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August 18, 2025
Meta Faces Senate Probe Over AI Chatbots' Talks With Kids
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri has launched an investigation into how artificial intelligence-fueled chatbots being deployed by Meta interact with children, following reports that the social media giant internally approved rules that would enable these products to engage "romantic" and "sensual" exchanges with minors.
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August 18, 2025
'Ketamine Queen' Takes Plea Deal In Matthew Perry Case
The woman known as the "Ketamine Queen" of North Hollywood has agreed to plead guilty to providing the ketamine that led to the 2023 death of "Friends" star Matthew Perry, according to a plea agreement filed in California federal court on Monday.
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August 18, 2025
NetChoice Expert Cut From La. Suit Amid AI Fabrication Claims
Tech trade group NetChoice confirmed Monday it's dropping an expert witness who filed a "misattributed" report in its lawsuit challenging a new Louisiana law that would restrict minors' access to social media, after the state's attorney general alleged the declaration contained "AI-fabricated quotations and citations."
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August 18, 2025
WWE Accuser's Atty Wants Doctor's Defamation Suit Paused
The attorney and law firm for a woman accusing World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. of sex trafficking have asked a federal judge to shut down evidence probes in a defamation lawsuit filed by a doctor who allegedly treated the accuser at former CEO Vince McMahon's request.
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August 18, 2025
PepsiCo Lied About Disabling Website Cookies, Suit Says
PepsiCo Inc. and its Frito-Lay North America Inc. unit are letting third parties like Google and Facebook track browsing activities and collect the information of consumers who visit the food companies' websites, despite consumers selecting "no" to unnecessary cookies, a proposed class action in California federal court alleges.
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August 18, 2025
Musk Seeks Early Win In Twitter Investor Fraud Case
Elon Musk has asked a California federal judge to dismiss claims brought by a class of former Twitter investors in litigation accusing the right-wing billionaire of intentionally tanking the social media platform's stock price, arguing his statements made ahead of the deal are accurate.
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August 18, 2025
Crypto Game Co. Accuses Jump Trading Of Pump-And-Dump
A crypto video game developer has accused high-frequency trading firm Jump Trading of engaging in a pump-and-dump of its token after striking a deal to provide market making services.
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August 18, 2025
FTC Targets Ticket Resellers Over Eras Tour Sales Meltdown
The Federal Trade Commission on Monday sued ticket brokers in Maryland federal court for allegedly snatching up hundreds of thousands of Taylor Swift Eras Tour tickets and selling them at high markups after bypassing Ticketmaster's purchase limit rules and verification processes by using fake accounts and spoofed IP addresses.
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August 18, 2025
Colo. AG Blasts FCC's T-Mobile, Skydance Approvals
Colorado's top law enforcer has said he's unhappy with the way the federal government has ushered through major telecom and media mergers after only locking down concessions on diversity, hiring and news coverage.
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August 18, 2025
Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
Executives and board members of Cencora Corp. tentatively settled a stockholder derivative suit for $111.25 million, VectoIQ board members reached a $6.3 million deal on stockholder claims over electric carmaker Nikola's prospects, and class attorneys who secured a $50 million derivative suit settlement saw their proposed 25% attorney fee cut by almost half. Here's the latest from the Delaware Chancery Court.
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August 18, 2025
Fla. Rapper Sentenced To 3½ Years In Prison For $1M Fraud
A Florida federal judge sentenced a Miami rapper to more than three years in prison after a jury convicted him of fraud-related charges in connection with a scheme to defraud luxury merchandise vendors of more than $1 million.
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August 18, 2025
IYO Asks 9th Circ. To Reject OpenAI's Bid To Ax TM Injunction
Tech firm IYO Inc. urged the Ninth Circuit to leave in place a temporary bar on OpenAI using a mark associated with acquired company IO Products Inc. amid a trademark fight, saying it was improper for OpenAI to even ask the appellate court to hear the matter at this stage.
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August 18, 2025
Electronics-Makers Urge FCC To Extend Hearing Aid Standards
The wireless industry and its device manufacturers are once again defending their request that the Federal Communications Commission delay the expiration of interim hearing aid compatibility standards for wireless handsets, saying a lack of device testing capacity could create a major bottleneck and disrupt the "vibrant market for new wireless handsets."
