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September 05, 2025
Feds Say Supreme Court Trumps 9th Circ.'s UC Grant Ruling
The Trump administration has urged the Ninth Circuit to reconsider a panel decision that upheld an order to reinstate University of California research grants terminated by the White House, saying the U.S. Supreme Court subsequently contradicted the panel's holding in a "materially identical" case.
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September 05, 2025
Apple Using Pirated Books To Train AI Models, Authors Allege
Apple is using unlicensed copyrighted works, including books from a controversial data set, in building its artificial intelligence models, two authors alleged in a proposed class action filed Friday in California federal court, warning that Apple's AI system will inevitably begin competing with real writers.
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September 05, 2025
Alaska Airlines Pilot Pleads Guilty After Mid-Flight Crisis
A former Alaska Airlines pilot pled guilty to felony charges in Oregon state and federal court on Friday in connection with an October 2023 flight, when he tried to shut off a jet engine from the cockpit in the midst of a mental health crisis.
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September 05, 2025
OnlyFans Users May Face Sanctions Over AI 'Misuse'
OnlyFans users who have alleged the site employs professional "chatters" to impersonate content creators are facing possible sanctions in their case, as a California federal judge ordered their attorneys to appear in court for filing briefs with nonexistent citations and quotations generated by an AI chatbot.
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September 05, 2025
Conde Nast Can't Shake Calif. Web Tracking Class Action
A California federal judge Thursday denied Conde Nast's bid to toss a class action claiming that the media giant installs online trackers to facilitate third-party data collection and browser activity tracking, saying the suit plausibly alleges a violation of a 60-year-old statute created to target eavesdropping devices.
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September 05, 2025
Munchkin Says 'Unhinged' GC Was Fired For Good Reason
Munchkin Inc. says it had multiple legitimate reasons to terminate the baby company's general counsel for cause after he launched a "retaliatory and vindictive campaign" against another executive, calling him "unhinged" and slamming his suit against the company as "harassing," according to a filing in California state court.
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September 05, 2025
9th Circ. Won't Pause $26M Fraud Ruling For Co.'s Appeal
The Ninth Circuit has denied a New Jersey pipe importer's request to pause a decision affirming a $26 million fraud judgment while it appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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September 05, 2025
Calif. Judge Preserves TPS For Venezuelans, Haitians
A California federal judge on Friday set aside the Trump administration's swift attempt to unwind temporary protected status for Venezuela and Haiti, finding the executive branch exceeded its authority by vacating Biden-era TPS extensions and faulting it for rushing to terminate designations.
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September 05, 2025
Real Estate Recap: Investor Power Plays
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including what attorneys have been seeing when it comes to the power dynamic between fund managers and their investors.
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September 05, 2025
9th Circ. Revives Ex-DLA Worker's Disability Bias Suit
The Ninth Circuit revived a suspended Defense Logistics Agency employee's lawsuit that accused the agency of disability discrimination, saying in a published opinion that the agency's "numerous errors" warranted pushing back the former employee's deadline for filing suit.
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September 05, 2025
Disney Faces Class Action Over Kids' Data Use On YouTube
Entertainment giant Disney Co. targets millions of children by failing to mark YouTube videos as "made for kids," allowing third-party advertisers to collect their personal information illegally, according to a proposed class action filed Friday in California federal court.
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September 05, 2025
Judge Doubts DOE Stance On Ending Mental Health Grants
A Seattle federal judge hinted on Friday that 16 states have valid claims against the U.S. Department of Education for arbitrarily discontinuing mental health funding for public schools, expressing frustration with the federal government's argument that it could terminate grant funding the same way it could fire a landscaper under contract.
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September 05, 2025
Sierra Club Looks To Secure Border Wall Settlement Funds
The Sierra Club and a nonprofit ally asked a California federal judge to order the Trump administration to preserve at least $50 million of border wall construction funds to pay for environmental projects required by a settlement struck with the Biden administration.
