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August 14, 2025
AGs Urge Meta To 'Prioritize Safety' With Location Feature
A bipartisan coalition of more than three dozen state attorneys general is calling on Meta Platforms Inc. to strengthen the privacy and security safeguards for a new location tracking feature that recently debuted on Instagram, arguing that the social media giant has a duty "to prioritize user safety over product novelty."
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August 14, 2025
Rumble's Ad Boycott Suit Tossed For Now
A Texas federal court tossed Rumble's antitrust case against the World Federation of Advertisers and others after finding the claims about a boycott of the video-sharing site, after it refused to follow safety standards, have no connection to the state.
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August 14, 2025
Dr. Phil Media Co. Must Hand Over Texts, Emails In Ch. 11
Dr. Phil's production company and a bankrupt broadcaster he co-founded must comply with discovery requests from creditors trying to dismiss Merit Street Media's increasingly contentious Chapter 11, a Texas bankruptcy judge said Thursday.
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August 14, 2025
5th Circ. Tosses Challenge To Texas Gas Terminal Permit
The Fifth Circuit has dismissed an environmental group's petition challenging a permit issued by Texas regulators for a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal, finding that a previous permit for another project, which stipulated a lower emissions rate, has no bearing on the permit at issue here.
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August 14, 2025
Infowars Faces Sale As Texas Judge Appoints Receiver
A Texas state court judge has ordered the appointment of a receiver to take possession of Alex Jones' Infowars assets to help satisfy over $1 billion in judgments he faces for defaming a group of families of Sandy Hook shooting victims.
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August 14, 2025
Feds Urge Court Not To Toss Rep. Cuellar's Bribery Case
Allowing U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, to escape bribery charges under the Constitution's speech and debate clause would "eviscerate" several precedents set under the provision, prosecutors told a federal judge on Thursday.
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August 14, 2025
Fed. Circ. Won't Revive RFCyber Mobile Data Patent
The Federal Circuit on Thursday refused to revive a mobile payment patent owned by RFCyber Corp., backing a Patent Trial and Appeal Board finding that a prior patent application rendered it obvious.
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August 14, 2025
Bradley Arant Adds Clark Hill Atty To Lead GC Services Team
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP announced Thursday that it has added a Clark Hill PLC attorney to build and lead its new general counsel services team and strengthen its corporate and securities practice group.
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August 14, 2025
Justices Allow Mississippi's Social Media Age Verification Law
The U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday that social media giants like Facebook, X, YouTube and Reddit must comply with a Mississippi law that requires platforms to verify users' ages and obtain parental consent before minors can create accounts, while the companies challenge its constitutionality.
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August 14, 2025
Clark Hill Expands Tax Bench With Plunk Smith Atty In Texas
Clark Hill PLC announced Thursday that it has bolstered its tax and estate planning group in North Texas with an attorney who came aboard from Plunk Smith PLLC.
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August 13, 2025
Whole Foods Battles Dismissal Bids In $1M Asbestos Suit
Grocery giant Whole Foods aimed to fend off dismissal bids Wednesday from a shopping plaza owner and landlord, telling the North Carolina Business Court that it sufficiently alleged contract breaches that led to asbestos entering one of its stores.
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August 13, 2025
Va. Judge Dismisses VLSI Suit Over PTAB Conduct
Patent Quality Assurance took home another win against semiconductor patent company VLSI Technology on Wednesday, as a Virginia state court dismissed the abuse of process and conspiracy claims VLSI brought against PQA after the latter got VLSI's microchip patent invalidated at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
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August 13, 2025
Match Group To Pay $14M, Simplify Cancellations In FTC Deal
Dating app developer Match Group Inc. will pay $14 million and has agreed to simplify its account cancellation process and cease locking consumers out of paid-for accounts to resolve the Federal Trade Commission's claims launched against it nearly six years ago.
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August 13, 2025
Texas Business Court Calls Dibs On $72M Apartment Row
A Texas Business Court judge ruled that he has jurisdiction over fraud claims brought by an investor in a $72 million apartment project in Dallas' Deep Ellum neighborhood, saying in a published opinion the investor can't remove the claims to a state district court.
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August 13, 2025
Texas Judge Says Hoosiers Player Can Stay On Team For Now
A Texas state court judge granted a temporary court order allowing a defensive back for the Indiana University Hoosiers to stay on the team despite a five-year eligibility cap for college athletes, saying during a Wednesday hearing he could not see how keeping the order would harm the NCAA.
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August 13, 2025
Cassava Investors Get Class Certified In Alzheimer's Drug Suit
Investors accusing Cassava Sciences Inc. of inflating its stock price with manipulated research data of its Alzheimer's drug can proceed with their claims as a class, with the court finding the suit's named plaintiffs are adequate representatives despite Cassava's claims they were only "out to make a quick buck."
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August 13, 2025
Texas Woman Says Marine Laced Her Drink With Abortion Pills
A Texas woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court alleging a Marine pilot with whom she had an intimate relationship tricked her into taking abortion pills by putting them in her drink, causing her to lose her pregnancy.
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August 27, 2025
Water Law & Real Estate: A Special Report
What's more summery than a trip to the shore? That's where Law360 Real Estate Authority has headed — not for a break, but for a special section looking at waterfront real estate, from coastal development challenges to big projects and the lawyers keeping them on course.
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August 13, 2025
FCC Waives Local Radio Ownership Cap In East Texas
The Federal Communications Commission will allow an acquisition of several commercial FM radio stations in east Texas to go through by waiving the agency's local ownership cap, the agency said Wednesday.
