11th Circ. Revives Annie Leibovitz 'Star Wars' Photo IP Dispute

By Gina Kim

The Eleventh Circuit vacated an early win handed to a digital outlet accused of impermissibly using renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz's images taken on the set of a new "Star Wars" film that were featured in Vanity Fair, ruling on Tuesday the lower court's "understanding of copyright law was not quite right."

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Musk Sought Control Of OpenAI To Fund Mars City, Jury Told

By Dorothy Atkins

OpenAI President Greg Brockman defended OpenAI's for-profit conversion during a California federal jury trial Tuesday and accused Elon Musk of demanding "unilateral absolute control" over OpenAI to fund his plans for a city on Mars, while acknowledging under examination that Musk proposed his stake would "change quickly" with additional investors.

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NC Law Firm Can Pursue Coverage In $510K Loan Fraud Row

By Danielle Ferguson

A North Carolina federal judge on Tuesday said a professional liability insurer must face claims that it has to defend a law firm against allegations it was responsible for a $510,000 fraudulent home loan, finding documents in the closing package could preserve coverage. 

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Miner Looks To DQ Dorsey Under The 'Hot Potato' Doctrine

By Joyce Hanson

A uranium mining company is looking to disqualify Dorsey & Whitney LLP as counsel for potential intervenors in a lawsuit in Colorado federal court over an arbitration initiated by another mining company based on a mineral assets purchase, saying Dorsey can't drop it like a "hot potato."

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DOT, Mexico Inching Toward 'Consensus' In Airport Slots Fight

By Linda Chiem

The U.S. Department of Transportation said Tuesday that Mexico has tentatively agreed to reconsider some of its restrictions on flights into Mexico City's Benito Juárez International Airport, signaling there's some headway being made in a dispute over alleged violations of a decade-old bilateral air transport agreement.

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NJ-NY Tunnel Commission Asks Court To Toss PLA Challenge

By Emily Brill

The Gateway Development Commission asked a New Jersey federal judge to toss a construction contractor's constitutional challenge to a project labor agreement that the commission used on a Hudson Tunnel Project initiative, saying the PLA requirement that the contractor is fighting doesn't violate the right to freedom of association.

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Investors In $16B YPF Feud Win Round Against Argentina

By Joyce Hanson

A New York federal judge has ruled that investors in Argentine oil and gas exploration company YPF SA can use discovery obtained in a decade-long dispute against the country in a parallel $16 billion investor-state arbitration they plan to initiate, saying they had shown a "compelling need."

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SVB's $73M Fraud Losses Not Covered, Insurers Say

By Hope Patti

Two insurers said they owe no coverage for a fraudulent scheme that caused the failed Silicon Valley Bank to lose $73 million, telling a North Carolina federal court that the bank has not satisfied all requirements under its financial institution bonds' extended forgery coverage provision.

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Court Backs MassMutual's $1.5M Life Policy Termination

By Hope Patti

A Texas federal court ruled that MassMutual did not prematurely terminate a $1.54 million universal life insurance policy after a company failed to pay the minimum amount required to keep the policy active during a grace period.

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Tribal Loan Co. Wants To Arbitrate Predatory Lending Claims

By Sydney Price

Tribally owned online direct lender WithU Loans is urging a Washington federal judge to send a consumer's proposed class action over alleged predatory lending practices to arbitration, arguing that the plaintiff agreed to arbitrate any claims against the company when he signed the loan agreement at issue.

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9th Circ. Upholds Chip Injunction In Google Contract Case

By Elliot Weld

The Ninth Circuit refused to lift an injunction against Point Financial Inc. barring it from interfering with Google's license to manufacture certain computer chips while a case plays out over Google's contract with a chipmaker that went out of business.

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Fed. Circ. Doubts It Can Hear T-Mobile Settlement Scuffle

By Theresa Schliep

A Federal Circuit panel on Tuesday appeared skeptical that it can weigh an appeal stemming from a settlement agreement between T-Mobile and a company that accused it of infringing a Wi-Fi calling patent, even though both sides argued there were grounds for jurisdiction.

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Bike Trainer Co. Accuses Rival Of 'Hallucinations' In Brief

By Elliot Weld

A maker of bike trainers has alleged that a rival included "hallucinations" while reciting the language of claims from a patent in a Georgia federal suit seeking to toss a complaint before the U.S. International Trade Commission.

