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August 12, 2025
Ex-Raiders Coach Keeps Claims Over NFL Leak In Open Court
Former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden will get to keep his claims of character assassination against the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell out of arbitration, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled in a split decision, with the majority calling the contract unconscionable.
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August 12, 2025
Carriers Must State If Phones They Sell Are Locked, FCC Told
Mobile phone carriers should have to clearly state whether the phones they're selling are carrier "locked" and if so for how long a customer will be locked in with that phone company, the Federal Communications Commission heard recently.
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August 12, 2025
Google Wants Epic Order Paused For Potential High Court Bid
Google has asked the Ninth Circuit to keep an order requiring it to allow more competition for the Play Store on Android devices on hold while it seeks a rehearing, and potentially a review by the Supreme Court, in the antitrust case being brought by Fortnite developer Epic Games.
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August 12, 2025
SAG-AFTRA Health Plan Members Settle Data Breach Suit
SAG-AFTRA Health Plan members who said their sensitive personal and medical information was compromised following a September data breach told a California federal judge Tuesday that they have reached a settlement in principle to resolve the proposed class action accusing the plan of lacking adequate security measures to stop the event.
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August 12, 2025
Amazon's 'Dark Patterns' Expert Nixed From FTC Prime Suit
Amazon.com Inc. is down a key expert witness after a Washington federal judge ruled that an engineering consultant has offered nothing but his expertise and experience to argue the Federal Trade Commission wrongly accuses the retail giant of using "dark patterns" to trick users into Prime subscriptions.
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August 12, 2025
Feds Say High Court Case Supports Discord Trader Indictment
Federal prosecutors and a group of men accused of running a $114 million pump-and-dump stock scheme over Discord have made their case for whether a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision means a judge was correct in tossing a 21-count indictment against the men.
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August 12, 2025
Reddit Brass Face Investor Suit Over AI-Impacted Web Traffic
Reddit's leadership has been hit with a derivative shareholder suit over allegedly concealing the impact of Google's search algorithm changes and new artificial intelligence-generated answer features, which the suit claims reduced traffic to the social media site.
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August 12, 2025
Forge Ahead On Cellphone Hearing Aid Rules, FCC Told
Federal rules need to be updated as soon as possible to align with an upcoming standard for hearing aid compatibility with cellphones, advocates for consumers with hearing loss said.
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August 12, 2025
FCC Urged To Ramp Up Mobile High-Cost Support
The Federal Communications Commission needs to reform its mobile support rules for subsidizing carriers in largely rural areas, a wireless trade group told the agency.
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August 12, 2025
MLB Star, Agent Undermined Housing Project, Suit Says
Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and his sports agent have been accused in Hawaii state court of being behind "a calculated and unlawful scheme" to boot two members of a real estate joint venture from a luxury residential project.
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August 12, 2025
Rising Star: Sidley's Evie Whiting
Evie Whiting of Sidley Austin LLP helped in the creation of a joint venture involving Warner Bros. Discovery, which marked a historic TV and film music rights deal covering almost a century's worth of music copyrights, earning her a spot among the media and entertainment attorneys under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 12, 2025
Insurer Pushes 11th Circ. To Avoid Malpractice Coverage
An insurance company has told the Eleventh Circuit it should not have to foot the bill to defend its client against a federal malpractice suit in Atlanta, arguing its policy contains a carveout for claims involving "conversion, improper comingling, or misappropriation," and asking the appellate court to review an earlier dismissal de novo.
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August 12, 2025
MGA Wants Judge To Rule On Punitive Damages In TI Case
Toy maker MGA Entertainment has asked a California federal judge to decide how much it owes in punitive damages for infringement of trade dress co-owned by rapper Clifford "TI" Harris and his wife, Tameka "Tiny" Harris, relating to Tiny Harris' pop group the OMG Girlz, instead of holding the case's fourth jury trial.