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August 13, 2025
Oil Co. Calls Partner's Field Tech Misuse 'Catastrophic'
A Houston oilfield equipment company has told a state court that Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC has continually ignored its warnings about how to safely use its drilling equipment, setting the company up for a "catastrophic event" in the field.
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August 13, 2025
5th Circ. Again Reverses Class Cert. In Kids' Medicaid Suit
The Fifth Circuit again on Tuesday instructed a Louisiana court to narrow the definition of a class of patients who allege that the state's health department has failed to provide mental health services for Medicaid-eligible children.
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August 13, 2025
Judge OKs Accelerate Diagnostics Ch. 11 Liquidation
A Delaware bankruptcy judge Wednesday approved medical technology company Accelerate Diagnostics Inc.'s Chapter 11 plan to liquidate as quickly as possible after it completed a $42 million sale to its stalking horse bidder Friday.
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August 13, 2025
Creditors Say Genesis Sale Process Stacked Toward Insiders
Unsecured creditors of Genesis Healthcare are asking a Delaware bankruptcy judge to amend the terms of its Chapter 11 financing to prevent corporate insiders from retaining control of the nursing home chain and dodging potential claims against them.
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August 13, 2025
Kellogg's Will Nix Artificial Cereal Dyes, Texas AG Says
WK Kellogg Co. has agreed to stop using artificial food coloring in its cereals within the next couple of years, the Texas Attorney General's Office announced Wednesday.
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August 13, 2025
Texas Malpractice Case Over Atty's Nixed Conviction Revived
A Texas state appellate court on Wednesday revived a malpractice case filed by a now-deceased attorney whose forgery conviction was vacated, saying the trial court must determine whether she was actually innocent before deciding whether her malpractice claim against her criminal defense lawyer can proceed.
Expert Analysis
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How Law Firms Can Counteract The Loneliness Epidemic
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.
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What Remedies Under New Admin's SEC Could Look Like
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is likely to substantially narrow the remedies it pursues over the next few years, driven by the mounting challenges it faces in court, as well as the views of its incoming chair and fellow Republican commissioners on injunctions, penalties and disgorgement, say attorneys at Milbank.
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Opinion
DOJ's HPE-Juniper Challenge Is Not Rooted In Law
Legal precedents that date back as far as 1990 demonstrate that the U.S. Department of Justice's recent challenge to the proposed $14 billion merger between Hewlett Packard and Juniper is misplaced because no evidence of collusion or coordinated conduct exists, says Thomas Stratmann at George Mason University.
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5 Keys To Building Stronger Attorney-Client Relationships
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.
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BlackRock Suit Highlights Antitrust Risks Of ESG
In Texas v. BlackRock, pending in Texas federal court, 13 state attorneys general are suing large institutional investors in the coal business, underscoring key reasons companies may want to alter their approach to developing and implementing policies related to environmental, social, and governance factors, especially if coordination with competitors is involved, say attorneys at Manatt.
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Notable Q4 Updates In Insurance Class Actions
In a continuation of trends in property and casualty insurance class actions, last quarter insurers struggled with defending the merits and class certification of sales tax and fee suits, and labor depreciation cases, but succeeded in dismissing privacy class actions at the pleading stages, says Mathew Drocton at BakerHostetler.
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How Crypto Firms Should Approach Patchwork Of State Laws
The Money Transmission Modernization Act was designed to create uniformity across state digital regulations, but the reality remains far from consistent — as demonstrated by the patchwork of laws in states like Texas, Vermont, New York and California — so as state legislatures convene in the coming weeks, crypto firms should watch closely for developments that could shape the regulatory landscape, say attorneys at Paul Hastings.
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Series
Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The skills I use when racing Corvettes have enhanced my legal practice in several ways, because driving, like practicing law, requires precision, awareness and a good set of brakes — complete with the wisdom to know how and when to use them, says Kat Mateo at Olshan Frome.
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Bill Would Bring Welcome Clarity To Del. Corporate Law
A recently proposed bill in Delaware that would provide greater predictability for areas including director independence and controlling stockholders reflects prudential adjustments consistent with the state's long history of refining and modernizing its corporate law, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
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Opinion
Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence
Given the Trump administration's recent moves threatening the independence of the judiciary, including efforts to impeach judges who ruled against executive actions, lawyers must protect the rule of law and resist attempts to dilute the judicial branch’s authority, says attorney Bhavleen Sabharwal.
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Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
“No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.
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Partially Faulting Airline For 401(k) ESG Focus Belies ERISA
A Texas federal court's recent finding that American Airlines breached its fiduciary duty of loyalty, but not of prudence, by letting its 401(k) pursue environmental, social and governance investments, misinterprets the Employee Retirement Income Security Act's standard of care, says Jeff Mamorsky, a Cohen & Buckmann partner and ERISA drafter.
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How Design Thinking Can Help Lawyers Find Purpose In Work
Lawyers everywhere are feeling overwhelmed amid mass government layoffs, increasing political instability and a justice system stretched to its limits — but a design-thinking framework can help attorneys navigate this uncertainty and find meaning in their work, say law professors at the University of Michigan.
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Opinion
Weight Drug Suits Highlight Need For Legal Work On Safety
The rapid ascent of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists like Ozempic has revolutionized diabetes management and weight loss — but legal wrangling over issues including off-label prescriptions, side effects and compounded versions underscores lawyers' roles in protecting patient safety, says attorney Gregg Goldfarb.
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Series
Competitive Weightlifting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The parallels between the core principles required for competitive weightlifting and practicing law have helped me to excel in both endeavors, with each holding important lessons about discipline, dedication, drive and failure, says Damien Bielli at VF Law.