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August 04, 2025
NBC Defeats Nunes Defamation Suit Over Maddow Show
A New York federal judge has ended former U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes' defamation suit against NBCUniversal accusing Rachel Maddow of improperly implying that the California Republican failed to give authorities a package from a suspected Russian agent.
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August 04, 2025
FCC Told States, Cities To Blame For Broadband Delays
A trade association representing the global broadband industry told the Federal Communications Commission that state and local practice vary widely when it comes to broadband permitting, with some approvals taking more than a year and fees and bureaucratic delays being a frequent issue.
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August 04, 2025
'Dadbod' Apparel Brand Sues To Cancel Rival's 'GirlDad' TM
Activewear brand DadBod Apparel LLC has filed suit in Ohio federal court seeking to cancel another company's registered "GirlDad" trademark, saying the company fraudulently used the mark to thwart DadBod's sales of gear bearing the slogan, "Support Your Local Girl Dad."
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August 04, 2025
Chancery Bars 'D-Day' Data Block By Nielsen Holdings Spinoff
A Delaware vice chancellor on Monday permanently barred Nielsen Holdings Ltd. spinoff NIQ from carrying out a "fairly blatant" plan to cut off its parent and a competitor from accessing its data, a move the spinoff purportedly described as "D-Day."
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August 04, 2025
Frontier, Verizon To Invest $8M In Rural Arizona Broadband Fix
Arizona is waiting for its corporation commission to green-light a settlement with Frontier and Verizon that includes an $8 million investment from the telecommunications companies to expand and enhance rural broadband in Navajo and Apache counties.
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August 04, 2025
Top Groups Lobbying The FCC
Lobbying heated up in July as the Federal Communications Commission heard from advocates close to 200 times on issues ranging from spectrum deals to regulatory cuts, spacecraft licensing, undersea cable security, broadband deployment hurdles and more.
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August 04, 2025
'Cardiac Pack' Says Ohio NIL Ruling Doesn't Apply To NC Suit
The end of a name, image and likeness lawsuit in Ohio has little bearing on a suit filed against the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the Tar Heel State, a group of former collegiate basketball players have told the North Carolina Business Court.Â
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August 04, 2025
Jimmy Page, Songwriter Resolve 'Dazed And Confused' Suit
A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit brought by an American songwriter who accused Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page of infringing his copyright on "Dazed and Confused" and improperly collecting licensing fees after the song was used in the documentary "Becoming Led Zeppelin."
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August 04, 2025
Google Says Term Limits Only Needed For Some Search Fixes
Google told the D.C. federal court overseeing the government search monopolization case that there is no need to put a one-year term limit on its default search agreements with Android device manufacturers and wireless carriers because they are not exclusive.
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August 04, 2025
Ex-CNBC Pundit Gets 5 Years For $2.7M Investor Fraud
A California federal judge sentenced former frequent CNBC guest James Arthur McDonald Jr. to five years in prison Monday for defrauding investors out of at least $2.7 million after he admitted he "betrayed" some of his close friends as part of his scam.
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August 04, 2025
Apple Hits 'Apple Cinemas' With TM Suit Amid Expansion
Apple Inc. has sued a movie theater chain called Apple Cinemas in Massachusetts federal court over trademark infringement claims, saying the cinema brand has expanded to the tech giant's backyard by opening in a historic theater location in San Francisco.
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August 04, 2025
Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
Last week at the Delaware Court of Chancery, insurance brokerage and risk management giant Marsh & McLennan Cos. sought injunctive relief in a new suit accusing U.S. affiliates of London-based Howden Holdings Ltd. of a poaching scheme that involved over 100 M&M employees resigning on July 21.Â
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August 04, 2025
DC Circ. Upholds FCC's Foreign Sponsorship Rule
The D.C. Circuit upheld the Federal Communications Commission's 2024 foreign sponsorship disclosure rule for broadcasters Friday, rejecting arguments that the rule violated First Amendment speech protections and even reprimanding the premature leaking of nonpublic rulemaking details to broadcasters, calling the process a "new low" of industry capture.
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August 04, 2025
Anthropic Asks 9th Circ. To Review Authors' Class Cert.
Anthropic PBC has asked the Ninth Circuit to review a California federal judge's class certification of a group of authors suing over use of their books to train artificial intelligence, saying the judge had rushed to approve a class of nearly seven million potential claimants.
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August 04, 2025
Lawmakers Jumpstart Work On Telecom Subsidy Reform
A working group of U.S. senators focused on reforms to the nation's telecommunications subsidy system has started gathering the public's views on legislation.
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August 04, 2025
NYC Music Venue Operator Hits Ch. 11 After Project Delays
Avant Gardner, a New York City music venue owner, filed for Chapter 11 in Delaware on Monday, saying renovation and permitting troubles at the Brooklyn Mirage, its largest venue, stopped it from hosting events in the space for the 2025 season.
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August 01, 2025
Meta Illegally Recorded Flo Users' Data, Calif. Jury Finds
A California federal jury Friday found Meta Platforms Inc. liable for violating the state's wiretap law by using a data analytics tool to retrieve sensitive health data from users of the popular menstrual tracking app Flo, in what plaintiffs' counsel called "one of the first times" a major tech company has been held accountable for such practices.Â
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August 01, 2025
Defamation Litigation Roundup: Epstein, Macron, Lindell
In this month's review of defamation fights, Law360 reviews U.S. President Donald Trump's suit against the Wall Street Journal over its reporting on his connections to deceased financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as well as a Second Circuit decision about the potential unsealing of documents in a since-settled, Epstein-related defamation suit.
