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  • August 04, 2026

    9th Circ. Vacates Amazon's Block On Perplexity AI Bot

    The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday vacated a lower court's preliminary injunction preventing Perplexity's artificial intelligence tool from purchasing items for users on Amazon's platform, saying the online retailer is unlikely to prevail on its claim that the AI tool "accessed" its servers in violation of computer hacking laws.

  • August 04, 2026

    Climate Crisis Costs Top $8B In Indian Country, Justices Told

    More than a dozen Indigenous nations, federal Indian law professors and tribal organizations are backing Boulder County, Colorado, in the Supreme Court, telling the justices that climate change has already caused roughly $8 billion in disruptions across Indian Country, yet the federal government provides only $400 million to mitigate them.

  • August 04, 2026

    Wash. State Says FCC's High-Cost Overhaul Plan Is Flawed

    Washington state officials are pushing back against some aspects of a plan being considered by the Federal Communications Commission to overhaul the program that helps fund broadband deployment to rural and other "high cost" areas.

  • August 04, 2026

    Monolithic Execs Say Stock Sales Debunk Investor Fraud Suit

    Semiconductor technology firm Monolithic Power Systems and two of its top executives are seeking a favorable judgment in a class action accusing them of concealing evidence of power module defects from shareholders, telling a federal court in Washington state the executives' nondiscretionary stock sales refute the core allegations that they lied to investors to manipulate stock prices.

  • August 04, 2026

    Judge Undoes Default Order Against Hemp Co. In CBD Oil Suit

    A federal judge set aside a default order against a Washington cannabis grower that failed to timely answer counterclaims in a dispute over a multimillion-dollar hemp biomass purchase agreement, finding the company's late filing was due to attorney and staff error rather than willful misconduct.

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