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June 25, 2025
Fed. Circ. Keeps Qualcomm, Apple IP Suit In Texas
The Federal Circuit rejected a petition from Qualcomm and Apple challenging U.S. District Judge Alan Albright's refusal to transfer patent litigation against the two tech giants from Texas to California, saying the companies hadn't met the "demanding standard" to show a "clear abuse" of discretion by the judge.
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June 25, 2025
Coinme Fined $300K In Landmark Calif. Enforcement Action
Crypto kiosk operator Coinme Inc. has agreed to pay a $300,000 fine to resolve findings that it violated California's kiosk transaction limits and failed to include certain disclosures on receipts, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation announced Wednesday.
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June 25, 2025
BigLaw Fixtures Steer Blockbuster Lakers Sale
Los Angeles Lakers minority owner Mark Walter unveiled his bid to assume control of the team Wednesday, enlisting Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP to guide acquisition of the team, with ArentFox Schiff LLP representing the Lakers.
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June 25, 2025
SEC Says Banned Investment Adviser Ran Crypto Fund Fraud
A San Diego man and his dissolved company face U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that they improperly raised $413,000 from at least 11 investors on the strength of promises they'd put the money into a pooled investment vehicle for crypto assets.
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June 25, 2025
SEC Wins Jury Verdict In $10M Blood Bank Fraud Suit
A California federal jury has found the former CEO of a blood bank business liable for securities fraud, agreeing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that the executive defrauded retirees out of more than $10 million by promising them returns he knew he could not deliver.
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June 25, 2025
Microsoft Wants Out Of Calif. Residents' Privacy Class Action
Microsoft is urging a Washington federal judge to throw out a proposed class action accusing the company of using advertising and web analytics tools to collect private information about third-party website users, contending that the plaintiffs are "seeking to apply antiquated privacy and wiretapping statutes to cover routine online practices."
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June 25, 2025
BofA Benefit Card Recipents Get Cert. In Covid Fraud MDL
A California federal judge has granted certification to five different classes in a multidistrict litigation alleging Bank of America NA's security failures exposed their unemployment and disability benefits cards to fraud and led the bank to breach their contracts by freezing all accounts during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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June 25, 2025
PetroSaudi Slams Liquidators' Bid To Pause $380M Award Suit
A PetroSaudi unit pursuing enforcement of a $380 million arbitral award has asked a California federal judge to deny a request by the company's liquidators to pause a federal government suit targeting the award over its alleged connection to funds embezzled from Malaysia.
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June 25, 2025
DOJ Says OC Won't Provide Noncitizen Voter Cancellation Info
The Orange County Registrar of Voters is illegally withholding unredacted information of noncitizens whose registrations were voided, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in California federal court by the U.S. Department of Justice, which recently received a complaint from the relative of a noncitizen who purportedly received a mail-in ballot.
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June 25, 2025
Fed. Circ. Backs HP Unit's Alice Win In California
The Federal Circuit refused to revive a lawsuit accusing HP unit Polycom of infringing a multimedia communication patent, backing a California federal judge's finding that the patent wasn't valid to begin with.
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June 25, 2025
Fed. Circ. Won't Revive Inventor's Patent Suit Against Google
The Federal Circuit on Wednesday denied a bid to revive a patent infringement case from a man who says Google's products use aspects of his threat-detection technology.
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June 25, 2025
Edgewell Deodorant Burn Claims Dropped From Conn. Court
Two women who brought a proposed class action against Edgewell Personal Care Co. claiming the company's Billie brand All Day Deodorant caused chemical burns and other skin problems have dropped their suit from Connecticut federal court, according to a new order.
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June 25, 2025
Investor Wins $2.25M In Cannabis Shareholder Dispute
The manager of a medical marijuana collective must fork over $2 million and a 50% stake in the entity to an investor, a Los Angeles state court judge ruled, hitting the defendant, previously accused of recklessly spending the dispensary money and found liable for fraud, with another judgment.
