Top Court Won't Hear Trump Appeal Of $5M Carroll Verdict

By Cara Salvatore

The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to review President Donald Trump's appeal of a $5 million sexual abuse and defamation verdict in favor of writer E. Jean Carroll.

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High Court Rejects Dershowitz's Appeal To Revive CNN Suit

By Carolina Bolado

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz's invitation to revisit its seminal 1964 ruling in New York Times v. Sullivan, rejecting Dershowitz's petition to revive his $300 million defamation suit against CNN.

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Chinese Exile Guo Gets 30 Years For $1.4B Fraud

By Stewart Bishop

Exiled Chinese businessman and dissident Miles Guo on Monday was sentenced to 30 years in prison, after a Manhattan federal jury convicted him of defrauding investors of more than $1.4 billion in connection with what prosecutors say was "a criminal enterprise built on lies."

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Davis Polk Steers Comcast's NBCUniversal Spinoff Plans

By Elaine Briseño

Comcast Corp. announced Monday it will spin off NBCUniversal into a separate, publicly traded company focused solely on television and other media content, including the streaming and broadcast of NFL, NBA and MLB sporting events, while Comcast will offer broadband, cable and wireless services.

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Ye Nears Deal To End Ex-Assistant's Sexual Harassment Suit

By Craig Clough

The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has reached a settlement-in-principle with a former assistant who accused him of sexually harassing her by sending her inappropriate and profane texts and by forcing her to watch him masturbate, attorneys for the parties told a Los Angeles judge Monday. 

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Argentine Singer Says Universal Illegally Distributed His Music

By David Minsky

Universal Music Group NV wrongly assumed it still owned the rights to distribute an Argentine singer's music after the termination of a distribution agreement, the singer told a Florida federal court Monday, saying UMG interfered in his contract with a new record label and owes him unpaid royalties.

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Fed. Circ. Asked To Rethink Axed $469M IP Feud Against Dish

By Adam Lidgett

ClearPlay wants the full Federal Circuit to look at part of a panel decision that didn't reinstate a $469 million jury verdict against Dish Network LLC in a patent suit, saying the challenged portion of the decision deepens a conflict with U.S. Supreme Court precedent.

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Epic Games, Ex-Contractor Settle 'Fortnite' Leak Claims

By Abigail Harrison

"Fortnite"-maker Epic Games Inc. and an ex-contractor have settled the former's claims that the latter leaked secrets on social media, according to a motion Epic filed seeking a court order memorializing the parties' deal barring the ex-contractor from possessing or using its confidential information and trade secrets.

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7-Eleven, Video Game Cos. Accused Of Infringing Comms IP

By Dani Kass

A nonpracticing entity from New Mexico has accused 7-Eleven Inc. and various other companies of infringing its communications patent in the Eastern District of Texas.

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House Sends Kids Online Safety Bill To Skeptical Senate

By Allison Grande

The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday passed legislation to boost online data privacy and safety protections for children and teens, moving the measure along to the U.S. Senate, where key lawmakers have already come out against the proposal for what they say are insufficient mechanisms for holding major technology companies accountable. 

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Verizon Asks Justices To Send Privacy Fine Back To 2nd Circ.

By Christopher Cole

Verizon urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to allow it to contest an already-paid $47 million data privacy fine in the Second Circuit after the justices upheld the Federal Communications Commission's penalty powers but found them subject to court review.

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Nebraska Social Media Age Verification Law Partially Blocked

By Jonathan Capriel

Tech trade group NetChoice LLC has won a partial victory in its legal war against age verification laws, persuading a Nebraska federal court to block a state statute that would have required social media companies to obtain parental consent before allowing minors to create accounts.

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LA Times Gets OK For $3.85M Privacy Deal With Web Visitors

By Rae Ann Varona

A California federal judge gave the final stamp of approval to a $3.85 million class settlement that resolves allegations the Los Angeles Times installed and used several trackers on the browsers of visitors to its website that collected their IP addresses without their consent.

