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September 15, 2025
Security Industry Group Calls 900 MHz Redo Idea Disruptive
A security industry group warned the Federal Communications Commission that a revamp of lower 900 megahertz spectrum for an Earth-based broadband and GPS backup built by NextNav Inc. could disrupt an array of critical services.
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September 15, 2025
2nd Circ. Backs Jimmy Kimmel In George Santos IP Fight
The Second Circuit on Monday declined to revive George Santos' claims against Jimmy Kimmel, ABC and Disney over video clips the late night host tricked the now-imprisoned former congressman into making, agreeing the fair use doctrine bars the copyright suit.
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September 15, 2025
X Corp., X Social Media Settle TM Fight Over Twitter Rebrand
An advertising agency for attorneys, X Social Media, has settled a trademark dispute with X Corp. that arose from Elon Musk's Twitter rebrand, the parties told a Florida federal judge Monday.
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September 15, 2025
Dr. Phil Media Co.'s Committee Backs Chapter 11 Settlement
Merit Street Media's official committee of unsecured creditors has thrown its support behind a proposed $17 million Chapter 11 settlement funded by Dr. Phil McGraw's production company Peteski Productions, saying a bankruptcy plan would result in the best outcome for creditors.
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September 15, 2025
Judge Says Key DOJ Ad Tech Expert Has Little Experience
A Virginia federal judge signaled trouble ahead Monday for U.S. Department of Justice efforts to paint the sought breakup of Google's advertising placement technology business as technically feasible, asserting during a hearing that a key government witness appears to have little relevant experience to address the question.
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September 15, 2025
Disney Workers Get Final OK On $43M Gender Bias Deal
A California judge granted final approval Monday of Disney's $43.25 million class action settlement with over 15,000 female midlevel managers over allegations the entertainment giant paid them less than their male colleagues.
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September 15, 2025
Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
Delaware's governor weighed in on a challenge to recently approved state legislation that bars damages or "equitable" relief for some controlling stockholder or going-private deals. Meanwhile, Moelis told the Delaware Supreme Court that the struck-down stockholder agreement that triggered that legislation was valid. Additionally, one of two newly funded magistrates' posts in the Chancery Court has been filled.
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September 15, 2025
Lifeline Providers Hope For Increased Federal Subsidy
Providers of the federal Lifeline phone subsidy are pressing to raise the monthly reimbursement to $30 as part of changes potentially sought by a congressional working group on universal service.
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September 15, 2025
US, China Agree On TikTok Ownership Transfer, Bessent Says
The U.S. and China established a commercial framework for a deal with video sharing giant TikTok to transfer ownership of the app to the U.S., just days before a deadline to sell the app or shut it down, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters at a press conference in Madrid on Monday.
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September 15, 2025
Record Labels, Internet Archive Settle Copyright Feud
A group of record labels has settled a copyright suit that accused the Internet Archive of infringing thousands of songs after making them available for free as part of the "Great 78 Project," according to a joint notice from the parties filed Monday in California federal court.
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September 15, 2025
Jay-Z Opposes Sexual Assault Accuser's Bid To Shield Name
Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter told an Alabama federal court on Friday that allowing a woman to remain anonymous in his defamation lawsuit against her and Texas lawyer Tony Buzbee would be "contrary to principles of justice and fairness" given that she continues to claim she was sexually assaulted by him and music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs at a party when she was 13.
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September 15, 2025
Penny Stock Twitter Promos Not 'Scalping,' Trader Tells Jury
An Ohio salesman sparred with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday over his admitted heavy use of Twitter to promote penny stocks, as he sought to convince a Manhattan federal jury that $2.5 million he earned by trading was lawful.
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September 15, 2025
Weil Adds 2 Acclaimed Trial Attys From Paul Hastings
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP announced on Monday that it has welcomed two prominent West Coast litigators from Paul Hastings LLP, highlighting their extensive experience in headline-grabbing cases.
