A pair of influential House lawmakers on Monday introduced a revamped bipartisan version of proposed legislation to boost online safety protections for children and teens, although they drew an immediate rebuke from a U.S. senator leading a similar effort in the upper chamber, who slammed the House proposal as a "toothless and tepid capitulation" to major tech companies.
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House Floats Revised Kids' Safety Bill After Bipartisan Deal

By Allison Grande

A pair of influential House lawmakers on Monday introduced a revamped bipartisan version of proposed legislation to boost online safety protections for children and teens, although they drew an immediate rebuke from a U.S. senator leading a similar effort in the upper chamber, who slammed the House proposal as a "toothless and tepid capitulation" to major tech companies.

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Justices Decline To Hear 'More Than An Athlete' TM Fight

By Ivan Moreno

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a Federal Circuit ruling that allowed a company affiliated with LeBron James to cancel a Maryland youth nonprofit's "I Am More Than An Athlete" trademark registration based on common law rights acquired during the dispute.

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High Court Won't Hear Dolby's PTAB Interested Party Case

By Ryan Davis

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal in which Dolby sought to require Unified Patents to name the interested parties in an unsuccessful patent challenge, leaving intact a Federal Circuit decision that Dolby cannot appeal a validity decision in its favor.

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WaPo Wants Trump Media Sanctioned In $2.78B Suit

By Carolina Bolado

The Washington Post is asking for sanctions against President Donald Trump's social media company for what the Post alleges were repeated discovery violations in Trump's $2.78 billion defamation suit against the newspaper.

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FCC Turns Away Effort To Repeal News Distortion Rules

By Christopher Cole

After dismissing an advocacy group's petition asking the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider how it enforces its rules against news distortion, agency staff told the D.C. Circuit Monday that it should not grant the advocates' request to force the agency's hand.

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SeaWorld Wants Sesame Street Contract Suit Trimmed

By Adam Lidgett

SeaWorld has urged a New York federal court to throw out certain claims in a lawsuit accusing it of flouting obligations under a licensing deal for the Sesame Street brand and engaging in a "retaliation campaign," calling some of the case "baseless" and "absurd."

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Texas Asks Justices To Keep App Store Law In Force

By Spencer Brewer

The Texas attorney general urged the U.S. Supreme Court to allow a state law requiring app stores to block minors from downloading apps without parental consent to remain in effect, arguing Monday that a lower court "committed several errors" in pausing the measure.

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No Need For Promises That $1.8B Fund Is Dead, DOJ Says

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Justice refused to file a declaration stating it won't create a $1.8 billion settlement fund as part of the deal to close President Donald Trump's tax leak suit against the Internal Revenue Service, telling a Virginia federal judge it is "unnecessary."

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Penny Stock Trader Loses Bid For New 'Scalping' Trial

By Hailey Konnath

A New York federal judge has rejected a penny stock trader's request for a new trial after he was found liable for a $2.5 million fraud scheme known as scalping, ruling that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission had plenty of evidence backing its allegations.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week handled disputes involving executive compensation, take-private transactions, books and records demands, tender offers and alleged insider misconduct.

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ADVERTISING

9th Circ. Doubts California City's Ban On Off-Site Pot Ads

By Dorothy Atkins

A Ninth Circuit panel expressed doubts Monday about an ordinance in Perris, California, banning off-site advertising by cannabis dispensaries, noting that the city collects taxes on cannabis sales and questioning the city's assertion that cannabis use is illegal under federal law.

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DEALS

Owners Of NHL's Red Wings, Maple Leafs Partner With PWHL

By David Steele

Groups led by the owners of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs have made a substantial investment in the Professional Women's Hockey League, the first outside investment since its 2024 inception, the league announced on Monday.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Podcast Says LDS Church Has No IP Control Over 'Mormon'

By Lauren Berg

The host of the long-running "Mormon Stories" podcast asked a Utah federal judge Monday to toss the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' copyright and trademark infringement lawsuit, saying the church has no legal right to control the term "Mormon" — a "ubiquitous and descriptive" religious and cultural reference.

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PRIVACY & CONSUMER PROTECTION

YouTube Seeks To Exit Wash. Driver's Viral Dashcam Clip Suit

By Rachel Riley

YouTube has urged a Seattle federal judge to free it from a woman's lawsuit alleging she was bullied online over a secretly recorded viral video of her texting while driving, saying she cannot circumvent the platform's protection under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act by leveling a baseless wiretapping claim.

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COMPETITION

States Defend Live Nation Jury Verdict In Antitrust Case

By Matthew Perlman

State enforcers have urged a New York federal court to reject Live Nation's bid to upend a jury verdict finding the company monopolized key parts of the live entertainment industry, telling the court the jury carefully considered ample evidence and should not be second-guessed.

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Valve Gamers Queue Up Bid To Beat Antitrust Arbitration Fight

By Rachel Riley

Hundreds of PC gamers have called on a Washington federal judge to extinguish Valve's lawsuit seeking to bar them from arbitrating antitrust claims, saying the judge has already rejected the video game developer's central argument that arbitrations cannot proceed under the updated user agreement for its Steam digital storefront.

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Moving Earth Stations Need More Access To 28 GHz, FCC Told

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission needs to expand the frequencies set aside for vehicle-mounted earth stations used by satellites and one way to do that is by dedicating spectrum on the 28 gigahertz band for that despite mobile carriers' resistance to the idea, a satellite industry group said.

