Aerosonic Wins $116.8M In Joby Aero Air Data Probe IP Trial

By Elliot Weld

A Florida federal jury has awarded $116.8 million to aviation manufacturer Aerosonic LLC in its case alleging Joby Aero Inc. stole intellectual property related to air data probes.

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Drug Discounter's $48M Arbitration Award Tossed For Fraud

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida federal judge vacated a $48 million arbitration award won by a drug discounter for unpaid commissions for pharmacy claims under an agreement with an Illinois-based pharmacy benefit company, finding the award had been procured by fraud.

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McDonald's Accused Of Using AI To Hike Menu Prices

By Celeste Bott

A potential class action filed in Illinois federal court Friday accuses McDonald's of flouting federal and state antitrust laws by using artificial intelligence to coordinate prices among independently owned restaurants, causing customers to overpay and average menu prices to rise by roughly 40% in a five-year period.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week temporarily froze roughly 32.1 million Talkdesk Inc. shares in a fight over a disputed foreclosure involving founder and CEO Tiago Paiva, while rejecting Saama Technologies founder Suresh Katta's nearly $68 million earnout bid and awarding the company about $7.3 million.

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Quinn Emanuel Seeks $750K After Defeating Buzbee Suits

By Lynn LaRowe

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP is seeking nearly $750,000 in attorney fees after defeating claims in Texas state court that it conspired with rapper Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter to retaliate against prominent Houston plaintiffs attorney Tony Buzbee and two of his former clients.

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Justices Won't Disturb BP, Chevron Win In Well Cleanup Fight

By Keith Goldberg

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to disturb a ruling dismissing a surety company's lawsuit claiming BP and Chevron needed to pony up $11 million to pay for offshore decommissioning costs.

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Supreme Court Won't Hear Venezuela Rig Seizure Case

By Caroline Simson

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a D.C. Circuit opinion ordering Venezuela's state-owned oil company to face long-pending allegations of unlawfully seizing an Oklahoma-based oil drilling company's rigs.

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Negligence Claims Nixed In $4.6M Faulty Roof Coverage Row

By Hope Patti

A Tokio Marine unit accused of misrepresenting the terms of its policy has slipped a roofing contractor's negligence claims in a $4.6 million coverage dispute over a school renovation project but must face a claim that it intentionally misrepresented coverage, a Connecticut state court ruled.

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Colo. Church Drops Hailstorm Payment Suit Against Insurer

By Benjamin Morse

A Denver church dropped claims in Colorado state court that a Vermont insurer failed to pay the full amount it was owed under the parish's policy for a May 2024 hailstorm and underestimated the property's damage by more than $650,000.

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Justices Skip American Airlines Teen In-Flight Death Suit

By Linda Chiem

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider a case from the family of a 14-year-old teenager who died of cardiac arrest on board an American Airlines flight, which sought clarity on what's considered an accident under the Montreal Convention.

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Huawei And Qualcomm Strike Patent Licensing Deal

By Ryan Davis

China's Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. and U.S.-based Qualcomm Inc. said Monday they have reached a multi-year patent licensing agreement that involves Qualcomm purchasing some of Huawei's U.S. patents.

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Fed. Circ. Orders Tossing Indemnity Bid On Different Grounds

By Elliot Weld

The Federal Circuit on Monday ordered a federal district judge to lift an order dismissing shopping mall owner Simon Property Group's indemnification claim against gift card company Blackhawk Network over a patent infringement case involving methods of executing card payments.

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Miss Universe Feud Must Proceed In Arbitration, Court Hears

By Joyce Hanson

The partial owners of the Miss Universe Organization asked the Delaware Chancery Court to throw out a Malaysian company's lawsuit over a soured share sale and strategic partnership deal, arguing the suit is premature because arbitration is already pending in the dispute.

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Illinois' Curbs On Kalshi Sports Contracts Blocked For Now

By Elaine Briseño

An Illinois federal judge temporarily blocked the state from enforcing its gambling license requirements against Kalshi and Coinbase on Friday, saying that the companies' core sports betting contracts are likely federally regulated swaps.

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Justices Skip EIDP Retiree's Annuity Reduction Challenge

By Hayley Fowler

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a pensioner's appeal challenging agricultural chemical giant EIDP Inc. and its retirement plan administrator's decision to reduce his monthly benefits.

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High Court Won't Consider $30M Argentine Bondholder Claim

By Jack McLoone

Argentine bondholders claiming the Second Circuit wrongly upheld a block of over $30 million in contractual claims against Argentina won't get a chance to argue their stance at the U.S. Supreme Court, as the justices declined on Monday to review the case.

