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  • October 08, 2026

    Pa. Legislators Want More Time To Regulate 'Skill Games'

    Three Pennsylvania lawmakers and a coalition of "skill games" operators want the state Supreme Court to extend a deadline before police start seizing the game terminals, hoping to give the state Legislature more time to pass a law governing the games after the court found them to be illegal slot machines.

  • October 08, 2026

    Jury Says Amazon Storefronts Infringed Golf Cart Patents

    A federal jury in Virginia has found that three Amazon storefront operators willfully infringed a Chinese company's patent covering a collapsible golf cart, while also holding two of the operators liable for infringing a second, related patent.

  • October 08, 2026

    ESPN Graphics Producer Says He Was Denied Overtime Pay

    ESPN misclassified a graphics producer as exempt from overtime for years despite his routine job duties, then failed to provide back pay after reclassifying his position in June, according to a Connecticut state court lawsuit.

  • October 08, 2026

    Buffalo Sues Feds Over NY Tribe's Land Sale's Status

    The city of Buffalo is asking a New York district court to vacate the federal government's decision to place a 3.8-acre waterfront panel in a restricted fee status for the Seneca Nation of Indians that could remove the property from the municipality's tax rolls.

  • October 07, 2026

    States Urge Justices To Fix Prediction Markets' Legal 'Chaos'

    A coalition of 39 states and the District of Columbia urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to resolve a circuit split over the regulation of prediction markets like Kalshi, saying the industry's "aggressive theory of preemption" threatens states' sovereignty and ability to protect their residents. 

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