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  • September 26, 2025

    Advertisers, Publishers Can Expand Google Ad MDL Markets

    A New York federal judge on Thursday allowed publishers and advertisers in multidistrict litigation over Google's advertising placement technology to expand their claims to cover a worldwide scope, like the U.S. Department of Justice's successful similar case, finding it would not prejudice the tech giant.

  • September 26, 2025

    HSF Kramer Taps White & Case Atty To Steer US Tech Deals

    Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP has hired a former White & Case LLP partner as head of its U.S. technology transactions practice in New York.

  • September 26, 2025

    'American Exceptionalism' SPAC Leads 2 IPOs Totaling $550M

    Two special purpose acquisition companies made their public debuts Friday after pricing initial public offerings at a combined $550 million, with plans to merge with companies in the artificial intelligence, digital assets, fintech, defense and decentralized finance sectors, among others.

  • September 26, 2025

    Chervon, Lowe's Battery Recall Doesn't End Suit, Court Told

    Consumers in a proposed class action told an Illinois federal court that a voluntary recall by Chervon North America Inc. and Lowe's Home Centers LLC of lithium-ion batteries allegedly prone to overheating and combusting doesn't extinguish their claims since the recall falls short of addressing their injuries.

  • September 26, 2025

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen聽Sanjeev Gupta鈥檚 Liberty OneSteel sue its collapsed former lender Greensill Capital, television personality Janice Dickinson hit ITV with a personal injury claim after falling over while appearing on 鈥淚鈥檓 a Celeb 鈥︹, and energy investor Blasket bring fresh litigation against Spain amid a row over a $416 million arbitration award. Here, 蓝莓视频 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • September 26, 2025

    Small Cable Firms Say FCC Alert Changes Could Harm Them

    A cable industry group cautioned the Federal Communications Commission that making big revisions to the country's Emergency Alert System could put some small providers out of business if the new rules mean heavy compliance burdens.

  • September 26, 2025

    Holland & Hart Brings On Perkins Coie Commercial Litigator

    Holland & Hart LLP has added a former Perkins Coie LLP partner to enhance its capacity to handle commercial litigation and advise high-net-worth individuals about a variety of matters.

  • September 25, 2025

    Trump Blesses Deal To Transfer TikTok To $14B US Co.

    President Donald Trump Thursday signed an executive order greenlighting a proposed deal that transfers the majority of TikTok's U.S. operations to a new U.S.-based joint venture, saying that the divestiture adequately addresses national security concerns.

  • September 25, 2025

    Is Uber Liable For Sex Assault? Bellwether Goes To Calif. Jury

    A woman who said she was sexually assaulted by her Uber driver deserves compensatory and punitive damages from the ride-hailing giant, her lawyer told a California jury in a bellwether trial Thursday, while Uber's lawyer denied negligence and said it's not required to "guarantee that nothing bad is ever going to happen."

  • September 25, 2025

    Google VP Says Ad Tech Breakup Is 'Possible'

    The Google executive responsible for its advertising placement technology business told a Virginia federal judge Thursday that the company previously determined that a breakup was doable, even as he argued that the U.S. Department of Justice is mischaracterizing recent considerations of what that would look like.

  • September 25, 2025

    Senate Dems Float Bill To Shield Neural Data From Misuse

    A trio of Senate Democrats proposed legislation Wednesday that would establish a federal framework for how companies and the government collect and use data derived from measuring brain activity, arguing that the current lack of protections for such neural data leaves consumers open to manipulation and other serious harms.

  • September 25, 2025

    Textron Shakes Privacy Suit Over Data Sharing With Google

    A California federal judge has tossed a proposed class action accusing Textron Inc. of illegally sharing information about website visitors' search activities with Google LLC, finding that the plaintiff failed to allege that the aviation and defense products manufacturer had expressly targeted residents of the Golden State.

  • September 25, 2025

    Wash. Judge Weighs Audible Bid To Toss Privacy Class Action

    A Seattle federal judge on Thursday questioned whether a proposed class action accusing Amazon-owned Audible of violating customers' privacy should proceed under California law, as the plaintiffs argue, or Washington law, as Audible insists 鈥 a decision that could determine the lawsuit's fate.

  • September 25, 2025

    Internet Co. To Face Trimmed Claims In Investor Fraud Suit

    A California federal judge has trimmed claims from a proposed class action against internet company Fastly Inc. and several of its executives, alleging they misled investors about the "customer pullback and macroeconomic impacts" the company was experiencing, finding several challenged statements in the suit were not misleading when made.

