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March 25, 2025
Google, OpenAI Can Toss State Law Claims In IP Row
A California federal judge has agreed to dismiss allegations made under California and Massachusetts law in suits claiming Google and OpenAI copied YouTube creators' videos to train large language models, while the creators have agreed to drop a similar case against Nvidia altogether.
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March 25, 2025
Dem State AGs Back Preserving Biden-Era Parole Programs
More than a dozen Democratic state attorneys general are urging a Massachusetts federal judge to preserve humanitarian parole programs for immigrants from Afghanistan, Ukraine, Cuba and other countries, backing noncitizens from those countries and U.S.-based sponsors in their challenge to the Trump administration's block on the programs.
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March 25, 2025
Home Sellers Oppose DOJ Statement In Mass. Listing Deal
Home sellers that agreed to a $3.95 million settlement with a multiple listing service over its broker commission rules are defending the deal from the U.S. Department of Justice's attacks, telling the Massachusetts federal judge weighing approval that the government has yet to suggest terms it would find acceptable.
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March 25, 2025
Ship Co. Targets Vessel Seizure In $12M Arbitration Dispute
A U.S. shipping charter firm that specializes in the offshore wind market has urged a Mississippi federal court to let it seize a deep-sea motor vessel as it looks to enforce more than $12 million of arbitral awards against a Mexican maritime company.
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March 25, 2025
Drug Co. Wants Fed. Circ. To Undo Pfizer COVID Patent Win
A Boston drug developer that lost its infringement case against Pfizer over the New York company's blockbuster Paxlovid COVID-19 treatment has told the Federal Circuit that a contentious issue regarding a typo in a patent document should have gone to a jury.
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March 25, 2025
Judge Questions Gov't Motives Behind Trans Passport Policy
A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday appeared skeptical of arguments made by the U.S. Department of Justice that a new policy requiring passports to bear the holder's sex assigned at birth is not intended to target transgender and nonbinary people but rather create uniformity in government records.
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March 25, 2025
Academics Sue To Block Removals Of Pro-Palestine Students
Academic groups filed a lawsuit in Massachusetts federal court on Tuesday seeking to block the Trump administration from targeting noncitizen students and faculty members who attend pro-Palestinian protests with large-scale arrests, detentions and deportations, saying it violates the First Amendment.
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March 25, 2025
Judge Orders HUD To Reinstate $30M In Housing Grants
A Massachusetts federal judge temporarily revived $30 million in housing anti-discrimination grants slashed by the Trump administration, explaining that his hands are essentially tied by a First Circuit ruling in a separate case reinstating teacher training grants.
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March 24, 2025
Justices Won't Hear Insurance Dispute Over Claim Timeliness
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a California woman's bid to certify questions to Massachusetts' top court about when exactly an insurer must show it was prejudiced by an insured's late claim notice, letting stand a First Circuit decision that also refused to certify such questions.
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March 24, 2025
Investor Says It Was Conned Out Of $42M In Real Estate Deals
A Las Vegas investment company alleged that four businessmen fleeced it out of more than $42 million by convincing the company to invest in a Washington real estate project that collapsed when the developer was convicted of rape and also luring the firm into another bad deal under false promises.
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March 24, 2025
Mass. Wants Info On Robinhood's March Madness Contracts
Massachusetts' secretary of state has issued a subpoena to Robinhood Markets Inc. related to the trading platform's sporting event contracts tied to this year's March Madness tournaments, officials said Monday.
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March 24, 2025
Retired 1st Circ. Judge Boudin Dies At 85
Retired First Circuit Judge Michael Boudin, whose notable opinions during nearly three decades on the appeals court included a finding that the Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional, died Monday at 85 following a long struggle with Parkinson's disease, his nephew confirmed.
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March 24, 2025
DHS Deporting Immigrants To Arbitrary Countries, Suit Says
A group of immigrants have filed a proposed class action in Massachusetts federal court challenging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's purported policy of deporting noncitizens without warning to countries that are neither their country of origin nor a country where they have status or citizenship.
