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World Cup Brand Battles Will Outlast Spain's Title Victory

By Chris Villani

The 2026 FIFA World Cup came to an end Sunday with Spain winning for the second time in its history, but intellectual property battles are just heating up as companies and individuals seek to capitalize on the global event, experts told Law360.

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6 Copyright Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2026

By Ivan Moreno

An appeal over whether an AI-powered legal research tool unlawfully used Westlaw material and a long-running fight involving a Miles Davis tattoo could produce some of 2026's most significant copyright rulings. Here is Law360's list of the most notable copyright cases to watch for the rest of the year.

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Teen Drops Meta Mental Health Suit Ahead Of Bellwether Trial

By Hailey Konnath

A Florida teenager on Wednesday withdrew his suit claiming that Meta Platforms Inc.'s social media products harm young users' mental health, walking away from the litigation five days before his bellwether trial was set to kick off in Los Angeles.

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11th Circ. Mulls Forcing Board To Testify In Book Ban Suit

By David Minsky

Members of a Florida school board on Wednesday told the Eleventh Circuit they shouldn't be forced to testify on their reasons for banning library books about people of color and the LGBTQ+ community, arguing their actions are protected by legislative privilege. 

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Writers Guild Wants Paramount-Warner Bros. Block Extended

By Bryan Koenig

The Writers Guild of America asked a California federal judge Wednesday to extend the two-week injunction against Paramount Skydance's proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, warning that permitting the deal to close while challenges proceed would allow the companies to shut down projects and share negotiation information.

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Midjourney Seeks To Narrow Disney AI Copyright Claims

By Adam Lidgett

Artificial intelligence startup Midjourney has asked a California federal court to trim contributory infringement claims from a copyright lawsuit brought by Disney, Universal and Warner Bros., saying the claims fly in the face of a U.S. Supreme Court decision involving Cox Communications from earlier this year.

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Newspapers Claim Articles Were Sold For AI Training

By Elliot Weld

The publisher of The Wall Street Journal and New York Post has lodged counterclaims against Brave Software Inc. in response to its declaratory judgment suit, saying Brave was creating infringing summary versions of copyrighted articles and selling them to artificial intelligence companies.

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Amber Rose Sues Club Over Falling Holiday Decoration

By Craig Clough

Model and television personality Amber Rose sued the private Beverly Hills social club Gravitas on Tuesday in Los Angeles County court, alleging she suffered a concussion and other injuries after a large holiday decoration fell and struck her on the head during a New Year's Eve celebration. 

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Toronto Sports Set For Shakeup As Owner Plans Partial Sale

By Alex Lawson

The Canadian media giant overseeing nearly all of Toronto's major sports teams and facilities unveiled a plan to sell off minority shares of those franchises Wednesday, in keeping with a dramatic reshuffling of the company's assets.

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Squires Grants 4 IPRs, Issues No Discretionary Denials

By Dani Kass

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires has granted four more petitions for inter partes review, bringing his institution rate to just shy of 30%.

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Amazon's Deal To End Gambling Suit Draws App Makers' Ire

By Ben Adlin

Developers of casino-style mobile apps sought to intervene Wednesday in Amazon's tentative deal to end consumers' proposed class action accusing the platform of enabling illegal online gambling, arguing that the settlement would leave the developers on the hook for $140 million while forcing Amazon to pay just $2.5 million.

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OpenAI Says AI Agent Hacked Startup Platform During Testing

By Allison Grande

OpenAI disclosed "an unprecedented cyber incident" that occurred when two of its artificial intelligence models broke out of their testing environment and accessed the servers of Hugging Face, a third-party AI and machine learning startup that operates an open-source platform for developers and others to share models and datasets.

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States Say Nielsen Ruling Backs Claims In Live Nation Suit

By James Boyle

A recent Second Circuit ruling in a data-tying case was invoked Wednesday to support a motion by more than a dozen state attorneys general opposing Live Nation's attempt to overturn a federal jury verdict against the company.

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Nexstar Execs On Tegna Board Violates Injunction, Judge Told

By Matthew Perlman

DirecTV and a coalition of states told a California federal court on Wednesday that Nexstar Media Group has taken over Tegna's board of directors, despite a preliminary injunction preventing the broadcasting companies from fully integrating.

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UFC Wants Pay-Per-View Monopolizing Case Tossed

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Ultimate Fighting Championship is asking the district court in Nevada to toss out a proposed class action filed by fans accusing it of monopolizing the market for pay-per-view mixed martial arts events.

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Ex-Players Seek $4M In Legal Fees In NFL Race-Norming Fight

By Alex Lawson

Ex-NFL players who settled a suit over racially discriminatory assessments made by the league's disability and retirement plans are asking a Maryland federal judge for over $4 million in legal fees.

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Reps. Hit With Robocalls As They Discuss How To Stop Them

By Nadia Dreid

Robocalls were the thing on everyone's mind Wednesday morning as a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee heard from witnesses about a half dozen bills that lawmakers hope will protect the nation's telecommunications networks.