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August 01, 2025
IP Owners Largely Win In Stewart's Newest Discretion Orders
Acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart dismissed most of the 50 petitions for inter partes review addressed in her latest decisions over discretionary denials at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
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August 01, 2025
Tesla Sends Website Users' Data To Google For Ads, Suit Says
Tesla was slapped with a proposed class action in California federal court Thursday alleging it illegally shares its website visitors' information with third parties like Google through the deployment of tracking pixels for data monetization and advertising purposes, without their knowledge or consent.Â
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August 01, 2025
Jury Clears Media Measurement Co. In Nielsen Patent Suit
A federal jury in Delaware on Friday cleared media measurement platform HyphaMetrics of claims that it infringed a pair of patents owned by television ratings business Nielsen relating to image processing and identifying media devices.
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August 01, 2025
X Corp. Must Arbitrate Ex-Twitter Workers' Claims, Cover Fees
A Seattle federal judge is forcing X Corp. to fully pay the fees for arbitrating the claims of about 150 former Twitter employees in Washington who say they were shorted on bonus and severance pay amid layoffs after Elon Musk took over the social media giant in 2022.
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August 01, 2025
K&L Gates Taps Clifford Chance Atty For Int'l Arbitration Team
K&L Gates LLP has welcomed a Perth, Australia-based Clifford Chance LLP lawyer to serve as a partner in its litigation and dispute resolution practice area, saying he will work with the international arbitration group on matters in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.
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August 01, 2025
9th Circ. Partially Revives Child Porn Victims' Suit Against X
The Ninth Circuit on Friday partially revived a lawsuit brought by 13-year-old boys who had been sex trafficked alleging X Corp. refused to remove pornographic videos of them, saying Section 230 shields the social media platform from claims it knowingly benefited from sex trafficking, but not from negligence and defective-reporting design claims.
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August 01, 2025
Swimsuit Biz Sues Chris Brown Over 'Breezy Bowl' Tour Name
Miami swimsuit company Breezy Swimwear Inc. has sued singer Chris Brown and several companies affiliated with his "Breezy Bowl XX" tour, claiming they used "copycat branding" that created a risk of confusion among consumers.
Expert Analysis
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Appreciating Civil Procedure
If you’re like me, law school’s often complex and theoretical approach to teaching civil procedure may have contributed to an early struggle with the topic, but when seen from a practical perspective, new lawyers may find they enjoy mastering these rules, says Chloe Villagomez at Foster Garvey.
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Calif. Bar Exam Fiasco Shows Why Attys Must Disclose AI Use
The recent revelation that a handful of questions from the controversial California bar exam administered in February were drafted using generative artificial intelligence demonstrates the continued importance of disclosure for attorneys who use AI tools, say attorneys at Troutman.
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Spoliation Of Evidence Is A Risky And Shortsighted Strategy
Destroying self-incriminating evidence to avoid a large judgment may seem like an attractive option to some defendants, but it is a shortsighted strategy that affords the nonspoliating party potentially case-terminating remedies, and support for a direct assault on the spoliator’s credibility, say attorneys at Mandelbaum Barrett.
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Platforms Face Section 230 Shift From Take It Down Act
The federal Take It Down Act, signed into law last month, aims to combat deepfake pornography with criminal penalties for individual wrongdoers, but the notice and takedown provisions change the broad protections provided by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act in ways that directly affect platform providers, say attorneys at Troutman.
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Securing IP Protection For AI Avatars
As artificial intelligence avatars play an ever-expanding role in sales, operations and entertainment, companies must plan for intellectual property protection for these brand assets as their control will turn on the nuances of their creation and use, say attorneys at K&L Gates.
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In 2nd Place, Va. 'Rocket Docket' Remains Old Reliable
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia was again one of the fastest civil trial courts in the nation last year, and an interview with the court’s newest judge provides insights into why it continues to soar, says Robert Tata at Hunton.
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How Attorneys Can Become Change Agents For Racial Equity
As the administration targets diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and law firms consider pulling back from their programs, lawyers who care about racial equity and justice can employ four strategies to create microspaces of justice, which can then be parlayed into drivers of transformational change, says Susan Sturm at Columbia Law School.
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5 Takeaways From DOJ's Media Compulsory Process Rules
The U.S. Department of Justice’s new rules, making it easier for law enforcement investigating leaks to compel members of the media and third parties to disclose information, could have wide-ranging impacts, from reduced protections for journalists and organizations, to an expanded focus on nonclassified material, say attorneys at WilmerHale.
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What Employers Can Learn From 'Your Friends & Neighbors'
The new drama series "Your Friends and Neighbors," follows a hedge fund firm manager who is terminated after an alleged affair with an employee in another department, and his employment struggles can teach us a few lessons about workplace policies, for cause termination and nonsolicitation clauses, says Anita Levian at Levian Law.
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Digital Equity Act Grant Terminations Raise Key Legal Issues
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.
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Running Marathons Makes Me A Better Lawyer
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.
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Tips To Avoid Consumer Tracking Tech Class Actions
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.
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3 Mistakes To Avoid In Service Provider AI Terms
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.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Supporting A Trial Team
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.
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Lessons From FTC Action On Dark Patterns In User Interfaces
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.