OpenAI filed an emergency motion Tuesday in Texas federal court seeking the details of a settlement SpaceXAI inked this week with Apple over claims that Apple's deal to integrate ChatGPT into the iPhone violated antitrust law, saying the terms of the deal may undermine the antitrust allegations SpaceXAI is still pursuing against OpenAI.
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OpenAI Wants To See Details Of SpaceXAI's Deal With Apple

By Craig Clough

OpenAI filed an emergency motion Tuesday in Texas federal court seeking the details of a settlement SpaceXAI inked this week with Apple over claims that Apple's deal to integrate ChatGPT into the iPhone violated antitrust law, saying the terms of the deal may undermine the antitrust allegations SpaceXAI is still pursuing against OpenAI.

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Army Accused Of Copying Self-Defense Training Manuals

By Elaine Briseño

A martial arts instructor has accused the U.S. Army, in a Court of Federal Claims lawsuit, of intentionally using his copyrighted training manuals covering self-defense and strategic gun-fighting tactics for law enforcement officers without his permission or compensation.

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SpaceX Sued By Pilot Over Starlink Internet Plan Price Hike

By Gina Kim

SpaceX was hit with a proposed class action in California state court Monday that alleges a "bait-and-switch" scheme in which it abruptly disabled Starlink's cheaper Roam satellite internet subscription plan and directed customers to buy more expensive plans to restore service, even while reducing the available data allowance.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Cruz Delays FCC Nom's Hearing Amid Calls To Add Dem Pick

By Christopher Cole

A bevy of civil rights organizations said Tuesday the U.S. Senate should hold off on confirming another Republican to the Federal Communications Commission unless a sitting FCC Democrat is renominated to her post.

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ENFORCEMENT

Feds Fight Ex-Fla. Rep's Bid For Time Served In FARA Case

By Carolina Bolado

Federal prosecutors urged a Florida federal judge on Monday to reject ex-Florida Rep. David Rivera's request for a sentence of time served after he was found guilty of failing to register as a foreign agent after signing a $50 million contract with a unit of Venezuela's state-owned oil company.

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Nadine Menendez Deadline Relief Bid Deemed Moot

By Carla Baranauckas

A New York federal judge on Tuesday denied as moot Nadine Menendez's request for 90 more days to file a potential challenge to her prison sentence after prosecutors said she misunderstood the deadline and still had plenty of time to seek relief.

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LITIGATION

Feds Seek $61M In Crypto From Iranian Military Oil Sales

By Madeline Lyskawa

The U.S. government filed a civil forfeiture complaint seeking $61 million in cryptocurrency, the alleged proceeds of black market sales of sanctioned Iranian crude oil and petroleum products meant to finance the Iranian government and its military components.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Contract Disputes Recap: Check Your Signatures, Cites, Sums

Three recent decisions from the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals show different ways parties on either side may do real damage to their own position through motions practice, says Edward Arnold at Seyfarth.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

How States' 'Perry Mason Moment' Led To $17B Meta Deal

By Dorothy Atkins

A recent landmark $17.1 billion settlement with Meta Platforms Inc. may have never happened if it weren't for a quick-thinking trial attorney and his close-knit team of lawyers representing 29 states, who worked together to swiftly shift strategies midtrial.

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Ashurst Perkins Aided $230M ICap Ponzi Scheme, Suit Claims

By Ben Adlin

Ashurst Perkins Coie pocketed millions of dollars in legal fees by providing services to clients it knew were operating a Ponzi scheme that ultimately swindled investors out of nearly $230 million, plaintiffs claimed in a Washington state lawsuit accusing the firm of aiding and abetting fraud.

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Trump Taps Ex-DOL Official To Serve As EEOC Top Cop

By Anne Cullen

The White House nominated a former Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP attorney who previously led the U.S. Department of Labor's contractor compliance arm to serve as the general counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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Washington Sen. Murray Vows To Block Trump US Atty Pick

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump's nominee to be U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington is under fire from one of the home state senators who vowed to use every avenue possible to block him.

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Fla. Judge Won't Pause Trump-IRS Settlement Sanctions

By Jack McLoone

The Florida federal judge who barred President Donald Trump and others from citing a settlement resolving what she characterized as a sham $10 billion case against his own Internal Revenue Service won't pause her sanctions order while the president appeals to the Eleventh Circuit.

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4th Circ. Appears Split On Reviving Comey, James Indictments

By Jared Foretek

Partisan splits were apparent Tuesday on the Fourth Circuit panel hearing the Trump administration's challenge to a federal district judge's dismissal of the indictments of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, with two of the three judges appearing to agree an improper appointment doomed the cases.

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Brief

Calif. Judge Charged Over Fatal Crash With Bicyclist

By Craig Clough

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Tuesday that his office charged Kings County Superior Court Judge Kendra Weber with a misdemeanor count of vehicular manslaughter, alleging she struck and killed a bicyclist.

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