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March 24, 2025
Schools, Unions Sue To Block Education Dept. Shutdown
Two Massachusetts school districts and a coalition of public employee unions sued in federal court Monday, seeking to block the Trump administration from "dismantling" the U.S. Department of Education.
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March 24, 2025
Comparable Homes Don't Lower Mass. Property's $430K Value
A Massachusetts home will remain valued at $429,500, a state tax panel said in a decision released Monday, rejecting the owner's arguments that the home valuation grew at a higher rate than that of comparable properties.
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March 24, 2025
No Evidence To Lower Home Value, Mass. Panel Says
A Massachusetts panel declined to drop a condominium unit's valuation in a decision released Monday, rejecting the owner's argument that local assessors had increased home valuations in that particular area more than for other homes in the town.
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March 24, 2025
Supreme Court Won't Review Dismissal Of Koss' PTAB Appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned down an appeal by headphone maker Koss Corp. arguing that the Federal Circuit wrongly dismissed its appeal of a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision by finding that the company's patents had been declared invalid in a separate case that settled.
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March 21, 2025
Real Estate Recap: GSA Leases, Artemis, C-PACE
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including insight from Holland & Knight attorneys on General Services Administration lease terminations, Paul Hastings dealmakers on the Artemis takeover, and how attorneys see increasing use of commercial property-assessed clean energy financing.
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March 21, 2025
Lululemon Secures PTAB Decision Axing Nike Shoe Patent
Lululemon persuaded a panel of administrative judges on Friday to wipe out all of the claims in a Nike footwear manufacturing patent, which Nike had already dropped from its New York suit against the athletic apparel retailer by the time that case went to trial earlier this month.
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March 21, 2025
Fed. Circ. Revives Blood Pump Patent Suit Against J&J Unit
The Federal Circuit on Friday reinstated a blood pump patent suit by a unit of Swedish medical device company Getinge AB against a Johnson & Johnson MedTech subsidiary, faulting a Massachusetts federal judge's claim construction that led the parties to stipulate that there was no infringement.
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March 21, 2025
Buyers' Gripe Is With Timber Sector, Not Charmin, P&G Says
A false advertising lawsuit accusing Procter & Gamble of overhyping the forest-friendly bona fides of Charmin toilet paper should be dismissed, the company told a Washington federal judge, arguing that the buyers' suit is misdirected at P&G when their actual disappointment is with the "forestry industry."
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March 21, 2025
1st Circ. Affirms Hold On Education Dept. Teacher Grant Cuts
The First Circuit on Friday kept in place a Massachusetts federal judge's temporary block on $250 million in cuts to teacher training grants that were targeted by the Department of Education over their ties to diversity initiatives.
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March 21, 2025
Evenflo To Pay $3.5M In Booster Seat MDL Settlement
Parents who purchased "Big Kid" vehicle booster seats are asking a Boston federal judge to grant preliminary approval on a $3.5 million deal that would end multidistrict litigation against baby product maker Evenflo Co., which was accused of overstating the safety of its boosters.
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March 21, 2025
Off The Bench: Celts Sold, Tennis 'Cartel,' DraftKings In Deep
In this week's Off The Bench, two BigLaw titans help steer the record sale of a prestigious NBA franchise, tennis pros heap damning antitrust allegations on the sport's leadership, and DraftKings remains mired in a dispute over its use of baseball players' likenesses to promote their gambling offers.
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March 21, 2025
Harvard Grad Eyes New Complaint In Antisemitism Suit
A former student on Thursday accused Harvard University of using "litigation tactics" to thwart an amended complaint in a suit over the Ivy League school's handling of antisemitic incidents on campus, after the school settled with some of the plaintiffs in the case.
Expert Analysis
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Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World
After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision overturning Chevron deference, law firms will need to integrate litigation, lobbying and communications functions to keep up with the ramifications of the ruling and provide adequate counsel quickly, says Neil Hare at Dentons.