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September 05, 2025
Merck Shakes Off Some Claims From Cholesterol Drugs Suit
A New Jersey federal judge has partly granted a request from Merck & Co. to dismiss claims brought by Humana over an alleged anticompetitive scheme to control distribution of cholesterol drugs Zetia and Vytorin, tossing several proposed theories of monopolization but allowing unjust enrichment claims and state law antitrust claims to survive.
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September 05, 2025
Calif. Tribes Seek Ban On Kalshi's Alleged Sports Gambling
Native American tribes in California are asking a federal court for an injunction that would prevent trading platform Kalshi from offering sports contracts on its lands, arguing Kalshi's advertising is illegal and detracts from the tribes' casinos.
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September 05, 2025
How Attys Freed Woman Snatched By ICE In Less Than 48 Hours
The breakneck speed with which a Colombian asylum-seeker was detained, transferred and nearly deported underscores the time crunch facing attorneys who fight removals, say the Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP lawyers whose pro bono work freed the woman from custody.
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September 05, 2025
Miner Must Show Why Chuckwalla Suit Belongs In Mich.
A Michigan federal judge has ordered a Michigan resident challenging the Chuckwalla National Monument's protected status to show why the lawsuit should remain in the Great Lakes State, suggesting that the case seems to fit better in California where the vast desert acreage is located.
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September 05, 2025
Nikola Ch. 11 Plan OK'd Despite Founder's Pardon Objection
A Delaware bankruptcy judge Friday approved the Chapter 11 plan of electric-truck maker Nikola Corp., overruling an objection from the company's former CEO that was tied to his treatment under the plan and a pardon issued by President Donald Trump.
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September 05, 2025
Casper Can't Escape Innovator-Liability Drug Label Suit
A California federal judge won't let Casper Pharma LLC escape an innovator-liability suit alleging that its failure to provide adequate warnings on its gout treatment led to the death of a man who used its generic version.
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September 05, 2025
9th Circ. Affirms Irrigation Exemption For Calif. Water Project
The Ninth Circuit on Friday rejected fishing industry groups' demand that the federal government require a Clean Water Act permit for a California agricultural water runoff project that's been operating without one for decades.
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September 05, 2025
Judges Warn ICE Is Turning Courts Into Deportation Traps
As Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers violently arrest unauthorized immigrants in court buildings' hallways, former and current judges warn that the Trump administration is using courts as a dragnet, arresting people indiscriminately and expelling them with little to no due process in a bid to fulfill President Donald Trump’s goal of mass deportations.
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September 05, 2025
'Larger Than Life' Willkie Leader Dies After E-Bike Crash
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP partner Michele Mulrooney, who died this week after an electric bicycle crash in Colorado, is being remembered as "someone who was larger than life" in her interactions with colleagues and clients as co-chair of the firm's national private wealth management practice.
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September 05, 2025
Reed Smith Expands In LA With Music Industry Copyright Pro
Reed Smith LLP is growing its entertainment industry team, bringing in a veteran entertainment attorney specializing in music copyrights as senior counsel in its Century City office in Los Angeles.
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September 05, 2025
Anthropic Agrees To Pay $1.5B To Settle AI Copyright Fight
Leading artificial intelligence developer Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a case brought by a group of authors who accused the company of illegally using their works to train its flagship large language model, the authors told a California federal court on Friday.
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September 05, 2025
California Powerhouse: Morrison Foerster
Over the last year, Morrison Foerster LLP continued to show why it is one of the top law firms that technology giants and innovators look to, as it represented OpenAI in high-stakes copyright litigation and a clash with Elon Musk, while it also scored courtroom wins for Apple and advised SoftBank on several eye-popping tech deals.
