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  • September 05, 2025

    Whoopi Goldberg Battles Ex-NJ Mayor Over Cannabis Store

    A former Garden State mayor is asking a New Jersey state judge to dismiss a counterclaim from Whoopi Goldberg's cannabis company, WhoopFam NJ LLC, in a dispute over a failed effort to open a recreational marijuana retail store.

  • September 05, 2025

    Fla. Judge Trims Trump Media SPAC Exec Hacking Suit

    A Florida federal judge has sent into discovery a suit alleging a board director for President Donald Trump's social media company and his associate hacked a cloud server to steal documents used to oust the former CEO of the company, finding that several computer fraud and conspiracy claims fail but allowing a breach of fiduciary duty claim to move forward.

  • September 05, 2025

    DOJ, Others Push High Court To Undo Cox Copyright Ruling

    The U.S. solicitor general and a host of groups and businesses have thrown their support behind Cox Communications' U.S. Supreme Court appeal of a finding that telecom companies can be liable for copyright infringement for providing an internet connection that leads to music piracy online.

  • September 05, 2025

    Top Groups Lobbying The FCC

    Lobbying slowed toward the end of the dog days, but the Federal Communications Commission heard from advocates nearly 100 times in August on issues like next-generation TV, satellite spectrum rules and 900 megahertz broadband.

  • September 05, 2025

    Calif. Tribes Seek Ban On Kalshi's Alleged Sports Gambling

    Native American tribes in California are asking a federal court for an injunction that would prevent trading platform Kalshi from offering sports contracts on its lands, arguing Kalshi's advertising is illegal and detracts from the tribes' casinos.

  • September 05, 2025

    Newsmax's 'Shotgun' Antitrust Suit Against Fox Tossed In Fla.

    A Florida federal court tossed an antitrust lawsuit against Fox Corp. on Friday, ruling that Newsmax filed a "shotgun pleading" but allowing the broadcaster to refile an amended complaint.

  • September 05, 2025

    Harper Lee Estate, Publisher Settle 'Mockingbird' Play IP Case

    Harper Lee's estate and a publishing company have settled their dispute over a "To Kill a Mockingbird" play adaptation the estate allegedly licensed without authority, wiping an appeal off the books the day before their scheduled arguments at the Seventh Circuit. 

  • September 05, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Revives Pro Se Inventor's Social Media Patent Bid

    The Federal Circuit on Friday breathed new life into a Florida man's attempt to patent a way of facilitating the flow of information on social media networks, finding the Patent Trial and Appeal Board needs to take another look.

  • September 05, 2025

    Not That Zuckerberg: Atty Sues Meta Over FB Page Takedown

    Indianapolis bankruptcy attorney Mark S. Zuckerberg is suing Meta Platforms Inc. after his firm's commercial Facebook account was repeatedly suspended because of his shared name with the tech company's CEO and founder.

  • September 05, 2025

    Jury Awards $15M In Topgolf Trial Over Oregon Child's Injury

    A child who was struck in the face and seriously injured by a golf club at a Topgolf facility in 2021 has been awarded more than $15 million by an Oregon federal jury, with the company and the child's family reaching a settlement on punitive damages on Friday.

  • September 05, 2025

    Anthropic Agrees To Pay $1.5B To Settle AI Copyright Fight

    Leading artificial intelligence developer Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a case brought by a group of authors who accused the company of illegally using their works to train its flagship large language model, the authors told a California federal court on Friday.

  • September 05, 2025

    IPO Market Gears Up For Late-Year Surge In New Listings

    Initial public offerings appear poised for a surge to finish the year as the uncertainty surrounding President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff actions and geopolitical tensions has subsided, with experts saying that companies are getting more comfortable hitting the public markets.

  • September 05, 2025

    H&R Block User Drops Tax Privacy Suit Over Ad Trackers

    An H&R Block user who accused the company, Google and Meta of illegally sharing his private tax information through online marketing tools dropped his proposed class action following federal court orders to arbitrate his claims, according to a filing in a California federal court.

  • September 05, 2025

    Google, Roblox Beat Gamer's Addiction Suit In Ga., For Now

    A Georgia federal judge has dismissed without prejudice a gamer's claims against Google and Roblox that their products caused his addiction to video games, finding the allegations in his more than 200-page-long lawsuit are too broad and vague.

