Meta Seeks To Block Zuckerberg Depo In AI Copyright Cases

By Craig Clough

Meta Platforms has asked a California federal judge to block a deposition of CEO Mark Zuckerberg in four copyright lawsuits over the company's artificial intelligence training practices, arguing the plaintiffs have not shown he possesses unique firsthand knowledge and have not exhausted other discovery options.

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Trump Picks FCC Lawyer As Agency's 3rd Republican

By Christopher Cole

President Donald Trump on Friday picked Danielle Thumann Severs, an in-house lawyer at the Federal Communications Commission, to fill an open seat on the regulatory board.

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WWE's $147M Merger Settlement Held Up By Defense Dispute

By Jessica Corso

World Wrestling Entertainment shareholders are asking a Delaware court to force Vince McMahon and other WWE board directors to sign off on a $147 million deal that will end a lawsuit over the company's 2023 merger with UFC parent Endeavor, with parties indicating that a dispute has opened up among the defendants over insurance coverage.

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Don Lemon Seeks To Toss 'Vindictive Prosecution' By Gov't

By Bonnie Eslinger

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon asked a federal court on Friday to throw out civil rights charges against him in connection with an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a Minnesota church service, saying he's being punished for his First Amendment protected reporting.

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Carradine Family Says UCLA Ignored Suicide Watch Rules

By Craig Clough

The family of Robert Carradine sued the Regents of the University of California Friday in Los Angeles court, alleging the actor's death from a suicide attempt while in a UCLA facility came because staff ignored several key policies about patients on suicide watch.

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3 Firms Advise On $2.15B Nielsen, DoubleVerify Deal

By Al Barbarino

Nielsen Holdings has agreed to acquire DoubleVerify in an all-cash transaction with an enterprise value of approximately $2.15 billion, in a deal steered by three law firms that will also see Providence Equity Partners exit its investment in DoubleVerify.

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Ye Can't Get New IP Trial Over 'Donda' Listening Party

By Rae Ann Varona

A California federal judge denied rapper Ye's request Friday for a new trial over whether an early version of his Grammy-winning hit "Hurricane" he played at a listening party contained an uncleared sound recording, rejecting the music mogul's contention that the jury received an improper implied license instruction.

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Apple Must Face Patent Claims Over Hide My Email Feature

By Adam Lidgett

Apple has lost its bid to escape a patent infringement lawsuit over the iPhone's Hide My Email feature after a Delaware federal court on Friday found that a jury needs to answer the questions of the case.

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Roundup

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

By Megan Norcott

The past week in London has seen Cleary Gottlieb sue a former client it advised on the proposed sale of a holding company and the continuation of litigation between pharma giants Merck Sharp & Dohme and Merck KGaA over rights to the Merck name in the U.K.

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Brief

Former NTIA Acting Chief Confirmed To Cyberspace Post

By Christopher Cole

The U.S. Senate Friday confirmed a former acting chief of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration as the U.S. Department of State's ambassador at large for cyberspace and digital policy.

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Football Player's Suit Targets NCAA Eligibility Review

By Alex Lawson

A football player hoping to join the North Carolina State University team sued the NCAA in federal court Friday over its review of his eligibility, alleging that the organization is using anti-competitive tactics to artificially restrict labor from the market.

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Cable Techs Must Arbitrate Comcast Misclassification Suit

By Nadia Dreid

Cable technicians who say that Comcast and several other companies have been misclassifying them as independent contractors to deny them job protections will have to arbitrate their claims, a Virginia federal court has ruled.

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Del. High Court Won't Toss Newsom Defamation Suit

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

The Delaware Supreme Court has denied Fox News' call for a mid-case review of an April ruling that allowed California Gov. Gavin Newsom's $787 million defamation suit to proceed.

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AG Watch: Va. Auto Renewal Law Clears Enforcement Path

The most consequential aspect of recent amendments to Virginia's automatic renewal law is the enforcement authority it creates, giving the attorney general a clear statutory pathway to pursue cases involving subscription-related compliance failures under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act, says Chuck Slemp at Cozen O'Connor.

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How Does In-House Pay Compare? Take The Law360 Survey

How do in-house salaries vary across industries, roles, and organizational revenue? What compensation tools are companies using to lure top talent? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Compensation Survey.

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HSF Kramer, Taft Hit By Data Breaches

By Craig Clough

Herbert ‌Smith Freehills Kramer LLP and Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP recently reported data breaches to state regulators, adding to the dozens of breaches law firms in the U.S. have suffered in 2026. 

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Legal Services Hiring Is 'Firing On All Cylinders,' Recruiter Says

By Tracey Read

The legal sector saw job gains for the fourth month in a row, adding 1,000 positions in July, according to seasonally adjusted data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Financial Market Bolsters ABA Budget Amid Member Decline

By Emily Sawicki

A booming stock market has buoyed the overall net assets for the American Bar Association, keeping the organization's balance sheet in the black following the Trump administration's cancellation last year of millions of dollars in grants. 

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New AI Policy At Columbia Law Permits Use Within Guardrails

By Andrea Keckley

Columbia Law School has issued a new policy on the use of artificial intelligence, permitting its use to "support learning" and "perform specific functions" while restricting its role in generating written work or coming up with original arguments and legal analyses.

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Senate Confirms Todd Blanche To Be AG

By Courtney Bublé

The U.S. Senate voted 50-49 in the early hours of Saturday to confirm Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to the permanent position.

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CoStar Fights CREXi Bid To Stay Suit Over Quinn Emanuel DQ

By Rose Krebs

CoStar is urging a California federal court to reject a bid by Commercial Real Estate Exchange Inc., or CREXi, to pause a copyright suit while CREXi asks the Ninth Circuit to undo the disqualification of its Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP attorneys, arguing the stay request is "unsupported by law."

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Nat'l Science Org. To Review Judiciary's Nixed Climate Chapter

By Jack Karp

The National Academy of Sciences will review the process used to develop a controversial chapter on climate science that has been removed from the federal judiciary's guide to scientific evidence, according to a Friday announcement.

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Summer's Last NYC Public Defender Strike Ends With Deal

By Andrea Keckley

The Bronx Defenders union said it has struck a deal with the organization's management, ending the last public defender strike in New York City this summer.

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Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said businesses with at least 50 employees, at least half of whom are H-1B or L-1 visa holders, must pay a biometric screening fee anytime they file an application to extend the workers' visas. In the meantime, a federal judge found that the former CEO of RTI Surgical Holdings misled investors by failing to disclose that the surgical implant company regularly shipped orders early to artificially inflate its quarterly revenues. These are among the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Motley Rice LLC leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a New Mexico judge ordered Meta Platforms to create a $567 million abatement fund and take additional measures to protect its youngest users.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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