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September 12, 2025
Google Gets IP Claims Against Some AI Products Tossed
A California federal judge trimmed Thursday a consolidated proposed class action alleging Google's artificial-intelligence training models infringed artists and writers' copyrights and dismissed its parent company Alphabet altogether, finding that the creators can only pursue claims implicating six out of 16 of Google's AI products.
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September 12, 2025
Calif. Sends Groundbreaking Data Use Opt-Out, AI Bills To Gov.
The California Legislature has approved several cutting-edge measures to boost online data privacy and safety protections for consumers, including proposals that would require browser operators such as Apple and Google to enable users to easily stop the sale and sharing of their personal data across websites and push AI-powered "companion" chatbot providers to implement safeguards.Â
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September 12, 2025
Stewart Issues New Slate Of Discretionary Denials
Acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart rejected 18 petitions for Patent Trial and Appeal Board review based on discretionary factors on Friday, but didn't introduce new elements to her analysis.
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September 12, 2025
FCC Faulted For Changes In Broadband Inquiry's Scope
By no longer measuring factors like broadband affordability, the Federal Communications Commission has unacceptably trimmed its yearly look at the state of deployment, just like the old vaudeville joke about "blue plate specials" devoid of food, an advocacy group said.
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September 12, 2025
3rd Circ. Backs Fox News In DHS Expert's Defamation Suit
The Third Circuit on Friday upheld a win for Fox News Network LLC and Fox Corp. in a defamation lawsuit from the onetime head of the Biden administration's disinformation watchdog, holding that the unflattering claims the network's hosts made about the agency were opinion or not proven to be untrue.
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September 12, 2025
Broadband Company Wants To Give Another Its Rural Funds
A Texas-based company that was set to receive Rural Digital Opportunity Fund money to service a couple of hundred locations in Wyoming is asking the FCC's permission to transfer that obligation — and the funds that go along with it — to a different company.
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September 12, 2025
Roblox, Discord Face Wrongful Death Suit Over Teen's Suicide
The mother of a California teenager who died by suicide sued Roblox and Discord on Friday, claiming that her son was groomed and abused for years by a man who found him on the gaming platform, showed him how to disable parental controls and forced him to share explicit images.
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September 12, 2025
Disney Sees Another Class Claim Over Child Privacy Practices
Disney invaded the privacy of millions of children by failing to appropriately tag its YouTube videos as "made for kids" and thus allowing the collection of minors' personal data and location information, according to a proposed class action in Washington federal court.
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September 12, 2025
Targeting 'Bad Labs' Based Only On Location Called Bad Idea
Several top telecom trade groups have come together to tell the FCC that its plan to ban Chinese test labs and certification bodies from being used on devices destined for the United States will cost a lot and cause much disruption, "without delivering commensurate security benefits."
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September 12, 2025
9th Circ. Rejects Rethink, Unpauses Google Play Store Order
The countdown for Google to open up the Play Store is ticking down again after the Ninth Circuit again affirmed district court monopolization findings.
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September 12, 2025
Amazon Says FTC Can't Subpoena Corporation For Prime Trial
Amazon has told a Seattle federal judge that the Federal Trade Commission can't subpoena the company itself for a testimony at an upcoming trial over allegations that it tricked customers into Prime subscriptions and prevented them from undoing their membership, arguing subpoenas that do not name individuals "skirt the rules."
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September 12, 2025
Apple Lets Thieves Drain Unsecured Gift Cards, Suit Alleges
Apple assures customers that its gift cards can be securely purchased and redeemed for various products, but the tech company's lack of "simple and commonsense security measures" allows thieves to drain activated cards before customers can use them, alleges a proposed class action in California federal court.
Expert Analysis
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Reel Justice: 'Oh, Hi!' Teaches Attys To Return To The Statute
The new dark comedy film “Oh, Hi!” — depicting a romantic vacation that turns into an inadvertent kidnapping — should remind criminal practitioners to always reread the statute to avoid assumptions, meet their ethical duties and finesse their trial strategy, says Veronica Finkelstein at Wilmington University School of Law.
