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  • August 07, 2025

    CoStar Asks Full 9th Circ. To Revisit Antitrust Ruling For Rival

    Commercial real estate information company CoStar Group Inc. and a subsidiary are urging the Ninth Circuit to reconsider its ruling reviving antitrust counterclaims lodged by rival Commercial Real Estate Exchange Inc., which CoStar has accused in a suit of stealing property listing data and copyrighted photos.

  • August 07, 2025

    California Anti-Deepfake Law Struck Down By Judge

    A California federal judge has agreed to block a California anti-deepfake law as constitutionally and legally invalid, siding with conservative media companies and content creators who argued that the law infringes platforms' First Amendment rights to moderate content on their own and pressures them to censor speech.

  • August 07, 2025

    Reality TV Persona's NYC Plastic Surgery Practice Files Ch. 11

    The practice of celebrity plastic surgeon Michael E. Jones filed Thursday for Chapter 11 bankruptcy relief in New York, listing less than $50,000 in assets and between $1 million and $10 million in liabilities.

  • August 07, 2025

    NC Biz Court Bulletin: Divorce Dust-Ups And Judicial Rebukes

    Litigation in the North Carolina Business Court is heating up this summer with new complaints centered on fears a former state politician's divorce proceedings will impede his companies' operations and accusations that a climate technology company has failed to pay out a former engineer's ownership interest.

  • August 06, 2025

    Baker Botts Atty Seeks To Trim Patent Exec's Defamation Suit

    A Baker Botts LLP intellectual property litigator has urged a Florida federal judge to trim a patent licensing company executive's lawsuit alleging she made defamatory statements about him in news articles, saying some of the claims come too late, and others don't have a basis in facts.

  • August 06, 2025

    Lindell Co. Fights Punitives Hike In Colo. Defamation Trial

    MyPillow founder Mike Lindell and his media company FrankSpeech urged a Colorado federal judge Wednesday not to add $4.4 million in punitive damages to a $2.3 million defamation verdict, saying that would flout the Seventh Amendment.

  • August 06, 2025

    Stanford Daily Sues Trump Admin Over Deportation Threats

    Stanford University's student newspaper, The Stanford Daily, sued the Trump administration in California federal court on Wednesday, claiming that the threat of immigration law enforcement against lawfully present noncitizen students expressing pro-Palestinian views is unconstitutional and has students self-censoring out of fears of being deported.

  • August 06, 2025

    Gray TV Urges FCC To Stick With Next-Gen Transition

    Broadcast behemoth GrayTV says it's time for the Federal Communications Commission to force the finalization of transition to the next generation of television broadcasting, arguing that the old generation services "place broadcasters at a technological disadvantage."

  • August 06, 2025

    Ex-WBZ Anchor Files $4M Race Suit Against CBS, Paramount

    Paramount, CBS and its Boston affiliate station WBZ-TV face a $4 million lawsuit in Massachusetts federal court from a former WBZ morning anchor who alleges the defendants discriminated against her as a white woman and demoted her following an inadequate investigation into complaints by colleagues who accused her of racism. 

  • August 06, 2025

    Fox Corp. Seeks Del. Court Ruling On Class Suit Discovery

    Fox Corp. attorneys asked a Delaware vice chancellor Wednesday to set boundaries for summary judgment discovery in a derivative suit linking Fox's board and officers to defamation of 2020 election vote tabulation companies, arguing that counsel for stockholders want an "overbroad" probe.

  • August 06, 2025

    Ye Fights Sanctions Bid In IP Suit Involving DJ Khalil Music

    The artist once known as Kanye West, Ye, and his associated companies have asked a California federal court to reject a request for case-terminating sanctions in a lawsuit accusing him of ripping off copyrighted music for his 2021 "Donda" album, saying the defendants are trying to comply with discovery obligations.

  • August 06, 2025

    Local Gov'ts Oppose FCC's Fast-Track Rule Cut Process

    Local governments banded together Wednesday to oppose a new rulemaking procedure that lets the Federal Communications Commission more deftly slash telecom regulations that it views as outdated.

  • August 06, 2025

    Valve Won't Pay $21M Arb. Fee In Antitrust Fight, Gamers Say

    About 15,000 users of Steam, one of the largest online sellers of video games, have accused the platform's operator, Valve, in a new proposed class action in Washington federal court of refusing to pay its nearly $21 million share in arbitration fees stemming from a series of individual antitrust disputes, in which consumers alleged the company inflated the price it charged for games.