  • September 05, 2025

    Warner Bros. Sues AI Image Biz Over Character Outputs

    Warner Bros. has sued artificial intelligence image and video company Midjourney over alleged copyright infringement, saying it "thinks it is above the law" by allowing users to create images of copyrighted household-name characters.

  • September 05, 2025

    EU Fines Google $3.5B For Giving Leg Up To Co.'s Ad Tech

    European Union antitrust enforcers hit Google with a €2.95 billion ($3.5 billion) fine Friday for the same conduct targeted by the U.S. Department of Justice's successful monopoly case, intentional efforts to give its advertising placement technology business a leg up over the competition.

  • September 04, 2025

    Geragos Strikes At $100K Verdict Over Nike Extortion Role

    Celebrity attorney Mark Geragos asked a California judge to strike a $100,000 jury verdict that found he aided and abetted disbarred lawyer Michael Avenatti in a failed attempt to extort Nike, saying award of damages without an underlying finding of liability "is impermissible as a matter of law."

  • September 04, 2025

    7th Circ. Mulls Ex-Cushman & Wakefield GC's Defamation Row

    A Seventh Circuit panel on Thursday asked an attorney for Cushman & Wakefield's former general counsel, who has alleged a Law.com article about his departure was defamatory, if there was any reasonable interpretation of the story other than his claim that it linked his termination with his handling of the firm's involvement in an investigation into President Donald Trump.

  • September 04, 2025

    Late Funkadelic Member's Royalty Suit Too Late, Judge Finds

    A Michigan federal judge ended a case Thursday brought against George Clinton by his late keyboardist's estate over unpaid royalties, saying the statute of limitations expired when there was silence between the parties about a contract between them for decades.

  • September 04, 2025

    Texas AG Accuses PowerSchool Of Failing At Data Security

    Texas' attorney general has become the latest to sue education technology provider PowerSchool Holdings Inc. over a 2024 data breach, asserting in a new state court lawsuit that the company failed to implement basic data security measure despite promising "state-of-the-art protections" for students' and employees' personal information. 

  • September 04, 2025

    9th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Google-Apple Antitrust Suit

    The Ninth Circuit on Thursday affirmed a lower court's decision dismissing a lawsuit alleging an antitrust conspiracy between Apple and Google over search engine technology, agreeing with the lower court that a restaurant meeting between the companies' CEOs is not sufficient evidence to back up the claims. 

  • September 04, 2025

    FTC Hits Chinese Toy Maker For Gathering Kids' Location Data

    A robot toy maker has agreed to comply with federal rules for handling children's data and ensure that its vendors are doing the same in order to resolve the Federal Trade Commission's claims that the company enabled a Chinese analytics provider to collect geolocation information from mobile app users who were younger than 13 without parental consent.

  • September 04, 2025

    Rural Carriers Call For Expanding Universal Service Aid

    Congress needs to provide more direct aid to rural telecom carriers if it wants connectivity to reach every household in the country, those telecom carriers told House legislators in a recent letter.

  • September 04, 2025

    Caesars Sportsbook Parent Wins Arb. Bid In 'Free Bet' Case

    Two Caesars Sportsbook users alleging the sports betting website illegally advertises "free bets" that aren't actually free must arbitrate those claims now that its parent company has proven they agreed to utilize the alternative dispute resolution method, an Illinois federal judge has ruled.

  • September 04, 2025

    CTIA's Pai Projects Smooth Mobile Transition In Upper C-Band

    Ajit Pai, the onetime leader of the Federal Communications Commission who now runs wireless trade group CTIA, foresees a relatively smooth transition to mobile services in the upper C-band airwaves — as long as the FCC plays its cards right.

Expert Analysis

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Mastering Discovery

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    The discovery process and the rules that govern it are often absent from law school curricula, but developing a solid grasp of the particulars can give any new attorney a leg up in their practice, says Jordan Davies at Knowles Gallant.