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FCC Overhauls 'Nutrition' Labels For Broadband Services

By Christopher Cole

Consumers can expect to soon see a change in broadband "nutrition" labels detailing the metrics of high-speed services after the Federal Communications Commission voted to overhaul the labeling rules Wednesday.

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FCC Clears Way For Upper C-Band Auction To Sell 160 MHz

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission voted Wednesday to set up an auction to sell exclusive licenses in the upper C-band airwaves, getting the process moving at what FCC Chair Brendan Carr called an "unprecedented" speed following Congress' order last year to expedite the sale long awaited by wireless carriers.

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Bipartisan Bill To Speed Broadband Permits Clears Committee

By Christopher Cole

A bipartisan bill aimed at making federal agencies accelerate reviews of broadband permit applications passed the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday.

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Allstate Says No Coverage For Fatal Drunken Driving Accident

By Gianna Ferrarin

Allstate told a Pennsylvania federal court it has no duty to defend an individual facing underlying suits over a fatal drunken driving accident, saying coverage is excluded under his parents' homeowners policy because of his alleged furnishing of alcohol to minors involved in the incident.

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QVC Shareholders Can't Stay Ch. 11 Plan

By Emily Lever

A Texas bankruptcy judge on Wednesday declined to pause home shopping company QVC Group's Chapter 11 plan, saying shareholders opposed to the plan have not made their case for a stay pending their appeal of its confirmation.

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Dish Sues To Block Suits By 5G Network Providers

By Rick Archer

Dish Network is asking a Texas bankruptcy judge to freeze claims against its parent company stemming from Dish's abandoned attempt to launch a nationwide 5G network, saying they would drain resources needed for Dish's Chapter 11 case.

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Holland & Knight Hit With $1.2B Malpractice Suit

By Madison Arnold

A real estate firm is accusing Holland & Knight LLP and three attorneys of malpractice in a new complaint filed in Florida state court and is seeking up to $1.2 billion in damages after more than 30 states opened investigations into the company's practices.

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Co. Turned Away Simpson Thacher's Deal Meeting, Jury Told

By Cara Salvatore

A retired Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner who handled the fundraising round alleged to have destroyed Patriot National Inc. testified in a Florida state malpractice trial Wednesday that the insurance services company waved off his attempt to present details to the board.

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Pillsbury Data Breach Suit Voluntarily Dismissed

By Matt Perez

A proposed class action against Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP over a data breach last year has been voluntarily dismissed by the named plaintiffs, following a granted motion to stay in April to discuss mediation.

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DLA Piper Says Deception, Not Bias, Cost Palestinian Atty Job

By Grace Elletson

DLA Piper urged an Illinois federal judge to toss a Palestinian attorney's suit claiming the firm revoked a job offer out of discrimination, arguing it rescinded the offer because she concealed allegations that she assaulted someone at a protest.

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DC Bar Leaders Say DOJ Ethics Suit Encourages Misconduct

By Emily Sawicki

Washington, D.C., attorney regulators continue to garner support in their effort to toss a Justice Department lawsuit over alleged "weaponizing" of executive branch lawyer discipline, with D.C. bar organizations, scores of legal scholars and more than 500 former DOJ attorneys backing the disciplinary authorities.

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Mich. Gets Judge With Blue Slips In 1st For Trump Admin

By Courtney Bublé

The U.S. Senate voted 62-36 on Wednesday to confirm Michael Martin, a longtime federal prosecutor, to the Eastern District of Michigan and Benjamin Flowers, former solicitor general of Ohio, to the Sixth Circuit.

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DOL IG Says Info-Sharing Pacts Lacked Safeguards

By Irene Spezzamonte

U.S. Department of Labor Inspector General Anthony P. D'Esposito testified Wednesday before a U.S. House subcommittee that during the Biden administration, the department shared confidential information with plaintiffs' attorneys without notifying the Wage and Hour Division or the Employee Benefits Security Administration.

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Gov't Attys May Face Broader Duty To Report Misconduct

By Alison Knezevich

Attorneys representing the government could face "more demanding" obligations to disclose misconduct by people within their client organizations than attorneys representing private entities, according to an ethics opinion issued Wednesday by the American Bar Association.

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Retired Judges Rip Bid To Ban Foreign-Born Federal Judges

By Courtney Bublé

A group of 58 retired federal judges, appointed by presidents of both parties, on Wednesday came out strongly against recent proposals from Republican lawmakers that would require federal judges to be natural-born U.S. citizens and relinquish any citizenship that is not of the United States.

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US Marshals Can't Make Immigration Arrests In DC Court

By Rae Ann Varona

A D.C. federal judge Wednesday refused to toss a lawsuit from a certified class of immigrants challenging immigration arrests by U.S. marshals in D.C. Superior Court, declaring that the marshals lack authority and necessary training for the arrests.

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Securities Class Action Deals On Target To Hit 6-Year High

By Katryna Perera

The value of class action settlements is on track to reach a six-year high of $4.4 billion, fueled in part by a handful of "mega settlements" and other high-dollar deals, a Cornerstone Research report released Wednesday said. 

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