  • August 06, 2025

    Golfer Wants Full 11th Circ. To Take Swing At Defamation Suit

    Pro golfer Patrick Reed urged the full Eleventh Circuit Tuesday to take a second look at his failed defamation suit against a litany of media organizations and figures, arguing that a three-judge panel "abjectly failed" to properly review his complaints after their dismissal by a Florida federal judge.

  • August 06, 2025

    Broadcasters Worry Upper C-Band Moves Could Cause Harm

    Broadcasters are concerned about a federal plan to turn over more midband airwaves for next-generation mobile use since networks depend on satellites in the existing band to deliver interference-free programs to affiliate stations.

  • August 06, 2025

    Rev Up Unlicensed Device Power In 6 GHz, FCC Told

    Now that the Federal Communications Commission has made 6 gigahertz spectrum more widely available to low-power unlicensed devices, the FCC should raise the devices' allowed power levels to make the band even more useful, a wireless group said.

  • August 06, 2025

    9th Circ. Backs SEC's No-Denials Settlements Rule

    The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday rejected a First Amendment challenge to a decades-old U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule that restricts defendants who settle securities law charges from denying the claims against them, saying the law has "long regarded the voluntary relinquishment of constitutional rights as permissible" with safeguards.

  • August 06, 2025

    Paramount Wants Docs In 'Top Gun: Maverick' Copyright Case

    A "Top Gun: Maverick" screenwriter's cousin who is pursuing copyright infringement claims against Paramount should have to turn over communications he and his lawyer exchanged with the Writers Guild of America, the studio told a New York federal judge on Tuesday, arguing the documents are relevant and aren't shielded by privilege.

  • August 06, 2025

    Meta Says Section 230 Blocks Teen's Nude Photo Suit

    Meta Platforms Inc. and its affiliates are urging a California state court to throw out a teen's claims against it over a partially nude photograph that his classmates shared over Instagram, saying the case involves "quintessential Section 230-protected publishing activity."

  • August 06, 2025

    Tornado Founder Gets Partial Mistrial, Convicted On 1 Count

    A federal jury in Manhattan on Wednesday convicted Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm of conspiring to operate the crypto mixer as an unlicensed money transmitting business, but deadlocked on money laundering and sanctions charges.

  • August 05, 2025

    Epic Games Defeats Bid To Upend Jury Patent Verdict

    A Seattle federal judge Tuesday denied Utherverse Gaming LLC's bid to undo a jury finding from a verdict favoring Epic Games, rejecting Utherverse's contention that a jury leaned on insufficient evidence when rebuffing a claim in its patent for playing back recorded experiences in a virtual world.

  • August 05, 2025

    ESPN To Swap 10% Equity Stake For NFL Network

    The Walt Disney Co. subsidiary ESPN will acquire NFL Network and other intellectual property from the National Football League, which in turn will receive a 10% equity stake in ESPN, according to the companies' announcement of the proposed deal Tuesday evening.

  • August 05, 2025

    Tornado Cash Jury Still Out, SEC Leader Backs Privacy Tech

    Jury deliberations in the money laundering and sanctions trial of Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm continued Tuesday with no verdict, one day after a top securities regulator championed the legitimacy of privacy-protecting technologies, much like defense claims about the cryptocurrency tumbler.

  • August 05, 2025

    Retailer To Face Wiretap, Hacking Claims In Data Sharing Row

    A California federal judge has trimmed a proposed class action accusing footwear retailer Rack Room Shoes Inc. of allowing Meta and other third parties to intercept website visitors' personal information, axing a pair of consumer protection claims while permitting revamped federal wiretap and state anti-hacking allegations to proceed. 

  • August 05, 2025

    Apple Looks To Nix Consumer Antitrust Case, Decertify Class

    Apple told a California federal court that antitrust claims from a class of more than 185 million consumers targeting its App Store policies should not go to trial because the allegations focus on legitimate product design and business decisions, not anti-competitive conduct.

Expert Analysis

  • A Reminder On Avoiding Improper Venues In Patent Cases

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    A Texas federal court's recent decision in the Symbology and Quantum cases shows that baseless patent venue allegations may be subject to serious Rule 11 sanctions, providing venue-vetting takeaways for plaintiffs and defendants, say attorneys at Bond Schoeneck.