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Convicted Ex-Coal Exec Flags New Claim Against Key Witness

By Phillip Bantz

A former coal executive convicted in a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act trial has asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to delay his upcoming sentencing hearing, arguing he recently learned of allegations that a key government witness in the case "continues to pay bribes."

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Split 9th Circ. Backs Ex-GM Worker's $5M Bribery Conviction

By Lauren Berg

A split Ninth Circuit on Monday upheld a former General Motors Co. commodity manager's conviction for soliciting a $5 million cash bribe from an auto parts supplier in return for ensuring it secured a $100 million contract.

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Detroit Nonprofit Can Pursue Claims Over $40M Theft

By Susan Smiley

Family members and associates of a former Detroit Riverfront Conservancy executive who was convicted of embezzling more than $40 million lost their bid on Monday to escape the nonprofit's Michigan state court suit seeking to claw back the ill-gotten gains.

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9th Circ. Revives Antitrust Suits Against Invisalign

By Rae Ann Varona

The Ninth Circuit on Monday reversed Invisalign-maker Align's summary judgment win in two class actions accusing the company of monopolizing the clear teeth aligner market, saying in a published opinion that Align's true reason for ending tech interoperability with a rival is still up for dispute.

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High Court Won't Review Medical Tape Antitrust Case

By Matthew Perlman

The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to review a case accusing medical supplies group purchasing giant Vizient Inc. of locking in hospital customers, after the lower courts found a medical tape supplier failed to define a market that Vizient allegedly monopolized.

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PVC Pipe Price-Fixing Settlements Get Final OKs

By Lauraann Wood

An Illinois federal judge has given her final blessing to more than $200 million in settlements consumers have struck in their antitrust suit accusing major polyvinyl chloride pipe producers of participating in an illegal price-fixing conspiracy, teeing the rest of the case up for the evidence-gathering phase of litigation.

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Meta Smart Glasses Suit Will Test Privacy Law For Bystanders

In a consolidated suit over how Ray-Ban Meta AI smart glasses handle personal video footage, a recently proposed class of unwittingly recorded bystanders highlights questions over whether privacy laws and product disclosures adequately address the risks wearable recording devices pose to nonusers, say attorneys at Barnes & Thornburg.

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Ex-FBI Analyst Says Bove Ordered Illegal Protester Probe

By Courtney Bublé

A former FBI agent has come forward with a claim that when U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove was at the U.S. Department of Justice, he directed the Los Angeles field office to illegally investigate protesters.

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3rd Circ. Judge Faces Ethics Complaint For Managing PR Firm

By Adrian Cruz

A pair of U.S. senators from Delaware have filed an ethics complaint with the Third Circuit raising concerns over U.S. Circuit Judge Jennifer Mascott's purported operation of a public affairs agency, months after she was officially confirmed to the appellate court.

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Cornell Hires Ex-Deputy AG Yates To Lead Internal Review

By Christine DeRosa

Following widespread public outrage over how a former student's rape allegations were handled, Cornell University has hired former deputy U.S. attorney general and King & Spalding LLP partner Sally Yates to lead an internal review of its policies and procedures.

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Judge Newman Gets Suspension Fight Moved To 11th Circ.

By Dani Kass

Chief Justice John Roberts has transferred the Federal Circuit's investigation of suspended U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman to the Eleventh Circuit, the latter court said Tuesday.

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Texas Justices Leery Of Banning AI Deposition Transcripts

By Spencer Brewer

Texas Supreme Court justices seemed hesitant to bar attorneys outright from using artificial intelligence voice transcription software during depositions, pointing out Tuesday that multiple safeguards exist to ensure accuracy.

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DOJ Says 12-Juror Rule Would Cause Unwarranted 'Upheaval'

By Brandon Lowrey

The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to uphold precedent allowing states to use juries of fewer than 12 people in serious criminal cases, saying overruling it could unsettle thousands of convictions and force many states to change their criminal procedure laws.

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Approach The Bench: Judge Panter On Mediating Vs. Judging

By Cara Bayles and Kelley Marcano

When attorneys come before retired Judge Michael Panter, a former circuit court judge in Cook County, Illinois, they sometimes forget that he is not there to decide their cases, but to resolve them.

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UVA Law Prof Takes On Role Of USPTO General Counsel

By Elliot Weld

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said University of Virginia School of Law professor John F. Duffy has joined the agency as its general counsel and acting solicitor.

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