Analysis

Data Privacy & AI Issues To Watch For The Rest Of 2026

By Allison Grande

Federal and state lawmakers are expected in the coming months to keep pressing efforts for companies to do more to keep children safe online and rein in potentially harmful uses of emerging artificial intelligence systems, while the California legislature ponders a measure that's aimed at easing the explosion of wiretap litigation under a decades-old state law.

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Paramount Promises Not To Close Merger During Challenge

By Bryan Koenig

Paramount Skydance Corp. took a fight over a preliminary injunction off the table Friday with a promise not to close its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. until June 2027 or when a California federal judge rules on the merits of challenges to the deal.

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Analysis

5 TM Cases & 1 Strategy To Watch In 2026's Second Half

By Theresa Schliep

The U.S. Supreme Court will weigh a trademark dispute that asks whether juries or judges should decide if a mark is inherently strong, while courts will continue testing the impact of the justices' Jack Daniel's decision over a key test in trademark infringement cases. Here are Law360's picks for trademark cases to watch for the rest of the year.

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Amazon Accused Of Poaching Warner Exec Under Contract

By Craig Clough

Warner Bros. Discovery sued Amazon in Los Angeles court alleging it poached one of its executives despite her being under contract in "blatant disregard" of the law, and said the move is part of a pattern of behavior of inducing Warner executives to breach their employment agreements.

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Apple Beats Bid To Revive COVID App Antitrust Suit

By Rae Ann Varona

The D.C. Circuit on Friday refused to revive an antitrust lawsuit that accuses Apple of unlawfully tying its iPhone to its App Store and monopolizing access to COVID-19 tracing apps, saying an app developer that sued the tech giant failed to plausibly allege relevant product markets for its claims.

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Meta Says AGs' Suit Can't Proceed As 9th Circ. Reviews CDA

By Mike Curley

Meta Platforms Inc. is asking the Ninth Circuit to order a stay on its upcoming trial on allegations from 29 states that Facebook and Instagram are intentionally addictive to the detriment of youths' mental health, saying the case can't go forward while the circuit court reviews whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act blocks the claims.

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Daily Beast Sued Over Image Of CEO In Viral Coldplay Incident

By Elliot Weld

A photographer sued the Daily Beast in New York federal court on Friday for using his image of Andy Byron, the former CEO of software company Astronomer who was caught in a viral "kiss cam" incident at a Coldplay concert.

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Brief

High Court Grants Trump More Time In CNN Defamation Case

By David Minsky

The U.S. Supreme Court granted President Donald Trump another extension to file a petition to revive his $475 million defamation lawsuit alleging CNN damaged his reputation by referring to claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election as a "Big Lie." 

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Novo Asks NJ Judge To Stop Lilly's 'Deceptive' GLP-1 Ads

By Gianna Ferrarin

Novo Nordisk Inc. asked a New Jersey federal court Friday to block rival Eli Lilly & Co. from running ads allegedly comparing their respective GLP-1 drugs using "outdated" clinical trials and "false superiority messages," arguing the ads are damaging its reputation and misleading consumers.

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NCAA Urges Judge To Not Let Athletes 'Rewrite' NIL Deal

By Alex Lawson

The NCAA has opposed an effort to relax the oversight of college athletes' third-party branding deals, telling a California federal judge that the players are looking to "rewrite" a historic antitrust settlement. 

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Big Fish Can't Pursue Apple Store Takedown, Dev Says

By Elliot Weld

An Armenian game developer accused of withholding source code belonging to Big Fish Games urged a Washington federal judge Friday to block the company's attempt to have games removed from the Apple Store.

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Spotify 'Slow-Rolled' Discovery In Audiobook Case, Court Told

By Elliot Weld

A nonprofit royalties distribution group said Spotify has "slow-rolled" discovery in a case challenging its new method for calculating artist royalties and asked a Manhattan federal judge to order the streaming giant to produce key documents.

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WhatsApp Privacy Fight Tossed, But Meta Loses Sanctions Bid

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge has dismissed with leave to amend a putative class action alleging Meta Platforms Inc. employees access WhatsApp users' encrypted messages despite Meta's privacy promises, finding the WhatsApp users need to beef up their whistleblower allegations, while also denying Meta's request for sanctions.

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Senators Urge FTC To Deny X's Petition To Drop Settlement

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Three Senate Democrats are asking the Federal Trade Commission to reject Elon Musk's bid to vacate a 2022 consent decree resolving allegations that X, formerly Twitter, misled users when asking for their contact information.

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Brief

Wellstar To Pay $4.25M To End Patient Data-Sharing Suit

By Patrick Hoff

Wellstar Health System Inc. will pay $4.25 million to resolve a proposed class action alleging it used tracking and collection tools to share confidential health information with Meta Platforms and Google without patients' consent, according to a federal court filing.

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Live Nation Says Nielsen Ruling Doesn't Help State AGs

By Matthew Perlman

Live Nation is pushing back after state enforcers told a New York federal court that a recent Second Circuit ruling in a case against Nielsen supports their antitrust claims, saying the ruling instead supports its bid to undo the jury verdict.