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Fitness Club Tells FCC Verizon Unfairly Charged It USF Fees

By Nadia Dreid

Athletic club chain Life Time has accused Verizon of flouting Federal Communications Commission rules by charging it Universal Service Fund fees for internet service, even though the agency has declared broadband a less regulated type of service that doesn't pay into the subsidy fund.

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Brief

Carriers Praise Senate Passage Of Broadband Map Bill

By Christopher Cole

High-speed carriers lauded the U.S. Senate on Monday for approving bipartisan legislation pushing the government to improve maps of broadband service so that federal funding can be more precisely targeted.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

LA Superior Court Gains Prominence With 'Nuclear' Verdicts

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Los Angeles County Superior Court was among the country's top sites for awarding big civil damages in recent years, according to a Lex Machina report.

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Office Snapshot: Summer Brings Move For Lathrop GPM In DC

By Jack Rodgers

Lathrop GPM LLP is set to move its office in the nation's capital this summer, leaving the Watergate complex near George Washington University for a smaller space in a building just blocks from the White House.

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The 2026 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey

Lawyers are generally happy being lawyers, but nonequity partners and associates told Law360 Pulse that several aspects of their job leave them feeling dissatisfied. Explore our analysis of these and other findings in the 2026 Law360 Lawyer Satisfaction survey.

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Texas, DOJ Get Judge To End Biden Immigration Rule In 1 Day

By Ganesh Setty

A Texas federal court has approved a deal between Texas and the Trump administration to vacate a Biden-era rule allowing immigration courts to temporarily close cases, the same day Texas filed a lawsuit alleging the policy had created a "de facto amnesty program."

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Clifford Chance Adds Ex-V&E Debt Finance Atty In Houston

By Matt Perez

Clifford Chance LLP announced on Monday the hiring of a former Vinson & Elkins LLP attorney as a finance and derivatives partner in its Houston office.

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NY Rule Rewrite Drops 30-Day Pause For Atty Soliciting

By Emily Sawicki

New York's Appellate Division has adopted new rules of professional conduct on attorney advertising and solicitation, deleting a ban on soliciting clients less than 30 days after an incident.

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NC Becomes First State To Ban Outside Funding Of Civil Suits

By Hayley Fowler

North Carolina has become the first state in the country to ban outside investors from funding civil litigation, after Democratic Gov. Josh Stein signed into law a bill that outlaws third parties from footing the bill for civil suits in exchange for a cut of the payout at the finish line.

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Judge Who Denied Goldstein Retrial Says It Wasn't Close Case

By Rachel Rippetoe

A Maryland federal judge has elaborated on her decision to deny SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein's bid for an acquittal or new trial, saying that the evidence presented at trial either supersedes or invalidates his claims of issues with jury instructions and insufficient or excluded evidence.

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Judicial Noms Still Say Biden Won in 2020 — Technically

By Courtney Bublé

A group of judicial nominees, who earlier this month were the first of the Trump administration's nominees to say President Joe Biden won the 2020 election, reiterated in follow-up statements that Biden won the election "as a matter of law" — doubling down on what critics say is an equivocation on the election's outcome.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AT&T Inc.

Ahern Rentals Inc.

American Arbitration Association

American Bar Association

American Tort Reform Association

CTIA

Center for Democracy & Technology

Claremont McKenna College

Competitive Carriers Association

Computer & Communications Industry Association

Democracy Forward Foundation

Detroit Pistons

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Tigers

Dolby Laboratories Inc.

Fidelity National Financial Inc.

Fordham University

Francisco Partners

G Squared

GameStop Corp.

George Washington University

Google LLC

Hay Adams Hotel LP

Instagram Inc.

Johnson & Johnson

Lex Machina Inc.

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

Major League Baseball Inc.

Major League Soccer LLC

Marriott International Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

New York State Bar Association

North Carolina Justice Center

Optimum

Protect Democracy Project Inc.

RELX PLC

Reddit Inc.

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment Inc.

Sesame Workshop

Starbucks Corp.

StubHub Inc.

T-Mobile US Inc.

The Bank of Nova Scotia

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Trade Desk Inc.

Time Inc.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Raptors

Trump Organization Inc.

Turo Inc.

Twitter Inc.

Valve Corp.

Verizon Communications Inc.

WNBA Enterprises LLC

WideOpenWest Finance LLC

YouTube Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Advisors LLC

Akerman LLP

Allen Hansen

Bailey Duquette

Brito PLLC

Bucher Law PLLC

Clifford Chance

Consovoy McCarthy

Cooley LLP

Corr Cronin

Cravath Swaine

Davis Wright Tremaine

Dordick Law

Dorsey & Whitney

Dynamis LLP

Faegre Drinker

Foley & Lardner

Greenberg Gross

Haynes Boone

Hodgson Russ

Holland & Knight

Jones Day

Kasowitz LLP

Keller Rohrback

Kellogg Hansen

Kirkland & Ellis

Latham & Watkins

Lathrop GPM

Munger Tolles

Noroozi PC

O'Melveny & Myers

Orrick Herrington

Papetti Samuels

Parris Law Firm

Parry Law PLLC

Perkins Coie

Pirkey Barber

Potomac Law Group

Proskauer Rose

Rivero Mestre

Ryan L. Jones Law

Skadden Arps

Stream Kim

Susman Godfrey

Thomas & LoCicero

Troutman

Vinson & Elkins

Williams & Connolly

Wilson Sonsini

Winston Taylor

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Delaware Court of Chancery

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission

Internal Revenue Service

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

New York State Unified Court System

North Carolina General Assembly

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Texas Attorney General's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. General Services Administration

U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Utah