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May 08, 2025
Judge Allows WWE Accuser To Add SEC Settlement To Suit
A former World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. staffer, who has accused ex-CEO Vince McMahon of assault and sex trafficking in Connecticut federal court, was allowed to include in an amended complaint the settlement McMahon reached with the federal government regarding payments he made to her and another woman over alleged misconduct.
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May 08, 2025
Musk Objects To New Job For SEC's Former Litigation Chief
Elon Musk is opposing a move by plaintiff-side firm Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP to hire the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's former chief litigation counsel, arguing in a court filing that the lawyer "played a personal and substantial role" in suing Musk while at the SEC.
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May 08, 2025
Apple Asks 9th Circ. To Pause New App Store Injunction
Apple has asked the Ninth Circuit to pause parts of a California federal court's new injunction mandating changes to its App Store policies, issued after finding Apple violated a previous order, saying the "punitive" measures force it to give away free access to its products.
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May 08, 2025
E-Rate Paperwork Snafus Cost Some Orgs. FCC Funds
The Federal Communications Commission has denied seven organizations' appeals for reimbursement under the E-Rate subsidy program because their service providers failed to send in the paperwork required to qualify for school and library connectivity funds.
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May 08, 2025
PTAB Labels Decision Ending Hulu Fights As Informative
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has designated as informative an April decision where the acting head of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ended Hulu's challenges to a patent on inserting ads in media content.
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May 08, 2025
Full DC Circ. Restores International Media Funding, For Now
The en banc D.C. Circuit on Wednesday restored federal grant funding to international broadcasters while the Trump administration appeals a lower court ruling blocking cuts to the agency that oversees Voice of America.
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May 08, 2025
Senate Rejects FCC's Wi-Fi Subsidy For Students Off Campus
The Senate voted Thursday to overturn a Federal Communications Commission rule that would allow the E-Rate school and library program to subsidize Wi-Fi hot spots for students and library patrons off premises.
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May 08, 2025
Power Cos. Fight New Deadline In Pole Attachment Regs
Power companies are pushing back against a telecom industry proposal that would give utility pole owners just 30 days to approve third-party contractors for "make-ready" work in preparation for communications attachments, telling the government that the proposal would effectively strip utilities of their agency in contracting work on their poles.
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May 08, 2025
Latham, Wilson Sonsini Guide $800M Tripledot Gaming Deal
British game developer Tripledot Studios said Thursday it has inked a deal to acquire Palo Alto, California-based AppLovin's portfolio of mobile games studios for $800 million, with Latham & Watkins LLP advising Tripledot and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC guiding AppLovin.
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May 07, 2025
Ex-OneTaste Staffer Says She Was Sexually Exploited
A former salesperson for OneTaste on Wednesday testified in the forced labor trial of its former top leaders that she was traumatized and "lost touch with reality" during her time working for the sexual wellness company, and felt coerced into taking part in unwanted sexual acts.
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May 07, 2025
Celebs And YouTubers Nix Most FTX Investor Claims, For Now
A Florida federal judge Wednesday freed several high-profile celebrities and YouTubers from a majority of claims FTX investors lodged in a sprawling multidistrict litigation over the cryptocurrency exchange's collapse, slashing all but two of the investors' claims, including aiding and abetting.
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May 07, 2025
Texas AG Warns Chinese Cos. To Get In Step With Privacy Law
The Texas attorney general has informed Alibaba, CapCut, TP-Link and several other companies with ties to the Chinese government that they have 30 days to remedy alleged violations of the state's comprehensive data privacy law or face "additional legal action," marking the latest escalation of the agency's privacy enforcement efforts.
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May 07, 2025
Roku's GC Steps Down After Less Than A Year In The Role
Roku Inc.'s general counsel Louise Pentland is leaving the company to "pursue another opportunity," a move that comes less than a year after Pentland joined the company, according to a disclosure filed Wednesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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May 07, 2025
Google Is 'What's Best' For Users, Apple Exec Tells Judge
A top Apple executive forcibly defended the company's pick for its default search engine Wednesday, telling a D.C. federal judge that Google is the only real option, as the U.S. Justice Department looks to ban Google from paying the iPhone maker and others for default search engine placement.
