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September 30, 2025
Combs Loses Bid To Escape Prostitution-Related Conviction
A New York federal judge on Tuesday denied Sean "Diddy" Combs' request to undo his criminal conviction for transporting two of his former girlfriends for prostitution, allowing sentencing for the hip-hop mogul to move forward on Friday.
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September 30, 2025
Apple, Google, Meta Get 'Casino Games' MDL Trimmed Again
A California federal judge on Tuesday again trimmed multidistrict litigation against Apple, Google and Meta platforms over allegedly illicit "social casino games," though he refused to find that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act means they don't have to face the suits.
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September 30, 2025
Google Ad Tech Judge Says Court Order Is 'Elephant In Room'
A Virginia federal judge again wondered Tuesday how far she must go to address Google's advertising placement technology monopolies, asking if a breakup is needed since, no matter what happens, the company will be under a court order banning efforts to put its thumb on the scales of competition.
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September 30, 2025
FTC Hits Sendit App Over Kids' Data, Fake Messages
The operator of the anonymous messaging app Sendit and its top executive have been illegally collecting personal information from children that they're "well aware" were using their service, and tricking users with fake messages and other misleading tactics to entice consumers into buying paid subscriptions, the Federal Trade Commission alleged in a California federal lawsuit.
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September 30, 2025
4 Federal Circuit Clashes To Watch In October
The Federal Circuit will hear arguments next week in cases where a nearly $42 million patent win for Seagen hangs in the balance due to a later post-grant review invalidity decision and where Regenxbio is seeking to undo the invalidation of its gene therapy patent for covering a natural product.
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