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Politico Collected Data On Users' Reading Habits, Suit Claims

By Taylor Bowie

The news website Politico unlawfully uses automatic data trackers, allowing it to collect readers' browsing activity on "sensitive personal subject matter," such as articles about LGBTQ politics, a proposed class action claimed in California federal court Friday.

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Wizards, Capitals Owner Facing Multiple Data Breach Suits

By David Steele

The plaintiffs in a proposed class action accusing the owner of the Washington Wizards and Capitals of exposing their personal information in a data breach have asked a federal judge to relate their suit to a pair of consolidated suits over the same breach.

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Gaiman Assault Suit Belongs In New Zealand, 7th Circ. Says

By Craig Clough

A Seventh Circuit panel on Monday affirmed the dismissal of a former nanny's suit accusing "Sandman" author Neil Gaiman of sexually assaulting her while in New Zealand, finding the dispute should be heard in that country rather than Wisconsin where he currently lives as a lawful permanent resident.

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Director Gets 2½ Years For 'Brazen' $11M Netflix Fraud

By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal judge sentenced a Hollywood director to 2.5 years in prison Monday, after a jury convicted him of taking $11 million from Netflix for a show that was never finished and squandering money on stock bets and luxuries.

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NBA Vet Beasley Among Latest Indicted In Gambling Dragnet

By Alex Lawson

Former NBA guard Malik Beasley has been indicted in the government's sprawling sports betting investigation, New York federal prosecutors announced Monday, alleging that the nine-year veteran manipulated his play to give gamblers an edge.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week handled disputes involving controlling stockholders, executive compensation, take-private transactions, books and records demands and board governance, while the Delaware Supreme Court issued decisions in two corporate records cases previously decided in the Chancery.

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US Needs To Emphasize Orbit Power Limits, Report Says

By Christopher Cole

A group of satellite policy experts pressed for updated power limits for low Earth orbit satellites during the run-up to the World Radiocommunication Conference.

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Rural Network Providers Seek FCC Waiver To Alter Routers

By Nadia Dreid

Now that the Federal Communications Commission has given some telecommunications trade groups permission to make changes to foreign-made routers that the agency has banned from being imported, those groups are asking the agency to let suppliers make the changes themselves.

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Roblox Says Fla. Addiction Suit Belongs In Arbitration

By Mike Curley

Roblox Corp. is asking a Florida federal court to stay and send to arbitration a suit alleging that its online platform exacerbates video game addiction in its users, saying the family behind the suit agreed to its arbitration clause dozens of times.

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Justices' FCC Fine Ruling May Weaken Agency Leverage

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Federal Communications Commission v. AT&T upheld the commission's forfeiture framework as consistent with Jarkesy, but it is also likely to reduce the effectiveness of the commission’s forfeiture proceedings as a collection and deterrence tool, say attorneys at Venable.

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11th Circ. Ruling Reflects Shift In Digital Consent Frameworks

The Eleventh Circuit's recent decision in Tejon v. Zeus Networks that a browsewrap terms-of-service hyperlink was insufficiently conspicuous to bind a consumer to an arbitration agreement could accelerate a broader industry shift to clickwrap as the baseline for enforceable digital consent, say attorneys at Sheppard.

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Google Antitrust Case Puts Spotlight On De Facto Exclusivity

Mozilla's recent amicus filing in U.S. v. Google arguing that its agreement to make Google the default search engine did not amount to de facto exclusivity highlights the growing debate over traditional indicators of exclusivity, with implications for any business that uses rebates, preferred contracts or volume incentives, says Chris Gowen at WilmU Farnan School of Law.

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Ill. Law Firm MSO Bill Clashes With Court Power, Ethics Rules

An Illinois bill prohibiting law firms from certain business arrangements with management service organizations, sent to the governor for signature last week, encroaches upon the courts' constitutional powers and goes beyond the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct in regulating investment in law-related services, says Matthew O’Hara at Smith Gambrell.

