Top 4 Most Surprising Moments In Musk-OpenAI Trial

By Dorothy Atkins

The high-profile trial over Elon Musk's challenge to OpenAI's for-profit conversion wrapped Monday with a quick jury verdict in favor of OpenAI and its executives, but the three-week trial drew some surprising moments for those in the courtroom who had front row seats to the fight between billionaires.

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Bayer Curbs Seed Loyalty Program Amid DOJ Antitrust Inquiry

By Gina Kim

Bayer CropScience has agreed to back off, for the next seven years, from implementing requirements in its loyalty program where it was accused of tying discounts to sales targets that independent seed companies had to meet, according to the U.S. Department of Justice's announcement made Wednesday.

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OpenAI Says ChatGPT Misuse Is Users' Responsibility

By Emily Sawicki

OpenAI has asked a federal judge in Chicago to end an insurance company's suit alleging it practices law without a license, arguing the complaint should be directed toward individuals who misuse the company's ChatGPT bot to file faulty motions, and not the generative AI platform itself.

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Jack In The Box Can't Dodge Franchisees' Indemnity Claim

By Ben Adlin

A Washington state judge Tuesday denied Jack in the Box Inc.'s effort to sidestep liability for job postings that allegedly violated a Washington pay transparency statute, ruling that two franchisees suing the fast-food giant adequately stated an equitable indemnity claim under California law.

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Atlanta Law Firm Beats Attempt To Revive RE Malpractice Suit

By Rose Krebs

The Georgia Court of Appeals rejected an attempt to revive a malpractice suit filed against an Atlanta-based law firm for allegedly shoddy work on a title search in connection with a real estate property purchase, saying Wednesday the suit came too late.

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Lendlease Wants NC Military Housing Suit Tossed

By Isaac Monterose

Lendlease Americas Inc. pushed for dismissal of a suit filed by U.S. military families who accused it and other companies of running uninhabitable homes on North Carolina's Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, arguing in North Carolina federal court that the plaintiffs are mistaken about the company's arguments for dismissal.

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Builder Not Covered In Home Construction Fight, Insurer Says

By Hope Patti

A builder accused of causing significant delays and increased costs during the construction of a custom home in North Carolina is not entitled to coverage, the company's insurer told a federal court, saying the underlying suit did not allege bodily injury or property damage.

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Pipeline Co. And JB Hunt Settle Easement Fight

By Ganesh Setty

A pipeline company voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit against J.B. Hunt in Illinois federal court Wednesday after accusing the shipping giant of planning to build a parking lot over its pipeline's right of way, saying they've reached a settlement.

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Error In Policy Doesn't Double Coverage, Insurer Says

By Danielle Ferguson

An insurer told a Florida federal court Wednesday that a clerical error in a property policy should not allow a waste management company to collect more than twice the coverage it bargained for after a March 2025 fire. 

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Armenian Game Maker Won't Give Up Source Code, Suit Says

By Elliot Weld

The parent of video game company Big Fish Games has sued an Armenian game developer in Washington state court, alleging that when it took ownership of Big Fish, it discovered source code missing from materials returned by the Armenian firm that it has not been able to recover.

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Boeing Says NASA Program Contract Claim Came Too Late

By Zach Dupont

The Boeing Co. asked a Washington federal judge to dismiss a breach of contract claim as untimely from a Colorado aerospace company alleging theft of its patented technology, according to a motion for judgment on the pleadings.

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Colo. Fence Co. Says Rival Stole Trade Secrets, Customers

By Rachel Konieczny

A Colorado fencing distributor has alleged in federal court that a private equity-backed competitor, its subsidiary and a former sales manager orchestrated a scheme to steal the distributor's trade secrets rather than pay $7 million to acquire the company.

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Ballot Group Backs Ark. In 8th Circ. Gaming Permit Dispute

By Crystal Owens

A ballot group at the center of a voter referendum that revoked an Arkansas gaming permit for Cherokee Nation Entertainment is backing the state's right to enforce the ballot measure in the Eighth Circuit, arguing that state and Prohibition-era Supreme Court precedent confirms there's no protectable property interest in the license.

