House Floats Revised Kids' Safety Bill After Bipartisan Deal

By Allison Grande

A pair of influential House lawmakers on Monday introduced a revamped bipartisan version of proposed legislation to boost online safety protections for children and teens, although they drew an immediate rebuke from a U.S. senator leading a similar effort in the upper chamber, who slammed the House proposal as a "toothless and tepid capitulation" to major tech companies.

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Justices Decline To Hear 'More Than An Athlete' TM Fight

By Ivan Moreno

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a Federal Circuit ruling that allowed a company affiliated with LeBron James to cancel a Maryland youth nonprofit's "I Am More Than An Athlete" trademark registration based on common law rights acquired during the dispute.

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High Court Won't Hear Dolby's PTAB Interested Party Case

By Ryan Davis

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal in which Dolby sought to require Unified Patents to name the interested parties in an unsuccessful patent challenge, leaving intact a Federal Circuit decision that Dolby cannot appeal a validity decision in its favor.

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WaPo Wants Trump Media Sanctioned In $2.78B Suit

By Carolina Bolado

The Washington Post is asking for sanctions against President Donald Trump's social media company for what the Post alleges were repeated discovery violations in Trump's $2.78 billion defamation suit against the newspaper.

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FCC Turns Away Effort To Repeal News Distortion Rules

By Christopher Cole

After dismissing an advocacy group's petition asking the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider how it enforces its rules against news distortion, agency staff told the D.C. Circuit Monday that it should not grant the advocates' request to force the agency's hand.

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SeaWorld Wants Sesame Street Contract Suit Trimmed

By Adam Lidgett

SeaWorld has urged a New York federal court to throw out certain claims in a lawsuit accusing it of flouting obligations under a licensing deal for the Sesame Street brand and engaging in a "retaliation campaign," calling some of the case "baseless" and "absurd."

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Texas Asks Justices To Keep App Store Law In Force

By Spencer Brewer

The Texas attorney general urged the U.S. Supreme Court to allow a state law requiring app stores to block minors from downloading apps without parental consent to remain in effect, arguing Monday that a lower court "committed several errors" in pausing the measure.

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No Need For Promises That $1.8B Fund Is Dead, DOJ Says

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Justice refused to file a declaration stating it won't create a $1.8 billion settlement fund as part of the deal to close President Donald Trump's tax leak suit against the Internal Revenue Service, telling a Virginia federal judge it is "unnecessary."

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Penny Stock Trader Loses Bid For New 'Scalping' Trial

By Hailey Konnath

A New York federal judge has rejected a penny stock trader's request for a new trial after he was found liable for a $2.5 million fraud scheme known as scalping, ruling that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission had plenty of evidence backing its allegations.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week handled disputes involving executive compensation, take-private transactions, books and records demands, tender offers and alleged insider misconduct.

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9th Circ. Doubts California City's Ban On Off-Site Pot Ads

By Dorothy Atkins

A Ninth Circuit panel expressed doubts Monday about an ordinance in Perris, California, banning off-site advertising by cannabis dispensaries, noting that the city collects taxes on cannabis sales and questioning the city's assertion that cannabis use is illegal under federal law.

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Owners Of NHL's Red Wings, Maple Leafs Partner With PWHL

By David Steele

Groups led by the owners of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs have made a substantial investment in the Professional Women's Hockey League, the first outside investment since its 2024 inception, the league announced on Monday.

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Podcast Says LDS Church Has No IP Control Over 'Mormon'

By Lauren Berg

The host of the long-running "Mormon Stories" podcast asked a Utah federal judge Monday to toss the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' copyright and trademark infringement lawsuit, saying the church has no legal right to control the term "Mormon" — a "ubiquitous and descriptive" religious and cultural reference.

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YouTube Seeks To Exit Wash. Driver's Viral Dashcam Clip Suit

By Rachel Riley

YouTube has urged a Seattle federal judge to free it from a woman's lawsuit alleging she was bullied online over a secretly recorded viral video of her texting while driving, saying she cannot circumvent the platform's protection under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act by leveling a baseless wiretapping claim.

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States Defend Live Nation Jury Verdict In Antitrust Case

By Matthew Perlman

State enforcers have urged a New York federal court to reject Live Nation's bid to upend a jury verdict finding the company monopolized key parts of the live entertainment industry, telling the court the jury carefully considered ample evidence and should not be second-guessed.

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Valve Gamers Queue Up Bid To Beat Antitrust Arbitration Fight

By Rachel Riley

Hundreds of PC gamers have called on a Washington federal judge to extinguish Valve's lawsuit seeking to bar them from arbitrating antitrust claims, saying the judge has already rejected the video game developer's central argument that arbitrations cannot proceed under the updated user agreement for its Steam digital storefront.

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Moving Earth Stations Need More Access To 28 GHz, FCC Told

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission needs to expand the frequencies set aside for vehicle-mounted earth stations used by satellites and one way to do that is by dedicating spectrum on the 28 gigahertz band for that despite mobile carriers' resistance to the idea, a satellite industry group said.

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Fitness Club Tells FCC Verizon Unfairly Charged It USF Fees

By Nadia Dreid

Athletic club chain Life Time has accused Verizon of flouting Federal Communications Commission rules by charging it Universal Service Fund fees for internet service, even though the agency has declared broadband a less regulated type of service that doesn't pay into the subsidy fund.

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Carriers Praise Senate Passage Of Broadband Map Bill

By Christopher Cole

High-speed carriers lauded the U.S. Senate on Monday for approving bipartisan legislation pushing the government to improve maps of broadband service so that federal funding can be more precisely targeted.

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Attorney Reprimanded In $256M Defamation Case

By Rachel Rippetoe

A former Conrad & Scherer LLP managing partner must pay an Alabama coal company's attorney fees after being publicly reprimanded by an Alabama federal judge, who found he lied to the court and paid witnesses to change their testimony in his repeated lawsuits against the company.

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NJ Firm Accused Of 'Double-Dipping' On Pelvic Mesh Fees

By Daniel Connolly

Four women allege in a recently filed lawsuit that a New Jersey law firm overcharged them on legal fees related to a settlement in pelvic mesh litigation, and the recent lawsuit also relates to a long-running conflict between lawyers who formerly worked together.

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Justices Seek Input On NJ State Bar Diversity Challenge

By George Woolston

The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the federal government to weigh in on a Garden State appellate court's decision that approved a New Jersey State Bar Association system for fostering diversity in its leadership that was accused of being discriminatory.

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Blanche, Pirro Can't Be DQ'd From Trump DC Shooting Case

By Craig Clough

A D.C. federal judge held Monday that the man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner can't disqualify U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche from prosecuting him because of their presence at the dinner.

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