5 Supreme Court Cases To Watch This Fall

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court will convene Monday to begin its 2026 October term, which includes several cases that could determine the future of climate change tort litigation, expand religious freedoms and parental rights, and grant states authority to require proof of citizenship when individuals register for presidential elections using state forms. 

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Roberts Wants Less Talk. Supreme Court Attorneys Disagree.

By Katie Buehler

Near the end of last term, Chief Justice John Roberts voiced his frustration with the U.S. Supreme Court's lengthening oral argument sessions and suggested the justices might tweak their format over the summer. But as the new term begins Monday, the court has yet to announce any changes, and advocates see little need for improvement.

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Analysis

3rd Circ. AI Ruling May Reach Beyond Westlaw Content Fight

By Ivan Moreno

The Third Circuit went out of its way to say its ruling against a defunct legal research startup was not a generative artificial intelligence case, but copyright lawyers expect the reach of its reasoning to be tested almost immediately in pending AI litigation.

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Parler Ex-CEO Wins $11M Over Ouster From Social Media Site

By Cara Salvatore

A jury in Nevada found Friday that Parler co-founder John Matze is owed nearly $11.1 million, including $250,000 in punitive damages, for the stake he was stripped of after billionaire business partner Rebekah Mercer and others allegedly changed the social media company's constitution to get rid of him.

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Amazon E-Book Readers Near Cert. Of 30M Antitrust Class

By Lauren Berg

A New York federal magistrate judge recommended certifying a class of more than 30 million readers accusing Amazon of monopolizing the e-book market, according to a report unsealed Thursday.

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Press Group Again Seeks Bondi Memo On Qatar Jet Gift

By Courtney Bublé

A press freedom organization is trying again to force the U.S. Department of Justice to release the legal opinion signed by then-Attorney General Pam Bondi last year allowing President Donald Trump to accept a $400 million luxury jet from Qatar.

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Fake Warhols Dealer Gets Nearly 4 Years For Art Scheme

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida federal judge sentenced a Miami art dealer Friday to nearly four years in prison for selling fake Andy Warhol paintings and remanded him into custody immediately, citing his failure to show up last week at his initial sentencing.

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Thomson Reuters Hit With Antitrust Case Over 'Killer' AI Deal

By Matthew Perlman

A California law firm has accused Thomson Reuters of violating antitrust law when it purchased artificial intelligence research tool Casetext for $650 million and then shuttered the platform to extinguish a rising competitor to its Westlaw service.

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Judge Says Rooftop Biz Cubs Ticket Sales Going, Going Gone

By Tom Lotshaw

An Illinois federal judge granted the Chicago Cubs' bid for a permanent injunction barring the Wrigley View rooftop business from selling tickets to watch the team's baseball games or using its trademarks without permission.

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Sony's PS5, Headphones Infringe Voice-Control IP, AI Co. Says

By Gina Kim

Artificial intelligence company Cerence sued Sony in Texas federal court Thursday, accusing it of infringing speech recognition and voice-control technology patents with its Sony PlayStation 5 and noise-cancelling headphones.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Poppy Grainger

The past week in London has seen former West Ham United co-chair David Sullivan file a defamation claim against the BBC, British rock band Oasis sue its former sound engineer to halt an auction of recordings, and Home REIT sued by its shareholders for misleading statements about the company's portfolio.

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Brief

Major League Soccer Wins Copyright Registration For Crest

By Adam Lidgett

The U.S. Copyright Office Review Board has ruled that Major League Soccer's 2014 crest is eligible for copyright protection, overturning an earlier refusal that found the logo lacked sufficient creative authorship.

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8th Circ. Temporarily Blocks Minn.'s 'Nudification' Image Ban

By Hailey Konnath

The Eighth Circuit has agreed to temporarily block Minnesota from enforcing its ban on image "nudification" technology while Elon Musk's SpaceXAI appeals a lower court's order leaving the ban in place, according to an order issued Friday.

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Judge Axes Salvadoran Journalists' NSO Spying Suit

By Madeline Lyskawa

Journalists at a Salvadoran news outlet have failed to adequately allege that NSO Group committed any wrongful conduct in California, a federal judge ruled, dismissing claims that their iPhones were hacked with spyware sold by the Israeli security company.

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Gannett, Daily Mail Get April '27 Date For Google Ad Tech Trial

By Bryan Koenig

A New York federal judge Friday teed up the Daily Mail and Gannett for the first trial in the sprawling antitrust multidistrict litigation targeting Google's advertising placement technology business, penciling in a start date of April 5, 2027.

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Live Nation Fights States' Latest Bid For Insight Into DOJ Deal

By Dorothy Atkins

Live Nation has fired back against the latest request in New York federal court by some state attorneys general seeking material related to Live Nation's midtrial antitrust settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, arguing the states are seeking burdensome discovery, including communications between third parties and outside counsel.

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Feds Can't Ax Unions' Suit Over AI Monitoring Of Noncitizens

By Craig Clough

A New York federal judge has declined to toss a lawsuit by unions accusing federal immigration agencies of using artificial intelligence to surveil noncitizens' online activity, finding that immigration law does not bar the suit because it does not challenge the removal proceedings of any individual.

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Visa Ruling Exposes APA Risks For DHS Grace Period Repeal

Four defects described in a September district court decision halting the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's new restrictions on student visas as arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act can also be seen in the agency's recent proposal to eliminate a long-standing grace period for laid-off skilled foreign workers, says Jun Li at Reid & Wise.

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Analysis

Judge Clevenger's Intellect Defined His Time On Fed. Circ.

By Dani Kass

Newly retired Federal Circuit Judge Raymond Clevenger has an "exceptionally keen intellect" that allowed him to spot holes or new paths in cases that the parties or fellow panel members hadn't explored, his former colleagues told Law360.

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Sotomayor Warns Judges: Don't Scare Your Jurors

By Brandon Lowrey

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Monday criticized an Alabama trial court judge who frightened a pool of prospective jurors by ordering the arrest of a latecomer to jury selection, saying in a statement accompanying a denial of certiorari in the case that fear can undermine a defendant's right to an impartial jury.

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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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9th Circ. Pauses Rogoff's Return As Seattle US Atty

By Jack Karp

The Ninth Circuit has put on hold a Washington federal judge's decision to reinstate Roger Rogoff as Seattle's top federal prosecutor, a post Rogoff held for less than an hour before he was fired by President Donald Trump.

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Jackson Walker Deal Stalled By Standing Issue, Trustee Says

By Lauren Berg

The U.S. Trustee's Office told a Texas federal judge that its settlement with Jackson Walker LLP to disgorge fees from cases touched by scandal is on ice while a bankruptcy judge examines the watchdog's standing to seek such relief.

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Eckert Seamans Says Data Breach Harm Is Only Speculative

By James Boyle

Pittsburgh-based law firm Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC told a Pennsylvania federal judge on Friday a pair of proposed class actions claiming damages from a data breach at the firm have not made specific complaints of actual harm caused by the breach and should be dismissed.

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