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Viamedia Says Comcast Already Has Info It Wants

By Nadia Dreid

Viamedia wants an Illinois federal court to declare moot Comcast's motion to compel information about one of its board members, saying it has already disclosed how much the key witness in question stands to be paid if Viamedia comes out on top in the antitrust battle.

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Goldstein Gets 6-Year Sentence, Bond Revoked

By Jared Foretek

Thomas Goldstein, the famed U.S. Supreme Court attorney and founder of SCOTUSblog whose turn into the world of ultra-high-stakes poker ultimately landed him federal tax and mortgage fraud convictions, was sentenced to six years in prison; he was taken into custody and out of court in handcuffs Friday.

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No Hack Involved In Alleged $53M Crypto Heist, Judge Hears

By Pete Brush

A Maryland man accused of hacking Uranium Finance to steal $53 million in cryptocurrency told a Manhattan federal judge Friday that the charges are faulty because he did nothing malicious with the exchange's code.

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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 financial advice firm Smith Square Partners sue ailing social housing company Home REIT, Pogust Goodhead hit with a contract claim by one of its investors, and Entain faced with its latest claim in expanding litigation linked to alleged bribery at its former Turkish business. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Conservative Groups Say No To Broadcast Renewal Updates

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Fourteen conservative and free-market organizations urged Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr to preserve broadcast license renewals as "routine and presumptive."

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DOD Says Boat Strike Videos Sought By NYT Are Classified

By Lauren Berg

The U.S. Department of Defense told a New York federal judge that while it did share on social media video clips from military strikes on boats in the Pacific and Caribbean, it properly withheld from The New York Times the full-length videos because they contain classified details.

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USPTO-Fed. Circ. Split Complicates Machine Learning Patents

The wide chasm between the USPTO's and the Federal Circuit's approach to eligibility for machine learning patents means that patent drafters must avoid functional claiming and specifications if they hope to avoid invalidation of a machine learning patent at the appellate court, says attorney Michael Kiklis.

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Disciplinary File Opened On Atty Repping Trump In IRS Fight

By James Boyle

A disciplinary file was opened recently on one of the attorneys representing President Donald Trump who helped him reach a deal with the Internal Revenue Service to settle a lawsuit that a Florida federal judge said was meant to "manipulate the judicial process."

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Patriot National CEO Wasn't Simpson Thacher Client, Jury Told

By Madison Arnold

Another Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP attorney took the stand Friday in a Florida malpractice trial brought by the founder of Patriot National Inc. to push back on the idea the founder was actually a client of the firm in the time leading up to his insurance services company declaring bankruptcy.

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Roundup

Balancing The Scales: Geofence Clarity, Post-Hunter Scrutiny

By Orlando Lorenzo

The U.S. Supreme Court deemed geofence warrants as searches under the Fourth Amendment, and the justices’ ruling in Hunter spurs a conversation of what the bar should be for criminal appeal waivers. Here, Law360 highlights access to justice stories arising from litigation, verdicts and judgments you may have missed.

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Feature

The White Collar Boutique 'Renaissance' Is Here

By Phillip Bantz

Unprecedented political pressure on BigLaw, dwindling opportunities at elite firms, powerful legal tech tools and broad slowdowns in white collar enforcement are fueling a remarkable boom in boutique law firm growth, experts say.

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Ex-Immigration Judge Says Firing Is Part Of Biased Anti-DEI Push

By Bonnie Eslinger

A former immigration judge has sued the U.S. Department of Justice in California federal court claiming she was pushed off the bench because she is Black and female, and previously advocated for immigrant clients as an attorney — and saying dozens of similarly situated judges were also fired or denied permanent positions.

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Ala. State Bar Sets Guidance For Atty AI Use, Billing

By Emily Sawicki

The Alabama State Bar has released a formal opinion to guide attorneys on the ethical use of artificial intelligence, cautioning lawyers to be transparent with their clients about their use of AI to avoid unethically inflated billing while encouraging attorneys to utilize the evolving technology.

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'False Innuendo': Sanctioned Davis Wright Atty Rips Fee Bid

By Jeff Overley

A Davis Wright Tremaine LLP partner sanctioned for subpoena tactics is fiercely contesting a plaintiffs firm's six-figure fee bid, telling a California federal court that the request misleadingly cites alleged misconduct in separate litigation, reflecting a "naked attempt to prejudice the court's view of counsel."

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Over 100 Legal Aid Staffers Strike In Harlem And The Bronx

By Andrea Keckley

Over 100 legal aid attorneys, social workers and advocates in Harlem and the Bronx went on strike Friday, with the possibility of more to come in the New York City area.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

General counsel are gearing up again to help their companies adapt to the impact of a new round of U.S. tariffs. And the chief legal officer of Alphabet and Google lashed out at the European Commission over search engine changes it is demanding, after the EU imposed a $1 billion fine on Google for violating competition laws.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and McGuireWoods LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Fourth Circuit reversed class certification in an investor lawsuit against Boeing over the company's alleged concealment of safety issues with its 737 Max fleet.

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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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