  • Implications Of Kid Privacy Rule Revamp For Parents, Cos.

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    The Federal Trade Commission's recent amendments to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act will expand protections for children online, meaning parents will have greater control over their children's data and tech companies must potentially change their current privacy practices — or risk noncompliance, say attorneys at Labaton Keller.

  • Copyright Ruling Could Extend US Terminations Worldwide

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    If upheld on appeal, Vetter v. Resnik, a recent ruling from a Louisiana federal court, could extend the geographical scope of U.S. copyright termination rights to foreign territories, say attorneys at Manatt.

  • Examining Trump Meme Coin And SEC's Crypto Changes

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    While the previous U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission tended to view most crypto-assets as securities, the tide is rapidly changing, and hopefully the long-needed reevaluation of this regulatory framework is not tarnished by an arguable conflict of interest due to President Donald Trump's affiliation with the $Trump meme coin, say attorneys at Thompson Coburn.

  • Pepperdine Case Highlights Shift In Collegiate IP Landscape

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    A complaint filed by Pepperdine University against Netflix and Warner Bros. two weeks ago alleges that a comedy series unlawfully copies the school's trademarks, and the decision could reshape the portrayal of collegiate athletics on screen and the legal tools schools use to defend their emblems, says Mindy Lewis at Michelman & Robinson.

  • 7 Tips For Associates To Thrive In Hybrid Work Environments

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    As the vast majority of law firms have embraced some type of hybrid work policy, associates should consider a few strategies to get the most out of both their in-person and remote workdays, says James Argionis at Cozen O’Connor.

  • White Collar Archetypes: Wrangling The Shape-Shifter

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    In white collar criminal trials, certain pieces of evidence can shape-shift in the jury’s eyes, presenting both challenges and opportunities for defense counsel, says Jack Sharman at Lightfoot Franklin.

  • Series

    Playing Beach Volleyball Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My commitment to beach volleyball has become integral to my performance as an attorney, with the sport continually reminding me that teamwork, perseverance, professionalism and stress management are essential to both undertakings, says Amy Drushal at Trenam.

  • US Soccer Win Shows Value Of Defining 'Relevant Market'

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    Despite U.S. Soccer's successful defense against North American Soccer League's antitrust allegations, sports leagues should continue to be mindful of risks posed by hierarchical structures since the New York federal judge in that suit found a triable issue of fact on the relevant markets issue, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • If Elphaba Had Signed A Restrictive Covenant In 'Wicked'

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    Following the recent big-screen release of "Wicked," employers should consider how the tale might have ended if the Wizard of Oz had made Elphaba sign a restrictive covenant agreement, which would have placed clear limitations on her ability to challenge his regime, says Emily Wajert at Sidley.

  • How Law Firms Can Counteract The Loneliness Epidemic

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    The legal industry is facing an urgent epidemic of loneliness, affecting lawyer well-being, productivity, retention and profitability, and law firm leaders should take concrete steps to encourage the development of genuine workplace connections, says Michelle Gomez at Littler and Gwen Mellor Romans at Herald Talent.

  • 5 Keys To Building Stronger Attorney-Client Relationships

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    Attorneys are often focused on being seen as the expert, but bonding with clients and prospects by sharing a few key personal details provides the basis for a caring, trusted and profoundly deeper business relationship, says Deb Feder at Feder Development.

  • Justices' TikTok Ruling May Pose Threat To Online Expression

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent landmark ruling upholding a federal law mandating TikTok's forced divestiture in the name of data security may embolden digital censorship agendas worldwide, says IP lawyer Bahram Jafari.

  • What SDNY Judge Can And Can't Do In Adams Case

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    The federal judge in the Southern District of New York overseeing the criminal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams deferred making a decision on the government's motion to dismiss the indictment, and while he does have limited authority to deny the motion, that would ultimately be a futile gesture, says Ethan Greenberg at Anderson Kill.

  • What Reuters Ruling Means For AI Fair Use And Copyright

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    A Delaware federal court's recent decision in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence is not likely to have lasting effect in view of the avalanche of artificial intelligence decisions to come, but the court made two points that will resonate with copyright owners who are disputing technology companies' unlicensed use of copyright-protected materials to train generative AI models, says David Ben-Meir at Ben-Meir Law Group.

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