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May 15, 2025
Memphis Seeks Atty Sanctions In Tyre Nichols Beating Case
The city of Memphis, Tennessee, has asked a judge to impose sanctions on high-profile civil rights lawyers Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci, arguing that they issued a press release that falsely said a lawsuit over the police beating death of Tyre Nichols could not bankrupt the Memphis government.
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May 15, 2025
FTC Chair Says Staffing Cuts Needed After Hiring Spree
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson told lawmakers on Thursday that the previous administration hired too many agency staffers and said he is looking to reduce the workforce by around 16% while trying to avoid layoffs.
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May 14, 2025
Smartmatic Says Fox News Deleted 'Incriminating' Texts
Fox News and its executives — including Rupert Murdoch and his son, Lachlan — deleted "critical" and "incriminating" text messages related to the network's allegedly defamatory broadcasts about Smartmatic during the 2020 election, the voting tech company said Wednesday.
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May 14, 2025
DOGE Can't Dodge Limited FOIA Discovery, DC Circ. Says
The Office of Management and Budget and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency must restart efforts to hand over thousands of pages of documents to a watchdog group seeking insight into DOGE's "secretive operations," the D.C. Circuit ruled Wednesday.
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May 14, 2025
Politico Beats Readers' Suit Over Online Trackers, For Now
A California federal judge on Tuesday tossed a proposed class action against Politico claiming the online news outlet unlawfully installed third-party trackers on users' browsers to surreptitiously collect data and personally identifying information without their consent, saying the plaintiffs had not shown they'd suffered a sufficiently concrete injury to sue.
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May 14, 2025
Lawmakers Question Legality Of Library Of Congress Moves
The Trump administration's recent removal of the head of the U.S. Copyright Office has triggered concerns from Senate Democrats who questioned Wednesday if the president had the authority to do it and whether it threatens the agency's independence.
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May 14, 2025
Connecting With Friends Becoming 'Secondary,' FB Head Says
The head of Facebook acknowledged in D.C. federal court Wednesday that Meta Platforms Inc.'s original application remains focused heavily on sharing with friends, but, despite Federal Trade Commission claims it's monopolized that business, said social media has evolved so much that those connections are no longer the platform's "main character."
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May 14, 2025
Missy Elliott's Bid In Copyright Case Faces Court Setback
A Pennsylvania federal judge denied recording artist Missy Elliott's bid for an alternative resolution to her dispute with a producer who claims to be a joint author of some of her music, saying Wednesday that there are still "significant factual issues" in need of resolving.
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May 14, 2025
Judge Questions Harm In Suit Over CPB Board Terminations
A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday seemed unconvinced that Corporation for Public Broadcasting members purportedly ousted by President Donald Trump are facing the sort of irreparable harm that warrants blocking their firings, questioning whether the nonprofit corporation could take other measures to fill its leadership.
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May 14, 2025
Judge Hints At Shielding Docs Of Live Nation Competitors
The California federal judge overseeing claims from concertgoers accusing Live Nation of violating antitrust law is likely to grant a request from ticketing rivals to protect documents the rivals say could facilitate the very conduct at issue in the case.
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May 14, 2025
Colo. Justices Leery Of Speaker's Motive In Anti-SLAPP Test
The Colorado Supreme Court on Wednesday pressed a veterinary clinic on its position that courts should consider a speaker's motivations to determine if their comments involve issues of public interest, with some justices wondering if that would create too high a bar to trigger an anti-SLAPP law.
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May 14, 2025
Alex Jones Can't Duck $1B Sandy Hook Payout During Appeal
Infowars host Alex Jones cannot avoid a $1.3 billion defamation judgment favoring the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre while he crafts an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in the hopes it accepts his final challenge to the record-breaking verdict, a Connecticut appeals court has ruled.
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May 14, 2025
FCC Cuts Deal With Fla. Pirate Radio Operator
The Federal Communications Commission has cut a deal with a man it accused of running an unauthorized radio station in Broward County, Florida, which requires him to pay a small fine and stop the illegal broadcasts in exchange for avoiding a stiffer penalty.
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May 14, 2025
Texas Panel Says Ex-Cop's Phone Fair Game In Bribe Case
The highest criminal court of appeals in Texas ruled Wednesday that an ex-San Antonio police officer cannot suppress evidence found on a cell phone that prosecutors claim contains evidence of child pornography and that the officer had been accepting bribes.
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May 14, 2025
9th Circ. Says Trustee Is Liable Under New Social Media Test
A California school board member violated the First Amendment when she blocked two parents from making comments on her public Facebook and Twitter pages, the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday, reaffirming a district court's judgment after applying the U.S. Supreme Court's new state-action test.
