States, AEG Say Live Nation Sanctions Bid Is Nonsense

By Stewart Bishop

A coalition of state-level enforcers and AEG Worldwide on Monday separately pushed back against accusations of witness tampering from Live Nation Entertainment Inc. amid a trial accusing the live entertainment giant and its Ticketmaster subsidiary of anticompetitive conduct, saying the defense allegations of undue influence are false.

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Justices Vacate Grande ISP Case After Cox Copyright Ruling

By Ivan Moreno

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday directed the Fifth Circuit to reconsider a copyright verdict against Grande Communications Networks, vacating the lower court's ruling and sending the case back for further review following the justices' decision last month sparing another internet service provider from liability for its customers' music piracy.

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Yeezy Beats Overseas App Developers' FLSA Claims

By Benjamin Morse

Yeezy LLC defeated federal minimum wage and overtime claims from overseas app developers in a hostile workplace suit against the company, which is owned by the rapper Ye, after a California federal judge ruled that the Fair Labor Standards Act does not apply to work performed outside the U.S.

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1st Circ. Suggests It May Resurrect AdTech Wiretap Case

By Carolyn Muyskens

A panel of the First Circuit appeared receptive Monday to reinstating federal wiretap claims leveled against a Massachusetts healthcare system over its use of online tracking tools, despite arguments that such a ruling could cripple the industry amid an influx of similar cases nationwide.

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Apple Gets App Store Ruling Paused For High Court Appeal

By Dorothy Atkins

The Ninth Circuit granted Apple's request Monday to pause a panel decision in Epic Games Inc.'s favor while it petitions the U.S. Supreme Court to review the ruling, which largely affirmed an injunction barring Apple from charging developers "prohibitive" commissions on certain iPhone app purchases made outside its payment systems.

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Udio Urges Illinois Court To Ax AI Music Copyright Suit

By Ivan Moreno

Artificial intelligence music platform Udio has asked a Chicago federal judge to dismiss a proposed class action from a group of songwriters who accuse it of copyright infringement, arguing that simply operating a website that is accessible nationally does not give the Illinois court authority to hear claims over how Udio's technology was developed.

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Google, YouTube Want Out Of Disney Kids Data Privacy Suit

By Craig Clough

Google and YouTube moved Friday to exit a consolidated class action against them and Disney alleging they allowed advertisers to illegally collect minors' personal information, saying the entire case is based on the Federal Trade Commission's action against Disney that "made no accusations" against their companies "and for good reason."

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Ore. Clinic Stuck With Privacy Suit Over LinkedIn Data Sharing

By Allison Grande

An Oregon federal judge has refused to throw out a putative class action accusing a fertility clinic of deploying tracking technology that illegally transmitted its website visitors' protected health information to LinkedIn for advertising purposes, finding that the plaintiff had adequately alleged that these disclosures violated federal health privacy law.

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Sen. Blumenthal Demands DOJ Probe Into WNBA's Sun Sale

By David Steele

The Women's National Basketball Association "abused its monopolistic control" of women's pro basketball when it allowed the Connecticut Sun to be sold to an owner who is moving it to Houston, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., told the U.S. Department of Justice in a letter on Monday.

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Maryland AG To Defend Child Sex Abuse Law In WWE Suit

By Brian Steele

A Maryland federal judge will allow Attorney General Anthony G. Brown to intervene, though for only a narrow purpose, in a lawsuit brought by several men who allege they were sexually abused by a World Wrestling Entertainment employee while working as "ring boys" in the 1980s.

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Top Court Paves Way To Wipe Out Pol's Bribery Conviction

By Cara Salvatore

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday vacated an appeals court's decision to uphold the conviction of a pardoned former Cincinnati council member for bribery and attempted extortion, effectively greenlighting federal prosecutors' motion to toss the case.

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Musk Slams 'Premature' Judgment After Twitter Stock Verdict

By Dorothy Atkins

Elon Musk objected Friday to a California federal judge entering judgment against him following a securities fraud verdict over tweets about his $44 billion Twitter acquisition, arguing there are still numerous unresolved issues and entering a final judgment on a classwide basis at this stage is "premature and improper."

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court's docket this past week featured a mix of high-profile corporate disputes, insider trading allegations, contract fights and significant rulings shaping fiduciary duty and deal litigation.

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SpaceX Seeks C-Band Airwaves For Next-Gen Satellite

By Christopher Cole

SpaceX called on the Federal Communications Commission to make sure an upcoming auction of airwaves in the upper C-band allows next-generation satellite services to flourish alongside terrestrial wireless.

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Radio Co. Says 'Opinions' End R&B Singer's Defamation Suit

By Abigail Harrison

A radio station owner and on-air host urged a North Carolina federal court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit from Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter Brian McKnight, arguing in dual memorandums that he plainly failed to support any aspect of his defamation claim — public figure or not.

