Anthropic, OpenAI Face Suit To Halt 'Insane' AI Development

By Dorothy Atkins

Nonprofits sued Anthropic, Google, Meta Platforms, OpenAI and SpaceXSI in California state court Thursday seeking to freeze the "insane" and "dangerous" development of advanced artificial intelligence that can escape human control, arguing the companies have no realistic way to stop the "catastrophic" events their own executives predict could occur.

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4th Circ. Curbs Gov't Access To Journos' Comms Via LinkedIn

By P.J. D'Annunzio

The Fourth Circuit has limited the scope of an order directing LinkedIn to give up journalists' communications with alleged sources on the professional networking website in response to a federal leak probe, noting that the government's ability to investigate potential violations of the law is tempered by the First Amendment.

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Top Dems Launch Probe Into Trump Admin's Nvidia Dealings

By Dylan Moroses

The top Democratic lawmakers on the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means committees launched an investigation Thursday into the Trump administration's recent dealings with Nvidia following the resignation of its CEO, Jensen Huang.

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FCC To Allow Router Changes For AT&T Supplier

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission's staff has granted an AT&T gateway supplier a one-year exemption from a security restriction so that it can make hardware upgrades.

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Feds, SpaceX Say Groups Can't Show Land Swap Injury

By Spencer Brewer

SpaceX and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service renewed their call for a Texas federal judge to toss a lawsuit challenging their South Texas land swap deal, saying that the groups that sued cannot base their alleged damages on theoretical future development by SpaceX.

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Chinese Shipping Co.'s US Arm Freed From Boat Sinking Suit

By Jack McLoone

A D.C. federal judge has spared the North American subsidiary of a Chinese shipping company from claims tied to a wide-ranging suit blaming the sinking of a ship by Houthi rebels on an Iran-China conspiracy, ruling her court has no jurisdiction over the company.

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Defense Tech UForce Valued At $6B After $700M Funding

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Defense technology firm UForce on Thursday revealed it reached a $6 billion valuation after closing its Series A funding round with $700 million in tow.

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Judge Newman's Former Atty Has Moved From DOJ To USPTO

By Adam Lidgett

An attorney who had represented U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman of the Federal Circuit for part of an ongoing legal battle over her suspension has moved to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office after serving about a year at the U.S. Department of Justice, according to the patent agency.

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Ex-Cravath Staffer Charged With Insider Trading

By Stewart Bishop

A former employee at Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP on Thursday was arrested and charged with insider trading for allegedly exploiting nonpublic information about major deals involving the firm's clients, including Paramount Skydance Corp.'s $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

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Posner Remembered For Wide Influence, Pragmatic Approach

By Ryan Boysen

The iconoclastic, prolific and hugely influential U.S. Circuit Court Judge Richard A. Posner is being remembered for a lifetime of relentless advocacy for a more pragmatic approach to the law and a legacy that will ripple through American jurisprudence for decades to come.

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Remembering Richard Posner: A Prolific Jurist

Judge Richard Posner died Tuesday at age 87, leaving a legacy as one of the most influential members of the judiciary who never served on the U.S. Supreme Court. Here, Law360 revisits its coverage over the years of the prolific retired Seventh Circuit judge, including interviews with him about his pragmatic approach to the law, his belief that the courts mistreat pro se litigants and his love of felines.

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Foley Revamps Associate Pay, Advancement Structure

By James Boyle

Foley & Lardner LLP is the latest law firm to alter the way it handles associate compensation and advancement to keep in line with Milbank LLP's update of its own associate pay scale in July.

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Weil's 1,000 Staff Face 'Absorption' Issue In Hunt For Roles

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

As the approximately 1,000 professional staff members at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP look for new roles, they're likely to encounter a more difficult job market than the firm's attorneys, recruiters told Law360 Pulse.

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DOJ Exodus Leaves Trump Facing Confirmation Crunch

By Courtney Bublé

Since the Democrats' sweeping victories on Election Day, there has been an exodus of top officials at the U.S. Department of Justice and prospects for confirming permanent replacement are slim.

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The Go-To Firms For Insurance Litigation In 2026

By Hope Patti

A Florida-based law firm filed the most insurance coverage actions in the first half of 2026, primarily representing policyholders in property damage disputes, while BigLaw firm Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani was the most frequent choice among insurer defendants.

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Senate Confirms First Judge Of Lame-Duck Period

By Courtney Bublé

The U.S. Senate confirmed Alabama Supreme Court Justice Gregory Cook to the Northern District of Alabama on Thursday, marking the first judicial confirmation of the lame-duck period.

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Proskauer Won't Rep Perplexity In Reddit Data-Scraping Suit

By Matthew Perlman

Perplexity AI Inc. has abandoned its effort to have Proskauer Rose LLP defend against a data-scraping lawsuit from Reddit Inc. after Reddit raised concerns about the law firm's past representation of the social media company.

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Arbitration Assoc. Wants Consumers' Monopoly Suit Tossed

By Rae Ann Varona

The American Arbitration Association urged an Arizona federal court Thursday to toss a proposed class action that accuses the organization of monopolizing the consumer arbitration services market, saying the plaintiff consumers are trying to hold it liable for contracts it never entered into.

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