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May 14, 2025
House Committee Tees Up FCC Auction Reauthorization
While the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday was voting to clawback billions of dollars earmarked during the Biden administration for climate spending, it also managed to tee up a provision allowing the FCC to auction off spectrum once again.
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May 14, 2025
Insurer Blamed For Unpaid $3.2M Horse-Related Theft Deal
A show horse company that said an equestrian and his associate stole prize money, horse sale proceeds and valuable stallion semen blamed an insurer for covering protracted underlying litigation in bad faith, telling a Florida federal court that nothing was left for an eventual $3.2 million settlement.
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May 14, 2025
Venture-Backed Tech IPOs Forge Ahead As Momentum Builds
Venture-backed mobile banker Chime Financial Inc. has filed for an initial public offering, while advertising technology platform MNTN Inc. unveiled a price range on an estimated $176 million listing, marking the latest developments this week to bolster the IPO pipeline.
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May 14, 2025
Hollywood Attys' New Litigation Boutique Eyes Assault Cases
Two prominent entertainment litigators announced this week that they've started their own Los Angeles-based boutique focused on sexual assault and harassment litigation.
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May 14, 2025
'Plaintiffs Are Wrong' In New Recusal Bid, Ga. Judge Says
A Georgia federal judge doubled down Wednesday on his refusal to recuse himself from a defamation case in which the plaintiff's counsel claimed he called their client a "fraud," writing that the "plaintiffs are wrong" that he misstated facts about a related case.
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May 14, 2025
Stewart Orders PTAB Officials To Review Axed LED Patent
Acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Stewart has ordered a panel of Patent Trial and Appeal Board leaders to review whether a Polaris LED driver patent was properly invalidated.
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May 13, 2025
'Are We Dating The Same Guy?' Defamation Suit Gets Tossed
An Illinois federal judge Tuesday threw out a Chicago-area man's suit over allegedly false sexual misconduct accusations on an "Are We Dating the Same Guy?" Facebook page, ruling that the comments made in the group were statements of opinion and thus not actionable.
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May 13, 2025
X Says Elon Musk Can't Sit For Media Matters Deposition
X Corp. told a Texas federal judge that left-leaning watchdog Media Matters for America cannot make billionaire CEO Elon Musk sit for a deposition in X's disparagement suit, saying Musk lacks specific knowledge about the case and is "one of the busiest men on the planet."
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May 13, 2025
Brie, Franco's 'Together' Is 'Blatant Rip-Off,' Film Co. Says
Production company StudioFest alleged in California federal court on Tuesday that the upcoming horror film "Together," starring real-life spouses Alison Brie and Dave Franco, is a "blatant rip-off" of a movie it pitched to the couple's agents in 2020.
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May 13, 2025
DOJ Antitrust Deputy Says Gov't 'Out-Lawyered' Google
The deputy head of the U.S. Justice Department's Antitrust Division took a victory lap Tuesday after dual monopolization wins over Google's search and advertising technology businesses, citing the cases as proof that the government's attorneys can win in a "David versus Goliath" battle.
Expert Analysis
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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.
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5 Advertising Law Trends To Watch In 2025
Although advertisers are encouraged by the incoming Trump administration's focus on deregulation, this year could feel like wading through uncharted waters, and decreased federal government regulation may mean increased state regulation, say attorneys at Reed Smith.
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5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2025 And Beyond
In the year to come, e-discovery will be shaped by new and emerging trends, from the adoption of artificial intelligence provisions in protective orders, to the proliferation of emojis as a source of evidence in contemporary litigation, say attorneys at Littler.
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Celebs' Suits Show Limits Of Calif. Anti-SLAPP Laws
Two recent cases including Amanda Ghost v. Rebel Wilson and Leviss v. Sandoval highlight the delicate balancing act courts must perform in weighing free speech against privacy and reputational harm under California's robust anti-strategic lawsuit against public participation laws, say attorneys at Nixon Peabody.
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What To Expect From Federal Cybersecurity Policy In 2025
There are 12 cyber policy questions to keep an eye on as the new administration and Republican control of Congress present an opportunity to advance less regulatory approaches and revisit some choices from the prior administration, say attorneys at Wiley.
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2024 Was A Banner Year For Shareholder Activism
Shareholder activism campaigns in 2024 continued at an elevated pace globally, with activist investors exploiting valuation gaps and pushing aggressively for corporate governance reforms, including the ouster of many companies' chief executives, a trend that could continue once President-elect Donald Trump takes office, say attorneys at Sidley.