Judge Halts White House Bid To Strip VOA Union Rights

By Jared Foretek

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees said they have scored a "major victory" after a D.C. federal judge blocked the federal government's cancellation of collective bargaining rights for Voice of America workers.

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Disney Brass Fumbled Streaming Strategy, Investor Suit Says

By Emilie Ruscoe

Walt Disney Co. leaders, including longtime CEO Bob Iger, are facing a proposed shareholder derivative action alleging they mismanaged the launch of the Disney+ streaming service then concealed that an aggressive push for subscriber growth was made "at the expense of overall profitability."

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NetChoice Sues Virginia To Stop Social Media Limits For Kids

By Bonnie Eslinger

A trade group representing Facebook, X and other tech companies on Monday sued the state of Virginia over a new law that limits children's access to social media, its latest lawsuit against state government efforts to reduce online harm to minors.

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Ex-USC Coach Says 'Varsity Blues' Prosecutors Hid Evidence

By Chris Villani

A former University of Southern California water polo coach asked a federal judge for a new trial in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case, arguing that prosecutors knew USC officials were aware that undeserving applicants were being passed off as recruited athletes.

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X Asks 9th Circ. To Let It Litigate Media Matters Suit In Ireland

By Dorothy Atkins

X Corp. urged the Ninth Circuit on Monday to scrap an injunction blocking it from continuing to litigate its Irish-law defamation case against Media Matters in Ireland, arguing that the left-leaning watchdog waited too long to invoke a California forum-selection clause in X Corp.'s terms of service.

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Judge Stumped By 'Moving Target' Claims By Combs Accuser

By Carla Baranauckas

A federal judge appeared frustrated on Monday as he warned a woman who is suing incarcerated music producer Sean "Diddy" Combs over an alleged sexual assault in 1990 that the court "cannot take cognizance" of new claims introduced outside the formal complaint, stressing that the case's merits can be judged only on what's pled.

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Feds Back IRS Agent Testimony In Goldstein Tax Case

By Asha Glover

An Internal Revenue Service agent must be allowed to testify in Tom Goldstein's tax evasion case, the U.S. government said, arguing that the agent's testimony is relevant to proving willfulness in the tax crimes the U.S. Supreme Court attorney and SCOTUSblog publisher was charged with.

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MGA's IP Clash With Rapper T.I. May Head To 9th Circ.

By Craig Clough

Hip-hop moguls Clifford "T.I." Harris and Tameka "Tiny" Harris urged a California judge Monday not to send their long-running intellectual property case against toy maker MGA Entertainment to the Ninth Circuit, but instead allow a new jury trial on punitive damages to proceed.

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Paint Maker Sued Over Rolling Stones Song In Ad

By Elliot Weld

Paint maker Behr was sued by record label ABKCO over claims that it used the Rolling Stones song "Paint It Black" in an advertisement without the proper license.

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Online Star Defends Actions In Megan Thee Stallion Scandal

By Carolina Bolado

Online personality Milagro "Mobz World" Cooper deflected blame for drawing attention to a deepfake porn video of rapper Megan Thee Stallion, saying she did not know it was fake as she took the stand Monday in Miami in the defamation trial against her.

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Atty Lowell Gets Delay In EBay Trial Amid NY AG Case Work

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts federal judge on Monday agreed to postpone the trial in a cyberstalking lawsuit against eBay and several former executives at the request of defense attorney Abbe David Lowell, who had cited his ongoing work for several high-profile clients, including New York Attorney General Letitia James in the Trump administration's criminal prosecution.

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Tyler Skaggs' Widow Blames Angels In Tearful Testimony

By Gina Kim

Tyler Skaggs' widow fought through sobs on the stand in a wrongful death trial Monday while describing the tremendous loss she feels from her husband's 2019 overdose, testifying that she feels angry at him and the Los Angeles Angels, who should be held accountable for their actions and inactions. 

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Pittsburgh Newspaper Workers Offer To End 3-Year Strike

By Braden Campbell

Workers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette who have been on strike for more than three years may soon be back on the job after offering to return Monday, a week after the Third Circuit affirmed a National Labor Relations Board ruling that the newspaper illegally imposed regressive contract terms on them.