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Hockey Players Urge 9th Circ. To Revive U.S. Antitrust Claims

By David Steele

A U.S. federal court erroneously ruled that federal antitrust law did not apply in a case involving Canada-based hockey leagues and teams, players hoping to revive their suit alleging mistreatment by the developmental leagues told the Ninth Circuit on Monday.

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Papa John's Workers Defend No-Poach Deal From Objections

By Matthew Perlman

Papa John's employees are continuing to push a Kentucky federal court to approve a $5 million settlement for the pizza chain's past use of "no-poach" provisions in its franchise agreements, saying a handful of newly discovered objections offer no reason to reject the deal.

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Santander Says Ex-Adviser Poached Lion's Share Of Clients

By Emilie Ruscoe

Santander Bank and its investment adviser unit have sued a former employee, alleging that he improperly wooed away the vast majority of his clients when he decamped for a competitor.

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BlackRock, State Street Push To Trim Red State AGs' Suit

By Katryna Perera

BlackRock and State Street have further urged a Texas federal judge to trim down antitrust claims from Republican state attorneys general accusing the asset managers of driving up coal prices, arguing that the chain from their investment activity to retail electricity prices "stretches through multiple intervening markets and countless nonparties."

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Texas Appeals Court Wary Of Reviving Trustee's $100M Claim

By Spencer Brewer

A Texas appeals panel seemed skeptical of a bankruptcy trustee's attempt to revive an action seeking to claw back money distributed by True Health Group to its shareholders before the company declared bankruptcy, asking Tuesday if the trustee brought its claims under the correct portion of the law.

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Deutsche, Pathward Want Fintech Blacklist Suit Tossed

By Sydney Price

Deutsche Bank AG and Pathward NA urged a New York federal court to dismiss a suit accusing them of improperly blacklisting a barter-based payment platform that the banks found was "transaction laundering" for companies selling gray-market pharmaceuticals, arguing that the suit's jurisdiction assertions are fatal to the claims.

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Charter Asked To Pay Overdue Royalties After 5th Circ. Loss

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A Texas family has said a Fifth Circuit ruling obligates a district judge to enforce a decades-old royalty agreement against Charter Communications and to order back payment of unpaid royalties for rights of way permits in three Texas cities.

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Duane Morris Integrates Gambling, Sports Industry Groups

By James Boyle

The growing popularity of betting in sports has prompted Duane Morris LLP to respond to the meshing of the two sectors by integrating its sports and gambling law groups.

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The 2026 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey: Make Your Voice Heard

How is your work-life balance? Are you content with your compensation and opportunities for advancement at work? Take the 2026 Law360 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey and share your thoughts.

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DOJ Atty Faces Possible Discipline Over DHS 'Lack Of Candor'

By Lauren Berg

A Rhode Island federal judge, whom the U.S. Department of Homeland Security criticized for releasing a noncitizen with an alleged overseas warrant for homicide, on Tuesday said she is referring an assistant U.S. attorney for disciplinary proceedings for not disclosing the warrant to her beforehand.

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Approach The Bench: Justice Bacon On School Accreditation

By Cara Bayles and Steven Trader

State high courts are responsible for regulating the legal profession in their jurisdictions, and so New Mexico Supreme Court Justice C. Shannon Bacon thinks it's only right that justices reevaluate the principles behind law school accreditation.

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Ga. Justices Sanction Asst. DA For AI Errors In Murder Case

By Lauren Berg

The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday sanctioned a Clayton County assistant district attorney for filing briefs that contained nonexistent case citations generated by artificial intelligence in a murder defendant's bid for a new trial, saying the prosecutor's misconduct has "sidetracked" the justices from delving into the merits of the appeal.

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High Court Clarity On Subpoenas Creates Murky Path For AGs

By Carla Baranauckas

The U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous decision that the New Jersey Attorney General's Office infringed free speech by asking an anti-abortion nonprofit to release donor names gives nonprofits and companies more leverage for challenging subpoenas at the outset, although the question remains if and how attorneys general and other enforcers can ultimately obtain sought-after information following a constitutional affront.

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FCC Chair Carr Promotes 6 In Key Legal, Policy Roles

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission's staff are playing musical chairs, and it means high-level promotions for a half-dozen legal aides of agency chief Brendan Carr.

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SEC Lifts NY Atty's Lifetime Practice Ban

By Katryna Perera

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday lifted a lifetime ban preventing a New York attorney from practicing before the agency, following an attempt to leverage a client's testimony before the SEC.

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