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August 18, 2025
Fox Corp. Sues Mexican Broadcaster Over Use Of 'Fox Sports'
Fox Sports has filed a lawsuit in New York federal court accusing a Mexican media company of misusing its sports-related intellectual property rights and trying to interfere with its other business relationships in Mexico after Fox nixed their trademark agreement.
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August 18, 2025
Newsmax Settles Dominion Defamation Suit For $67M In Del.
Newsmax Inc. and Dominion Voting Systems Inc. have settled for $67 million Dominion claims that Newsmax falsely accused the voting machine company of rigging the 2020 election in favor of former President Joe Biden.
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August 15, 2025
'Alarm Should Ring': Judge Blocks FTC's Media Matters Probe
A Washington, D.C., federal judge Friday preliminarily blocked the Federal Trade Commission from moving forward with its investigation into the left-leaning Media Matters for America, saying the investigation is likely a retaliatory response to an article reporting that ads on Twitter appeared next to antisemitic posts following Elon Musk's acquisition.
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August 15, 2025
Stewart Issues Dozens More Discretionary Denial Decisions
Acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart denied numerous petitions challenging patents on discretionary grounds this week, while referring a smaller number of cases to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
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August 15, 2025
Lee Subscribers Get Final OK For $9.5M Video Privacy Deal
An Iowa federal judge has given final approval to a $9.5 million deal to resolve a proposed class action accusing media company Lee Enterprises of illegally disclosing subscribers' video-viewing information to Meta, finding the agreement adequately addresses risks that both sides would have if litigation were to continue.
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August 15, 2025
Trump Admin Urges DC Circ. Not To Reinstate Copyright Chief
The Trump administration on Friday pressed the D.C. Circuit not to reinstate the ousted head of the U.S. Copyright Office while she challenges her removal, arguing that the termination was lawful and she cannot demonstrate that she was irreparably harmed by it.
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August 15, 2025
TikTok Judge Leans Against Discovery Sanctions In IP Case
A California federal judge overseeing a Chinese company's case accusing TikTok of stealing video-editing tool trade secrets and infringing the tool's copyrights said Friday she wasn't inclined to grant TikTok's request for sanctions ending the litigation over alleged discovery misconduct, adding she hasn't been "keen" at times on TikTok's behavior.
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August 15, 2025
Baby Co. Says CPSC's 'False' Safety Concerns Tanked Sales
Baby sleep sack maker Dreamland Baby Co. has filed a $90 million suit against the federal government, claiming that former Consumer Product Safety Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. ruined its reputation and damaged its sales by falsely suggesting that weighted infant sleep products aren't safe.
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August 15, 2025
'Not A Close Call': Meta Beats Staffing Co. Metabyte's TM Suit
Social media giant Meta Platforms defeated a trademark suit from a staffing company that's done business as Metabyte Inc. since 1993, after a California federal judge said Friday the dispute is "not a close call."
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August 15, 2025
Fla. Book Ban Law Struck Down For Vagueness
A Florida federal judge has found a state law restricting books in school libraries to be unconstitutionally overbroad and vague, handing a win to the publishing houses, parents of schoolchildren and bestselling authors who had teamed up to fight it.
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August 15, 2025
Eric André's Airport Stop Suit Partially Revived By 11th Circ.
The Eleventh Circuit has partially revived comedian Eric André's lawsuit alleging he was subjected to a "degrading" search and seizure by police at an Atlanta airport, restoring his Fourth Amendment claims Friday while backing the dismissal of his allegations that he was racially profiled.
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August 15, 2025
NetChoice Sues Colo. Over Social Media Warnings For Minors
A trade association representing social media giants Meta, YouTube, Reddit and others claims a Colorado law set to go into effect next year that will require social media platforms to display warning messages for minors is compelled speech in violation of the First Amendment.
Expert Analysis
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Top Takeaways From Trump's AI Action Plan
President Donald Trump's AI Action Plan represents some notable evolution in U.S. policy, including affirmation of the administration's trend toward prioritizing artificial intelligence innovation over guardrails and toward supporting greater U.S. private sector reach overseas, say attorneys at WilmerHale.