  • September 25, 2025

    Hagens Berman Not Very Contrite About AI Errors, Judge Says

    A California federal judge chided attorneys from Hagens Berman on Thursday over what he called a lack of contrition after submitting briefs that contained errors lifted from ChatGPT in a proposed class action against the online platform OnlyFans, saying the attorneys seemed more interested in excuses.

  • September 25, 2025

    Judge Affirms Fla. Studio Didn't Register Movie Securities

    A Florida federal judge affirmed a ruling that a movie studio company sold $1.2 million in unregistered securities purportedly using blockchain technology to license motion picture rights, saying he wasn't convinced the company qualified for an exemption.聽

  • September 25, 2025

    Judge Plans To Let ITC Take Lead In Apple Watch Patent Fight

    A D.C. federal judge said Thursday that she is not inclined to block a U.S. Customs and Border Protection decision permitting Apple Watch imports amid a patent dispute with Masimo Corp., because the U.S. International Trade Commission will soon address the same issue.

  • September 25, 2025

    Robotics AI Co. Says It Didn't Infringe Imaging Patents

    Plus One Robotics has asked a Texas federal court to find it has not infringed five patents owned by an entity that has allegedly been harassing the artificial intelligence robotics company to get licensing fees.

  • September 25, 2025

    Manhattan Associates Brass Face Suit Over Biz Strategy Shift

    Directors and officers of enterprise software firm Manhattan Associates were hit with a shareholder derivative suit in Georgia federal court from an investor who claimed that the company's shift from onsite technology services to cloud-based offerings was a business disaster, wiping out billions in market value in late 2024 and early 2025.

  • September 25, 2025

    Anthropic Judge Greenlights 'Historic' $1.5B Copyright Deal

    A California federal judge on Thursday preliminarily approved a $1.5 billion deal Anthropic PBC struck with authors to end their copyright class action against the artificial intelligence developer, with counsel for the plaintiffs calling it a "historic settlement" that will result in the "largest copyright recovery of all time."

  • September 25, 2025

    GE Avoids Retirees' Lawsuit Over Pension Annuity Deal

    General Electric dodged a proposed class action claiming it put retirees' benefits at risk by transferring over $1.7 billion of pension obligations to a private equity-controlled insurance company, with a New York federal judge ruling the retirees hadn't shown how they'd been harmed.

  • September 25, 2025

    Illinois Court Overturns City's Fiber Optic Permit Fee

    An Illinois law blocks municipalities from charging new fees for the use of public rights of way, a state judge has ruled, handing a win to a fiber optic internet service provider.

  • September 25, 2025

    Judge Grants Limited Sanctions In Sports Betting Secrets Suit

    A Nevada federal judge has granted some sanctions requested by a gambling technology company locked in a trade secrets case, finding that the rival litigant won't be allowed to introduce some evidence.

  • September 25, 2025

    Oracle, Meta Mull $20B AI Deal, As Tech Rumors Abound

    Oracle Corp. is said to be in discussions with Meta on a multiyear cloud computing deal worth a potential $20 billion, Reuters reported on Sept. 19. The report came just days before a bombshell announcement from Nvidia about its $100鈥痓illion staged investment in OpenAI.

  • September 25, 2025

    Xerox Says Vendor Faked Equipment Leases, Paid Kickbacks

    Xerox's financing arm聽says a Colorado company cost it nearly $2 million聽by paying kickbacks to induce its customers into fraudulent equipment leases, overbilling and lying about the deals.

Expert Analysis

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Opinion

    New USPTO Leadership Must Address Low-Quality Patents

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    With John Squires in line to become the new director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the agency has an opportunity to refocus its mission on prioritizing quality in patent examination and taking a harsher stance against low-quality patents and patent trolls, says Jill Crosby at Engine Advocacy & Foundation.

  • Opinion

    High Court Must Overrule Outdated Patent Eligibility Doctrine

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    A certiorari petition should directly ask the U.S. Supreme Court to correct its 1972 patent decision in Gottschalk v. Benson, the critical point where patent eligibility law veered from the statutory text toward judicial policymaking, says Robert Greenspoon at Dunlap Bennett.

  • Harmonized Int'l Framework May Boost Advanced Aircraft

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    International differences in the certification process for advanced air mobility aircraft make the current framework insufficient 鈥 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.

  • 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 鈥 like a data breach or environmental disaster 鈥 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.

  • The State Of AI Adoption In The Patent Field

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    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.

  • Employer Tips As Deepfakes Reshape Workplace Harassment

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    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

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    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.

  • NM Cyber Ruling Will Spur Litigation As Coverage Remedy

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    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.

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

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    The Federal Trade Commission鈥檚 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.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Practicing Self-Care

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    Law schools don鈥檛 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鈥嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧 at聽MG+M.

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