Trump Can Keep NYT, Penguin Defamation Suit In Florida

By David Minsky

A Florida federal judge on Monday denied a bid by The New York Times, three reporters and Penguin Random House LLC to transfer President Donald Trump's amended defamation suit to New York, finding that the complaint was filed in the proper court. 

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Pentagon Appeals Media Escort Ruling

By Jared Foretek

The federal government on Monday notified the D.C. Circuit that it is appealing a district judge's preliminary injunction blocking the U.S. Department of Defense's policy that reporters be escorted whenever they're in the Pentagon.

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Taylor Swift Sends Poet's $25M IP Suit To The Dismissed Dept.

By Craig Clough

A Florida federal judge dismissed Monday a poet's $25 million copyright infringement lawsuit against Taylor Swift, ruling that the purportedly infringed poetry doesn't qualify as protected expression because it consists of generic ideas and metaphors, and that the plaintiff failed to plausibly plead the pop superstar copied her. 

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Roc Nation Calls Out Alleged AI Citations In Fat Joe Case Brief

By Andrea Keckley

Roc Nation LLC has told a New York federal judge that plaintiff Terrance Dixon's opposition brief filed in a pending Rule 11 sanctions fight should be struck down in part because it includes what the company alleges are fabricated quotations attributed to real judicial decisions.

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Stability And Runway Trained AI On 100K Car Pics, Suit Says

By Craig Clough

Stability AI, Runway AI and DeviantArt used at least 100,000 copyrighted car photos without permission to train their artificial intelligence image generators, according to a lawsuit lodged by automotive photography company Evox Productions in California federal court.

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Analysis

Trump's AI Cyber Directive Leaves Cos. Guessing At Upside

By Allison Grande

A recent executive order intended to boost the security of advanced artificial intelligence systems hinges on developers voluntarily making their models available to the government for prerelease testing, but lingering questions about the potential trade-offs of this exchange raise doubts about the ultimate effectiveness of this model.

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Analysis

After Tense Terms, Hints Of High Court Harmony With Circuits

By Jeff Overley

Following several U.S. Supreme Court terms teeming with reversals and rebukes of lower appeals courts, the justices this term found fault less often with rulings by circuit judges, who are likely becoming better attuned to the conservative supermajority, attorneys say.

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Feature

The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court's Term

By Jeff Overley

When one of the U.S. Supreme Court's most talkative members suddenly struggled to speak, the atmosphere at oral arguments grew increasingly anxious — until the justice deadpanned that it was an advocate's golden opportunity to avoid a grilling.

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Analysis

The Moments That Shaped The Monsanto Decision

By Cara Bayles and Steven Trader

U.S. Supreme Court justices forged unusual alliances when they ruled a federal statute preempts claims Monsanto failed to warn consumers its Roundup weed killer may cause cancer. Oral arguments provided insights on the 7-2 outcome, highlighting issues the jurists were grappling with and showcasing rationales that found their way into the opinion.

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Gibson Dunn, Kirkland Build Versant's $530M Full Swing Buy

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Media and entertainment company Versant Media Group Inc., advised by Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, on Monday announced plans to buy sports technology group Full Swing from Kirkland & Ellis LLP-led Bruin Capital in a roughly $530 million cash deal.

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Sirius XM Copied Movie News Site's Logo, Suit Says

By Adam Lidgett

A movie industry website has claimed in a lawsuit Monday that Sirius XM Radio Inc. infringed its design mark and logo of an "S" wrapped around a star, asking a Massachusetts federal court to block the satellite radio giant from using an allegedly similar mark.

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Cabbage Patch Kids Brand Sparks Copyright Fight

By Kelcey Caulder

Original Appalachian Artworks Inc. and Xavier Roberts, widely credited with creating the Cabbage Patch Kids, have been sued for copyright infringement by a man who claims he named the Cabbage Patch Kids brand and created the visual identity that turned the business into a "$4.5 billion global phenomenon."

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Analysis

Top Florida News: 2026 Midyear Report

By Carolina Bolado

The first half of 2026 brought long-awaited rulings providing clarity on the punitive damages pleading standard in Florida and the extent of a law allowing U.S. victims of Cuban property seizures to seek damages, as well as a high-profile guilty verdict in a rare foreign agent criminal trial. Here, Law360 looks at these and other notable developments from Florida so far this year.

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House Bill Aims To Block Fiber From 'Countries of Concern'

By Christopher Cole

A recently introduced bipartisan House bill would block the use of federal funds to purchase fiber-optic network gear from "countries of concern," as the bill's sponsors described foreign adversaries.

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Supreme Court Lets Texas Age Verification Law Stand

By Spencer Brewer

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave a green light for the Texas attorney general to enforce a law requiring app stores to block minors from downloading apps without parental consent, dealing a blow to advocacy groups who hoped to stay enforcement of the law.

