9th Circ. Enforces $2B Devas Satellite Award

By Caroline Simson

The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday enforced an over $2 billion arbitral award issued to a satellite communications company, ruling for the first time that the legal concept that a dispute might be better heard elsewhere does not apply in cases seeking to enforce international arbitral awards.

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SAP Should Face AI Co.'s Trade Secret Case, Judge Says

By Adam Lidgett

An artificial intelligence software company's suit in the Northern District of Texas claiming three former employees swiped trade secrets and took them to SAP should move forward, a federal magistrate judge has said.

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Sprint Can't Shake Cogent's $24M Fiber Contract Claims

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court has refused to dismiss Cogent Infrastructure LLC's contract claims against Sprint over a disputed fiber optic network deal, finding that an accounting firm's earlier decision on a roughly $24 million purchase price adjustment does not block Cogent from pursuing broader claims that Sprint misrepresented the nature of the fiber arrangement.

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BakerHostetler Faces Possible RICO Claim From Ex-Client

By Emily Johnson

A trustee who has accused BakerHostetler and an Atlanta-based attorney of legal malpractice has asked a Georgia federal court to allow him to accuse the former de facto general counsel and business adviser of a nonprofit of violating the Georgia RICO Act.

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Deal Reached In Class Action Over Botched Calif. Bar Exam

By Emily Sawicki

A settlement has been reached in a proposed nationwide class action brought by bar applicants against the proctor of the botched February 2025 California bar exam, one month after the California State Bar settled its claims against the proctor.

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Bridal Shop's Fire Coverage Suit Should Be Axed, Judge Says

By Hope Patti

A state court finding that insurers needn't cover a contractor in an underlying suit over fire damage to a bridal shop bars the shop from pursuing coverage from the carriers for a $38 million judgment against their policyholder, a federal judge said in recommending the suit's dismissal.

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Moving Co. Says Chubb Owes Coverage For Employee Theft

By Hope Patti

A moving company said its insurer wrongfully refused to cover a loss resulting from a former manager's fabrication of time sheets for an independent contractor in exchange for kickbacks, telling a Washington state court that the scheme triggered its policy's $2 million employee theft coverage.

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Insurer Says Property Owner's Hail Claim Lacks Proof

By Danielle Ferguson

An insurer says a property owner's request that a Tennessee federal court declare that its building was damaged in a "significant weather event" improperly asks the court to rule on competing expert opinions on the storm's severity, rather than any legal claims in the $10 million coverage dispute.

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Texas Medical Board Says AG Can't Get In On Malpractice Suit

By Spencer Brewer

The Texas Medical Board told a state court judge that the Texas Office of the Attorney General could not represent a doctor who tried to treat a COVID-19 patient with ivermectin, saying the office flouted ethics rules by first representing the board and then representing the doctor.

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Norwegian Air Affiliates Seek Boeing Exec Depo In 737 Case

By Rachel Riley

Norwegian Air subsidiaries that claim Boeing duped them into a 737 Max deal by overstating the jets' safety urged a Washington federal judge Tuesday to order the deposition of a former Boeing executive, contending he has unique insight into information shared with top corporate leaders during the aircraft's development.

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MSC Cruises Chair Asks UK To Block US Me-Too Suit

By Robbie Kalus

The executive chairman of MSC Cruises has asked a London court to block an American tech entrepreneur's sexual misconduct suit, arguing that her case violates a non-disclosure agreement they signed during business talks.

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ITC Judge Finds Asus Infringed Netgear Wi-Fi Patent Claims

By Theresa Schliep

An administrative law judge for the U.S. International Trade Commission made an initial finding that Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Asus and another Wi-Fi device seller infringed claims in a couple of patents licensed to Netgear. 

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'Donnie Darko' Producer Sues Over Profits, Sequel Rights

By Craig Clough

Film producer Adam Fields sued two companies that own the rights to "Donnie Darko" in California state court, alleging they have reported negative profits for the cult classic and have denied him his contractual rights to participate in a sequel.

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DC Court Says Firms' Fee Arbitration Pact Wasn't Coerced

By Caroline Simson

An appeals court has affirmed an arbitral award issuing a Washington, D.C., law firm zero fees in connection with efforts by defense contractor Wye Oak Technology Inc. to enforce a $120 million judgment against Iraq, rejecting the firm's argument that an underlying fee deal was coerced.

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Avoiding Sponsor Conflicts As NCAA Patch Rule Takes Effect

A new rule allowing schools to add corporate sponsor patches to athletes' uniforms may create a conflict with students' individual name, image and likeness agreements with competing brands, requiring negotiated contract provisions to reduce the legal risks, says Evan Rosenberg at Morritt Hock.  

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How New Counter-Drone Rule Will Reshape Event Security

A new interim final rule on counter-unmanned aircraft systems creates one of the most structured regulatory frameworks yet adopted for mitigating unauthorized drone activity, with implications for law enforcement, airport and stadium operators, drone companies, and public event organizers, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

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Anti-DEI Group Asks FTC To Probe Law Fellowship Program

By Dorothy Atkins

An advocacy organization against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives filed an antitrust complaint with the Federal Trade Commission Wednesday, accusing Sponsors for Educational Opportunity of engaging in anticompetitive practices by allegedly colluding on DEI metrics and falsely advertising its program.

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Baker Botts Atty Cleared Of Defamation In Inventor's Suit

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida federal judge on Thursday tossed a defamation claim against a Baker Botts LLP patent attorney after agreeing with a magistrate judge's conclusion that an inventor had not shown that the lawyer's comments to a reporter were defamatory.

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NYC Bar Committee Calls For Nationwide AI Rules Framework

By Andrea Keckley

A New York City Bar Association committee concluded in a policy paper published Wednesday that artificial intelligence tools "may assist legal work but cannot substitute for professional legal judgment," calling for a national framework to be built into the Model Rules of Professional Conduct governing its use.

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Trump Picks Ex-Arkansas SG, Walmart Lawyer For 8th Circ.

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump has announced that he's looking to elevate Judge Lee Rudofsky of the Eastern District of Arkansas to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

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State Farm Attys Admit Filing Motions Full Of AI Hallucinations

By Jonathan Capriel

A law firm representing State Farm has admitted that its pretrial motions contained citations to nonexistent cases and legal quotes, errors that were seemingly "hallucinations" generated by AI software designed for lawyers and caught by the plaintiff's attorneys as they prepared for trial in a California state court case about fire damage coverage.

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DOJ Fraud Division To Reach 500 Staffers This Month

By Courtney Bublé

By the end of the month, there will be about 500 attorneys and staff in the U.S. Department of Justice's new fraud division, with more to come as time goes on.

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JP Ward Attorney Exodus Delays Pa. Labor Trafficking Suit

By Matthew Santoni

A "staffing disruption" at the Pittsburgh law firm J.P. Ward & Associates led the firm to request a stay of a labor-trafficking case against hotels in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, after the firm was reduced to one attorney and two staff members, according to court filings.

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