Expert Analysis
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Choosing A Road To Autonomous Vehicle Compliance
As autonomous vehicle manufacturers navigate the complex U.S. regulatory landscape, they may opt for different approaches to following federal, state and local rules and laws, as they balance the tradeoffs between innovation, compliance and speed of deployment, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Navigating The Expanding Frontier Of Premerger Notice Laws
Washington's newly enacted law requiring premerger notification to state enforcers builds upon a growing trend of state scrutiny into transactions in the healthcare sector and beyond, and may inspire other states to enact similar legislation, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
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Jurisdictional Issues At Play In 9th Circ.'s FCA Trade Case
A decision by the Ninth Circuit in Island Industries v. Sigma Corp. could result in the U.S. Court of International Trade’s exclusive jurisdiction over trade-related FCA cases, a big shift in the enforcement landscape just as tariffs take center stage in trade policy, say attorneys at Haynes Boone.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Mastering Discovery
The discovery process and the rules that govern it are often absent from law school curricula, but developing a solid grasp of the particulars can give any new attorney a leg up in their practice, says Jordan Davies at Knowles Gallant.
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Web Tracking Ruling Signals Potential Broadening Of CCPA
The Northern District of California's recent decision in Shah v. Capital One Financial Corp. is notable, as it signals a potential broadening of the California Consumer Privacy Act's private right of action beyond data breaches to unauthorized, nonbreach disclosures involving the use of now-ubiquitous tracking technologies, say attorneys at Baker Donelson.
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What New Study Means For Recycling Compliance In Calif.
Companies must review the California recycling agency's new study to understand its criteria for assessing claims of product and packaging recyclability under a law that takes effect next year, and then decide whether the risks of making such claims in the state outweigh the benefits, say attorneys at Keller & Heckman.
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Playing Guitar Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Being a lawyer not only requires logic and hard work, but also belief, emotion, situational awareness and lots of natural energy — playing guitar enhances all of these qualities, increasing my capacity to do my best work, says Kosta Stojilkovic at Wilkinson Stekloff.
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Takeaways From DOJ's Latest FCA Customs Fraud Intervention
The U.S. Department of Justice's recent intervention in a case alleging customs-related reverse False Claims Act fraud underlines the government’s increased scrutiny of, and importers’ corresponding exposure from, information related to product classification, country of origin and pricing, say attorneys at Bass Berry.
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4 Trends Responsible For Declining FLSA Filings
In 2024, the number of Fair Labor Standards Act claims filed in federal courts continued to decrease, reflecting a steady decline in federal FLSA filings since 2015 due to a few trends, including increased compliance and presuit resolution, say attorneys at Seyfarth.
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Crisis Management Lessons From The Parenting Playbook
The parenting skills we use to help our kids through challenges — like rehearsing for stressful situations, modeling confidence and taking time to reset our emotions — can also teach us the fundamentals of leading clients through a corporate crisis, say Deborah Solmor at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Cara Peterman at Alston & Bird.
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When Physical And Cyber Threats Converge: 6 Tips For Cos.
Amid an ongoing trend of increased digital threats of harm made against corporations, organizations and high-profile individuals, an emerging legal framework is providing a risk management road map for general counsel and their teams to navigate the increasingly fraught landscape, say attorneys at Covington.
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Tips For Companies Crafting Tariff Surcharge Disclosures
As the Trump administration imposes tariffs on imports, retail businesses considering itemizing tariff-related costs separately for consumers must ensure that any disclosures are both accurate and defensible to avoid regulatory enforcement or private suits, says Christopher Cole at Katten.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From NY Fed To BigLaw
While the move to private practice brings a learning curve, it also brings chances to learn new skills and grow your network, requiring a clear understanding of how your skills can complement and contribute to a firm's existing practice, and where you can add new value, says Meghann Donahue at Covington.
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Berry Ruling Shows Why Plant IP Suits Can Be Thorny
A California federal court's recent decision in Driscoll's v. California Berry Cultivars illustrates that while a path exists for asserting U.S. plant patent rights against extraterritorial breeders, it can be difficult to prove infringement based on importation of plant parts, say Travis Bliss and Stephany Small at Panitch Schwarze.
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Calif. Smoke Claim Ruling Gives Insurers Support On Denials
Far from being an outlier among ash, soot and smoke coverage cases, a California appellate court's recent opinion in Gharibian v. Wawanesa General Insurance reinforces the principle that policyholders must establish entitlement to coverage as a threshold matter, while supporting denials of coverage for meritless claims, says Kyle Espinola at Zelle.