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  • April 18, 2025

    IP Notebook: AI Prompts, DMCA Battle, Squishmallows Scuffle

    Welcome to IP Notebook, a recurring series that highlights disputes and legal developments that raise novel or crucial questions in the trademark and copyright space.

  • April 18, 2025

    Tribal 'Window' For New Spectrum Licenses Defended At FCC

    A pair of public interest groups asked Democrats on the Federal Communications Commission to support a tribal "window" allowing Native American bidders a chance to reserve licenses in a commercial spectrum band that's poised for FCC auction.

  • April 18, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Backs Fox In 1st Alice Case On Machine Learning

    The Federal Circuit ruled Friday that applying established machine learning methods to a new area cannot be patented, delving for the first time into the patent eligibility issues concerning the emerging technology in a decision upholding a win for Fox Corp. over TV scheduling patents.

  • April 18, 2025

    Joel Katz, Music Law's Longtime Power Broker, Dies At 80

    Joel Katz, the powerful music industry lawyer who co-founded Greenberg Traurig LLP's media and entertainment practice and helped bring the firm to the Atlanta market, has died at the age of 80, Law360 confirmed Friday.

  • April 18, 2025

    Off The Bench: Maine Sued Over Trans Ban, NIL Deal Tweaked

    In this week's Off The Bench, the Trump administration takes aim at Maine's policy on transgender athletes, the NCAA's settlement with athletes stands firm on a contentious clause, and a university that displayed a controversial quiz question at a football game settles with the quiz's creator.

  • April 18, 2025

    Dog The Bounty Hunter Can't Bag Podcasters For Defamation

    A Pennsylvania judge has dismissed a "sprawling behemoth" of a defamation case brought against two true crime podcasters by Dog the Bounty Hunter and the father of a missing Tennessee child whom the podcasters allegedly accused of being a pedophile, determining that the case was clearly a bid to muzzle participation in a topic of public interest.

  • April 17, 2025

    FTC To Narrow Data Privacy Scope As Uncertainties Loom

    The Republican-led Federal Trade Commission is poised to pursue a data privacy agenda focused on established harms and statutory authorities rather than ambitious rulemaking, although the recent firing of two commissioners casts doubt on the long-term viability of these actions and the future of a crucial transatlantic data transfer pact.

  • April 17, 2025

    David Geffen Hits Back At Crypto Exec In 'Stolen' Art Suit

    Media giant David Geffen has called a suit brought against him by crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun over a valuable Alberto Giacometti sculpture a "sham" and has shot back at the Tron founder with claims of "unethical and/or illegal business activities" in a response filed in New York federal court.

  • April 17, 2025

    Musk Blames Twitter Investors For 'Languish' In Case

    Elon Musk on Thursday pushed back against a trial schedule proposed by a class of former Twitter investors in litigation accusing the right-wing billionaire of intentionally tanking the social media platform's stock price, saying the investors have caused the case to "languish."

  • April 17, 2025

    Another Xerox Patent Bites The Dust At Fed. Circ.

    Federal Circuit judges on Thursday affirmed yet another patent board ruling that scratched out claims in a patent issued to a Xerox unit that was asserted against a trio of major social media companies.

  • April 17, 2025

    Sandberg Says FTC Market View Makes No Sense In Meta Case

    Meta Platforms' former longtime board member and Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg pushed back Thursday on crucial Federal Trade Commission arguments trying to shape the market the social media giant is accused of monopolizing, criticizing a friends and family definition the FTC is using to exclude TikTok as a competitor.

  • April 17, 2025

    Rapper Drops Houston Texans From 'Still Tippin' Lawsuit

    Texas rapper Bigg Tyme and his company dropped the Houston Texans from a copyright infringement lawsuit that alleges the NFL team and fellow rapper Mike Jones stole Bigg Tyme's 2002 song "Still Tippin" to use at games without his permission.

  • April 17, 2025

    Robocall Arb. Denied Despite Alleged Recording Of Consent

    A federal judge declined to force a Tennessee man into arbitration in his suit accusing a health insurance brokerage of making illegal robocalls, ruling that the plaintiff had created enough doubt to get to trial.