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5 Tips To Succeed In A Master Of Laws Program And Beyond
As lawyers and recent law school graduates begin their Master of Laws coursework across the country, they should keep a few pointers in mind to get the most out of their programs and kick-start successful careers in their practice areas, says Kelley Miller at Reed Smith.
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Series
Being An Opera Singer Made Me A Better Lawyer
My journey from the stage to the courtroom has shown that the skills I honed as an opera singer – punctuality, memorization, creativity and more – have all played a vital role in my success as an attorney, says Gerard D'Emilio at GableGotwals.
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How Law Firms Can Avoid 'Collaboration Drag'
Law firm decision making can be stifled by “collaboration drag” — characterized by too many pointless meetings, too much peer feedback and too little dissent — but a few strategies can help stakeholders improve decision-making processes and build consensus, says Steve Groom at Miles Mediation.
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Election Outlook: A Precedent Primer On Content Moderation
With the 2024 election season now in full swing, online platforms will face difficult and politically sensitive decisions about content moderation, but U.S. Supreme Court decisions from last term offer much-needed certainty about their rights, say Jonathan Blavin and Helen White at Munger Tolles.
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Opinion
Litigation Funding Disclosure Key To Open, Impartial Process
Blanket investor and funding agreement disclosures should be required in all civil cases where the investor has a financial interest in the outcome in order to address issues ranging from potential conflicts of interest to national security concerns, says Bob Goodlatte, former U.S. House Representative for Virginia.
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What NFL Draft Picks Have In Common With Lateral Law Hires
Nearly half of law firm lateral hires leave within a few years — a failure rate that is strikingly similar to the performance of NFL quarterbacks drafted in the first round — in part because evaluators focus too heavily on quantifiable metrics and not enough on a prospect's character traits, says Howard Rosenberg at Baretz+Brunelle.
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Replacing The Stigma Of Menopause With Law Firm Support
A large proportion of the workforce is forced to pull the brakes on their career aspirations because of the taboo surrounding menopause and a lack of consistent support, but law firms can initiate the cultural shift needed by formulating thoughtful workplace policies, says Barbara Hamilton-Bruce at Simmons & Simmons.
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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: August Lessons
In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy considers certification cases touching on classwide evidence of injury from debt collection practices, defining coupon settlements under the Class Action Fairness Act, proper approaches for evaluating attorney fee awards in class action settlements, and more.
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Planning Law Firm Content Calendars: What, When, Where
During the slower month of August, law firms should begin working on their 2025 content calendars, planning out a content creation and distribution framework that aligns with the firm’s objectives and maintains audience engagement throughout the year, says Jessica Kaplan at Legally Penned.
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Notable Q2 Updates In Insurance Class Actions
Mark Johnson and Mathew Drocton at BakerHostetler discuss the muted nature of the property and casualty insurance class action space in the second quarter of the year, with no large waves made in labor depreciation and total-loss vehicle class actions, but a new offensive theory emerging for insurance companies.
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Series
Playing Golf Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Golf can positively affect your personal and professional life well beyond the final putt, and it’s helped enrich my legal practice by improving my ability to build lasting relationships, study and apply the rules, face adversity with grace, and maintain my mental and physical well-being, says Adam Kelly at Venable.
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Law Firms Should Move From Reactive To Proactive Marketing
Most law firm marketing and business development teams operate in silos, leading to an ad hoc, reactive approach, but shifting to a culture of proactive planning — beginning with comprehensive campaigns — can help firms effectively execute their broader business strategy, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
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Opinion
The Big Issues A BigLaw Associates' Union Could Address
A BigLaw associates’ union could address a number of issues that have the potential to meaningfully improve working conditions, diversity and attorney well-being — from restructured billable hour requirements to origination credit allocation, return-to-office mandates and more, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.
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Opinion
It's Time For A BigLaw Associates' Union
As BigLaw faces a steady stream of criticism about its employment policies and practices, an associates union could effect real change — and it could start with law students organizing around opposition to recent recruiting trends, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.