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June 25, 2025
Meta Beats 'Half-Hearted' Harm Args In AI Fair Use Suit
A California federal judge concluded Wednesday that it was fair for Meta Platforms Inc. to train its Llama large language models with 13 bestselling authors' copyrighted material without their permission, calling their arguments that the tech giant's use of their works would harm the market for their books "half-hearted."
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June 25, 2025
Ex-Google Engineer Nixes Evidence Over Miranda Violation
A California federal judge has ordered that statements a former Google engineer made to federal agents investigating him for espionage and trade secret theft must be suppressed because they violated the Chinese national's Miranda rights.
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June 25, 2025
Albertsons Reaches Terms To End Action Over Cereal Bars
Grocery chain Albertsons has resolved a proposed class action alleging its Signature Select Fruit & Grain cereal bars were deceptively labeled "Naturally Flavored" while containing an artificial ingredient derived from petroleum.
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June 25, 2025
9th Circ. Says Mexican Man Can't Vacate Firearm Conviction
A split Ninth Circuit panel has refused to vacate a Mexican national's conviction for possession of a firearm while present in the U.S. without authorization, saying there's no reasonable likelihood that the jury would have reached a different conclusion with different instructions.
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June 25, 2025
Court Halts Trump Order Curbing Federal Union Bargaining
Several federal agencies must stop enforcing a part of President Donald Trump's executive order that would ax labor contracts covering agencies that have "national security" aims, a California federal judge ruled, finding unions showed they would suffer irreparable harm by losing collective bargaining rights.
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June 24, 2025
Wash. Judge Blocks Trump Admin's EV Charging Funds Freeze
A Seattle federal judge Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from withholding funds for electric vehicle charging infrastructure projects in 14 states, but stopped short of applying it to two other states and Washington, D.C., and stayed the order to give the administration time to appeal.
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June 24, 2025
Anthropic Copyright Ruling May Spur More AI Licensing Deals
The first federal court decision on the fairness of taking copyrighted material to train generative artificial intelligence is a mixed outcome for tech companies and content creators that could prompt both parties to seek coexistence, according to attorneys, with the judge concluding that while the technology is "spectacularly" transformative, using pirated material is inexcusable.
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June 24, 2025
Billy Crystal Sued By Manager's Widow Over Film Fees
The widow of Billy Crystal's longtime manager sued the actor in California state court Tuesday, alleging he owes fees from his acting and voice-over work and arguing that the "When Harry Met Sally" star stopped paying her late husband's management firm two years ago in breach of an oral and implied contract.
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June 24, 2025
State AGs Sue Trump Admin To Stop Billions In Grant Cuts
A coalition of 21 states and the District of Columbia filed suit Tuesday in Massachusetts federal court, accusing the Trump administration of unlawfully using a single clause "buried in federal regulations" to nix billions of dollars in federal grant funding to the states.
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June 24, 2025
9th Circ. Urged To Revive Players' NHL, CHL Antitrust Suit
Hockey players' unions and individual players have appealed to the Ninth Circuit after a Washington federal judge dismissed their antitrust lawsuit accusing the National Hockey League and the Canadian Hockey League of conspiring to suppress wages for junior league players.
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June 24, 2025
MLB Star Tatis Sues Over 'Predatory' Future Earnings Deal
San Diego Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. filed a lawsuit Monday in California state court alleging that a future earnings deal he signed with Big League Advance when he was a minor league baseball player is an illegal, predatory loan that could cost him $34 million.
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June 24, 2025
More Diddy Accusers Sue Over Sex Assaults In Los Angeles
Two men and a woman filed new sexual assault suits against Sean "Diddy" Combs in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Tuesday, claiming that they were drugged, raped and assaulted by both Combs and his son at different parties.
Expert Analysis
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A Closer Look At Amendments To Virginia Noncompete Ban
Recently passed amendments in Virignia will prohibit noncompetes for all employees who are eligible for overtime pay under federal law, and though the changes could simplify employers’ analyses as to restrictive covenant enforceability, it may require them to reassess and potentially adjust their use of noncompetes with some workers, say attorneys at McGuireWoods.