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Reel Justice: 'Eddington' Spotlights Social Media Evidence
In the neo-Western black comedy “Eddington” released last month, social media is a character unto itself, highlighting how the boundaries between digital and real-world conduct can become blurred, thereby posing evidentiary challenges in criminal prosecutions, says Veronica Finkelstein at Wilmington University School of Law.
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It Ends With Us Having No Coverage?
A recent suit filed by Harco National Insurance disclaiming coverage for Wayfarer and Justin Baldoni's defense against Blake Lively's claims in the "It Ends With Us" legal saga demonstrates that policyholders should be particularly cautious when negotiating prior knowledge exclusions in their claims-made policies, says Meagan Cyrus at Shumaker.
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Rebuttal
BigLaw Settlements Should Not Spur Ethics Deregulation
A recent Law360 op-ed argued that loosening law firm funding restrictions would make BigLaw firms less inclined to settle with the Trump administration, but deregulating legal financing ethics may well prove to be not merely ineffective, but counterproductive, says Laurel Kilgour at the American Economic Liberties Project.
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9th Circ. Leaves Scope Of CIPA Applicability Unclear
Three recent Ninth Circuit decisions declined to directly address whether all of the California Invasion of Privacy Act's provisions actually apply to internet activity, and given this uncertainty, companies should heed five recommendations when seeking to minimize CIPA litigation risk, say attorneys at Skadden.
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5 Ways Lawyers Can Earn Back The Public's Trust
Amid salacious headlines about lawyers behaving badly and recent polls showing the public’s increasingly unfavorable view of attorneys, we must make meaningful changes to our culture to rebuild trust in the legal system, says Carl Taylor at Carl Taylor Law.
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Series
Hiking Makes Me A Better Lawyer
On the trail, I have thought often about the parallels between hiking and high-stakes patent litigation, and why strategizing, preparation, perseverance and joy are important skills for success in both endeavors, says Barbara Fiacco at Foley Hoag.
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6 Tips On Drafting Machine Learning Patents Post-Recentive
While the Federal Circuit's decision in Recentive v. Fox narrows the scope of patent-eligible machine learning applications, there are several drafting and prosecution strategies that may help practitioners navigate Section 101 challenges, say attorneys at BCLP.
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Regulating Online Activity After Porn Site Age Check Ruling
A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding an age verification requirement for accessing online adult sexual content applied a lenient rational basis standard, raising questions for how state and federal courts will determine what kinds of laws regulating online activity will satisfy this standard going forward, say attorneys at Hogan Lovells.
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DC Circ. Ruling Augurs More Scrutiny Of Blanket Gag Orders
The D.C. Circuit’s recent ruling in In re: Sealed Case, finding that an omnibus nondisclosure order was too sweeping, should serve as a wake-up call to prosecutors and provide a road map for private parties to push back on overbroad secrecy demands, says Gregory Rosen at Rogers Joseph.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Negotiation Skills
I took one negotiation course in law school, but most of the techniques I rely on today I learned in practice, where I've discovered that the process is less about tricks or tactics, and more about clarity, preparation and communication, says Grant Schrantz at Haug Barron.
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Taxpayers Face Tough Choices Under NJ's New Nexus Rules
Though New Jersey’s new rules expanding the commercial nexus that triggers state taxation are likely to be challenged, businesses still need to carefully consider whether it’s best to minimize potential tax by reducing online customer support services or maintain their current instate services and begin paying tax, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.
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AG Watch: Texas Embraces The MAHA Movement
Attorneys at Kelley Drye examine Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's actions related to the federal Make America Healthy Again movement, and how these actions hinge on representations or omissions by the target companies as opposed to specific analyses of the potential health risks.
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Opinion
Bar Exam Reform Must Expand Beyond A Single Updated Test
Recently released information about the National Conference of Bar Examiners’ new NextGen Uniform Bar Exam highlights why a single test is not ideal for measuring newly licensed lawyers’ competency, demonstrating the need for collaborative development, implementation and reform processes, says Gregory Bordelon at Suffolk University.
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Disney Art Suit Will Test Recent AI Fair Use Boundaries
While the first U.S. rulings to address the issue recently held that it's fair use for generative artificial intelligence models to train on certain copyrighted books without permission, Disney v. Midjourney, filed in June, will test the limits of the fair use framework in a visual art context, says Rob Rosenberg at Moses & Singer.