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Justice Jackson Tops High Court Book Earnings In 2025

By Ryan Boysen

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson made nearly $1.2 million in book royalties last year, bringing her total to $4.14 million and making her the most highly compensated author on the high court, according to financial disclosure forms released Monday.

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Judge Limits Vegas Trip For BigLaw Insider Trading Defendant

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts federal magistrate judge said Monday a defendant described by prosecutors as a "lynchpin" in the BigLaw insider trading case must limit a planned visit to Las Vegas next month to just two nights, saying she also has "concerns about the validity" of a financial statement he provided to obtain a federal defender.

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Harris Beach Murtha To Combine With Peabody & Arnold

By Christine DeRosa

Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC is set to expand its footprint in the Northeast through a combination with Boston firm Peabody & Arnold LLP.

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Texas Supreme Court Weighs New Rules To Tackle AI Misuse

By Lynn LaRowe

The Texas Supreme Court has proposed rule changes intended to address the misuse of artificial intelligence, including outlining possible sanctions and requiring signatories to attest to a filing's accuracy, just as a recent state bar survey showed AI use among Lone Star State lawyers more than doubling since 2024.

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Volatility May Follow As Justices Make Agency Firings Easier​​​​​​​

By Sarah Jarvis

The policies and enforcement priorities of federal agencies may fluctuate more rapidly based on who is president, as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court's Monday decision finding that presidents have unlimited authority to fire members of independent agencies, experts told Law360.

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The End Of An 'Independent' FTC

By Bryan Koenig

Federal Trade Commission members, responsible for merger review, antitrust enforcement, consumer protection safeguards and rulemaking, and industry analysis, no longer serve at a remove from presidential authority, thanks to Monday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could dramatically remake the FTC and other independent agencies.

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High Court Gives Fed Independence A 'Fragile' Reprieve

By Jon Hill

The U.S. Supreme Court has thrown its weight behind Federal Reserve independence by rejecting President Donald Trump's bid to immediately oust Fed Gov. Lisa Cook, but experts say the fight over central bank control may not be finished — just moving to a new phase.

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DC Ethics Counsel Conflicted In Ethics Case, DOJ Atty Says

By Emily Sawicki

A former interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., is urging the D.C. federal court to disqualify the District of Columbia ethics counsel from pursuing an ethics case against him, arguing that the attorney and another lawyer from his office are conflicted and that their impartiality is in question.

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McCarter & English Missed Key Docs In $20M Loans, Court Told

By Brian Steele

A McCarter & English LLP attorney botched two multimillion-dollar loan deals by failing to secure an ironclad repayment obligation from a New York town or include mandatory documents in the closing packages, a Connecticut state court heard Monday as a long-awaited malpractice trial got underway.

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Sotomayor Says 7th Circ. 'Clearly Wrong' In Immunity Ruling

By Parker Quinlan

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to take up a case over whether qualified immunity was correctly granted to two Wisconsin prison guards who left a naked man in an often freezing cold cell for 23 hours, drawing a dissent from Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

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Justices Look To Shed Light On Jury Role In Pepsi TM Battle

By Ivan Moreno

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to hear a trademark fight over PepsiCo's "Mtn Dew Rise Energy" drink gives the justices a chance to clarify when juries, rather than judges, should decide whether a mark is inherently strong — a narrow question that attorneys say could affect how often infringement cases survive summary judgment.

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Ex-Pa. AG, Trump Defense Firm Want Malpractice Claims Axed

By James Boyle

An elections nonprofit is seeking to keep alive its malpractice claim against the former acting attorney general of Pennsylvania and his firm, van der Veen Hartshorn & Levin, filing a quick response over the weekend to a motion to dismiss its amended complaint in Pennsylvania federal court.

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