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August 12, 2025
Petition Seeks FCC Files On Trump-Skydance Meeting
The head of an artificial intelligence streaming platform called on the Federal Communications Commission to release its findings on his complaint alleging improper lobbying by Skydance Media for its $8 billion merger with Paramount, claiming that Skydance planned an impromptu meeting with President Donald Trump at an April UFC fight.
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August 12, 2025
Disney Accuses InterDigital Of Monopolizing Video Tech
Disney has launched an antitrust lawsuit in Delaware federal court accusing wireless technology company InterDigital Inc. of using its patents to create a monopoly on the market for technology necessary for streaming services.
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August 11, 2025
GCI To Pay $10K To End Fed Probe Over Alaska Cable Permit
Alaska telecom GCI Communication Corp. will have to pay $10,000 for letting the cable landing licenses for one of its undersea cable systems expire, the Federal Communications Commission has announced.
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August 11, 2025
'Flipping NJ' Developer Fights Charges, Citing Habba's Role
A New Jersey real estate developer and influencer, who is accused of running a Ponzi-like investment fraud scheme and laundering drug money, on Monday became the latest defendant to seek dismissal of his indictment over what he says was the illegal appointment of Alina Habba as acting U.S. attorney for the Garden State.
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August 11, 2025
FCC Subsidy Foes Again Attack Fund's Quarterly Fees
Groups that fell short in their drive at the U.S. Supreme Court to have the revenue mechanism for the Universal Service Fund declared unconstitutional are again fighting the quarterly rate at the Federal Communications Commission.
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August 11, 2025
Licensing Co. Seeks Revival Of Leibovitz Photo Dispute
The licensing firm for photographer Annie Leibovitz urged the Eleventh Circuit Monday to revive its suit alleging that an online magazine used her photos without permission, arguing that carveouts in the agreement letting Leibovitz use her work for select purposes doesn't undermine the exclusivity of the company's rights.
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August 11, 2025
House Lawmakers Probe Antitrust In Sports Broadcasting
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee is looking into sports broadcasting antitrust concerns, requesting briefings from the country's four largest sports leagues and saying that the 1961 law governing their telecast agreements has expanded an antitrust "blind spot" in today's sports media rights market.
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August 11, 2025
Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
Nielsen Holdings Ltd. and consumer intelligence spinoff Nielsen Consumer IQ agreed to end their dispute, a sole investor asked the court to name him lead plaintiff in a suit challenging Endeavor's $13 billion take-private deal, and the Chancery Court announced a new, automated case assignment regime. Here's the latest from the Delaware Chancery Court.
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August 11, 2025
WWE Accuser Can Get Doctor's Records, But Not Depositions
The former World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. legal staffer who is suing the company on sex trafficking and abuse claims can access medical and billing records from her visits to a celebrity doctor, but she can't conduct any depositions without filing a separate lawsuit, a Connecticut state court judge ruled Monday.
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August 11, 2025
IP Atty Asks High Court To Hear 'US Space Force' TM Case
An intellectual property lawyer has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his case to register the trademark "US Space Force," seeking a reversal of a trademark board decision that denied him registration of the mark even though he applied for it before the creation of the military branch with the same name.
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August 11, 2025
NTIA Urged To Let States Decide On 'Anchor' Funding
The U.S. Department of Commerce should defer to states as they decide what qualifies as an "anchor" institution for purposes of federal broadband deployment grants, two advocacy groups said Monday.
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August 11, 2025
Rising Star: Jenner & Block's Lauren Greene
Jenner & Block LLP's Lauren Greene helped NBCUniversal block the sale of knockoff "Friday Night Lights" merch and settle a trademark dispute over the "Back to the Future" DeLorean time machine, earning her a spot among the media and entertainment law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Expert Analysis
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More Environmental Claims, More Greenwashing Challenges
As companies prepare for the 2025 greenwashing landscape, they should take heed of a D.C. appellate decision that shows that environmental claims are increasingly subject to attack and provides plaintiffs with a playbook for challenging corporate claims of sustainability, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Recent Suits Show Antitrust Agencies' Focus On HSR Review
The U.S. Department of Justice's suit this month against KKR for inaccurate and incomplete premerger filings, along with other recent cases, highlights the agency's increasing scrutiny of Hart-Scott-Rodino Act compliance for private equity firms, say attorneys at Willkie.