  • April 17, 2025

    DC Circ. Seems Torn On White House Press Pool Ban On AP

    A D.C. Circuit panel seemed conflicted Thursday as it considered the Trump administration's bid to pause a court order restoring the Associated Press' access to the White House press pool and other events with President Donald Trump.

  • April 17, 2025

    Globalstar Pushes For Feds' OK On Mobile Satellite Plan

    Globalstar is pressing its bid for the Federal Communications Commission to approve its plan for a U.S. mobile satellite service using licensed spectrum in what's known as the "Big LEO" band.

  • April 17, 2025

    Fandango Sells $10 Movie Credits That Expire, Suit Says

    Movie ticket vendor Fandango misleadingly advertises that customers who sign up for its FanClub membership program will receive $10 credits that can be used for "any movie" at "any showtime" without restrictions, despite that the credits expire 30 days after they're issued, alleges a proposed class action filed Wednesday in California federal court. 

  • April 17, 2025

    6th Circ. Revives Fight For Docs In Prison Co. Investors' Suit

    The Sixth Circuit ordered a do-over of a judge's decision to shield court records in a securities lawsuit against private prison operator CoreCivic on Thursday, saying it isn't enough to invoke unspecified "confidentiality" interests. 

  • April 17, 2025

    Music Rights Orgs. Trade Barbs In Copyright Office Inquiry

    The organizations responsible for getting musical artists their royalty payments sparred with each other in comments to the U.S. Copyright Office, with one legacy organization accusing newer entrants of insufficient transparency, and one of those competitors in turn alleging "anticompetitive practices" by the established players.

  • April 17, 2025

    Copyright Office Opines On Harper Lee 7th Circ. Appeal

    The U.S. Copyright Office is lending its opinion in a dispute over who has the rights to authorize stage adaptions of Harper Lee's iconic book "To Kill A Mockingbird," saying in an amicus brief to the Seventh Circuit that the company that once had the rights for the play cannot prevent others from creating new adaptions after the late author terminated those rights.

  • April 17, 2025

    FCC Getting An Earful On Creating GPS Backstop

    Industries ranging from broadcast to broadband are giving the Federal Communications Commission their two cents on how to build an Earth-based network to reinforce the Global Positioning System, offering regulators a full menu of options to move ahead.

  • April 17, 2025

    OpenAI Eyes Windsurf, Activist Targets HP, And More Rumors

    OpenAI is preparing to bid about $3 billion to acquire coding developer Windsurf, activist fund Elliot Investment Management has purchased a major stake in Hewlett Packard with an eye toward pushing changes at the information technology giant, and private equity giant KKR is considering selling Atlantic Aviation for $10 billion.

  • April 17, 2025

    Fla. 'King Of Vape' Brings Defamation Suit Against NY Post

    A Florida retail store owner who operates under the name "The King of Vape" brought a federal defamation lawsuit against News Corp., saying the New York Post ran a recent story falsely describing him as an anti-Israel advocate and terrorist supporter who was recently sued for selling illicit e-cigarettes.

  • April 17, 2025

    Judge Refuses To Recuse Himself In Ga. Defamation Case

    A Georgia federal judge on Thursday refused to disqualify himself from presiding over a defamation case arising from a family dispute related to a tax preparation business, while also rejecting a bid to transfer the matter to a federal court in California.

  • April 17, 2025

    Music Royalties Co. Hipgnosis Revives UK Fight With Manilow

    British music royalties firm Hipgnosis can forge ahead with its unpaid royalties case against singer Barry Manilow in the U.K., after an appellate panel on Thursday overturned a pause imposed because of parallel proceedings in Los Angeles.

  • April 17, 2025

    Palin-NYT Retrial Delves Into Evidence Not Seen By 1st Jury

    Sarah Palin's lawyers confronted a former New York Times editor Thursday with information showing an assassination attempt against a congresswoman may not have been connected to political rhetoric, breaking new ground in their bid to hold the paper liable for erroneously tying Palin to the violence in a 2017 editorial.

Expert Analysis

  • How Companies Are Approaching Insider Trading Policies

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    An analysis of insider trading policies recently disclosed by 49 S&P 500 companies under a new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule reveals that while specific provisions vary from company to company, certain common themes are emerging, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.