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Atty Appeals Sanctions Order In $500M Miss America Fight

By Carolina Bolado

An attorney sanctioned for submitting fraudulent documents in a $500 million dispute over ownership of the Miss America pageant and using them to help his client put the company into bankruptcy, indicated Monday that he is appealing the sanctions order to the Eleventh Circuit.

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Exploring When Fraud Asset Freezes Limit Right To Pick Atty

The defendant’s claim in the Seventh Circuit’s pending U.S. v. Shah case that the government restrained his assets until he couldn’t afford his chosen counsel presents a useful case study in how criminal forfeiture procedure interacts with U.S. Supreme Court rulings on Sixth Amendment rights and appealing complex fraud convictions, says Elisha Kobre at Sheppard.

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What A Court Doc Audit Reveals About Erroneous Filings

My audit of 1,522 court documents from last month found that over 95% contained at least one verifiable error, with fewer than 1% showing clear indicators of artificial intelligence use — highlighting above all else that lawyers may want to focus most on strengthening their review processes, says Elliott Ash at ETH Zurich.

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Pregnant DLA Piper Atty Fired For 'Sloppy' Work, Jury Told

By Pete Brush

A former trademark associate told a Manhattan federal jury Monday that DLA Piper "blindsided" her with termination after she announced she was pregnant, but the BigLaw firm countered that she was fired for "repeated mistakes" and other on-the-job shortcomings.

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Files Of 10 Jones Day Clients Breached In Cyberattack

By Aebra Coe

Jones Day is the latest law firm to be hit by a cyberattack, the firm confirmed Monday, revealing that an unauthorized party accessed files of 10 clients.

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Troutman, Ex-Associate Reach Deal In Discrimination Suit

By Emily Sawicki

A former Troutman Pepper Locke LLP associate asked a D.C. federal court Monday to pause a suit as the two sides have reported they had reached a settlement agreement over her discrimination claims against the firm, sidestepping a trial set to begin next month.

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Ex-EEOC Leaders Back BigLaw Firms In Trump EO Appeal

By Patrick Hoff

A group of former U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission officials are backing four BigLaw firms in the Trump administration's consolidated D.C. Circuit appeal seeking to revive executive orders targeting the firms, arguing the president's directives contradict how Congress meant for the EEOC to operate.

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Jackson Walker, Sorrento CEO Hit With RICO Suit Over Ch. 11

By Emlyn Cameron

More than a dozen Sorrento Therapeutics shareholders sued law firm Jackson Walker LLP and the defunct biopharmaceutical company's ex-CEO for over $100 million, accusing them of conspiring to launch an unnecessary bankruptcy in an irrelevant jurisdiction.

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Analysis

Can State Courts Tame The 'Wild West' Of Judicial Security?

By Cara Bayles

As threats against local judges continue to ramp up, protection and incident tracking varies not only from state to state but county to county, making it difficult to draw the national judicial security landscape. Now, lawmakers are looking to use federal resources to even out disparities.

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LSC Seeks $2.14B As White House Pushes To Slash Funding

By Marco Poggio

The Legal Services Corp. is asking Congress for $2.14 billion in fiscal year 2027 to fund civil legal services for low-income Americans who cannot afford an attorney.

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Atty Convicted Of Staging Truck Crashes Seeks New Trial

By Parker Quinlan

A disbarred New Orleans attorney has asked a federal judge in Louisiana for a new insurance fraud trial, arguing a suite of issues from her federal trial last month caused her to receive what she described in a filing as a "miscarriage of justice."

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Trump Orders Could Chill US Arbitration, Group Warns

By Caroline Simson

The College of Commercial Arbitrators has urged the D.C. Circuit to reject the Trump administration's consolidated D.C. Circuit appeal seeking to revive executive orders yanking the security clearances of four BigLaw firms, arguing a contrary ruling would "imperil" arbitration in the U.S.

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Ex-Wis. Judge Loses Bid To Shake ICE Obstruction Conviction

By Lauren Berg

A federal judge Monday refused to overturn a former Wisconsin state judge's conviction for helping shield a defendant in her courtroom from arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, rejecting her contention that, because ICE had no authority to make the arrest in the courthouse, there was no obstruction.

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Ill. Justices Want MAGA Op-Ed Author Judge's Claims Axed

By Emily Sawicki

Illinois Supreme Court justices have asked a Chicago federal judge to throw out constitutional claims filed by a retired Illinois state trial court judge alleging he was wrongfully terminated over protected speech in a political opinion column, with the justices arguing the federal court should not interfere with a state court matter.

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Justices Clear Path For DOJ To Dismiss Bannon's Conviction

By Cara Salvatore

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday vacated an appeals court's order upholding Steve Bannon's conviction over his nonresponse to a congressional subpoena investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, clearing the way for the Justice Department to dismiss his indictment.

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