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Mentorship Resolutions For The New Year
Attorneys tend to focus on personal achievements or career milestones when they set yearly goals, but one important area often gets overlooked in this process — mentoring relationships, which are some of the most effective tools for professional growth, say Kelly Galligan at Rutan & Tucker and Andra Greene at Phillips ADR.
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Series
Coaching Little League Makes Me A Better Lawyer
While coaching poorly played Little League Baseball early in the morning doesn't sound like a good time, I love it — and the experience has taught me valuable lessons about imperfection, compassion and acceptance that have helped me grow as a person and as a lawyer, says Alex Barnett at DiCello Levitt.
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Courts Must Stick To The Science On Digital Addiction Claims
A number of pending personal injury and product liability lawsuits allege that plaintiffs have developed behavioral addictions to the use of social media and video games — but this is not yet recognized by relevant authorities as an addiction, so courts must carefully scrutinize such claims, say attorneys at DLA Piper.
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Influencer IP Case Risks Judges Becoming Arbiters Of 'Vibes'
The case of Gifford v. Sheil, pending in Texas federal court, involves an influencer alleging that distinctive social media aesthetics constitute protectable property, and reflects a troubling trend: the overreach of intellectual property law in areas better left for creative freedom, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
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5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2025
Lawyers and their clients must be prepared to navigate an evolving litigation funding market in 2025, made more complicated by a new administration and the increasing overall cost of litigation, says Jeffery Lula at GLS Capital.
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Despite Political Divide, FEC Found Common Ground In '24
The Federal Election Commission, although evenly split between Republicans and Democrats, reached consensus in consequential advisory opinions, enforcement actions and regulations last year, offering welcome clarity on some key questions facing campaigns, PACs and parties, say attorneys at Covington.
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Chancery May Have Raised Bar For Books, Records Requests
The Delaware Court of Chancery recently approved the denial of a books and records demand against Amazon, raising important questions about what evidence and purpose a stockholder is required to show to succeed on such a request, say attorneys at Selendy Gay.
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Rethinking Litigation Risk And What It Really Means To Win
Attorneys have a tendency to overestimate litigation risk before summary judgment and underestimate risk after it, but an eight-stage litigation framework can clarify risk at different points and help litigators reassess what true success looks like in any particular case, says Joshua Libling at Arcadia Finance.
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Mass Arbitration Procedures After Faulty Live Nation Ruling
Despite the Ninth Circuit's flawed reasoning in Heckman v. Live Nation, the exceptional allegations of collusive conduct shouldn't be read to restrict arbitration providers that have adopted good faith procedures to ensure that consumer mass arbitrations can be efficiently resolved on the merits, says Collin Vierra at Eimer Stahl.
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5 Notable Information Security Events In 2024
B. Stephanie Siegmann at Hinckley Allen discusses 2024's largest and most destructive data breaches seen yet, ranging from ransomware disrupting U.S. healthcare systems on a massive scale, to tensions increasing between the U.S. and China over cyberespionage and the control of U.S. data.
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Series
Playing Rugby Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My experience playing rugby, including a near-fatal accident, has influenced my legal practice on a professional, organizational and personal level by showing me the importance of maintaining empathy, fostering team empowerment and embracing the art of preparation, says James Gillenwater at Greenberg Traurig.
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Looking Back At 2024's Noteworthy State AG Litigation
State attorneys general across the U.S. took bold steps in 2024 to address unlawful activities by corporations in several areas, including privacy and data security, financial transparency, children's internet safety, and other overall consumer protection claims, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.
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Opinion
No, Litigation Funders Are Not 'Fleeing' The District Of Del.
A recent study claimed that litigation funders have “fled” Delaware federal court due to a standing order requiring disclosure of third-party financing, but responsible funders have no problem litigating in this jurisdiction, and many other factors could explain the decline in filings, say Will Freeman and Sarah Tsou at Omni Bridgeway.