7th Circ. Says Compilation Copyright Doesn't Cover Article

By Elliot Weld

The Seventh Circuit has held that a publishing organization's copyright on a collection of writings doesn't automatically confer copyright protection on an individual article within that collection, affirming summary judgment in favor of two individuals who published that article as part of a book.

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Ashley Furniture Must Face Fired Worker's Age Bias Claims

By David Minsky

A Florida federal judge on Tuesday allowed age discrimination claims to proceed against Ashley Furniture, but tossed a wrongful discharge count alleged by a former worker, finding their employment was dictated by terms of an independent contract. 

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Texas Top Court Takes Up Dallas Short-Term Rental Battle

By Isaac Monterose

The Supreme Court of Texas has agreed to hear a dispute over short-term rental property regulations in Dallas, granting the city's petition to review a state appellate ruling that upheld an injunction against a pair of ordinances.

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Insurers Say No Bad Faith In $240M Overdraft Coverage Denial

By Danielle Ferguson

A group of insurers who say they don't owe Truist Bank coverage for a $240 million settlement of a consumer overdraft fee class action asked a North Carolina federal court to dismiss the bank's counterclaims, saying that because there is no coverage, the denial could not have been in bad faith.

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IP Attys Lose Challenges To Client Origination Credits

By Aaron Keller

Former partners at intellectual property firm Ohlandt Greeley Ruggiero & Perle LLP failed to adequately support challenges to one another's client origination credits, a Connecticut federal judge has ruled, deciding the last factual issue in a yearslong dispute between two masthead members after two others died.

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Mallet Wins Injunction On Release Of Baking Product Secrets

By Elliot Weld

Baking product company Mallet & Co. was granted a permanent injunction Tuesday to stop a rival from accessing or disclosing its trade secrets after a federal judge ordered the rival to pay $11.4 million in legal bills for sharing copied goods in publicly accessible court documents.

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Ex-Worker Sues M&T Bank Over 401(k) Fund In New Jersey

By Kellie Mejdrich

An ex-worker hit M&T Bank with a proposed class action in New Jersey federal court, alleging that an underperforming investment fund in the bank's employee 401(k) plan cost workers tens of millions in future savings, breaching fiduciary duties under federal benefits law. 

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Singapore Fintech Hit With Suit Over 'Illegal Activity' In China

By Katryna Perera

An investor is suing UP Fintech Holding Ltd. in New Jersey federal court, alleging the fintech company and its top brass misrepresented and understated its legal and regulatory risk "as a result of continued illegal activity in China."

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Disney Says Fubo Can't Appeal Arbitration Order

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Disney has asked a California federal court to deny Fubo subscribers certification of an interlocutory appeal as they fight an order to arbitrate their case over streaming rates, saying they failed to satisfy the requirements for it.

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AI Users Say SpaceXAI Can't Split, Arbitrate Slowdown Suit

By Bryan Koenig

Artificial intelligence users urged a California federal judge Tuesday not to let SpaceXAI separate itself from their proposed class action accusing it, Anthropic, OpenAI and Google of violating antitrust law through their "pace the frontier" collaboration slowing down AI development, attacking the Elon Musk-owned company's efforts to invoke arbitration.

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Md. Cannabis Co. Ordered To Pay $2M Over Unpaid Fees

By Jonathan Capriel

Baltimore-based Evermore Cannabis Co. must pay a $1.98 million arbitration award levied against it after it was found to have intentionally dodged fees it promised to pay to a capital advisory firm as part of a contract that helped the marijuana cultivator secure loans, a California state court judge has ruled.

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At 4th Circ., DOJ Admits But Downplays Goldstein Trial Errors

By Jeff Overley

The U.S. Department of Justice late Tuesday acknowledged that it confused key statutory terms related to jury instructions at famed appellate advocate Tom Goldstein's criminal trial, while also insisting "the government's mistake here was understandable" and shouldn't upend a jury's guilty verdict.

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Fenwick & West To Match $235K Salary Scale For Associates

By Tracey Read

Fenwick & West LLP is reportedly the latest firm that will raise associate pay in the new year.

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Ex-Fla. Bar Prez Accused Of Botching $350M Estate Claim

By Carolina Bolado

The widow of a Miami real estate investor is suing a former president of the Florida Bar for malpractice, claiming his botched representation left her without a claim to her late husband's $350 million estate.

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3 Federal Circuit Clashes To Watch In November

By Ryan Davis

A high-stakes case that will determine whether the U.S. government should face patent infringement claims over Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines and Labcorp's appeal of a nine-figure patent verdict against it are among the arguments the Federal Circuit will hear in November.

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4th Circ. Says W.Va. Daniel's Law Is Unconstitutional

By Rose Krebs

The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a district court determination striking down as unconstitutional West Virginia's law restricting the publication of the home addresses and phone numbers of law enforcement and judicial officials, saying the district court applied "well-established" First Amendment principles.

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