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May 07, 2025
DOJ, FTC Seek Public Input On Live Event Ticketing Abuses
The U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission announced Wednesday they are seeking input from the public about potential abuses in the live ticketing industry, which comes after President Donald Trump's March executive order that looks to enforce "transparency at all stages of the ticket-purchase process."
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May 07, 2025
Philips Presses For 'Certainty' On Next-Gen TV Transition
Electronics giant Philips is backing the National Association of Broadcasters' proposed timeline for stations to move to "NextGen TV," telling the Federal Communications Commission in a new filing that clear government action is needed to "shepherd the broadcast and consumer electronics industries towards a successful transition."
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May 07, 2025
Nike, 'Replica' Influencer Settle TM Suit Ahead Of Trial
Nike has resolved the remainder of its trademark infringement lawsuit against a social media influencer accused of posting and selling fake Nike shoes just days before trial, with a Florida federal judge on Wednesday signing off on the agreement that calls for the influencer to pay $1 million in damages.
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May 07, 2025
Girardi Keese Ex-CFO Will Cop To Client Theft In Chicago
Girardi Keese's former chief financial officer will plead guilty in federal prosecutors' Chicago case alleging he and a relative of now-disbarred Tom Girardi helped the disgraced former legal titan steal millions from clients, according to his Wednesday request that the judge handling the case accept his anticipated plea remotely.
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May 07, 2025
Top Groups Lobbying The FCC
The Federal Communications Commission heard from advocates dozens of times throughout April about their concerns, from T-Mobile's planned takeover of UScellular's wireless operations to Native American tribes' needs for licensed spectrum, phone "unlocking" mandates to spur competition, satellite power limits and more.
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May 07, 2025
Ex-Enforcers Back Higher Standard For Google Breakup
A bipartisan group of former federal antitrust enforcers stretching back to the Nixon administration has told the D.C. federal court overseeing the government's search monopolization case against Google that a high standard needs to be met when divestitures are sought.
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May 07, 2025
Fed. Circ. Backs Denial Of 'US Space Force' Trademark
The Federal Circuit on Wednesday shot down an intellectual property attorney's appeal of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's denial of his bid to register a trademark for the term "US Space Force," refusing to undo a finding that it would suggest a false connection to the military branch.
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May 07, 2025
Splenda Maker Can't Claim Scientist's Research Is 'Defamation'
A North Carolina federal judge has partially dismissed claims from the maker of sweetener Splenda alleging that a scientist defamed the company by saying in a television interview that Splenda contains a harmful chemical, saying accurately stating the results of her research is protected by the First Amendment.
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May 07, 2025
Judge Rejects New Trial Over Antitrust Loss To US Soccer
A Brooklyn federal judge denied a defunct soccer league's request for a new antitrust trial against MLS and the U.S. soccer governing body, rejecting a challenge to a jury instruction that asked about the existence of a relevant market.
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May 07, 2025
McMahon's Misconduct Docs Sought In WWE Merger Suit
Shareholders seeking damages from World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.'s disputed $21.4 billion merger with Ultimate Fighting Championship have urged a Delaware vice chancellor to force WWE's former CEO, Vince McMahon, to hand over documents regarding his alleged sexual misconduct and hush money payments, arguing they are central to the suit.
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May 07, 2025
AI-Focused SPAC Raises $125M As Blank-Check Filings Surge
Dune Acquisition Corp. II, a special purpose acquisition company targeting artificial intelligence and various technologies, began trading Wednesday after raising $125 million, the latest SPAC to join the market as three more such vehicles filed IPOs in recent days.
Expert Analysis
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Insurance Likely Kept Swift Out Of The Woods After Vienna
Financial losses Taylor Swift incurred from the cancellation of three concerts in Vienna in August will likely be covered by insurance policies, considering how the facts of the situation differ from those of the Foo Fighters' 2015 insurance dispute over event cancellation and terrorism coverage, say attorneys at Anderson Kill.
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Litigation Inspiration: Honoring Your Learned Profession
About 30,000 people who took the bar exam in July will learn they passed this fall, marking a fitting time for all attorneys to remember that they are members in a specialty club of learned professionals — and the more they can keep this in mind, the more benefits they will see, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.