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3 Steps For In-House Counsel To Assess Litigation Claims
Before a potential economic downturn, in-house attorneys should investigate whether their company is sitting on hidden litigation claims that could unlock large recoveries to help the business withstand tough times, says Will Burgess at Hilgers Graben.
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Despite SEC Climate Pause, Cos. Must Still Heed State Regs
While businesses may have been given a reprieve from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's rules aimed at standardizing climate-related disclosures, they must still track evolving requirements in states including California, Illinois, New Jersey and New York that will soon require reporting of direct and indirect carbon emissions, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.
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Teaching College Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins.
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Maximizing Employer Defenses After Calif. Meal Waiver Ruling
A California state appeals court's recent decision in Bradsbery v. Vicar Operating, finding that revocable meal period waivers prospectively signed by employees are enforceable, offers employers four steps to proactively reduce their exposure to meal period claims and bolster their defenses in a potential lawsuit, say attorneys at Fisher Phillips.
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Charging A Separate Tariff Fee May Backfire For Retailers
In the wake of the Trump administration's newly imposed tariffs, retailers facing significant supply chain cost increases may be considering adding a tariff fee to offset these costs, but doing so risks violating state drip pricing bans, say attorneys at Benesch.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Enviro To Mid-Law
Practitioners leaving a longtime government role for private practice — as when I departed the U.S. Department of Justice’s environmental enforcement division — should prioritize finding a firm that shares their principles, values their experience and will invest in their transition, says John Cruden at Beveridge & Diamond.
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Addressing D&O Allocation Questions Amid Shifting Economy
As increasing global insolvency this year may lead to an increase in directors and officers insurance claims, businesses should review their policies' allocation provisions to avoid negotiating how coverage will apply to covered and uncovered claims during a suit, say attorneys at Reed Smith.
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A Look At Probabilistic Tracing After High Court's Slack Ruling
Recent decisions following the U.S. Supreme Court's 2023 ruling in Slack v. Pirani have increased the difficulty of pleading Securities Act claims for securities issued in direct listings by rejecting the use of statistical probabilities to establish that share purchases were traceable to a challenged registration statement, says Jonathan Richman at Brown Rudnick.
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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: April Lessons
In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses four federal appellate court decisions and identifies practice tips from cases involving pretrial detainee bail funds, employment law, product defect allegations and claims of not providing proper pain medication at a jail.
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Legal Ethics Considerations For Law Firm Pro Bono Deals
If a law firm enters into a pro bono deal with the Trump administration in exchange for avoiding or removing an executive order, it has an ethical obligation to create a written settlement agreement with specific terms, which would mitigate some potential conflict of interest problems, says Andrew Altschul at Buchanan Angeli.
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Avoiding Compliance Risks Under Calif. Recycling Label Law
CalRecycle's recently published final findings on California's S.B. 343 — determining which products and packaging materials are eligible to use the "chasing arrows" recyclability symbol — offer key guidance that businesses operating in the state must heed to avert the risk of penalties or litigation, says Christopher Smith at Greenspoon Marder.
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Playing Football Made Me A Better Lawyer
While my football career ended over 15 years ago, the lessons the sport taught me about grit, accountability and resilience have stayed with me and will continue to help me succeed as an attorney, says Bert McBride at Trenam.
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10 Arbitrations And A 5th Circ. Ruling Flag Arb. Clause Risks
The ongoing arbitral saga of Sullivan v. Feldman, which has engendered proceedings before 10 different arbitrators in Texas and Louisiana along with last month's Fifth Circuit opinion, showcases both the risks and limitations of arbitration clauses in retainer agreements for resolving attorney-client disputes, says Christopher Blazejewski at Sherin and Lodgen.
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How Trump Energy Order May Challenge State Climate Efforts
Even if the Trump administration's recent executive order targeting state and local environmental, climate and clean energy laws, regulations and programs doesn't result in successful legal challenges to state authority, the order could discourage state legislatures from taking further climate action, say attorneys at Foley Hoag.