  • Court Denial Of $335M UFC Deal Sets Bold Antitrust Precedent

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    A Nevada federal court’s recent refusal to accept a $335 million deal between Ultimate Fighting Championship and a group of former fighters to settle claims of anticompetitive conduct was a rare decision that risks the floodgates opening on established antitrust case law, says Mohit Pasricha at Lawrence Stephens.

  • How Methods Are Evolving In Textualist Interpretations

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    Textualists at the U.S. Supreme Court are increasingly considering new methods such as corpus linguistics and surveys to evaluate what a statute's text communicates to an ordinary reader, while lower courts even mull large language models like ChatGPT as supplements, says Kevin Tobia at Georgetown Law.

  • The State Law Landscape After Justices' Social Media Ruling

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    Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent NetChoice ruling on social media platforms’ First Amendment rights, it’s still unclear if state content moderation laws are constitutional, leaving online operators to face a patchwork of regulation, and the potential for the issue to return to the high court, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • AI Art Ruling Shows Courts' Training Data Cases Approach

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    A California federal court’s recent ruling in Andersen v. Stability AI, where the judge refused to throw out artists’ copyright infringement claims against four companies that make or distribute software that creates images from text prompts, provides insight into how courts are handling artificial intelligence training data cases, say attorneys at Skadden.

  • Why Attorneys Should Consider Community Leadership Roles

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    Volunteering and nonprofit board service are complementary to, but distinct from, traditional pro bono work, and taking on these community leadership roles can produce dividends for lawyers, their firms and the nonprofit causes they support, says Katie Beacham at Kilpatrick.

  • Ch. 11 Ruling Shows Early Attempt To Tackle Purdue Fallout

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    A Delaware bankruptcy court’s recent ruling in Parlement Technologies’ Chapter 11 case, which denied a bid by Parler’s former owner to extend its bankruptcy stay to nondebtors, illustrates early efforts to grapple with the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Purdue Pharma for a recurring bankruptcy issue, say Daniel Lowenthal and Jonah Wacholder at Patterson Belknap.

  • Opinion

    Agencies Should Reward Corporate Cyber Victim Cooperation

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    The increased regulatory scrutiny on corporate victims of cyberattacks — exemplified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's case against SolarWinds — should be replaced with a new model that provides adequate incentives for companies to come forward proactively and collaborate with law enforcement, say attorneys at McDermott.

  • Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World

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    After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision overturning Chevron deference, law firms will need to integrate litigation, lobbying and communications functions to keep up with the ramifications of the ruling and provide adequate counsel quickly, says Neil Hare at Dentons.

  • 5 Tips To Succeed In A Master Of Laws Program And Beyond

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    As lawyers and recent law school graduates begin their Master of Laws coursework across the country, they should keep a few pointers in mind to get the most out of their programs and kick-start successful careers in their practice areas, says Kelley Miller at Reed Smith.

  • Series

    Being An Opera Singer Made Me A Better Lawyer

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    My journey from the stage to the courtroom has shown that the skills I honed as an opera singer – punctuality, memorization, creativity and more – have all played a vital role in my success as an attorney, says Gerard D'Emilio at GableGotwals.

  • How Law Firms Can Avoid 'Collaboration Drag'

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    Law firm decision making can be stifled by “collaboration drag” — characterized by too many pointless meetings, too much peer feedback and too little dissent — but a few strategies can help stakeholders improve decision-making processes and build consensus, says Steve Groom at Miles Mediation.

  • Election Outlook: A Precedent Primer On Content Moderation

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    With the 2024 election season now in full swing, online platforms will face difficult and politically sensitive decisions about content moderation, but U.S. Supreme Court decisions from last term offer much-needed certainty about their rights, say Jonathan Blavin and Helen White at Munger Tolles.

  • What BIPA Reform Law Means For Biometrics Litigation

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    A recently signed Illinois law amending the Biometric Information Privacy Act limits defendants' liability exposure on a per-scan basis and clarifies that electronic signatures constitute a valid written release, establishing additional issues that courts will need to address in future BIPA litigation, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.

  • Opinion

    Litigation Funding Disclosure Key To Open, Impartial Process

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    Blanket investor and funding agreement disclosures should be required in all civil cases where the investor has a financial interest in the outcome in order to address issues ranging from potential conflicts of interest to national security concerns, says Bob Goodlatte, former U.S. House Representative for Virginia.

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