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  • August 05, 2026

    Novig Sues New York To Preempt Prediction Market Suit

    Sports betting app Novig is taking an offensive stance against New York, telling a federal judge Wednesday that the state can't enforce its gambling and sports wagering laws over event-contract trading it says is regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

  • August 05, 2026

    Texas Panel Cuts China Golf Cart-Maker From Fatal Crash Suit

    Litigation concerning a fatal golf cart rollover at a San Antonio country club that killed a passenger and severely injured another will have to proceed without the Chinese manufacturer as a defendant, a state appeals court ruled on Monday after finding Texas courts didn't have jurisdiction.

  • August 05, 2026

    Soldier Wants To Fight DOJ, CFTC Maduro Bet Cases At Once

    The U.S. Army soldier accused of reaping prediction market profits with his knowledge of the January operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro wants to fight parallel actions from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the U.S. Justice Department at once, and contends the government can't use his case as an "experiment" for how to police trading on platforms like Polymarket.

  • August 05, 2026

    Kalshi To Block Wash. Betting But Said Pause Is Overbroad

    Kalshi agreed to implement geofencing restrictions by Aug. 26 to prevent people in Washington from making bets on the platform in accordance with a state judge's preliminary injunction, but the prediction market is still at odds with state officials over the scope of the court order.

  • August 05, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Backs Another Lululemon Win On Nike Patent

    The Federal Circuit on Wednesday refused to revive claims in a Nike fitness tracker patent challenged by Lululemon, affirming a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision that the claims were invalid.

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