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FCC Declares US Backing For Chief Of Int'l Telecom Body

By Christopher Cole

Ahead of next year's elections for leadership posts at the international telecom treaty-making body, U.S. officials are making clear their support for the current chief and are promoting "market-driven" policies for use of radio spectrum.

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USTelecom To Ask FCC For Slash In Permit Hurdles

By Christopher Cole

The telecom industry's main lobbying group wants the Federal Communications Commission to knock down what it views as regulatory barriers to building permits, just as U.S. House lawmakers consider a wave of bills to change permitting laws.

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Chancery Mulls Receiver For Foundering Gaming Chat Co.

By Jeff Montgomery

Saying the court stands at "the outer boundaries" of precedent, a Delaware vice chancellor on Monday declined for now to appoint a receiver for voided online gaming chat venture TeamSpeak and ordered targeted discovery regarding the standing of a stockholder who sued the company's directors and others for alleged breaches of fiduciary duty.

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Assessing The SEC's Changing Approach To NFT Regulation

Early U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission actions on nonfungible tokens pushed for broad regulation, but subsequent court decisions — including a recent California federal court ruling in Adonis Real v. Yuga Labs — and SEC commissioners' statements have narrowed the regulatory focus toward a more fact-specific approach, say attorneys at Wilson Elser.

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Where Crypto Mixing Enforcement Is Headed From Here

Recent developments involving crypto mixers, particularly the Tornado Cash verdict, demonstrate that the Justice Department's shift away from regulation by prosecution does not mean total immunity, rather reflecting an approach that prioritizes both innovation and accountability, says David Tarras at Tarras Defense.

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E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On Dynamic Databases

Several recent federal court decisions illustrate how parties continue to grapple with the discovery of data in dynamic databases, so counsel involved in these disputes must consider how structured data should be produced consistent with the requirements of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, say attorneys at Sidley.

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UK Firms Drive Transatlantic Appetite For M&A Dealmaking

By Aebra Coe and Chris Villani

The merger announced Monday between British legal giant Ashurst LLP and American law firm Perkins Coie LLP is the latest in a spate of deals driven, in part, by an appetite among global firms to gain a strong presence in the U.S.

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'Astounding' Holland & Knight Conduct Drives Liability Ruling

By Ryan Boysen

Holland & Knight LLP has forfeited a malpractice lawsuit in Alaska by refusing to turn over information to a Native American tribal corporation, with a state judge entering a default judgment as a sanction and calling the firm's conduct "a head scratcher" and "astounding."

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ABA Decries Lawmaker Calls For Impeachments Of Judges

By Courtney Bublé

The American Bar Association said on Monday it's "alarmed" by lawmakers' interest in impeaching judges just because they don't like their rulings.

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Judge Orders Grand Jury Docs Released In Comey Case

By Brandon Lowrey

A Virginia federal magistrate judge Monday ordered the disclosure of all grand jury materials related to the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, saying government misconduct may have tainted the grand jury proceedings.

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DOJ Backs White House's Military Lawyer Transfers

By Courtney Bublé

A newly released legal opinion from the U.S. Department of Justice says the Trump administration is allowed to detail military lawyers to serve as immigration judges and special assistant U.S. attorneys in the District of Columbia.

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Senator Slams Trump For 'Blowing Up' Wis. US Atty Process

By Courtney Bublé

Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., accused President Donald Trump on Monday of skirting the process to nominate U.S. attorneys in Wisconsin with his pick of a failed Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate for the office that covers Milwaukee.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court and Delaware Supreme Court last week had a dense slate of fiduciary duty battles, merger-process challenges, post-bankruptcy fights and a series of cases probing the limits of fraud pleading, credible-basis inspections and board-level disclosure duties.

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Law School Admission Council Pushes To Toss Antitrust Suit

By Andrea Keckley

The Law School Admission Council is continuing its push to toss a proposed class action accusing it of fixing application fees with its member schools, saying in a Pennsylvania federal court filing last week that the applicant's opposition to its dismissal motion "entirely fails to engage with the incoherence at the core of his case."

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Holyoak Leaves FTC For Interim US Atty In Utah

By Bryan Koenig

Melissa Holyoak left the Federal Trade Commission on Monday to become Utah's interim U.S. attorney, leaving the FTC down to two commissioners, both Republicans, in the Trump administration's latest use of interim U.S. attorney appointments.

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