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SpinX Says Social Casino Suit Belongs In Arbitration

By Joyce Hanson

A Hong Kong company that publishes free "social casino games" has asked a California federal court to send to arbitration a proposed class action accusing it of violating state gambling laws, saying the lead plaintiff agreed to arbitrate when he first opened the apps.

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Baltimore Bridge Wreck Civil Trial Will Stay The Course

By Linda Chiem

A Maryland federal judge on Wednesday refused an eleventh-hour request from the Dali cargo ship's owner and manager to delay a trial that's starting in less than two weeks to determine the scope of liability and damages over Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster, according to an attorney for certain claimants.

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Salad JV Partner Sued Over Cash Distribution Freeze

By Jarek Rutz

Taylor Fresh Foods Inc. sued Fresh Express Vegetable LLC in Delaware Chancery Court Wednesday, accusing its joint venture partner of improperly withholding millions of dollars in required cash distributions while trying to force out the venture's longtime chief executive.

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PE Fund Managers Seek Toss Of $150M Florida Investor Suit

By David Minsky

A group of private equity fund managers and their companies urged a Florida federal court to dismiss a proposed class action brought by investors alleging a conspiracy to steal $150 million through a complex financial scheme, saying the complaint is disorganized and fails to allege wrongdoing.

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Tracking Tech Suit Is A Risk Management Reminder For Cos.

The Fifth Circuit recently heard oral argument in Rand v. Eyemart Express — an appeal that could reshape the legal landscape for businesses that deploy tracking tech on their websites — underscoring the importance of proactive risk management for companies across multiple industries, say attorneys at Blank Rome.

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Law School's Missed Lesson: Diagnose Before Arguing

Law school often skips over explicitly teaching students how to determine what kind of problem a case presents before they commit to a particular doctrinal path, which risks building arguments that are internally coherent but externally misaligned, says Melanie Oxhorn at Kobre & Kim.

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2nd Circ. Pick Questioned At Hearing On Role As Trump Lawyer

By Courtney Bublé

Matthew Schwartz, a nominee for the Second Circuit, was questioned by Democratic senators Wednesday about whether his current job as the president's personal attorney while his nomination process is underway poses a conflict of interest.

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Bad AI Citation Sanction Slashed Amid 7th Circ. Guidance

By Hailey Konnath

An Indiana federal judge Wednesday rejected a magistrate judge's recommendation that an attorney be sanctioned $7,500 for including faulty, artificial intelligence-generated legal citations in a discovery brief, pointing to recent Seventh Circuit guidance and sanctioning him $2,000 instead.

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2 Fla. County Courts Requiring AI Disclosure In Court Filings

By Sarah Martinson

Two Florida circuit courts in Miami-Dade and Broward counties are requiring attorneys and self-represented litigants to disclose when they use generative text tools to prepare their court filings and to certify they checked the generated content for accuracy.

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Hagens Berman Says Apple Smear Job Can't Stop Withdrawal

By Bonnie Eslinger

Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP urged a California federal judge to allow one of its named plaintiffs to withdraw from an Apple iCloud antitrust case, saying Apple Inc.'s filed opposition is rife with "misdirection and ad hominem" attacks and not about the merits of the dispute but "smearing opposing counsel."

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Atty Withdrawals Not Limited To Fee Conflicts, ABA Says

By Emily Sawicki

Lawyers whose clients fail to hold up their end of valid engagement agreements are clear to cease their representation, so long as certain criteria are met, according to the American Bar Association's ethics committee's latest guidance, published Wednesday.

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Comey Wants Arraignment Pushed For Dismissal Bid

By Phillip Bantz

Former FBI Director James Comey asked a North Carolina federal court Wednesday to postpone his arraignment on charges alleging he threatened President Donald Trump, telling a judge that he is preparing to seek to have the case thrown out on constitutional grounds.

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Mich. Supreme Court Mulls Remote Court Access Rules

By Susan Smiley

The Michigan Supreme Court held administrative hearings on Wednesday concerning several proposed amendments to Michigan court rules, including adding more specific guidelines for remote hearings, making language services free for civil cases, and allowing law students and recent law graduates to appear on behalf of indigent people in all Michigan courts.

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