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What Pennsylvania Can Expect From Anti-SLAPP Law
Pennsylvania's anti-SLAPP law is an important step in protecting speech on matters of public concern against retaliatory claims, and is buttressed by a robust remedy for violations as well as procedural requirements that lawyers must follow to take advantage of its application in practice, says Thomas Wilkinson at Cozen O'Connor.
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Opinion
AI May Limit Key Learning Opportunities For Young Attorneys
The thing that’s so powerful about artificial intelligence is also what’s most scary about it — its ability to detect patterns may curtail young attorneys’ chance to practice the lower-level work of managing cases, preventing them from ever honing the pattern recognition skills that undergird creative lawyering, says Sarah Murray at Trialcraft.
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Antitrust Issues To Watch Amid Google Ad Tech Trial
Regardless of the outcome of the U.S. Department of Justice's advertising technology antitrust suit against Google in Virginia federal court, matters ranging from market definition to unified pricing will likely have far-reaching implications for the digital advertising industry, competition and innovation, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
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What To Know About Latest Calif. Auto-Renewal Law Update
While businesses have about nine months to prepare before the recently passed amendment to California's automatic renewal law takes effect, it’s not too early to begin working on compliance efforts, including sign-up flow reviews, record retention updates and marketing language revisions, say Gonzalo Mon and Beth Chun at Kelley Drye.
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Taking Stock Of FCC's New Spectrum Rule For Drones
While an order recently adopted by the Federal Communications Commission is intended to provide drones with rapid access to a limited amount of spectrum in the 5030-5091 megahertz band, the commission envisions an incremental approach to full usage that will play out over the course of the coming months and years, say attorneys at Wiley.
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3 Coverage Tips As 2nd Circ. 'Swipes Left' On Tinder Claim
The Second Circuit's recent opinion in Match Group v. Beazley Underwriting, overturning Tinder's victory on its insurer's motion to dismiss a coverage action, reinforces three best practices policyholders purchasing claims-made coverage should adhere to in order to avoid late-notice defenses, say Lynda Bennett and Alexander Corson at Lowenstein Sandler.
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Proposed Legislation May Crack Down On Online Drug Ads
A bill recently proposed in Congress could serve as a sea change in how the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulates drug-related speech, with significant trickle-down effects on various corners of not only the drug industry but also on consumers and providers themselves, say Dominick DiSabatino and Arushi Pandya at Sheppard Mullin.
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How Loper Bright Is Affecting Pending FCC Litigation
Pending challenges against Federal Communications Commission orders at the Sixth and Eleventh Circuits following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Loper Bright highlight that counsel must be familiar with the statutes, regulations and precedent relevant to the FCC to best navigate the rapidly changing compliance landscape, say attorneys at Davis Wright.
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Series
Round-Canopy Parachuting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Similar to the practice of law, jumping from an in-flight airplane with nothing but training and a few yards of parachute silk is a demanding and stressful endeavor, and the experience has bolstered my legal practice by enhancing my focus, teamwork skills and sense of perspective, says Thomas Salerno at Stinson.
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Why Now Is The Time For Law Firms To Hire Lateral Partners
Partner and associate mobility data from the second quarter of this year suggest that there's never been a better time in recent years for law firms to hire lateral candidates, particularly experienced partners — though this necessitates an understanding of potential red flags, say Julie Henson and Greg Hamman at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.
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Google And The Next Frontier Of Divestiture Antitrust Remedy
The possibility of a large-scale divestiture in the Google search case comes on the heels of recent requests of business breakups as remedies for anticompetitive conduct, and companies should prepare for the likelihood that courts may impose divestiture remedies in the event of a liability finding, say Lauren Weinstein and Nathaniel Rubin at MoloLamken.
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Considering Possible PR Risks Of Certain Legal Tactics
Disney and American Airlines recently abandoned certain litigation tactics in two lawsuits after fierce public backlash, illustrating why corporate counsel should consider the reputational implications of any legal strategy and partner with their communications teams to preempt public relations concerns, says Chris Gidez at G7 Reputation Advisory.
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Defamation Law Changes May Be Brewing At Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court's significant rightward shift has produced dramatic changes in many areas of the law, and the long-standing "actual malice" standard protecting speech about public figures could be the next precedent to fall, say attorneys at Paul Hastings.