance Likely Kept Swift Out Of The Woods After Vienna
Financial losses Taylor Swift incurred from the cancellation of three concerts in Vienna in August will likely be covered by insurance policies, considering how the facts of the situation differ from those of the Foo Fighters' 2015 insurance dispute over event cancellation and terrorism coverage, say attorneys at Anderson Kill.
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Litigation Inspiration: Honoring Your Learned Profession
About 30,000 people who took the bar exam in July will learn they passed this fall, marking a fitting time for all attorneys to remember that they are members in a specialty club of learned professionals 鈥 and the more they can keep this in mind, the more benefits they will see, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.
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Opinion
AI May Limit Key Learning Opportunities For Young Attorneys
The thing that鈥檚 so powerful about artificial intelligence is also what鈥檚 most scary about it 鈥 its ability to detect patterns may curtail young attorneys鈥 chance to practice the lower-level work of managing cases, preventing them from ever honing the pattern recognition skills that undergird creative lawyering, says Sarah Murray at Trialcraft.
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What's In The Cards For CFTC's Election Betting Case
A D.C. federal judge's Sept. 12 ruling, allowing KalshiEx to offer derivative contracts trading on the outcome of the U.S. congressional elections over objections from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, could mark a watershed moment in the permissibility of election betting if upheld on appeal, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.
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How NLRB Memo Balances Schools' Labor, Privacy Concerns
Natale DiNatale at Robinson & Cole highlights the recent National Labor Relations Board advice memorandum that aims to help colleges reconcile competing obligations under the National Labor Relations Act and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act as university students flock toward unionization.
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Series
Round-Canopy Parachuting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Similar to the practice of law, jumping from an in-flight airplane with nothing but training and a few yards of parachute silk is a demanding and stressful endeavor, and the experience has bolstered my legal practice by enhancing my focus, teamwork skills and sense of perspective, says Thomas Salerno at Stinson.
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And Now A Word From The Panel: The MDL Map
An intriguing yet unpredictable facet of multidistrict litigation practice is venue selection for new MDL proceedings, and the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation considers many factors when it assigns an MDL venue, says Alan Rothman at Sidley Austin.
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Why Now Is The Time For Law Firms To Hire Lateral Partners
Partner and associate mobility data from the second quarter of this year suggest that there's never been a better time in recent years for law firms to hire lateral candidates, particularly experienced partners 鈥 though this necessitates an understanding of potential red flags, say Julie Henson and Greg Hamman at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.
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Considering Possible PR Risks Of Certain Legal Tactics
Disney and American Airlines recently abandoned certain litigation tactics in two lawsuits after fierce public backlash, illustrating why corporate counsel should consider the reputational implications of any legal strategy and partner with their communications teams to preempt public relations concerns, says Chris Gidez at G7 Reputation Advisory.
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It's No Longer Enough For Firms To Be Trusted Advisers
Amid fierce competition for business, the transactional 鈥渢rusted adviser鈥 paradigm from which most firms operate is no longer sufficient 鈥 they should instead aim to become trusted partners with their most valuable clients, says Stuart Maister at Strategic Narrative.
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Behind 3rd Circ. Ruling On College Athletes' FLSA Eligibility
The Third Circuit's decision that college athletes are not precluded from bringing a claim under the Fair Labor Standards Act raises key questions about the practical consequences of treating collegiate athletes as employees, such as Title IX equal pay claims and potential eligibility for all employment benefits, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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Video Game Release Highlights TM Pitfalls Of App Store
The upcoming release of poker video game Balatro in Apple's App Store underscores the tradeoff of keyword advertising and trademark protection for indie developers who, unlike corporate counterparts, lack resources but seek to maximize the reach of their game, say Parmida Enkeshafi and Simon Pulman at Pryor Cashman.
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Del. Dispatch: Drafting Lessons For Earnout Provisions
The Delaware Court of Chancery's recent decision in Medal v. Beckett Collectibles provides guidance for avoiding ambiguity in provisions relating to the acceleration of earnout payments under specified circumstances, and provisions mandating good faith negotiations before bringing earnout litigation, say attorneys at Fried Frank.
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Assessing Algorithmic Versus Generative AI Pricing Tools
A comparison of traditional algorithmic pricing models and those powered by generative artificial intelligence can help regulators and practitioners weigh the pros and cons of relying on large language models to price products or services, say Maxime Cohen at McGill University, and Tim Spittle and Jimmy Royer at Analysis Group.