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Apple Hit With Ill. Biometric Privacy Suit Over Eye Scans

By Celeste Bott

A putative class sued Apple in Illinois federal court, alleging it violated Illinois' biometric privacy law, claiming that while Apple informs users it collects facial template geometry for facial recognition purposes, it doesn't disclose the scans it takes of irises or retinas and can't secure written consent the law requires.

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Live Nation Pushes Bid To Nix Antitrust Trial Loss

By Christine DeRosa

Live Nation is backing its bid for judgment in its favor and a new trial after state enforcers won a jury verdict finding the company monopolized key parts of the live entertainment industry.

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Apple Moves To Toss App Developers' Off-App Purchases Suit

By Rae Ann Varona

Apple has urged a California federal court to toss, or at least pause, a proposed class action that seeks payback of profits it allegedly received in violation of an injunction blocking prohibitions on developers steering customers to alternative purchasing mechanisms, saying a prior settlement released the plaintiff developers' claims.

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Musk Loses New Trial Bid In Twitter Investor Fraud Suit

By Jessica Corso

Elon Musk on Monday was denied a second shot at proving that he did not defraud Twitter Inc. shareholders when he cast doubt on an agreement to take the platform private for $44 billion, although the verdict against him was trimmed. 

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Brief

FCC Unveils Location Map For Alaska Mobile Funding

By Nadia Dreid

The Federal Communications Commission on Monday released the first locations in Alaska for which the agency is willing to provide subsidy funds to see them set up with mobile service as part of the billion-dollar Alaska Connect Fund.

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Broadcaster Can't Block Mayweather Fight Before Tyson Event

By David Steele

A fight between former boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and a kickboxer can go on despite a broadcast company's claim that Mayweather broke a contract to fight Mike Tyson in order to participate in the exhibition, a New York federal judge has ruled.

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High Court's FCC Fine Ruling Reframes Agency Enforcement

The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Federal Communications Commission v. AT&T sweeps aside uncertainty about what kinds of regulatory enforcement trigger a Seventh Amendment right, say attorneys at Squire Patton.

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A Potential Turning Point For Short-And-Distort Claims

A California federal jury's conviction of Andrew Left signals that the historically blurry line between securities fraud and legitimate criticism of companies is growing clearer, and that there is a viable recourse against so-called short-and-distort campaigns intended to create a false impression of the market, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.

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Sealing The Deal

How Gibson Dunn Helped SpaceX Pull Off Its $75B Global IPO

By Al Barbarino

When SpaceX completed its record-breaking $75 billion initial public offering last month, the transaction was notable not only for its size — the largest IPO ever — but also for breaking new ground in how public offerings can be structured to reach retail investors around the world.

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CEO Cops To Conspiracy In BigLaw Insider Trading Case

By Sydney Price

A Dubai-based CEO and trader has pled guilty in Massachusetts federal court to charges that he worked with a former BigLaw associate and others to carry out a far-reaching insider trading scheme.

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Justices To Defend Court's Budget In Rare Hill Testimony

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan will testify before House and Senate committees on July 14, marking the first time in seven years that a sitting justice has gone before lawmakers.

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Ex-DOJ Employees Tell Senate To Reject Blanche Nomination

By Emily Sawicki

Hundreds of former Justice Department employees and appointees urged the Senate in a Tuesday letter to reject the nomination of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche for the permanent role, particularly noting what they called Blanche's work toward politicizing the department.

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ChatGPT Edits Weren't 'Knowing' Errors, Conn. Justices Told

By Aaron Keller

A GLG Law LLC lawyer who blamed ChatGPT for misquotes and citation errors in three filings told the Connecticut Supreme Court on Tuesday he did not violate an ethics rule requiring candor to the tribunal because his briefs, though inaccurate, contained correct assertions about the law.

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Ogletree Co-Founder Deakins, 'Beacon Of Wisdom,' Dies At 90

By Emily Johnson

A co-founder of the global labor and employment juggernaut Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC died Monday after decades of helping shape the firm's values of honesty and transparency.

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McCarter Atty's Work 'Fell Short' In $20M Deals, Judge Told

By Brian Steele

McCarter & English LLP and one of its Connecticut attorneys failed to uphold the applicable standard of care when advising insurers on $20 million worth of loan transactions that ultimately fell apart because the borrower stopped paying, an expert witness told a Connecticut state court on Tuesday.

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House Dems Push To Ban Judges From Prediction Markets

By Emily Sawicki

Ranking members of the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday called on the federal judiciary to ban judges from taking part in prediction markets amid growing concerns that court-related wagers could undermine judicial integrity.

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