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What To Know About NCAA Deal's Arbitration Provisions
Kathryn Hester at Jones Walker discusses the key dispute resolution provisions of the NCAA's recently approved class action settlement that allows for complex revenue sharing with college athletes, breaking down the arbitration stipulations and explaining how the Northern District of California will handle certain enforcement, administration, implementation and interpretation disputes.
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Opinion
Premerger Settlements Don't Meet Standard For Bribery
Claims that Paramount’s decision to settle a lawsuit with President Donald Trump while it was undergoing a premerger regulatory review amounts to a quid pro quo misconstrue bribery law and ignore how modern legal departments operate, says Ediberto Román at the Florida International University College of Law.
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Series
Playing Soccer Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Soccer has become a key contributor to how I approach my work, and the lessons I’ve learned on the pitch about leadership, adaptability, resilience and communication make me better at what I do every day in my legal career, says Whitney O’Byrne at MoFo.
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What To Do When Congress And DOJ Both Come Knocking
As recently seen in the news, clients may find themselves facing parallel U.S. Department of Justice and congressional investigations, requiring a comprehensive response that considers the different challenges posed by each, say attorneys at Friedman Kaplan.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Learning From Failure
While law school often focuses on the importance of precision, correctness and perfection, mistakes are inevitable in real-world practice — but failure is not the opposite of progress, and real talent comes from the ability to recover, rethink and reshape, says Brooke Pauley at Tucker Ellis.
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Midyear Rewind: How Courts Are Reshaping VPPA Standards
The first half of 2025 saw a series of cases interpreting the Video Privacy Protection Act as applied to website tracking technologies, including three appellate rulings deepening circuit splits on what qualifies as personally identifiable information and who qualifies as a consumer under the statute, say attorneys at Perkins Coie.
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How The Healthline Privacy Settlement Redefines Ad Tech Use
The Healthline settlement is the first time California has drawn a clear line in the sand around how website tracking must function in practice, so if your site uses tracking technologies, especially around sensitive content like health or finance, regulators are inspecting your website's back end, not just its banner, say attorneys at Baker Donelson.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From ATF Director To BigLaw
As a two-time boomerang partner, returning to BigLaw after stints as a U.S. attorney and the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, people ask me how I know when to move on, but there’s no single answer — just clearly set your priorities, says Steven Dettelbach at BakerHostetler.
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Influencer Marketing Partnerships Face Rising Litigation Risk
In light of recent class actions claiming that brands and influencers are misleading consumers with deceptive marketing practices — largely premised on the Federal Trade Commission's endorsements guidance — proactive compliance measures are becoming more important, say attorneys at Olshan Frome.
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7 Ways Employers Can Avoid Labor Friction Over AI
As artificial intelligence use in the workplace emerges as a key labor relations topic in the U.S. and Europe, employers looking to reduce reputational risk and prevent costly disputes should consider proactive strategies to engage with unions, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.
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Anthropic Ruling Creates Fair Use Framework For AI Training
A California federal court’s recent ruling that Anthropic’s use of copyrighted books to train its large language model qualified as fair use provides important guidance for both artificial intelligence developers and copyright holders because it distinguishes between transformative uses and unauthorized uses involving pirated or format-shifted works, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.
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Series
Playing Baseball Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Playing baseball in college, and now Wiffle ball in a local league, has taught me that teamwork, mental endurance and emotional intelligence are not only important to success in the sport, but also to success as a trial attorney, says Kevan Dorsey at Swift Currie.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Skillful Persuasion
In many ways, law school teaches us how to argue, but when the ultimate goal is to get your client what they want, being persuasive through preparation and humility is the more likely key to success, says Michael Friedland at Friedland Cianfrani.
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A Look At Trump 2.0 Antitrust Enforcement So Far
The first six months of President Donald Trump's second administration were marked by aggressive antitrust enforcement tempered by traditional structural remedies for mergers, but other unprecedented actions, like the firing of Federal Trade Commission Democrats, will likely stoke heated discussion ahead, says Richard Dagen at Axinn.