  • Web Tracking Ruling Signals Potential Broadening Of CCPA

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    The Northern District of California's recent decision in Shah v. Capital One Financial Corp. is notable, as it signals a potential broadening of the California Consumer Privacy Act's private right of action beyond data breaches to unauthorized, nonbreach disclosures involving the use of now-ubiquitous tracking technologies, say attorneys at Baker Donelson.

  • Patent Takeaways In Fed. Circ.'s 1st Machine Learning Ruling

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    The Federal Circuit’s recent decision in Recentive Analytics v. Fox, a case of first impression affirming the invalidity of patents that applied general machine learning methods to conventional tasks, serves as a cautionary guide for patent practitioners navigating the complexities of machine learning inventions, say attorneys at Foley & Lardner.

  • Opinion

    Int'l Athletes' Wages Should Be On-Campus Employment

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    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security should recognize participation in college athletics by international student-athletes as on-campus employment to prevent the potentially disastrous ripple effects on teams, schools and their surrounding communities, says Catherine Haight at Haight Law Group.

  • Series

    Playing Guitar Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Being a lawyer not only requires logic and hard work, but also belief, emotion, situational awareness and lots of natural energy — playing guitar enhances all of these qualities, increasing my capacity to do my best work, says Kosta Stojilkovic at Wilkinson Stekloff.

  • Crisis Management Lessons From The Parenting Playbook

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    The parenting skills we use to help our kids through challenges — like rehearsing for stressful situations, modeling confidence and taking time to reset our emotions — can also teach us the fundamentals of leading clients through a corporate crisis, say Deborah Solmor at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Cara Peterman at Alston & Bird.

  • Tips For Companies Crafting Tariff Surcharge Disclosures

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    As the Trump administration imposes tariffs on imports, retail businesses considering itemizing tariff-related costs separately for consumers must ensure that any disclosures are both accurate and defensible to avoid regulatory enforcement or private suits, says Christopher Cole at Katten.

  • Series

    Adapting To Private Practice: From NY Fed To BigLaw

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    While the move to private practice brings a learning curve, it also brings chances to learn new skills and grow your network, requiring a clear understanding of how your skills can complement and contribute to a firm's existing practice, and where you can add new value, says Meghann Donahue at Covington.

  • Combs Case Reveals Key Pretrial Scheduling Strategies

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    The procedural battles over pretrial disclosure deadlines leading up to the criminal trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs show how disclosure timing can substantially affect defendants’ ability to prepare and highlight several scheduling pointers for defense counsel, says Sara Kropf at Kropf Moseley.

  • Top 3 Litigation Finance Deal-Killers, And How To Avoid Them

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    Like all transactions, litigation finance deals can sometimes collapse, but understanding the most common reasons for failure, including a lack of trust or a misunderstanding of deal terms, can help both parties avoid problems, say Rebecca Berrebi at Avenue 33 and Boris Ziser at Schulte Roth.

  • Best Practices For Companies Integrating Existing IP With AI

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    Some copyright owners are exploring how they can make new content by combining their existing intellectual property assets with generative artificial intelligence, and although these initiatives can serve multiple business goals, those considering such practices should be aware they are entering largely uncharted waters, says Josh Weigensberg at Pryor Cashman.

  • How Attys Can Use A Therapy Model To Help Triggered Clients

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    Attorneys can lean on key principles from a psychotherapeutic paradigm known as the "Internal Family Systems" model to help manage triggered clients and get settlement negotiations back on track, says Jennifer Gibbs at Zelle.

  • How Athletes Can Protect Their Signature Celebrations As IP

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    As copyright and trademark law adapts to short-form choreography and dynamic media, athletes and their business partners have new tools to protect the intellectual property embedded in their unique dances, poses and celebrations, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • What Banks Must Do To Attract Gen Z Customers

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    The young adults of Generation Z bank differently, so financial institutions must engage appropriately if they wish to attract this key population, including by leveraging savvy marketing, well-designed online interfaces and top-notch customer service, says Madeline Thieschafer at Fredrikson & Byron.

  • Rebuttal

    Mass Arbitration Reform Must Focus On Justice

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    A recent Law360 guest article argued that mass arbitration reform is needed to alleviate companies’ financial and administrative burdens, but any such reform must deliver real justice, not just cost savings for the powerful, says Eduard Korsinsky at Levi & Korsinsky.

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