Papaya Gaming Ltd. on Thursday was hit with a jury verdict in New York telling it to pay $420 million in damages in a trial over its alleged misrepresentations about its mobile games being based on skill and not using bots.
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Mobile Game Co. Hit With $420M Verdict In False Ad Trial

By Elliot Weld

Papaya Gaming Ltd. on Thursday was hit with a jury verdict in New York telling it to pay $420 million in damages in a trial over its alleged misrepresentations about its mobile games being based on skill and not using bots.

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2nd Circ. Revives Copyright Fight Over Michael Jordan Video

By Ivan Moreno

The Second Circuit on Thursday revived parts of a videographer's copyright lawsuit against an online news publisher, ruling in a precedential decision that a lower court wrongly dismissed infringement claims over a video showing basketball legend Michael Jordan breaking up a fight and screenshots used with headlines.

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Fed. Circ. Backs Wins For Pokemon Go Maker In Patent Fight

By Adam Lidgett

A startup founded by biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong lost its bid Thursday to revive claims in a pair of patents it alleged were infringed by smartphone games Pokemon Go and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite as the Federal Circuit upheld findings that the claims were invalid.

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DC Circ. Doubts Legality Of Trump's Ouster Of VOA Chief

By Jared Foretek

A D.C. Circuit panel appeared Thursday not to buy the Trump administration's argument that the president had free rein to summarily fire the head of Voice of America last year and suggested that Congress had directly stipulated that the VOA director could only be removed by its board.

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OpenAI Barred From Using 'IO' As TM In Dispute With IYO

By Ivan Moreno

A California federal judge on Thursday prohibited OpenAI from using "IO" as a trademark for AI hardware, finding that the branding is likely to be confused with startup IYO Inc. 

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'Cheap' Judge OKs $19.5M Snap Deal Fees But 'No Bentleys'

By Craig Clough

After warning counsel who negotiated a $65 million securities settlement with Snap that he is "notoriously cheap," and in a tentative order gave a "haircut" to their $19.5 million fee request, a California federal judge talked himself out of the trim at a hearing Thursday but quipped, "No Bentleys."

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'Serious Misconduct' At Live Nation, Ex-VP Says In $35M Suit

By Bonnie Eslinger

Live Nation has been sued in California state court for $35 million by a former vice president claiming it fired him for blowing the whistle on company-wide corporate misconduct, including project revenues that were inflated to score business deals and venue development projects, as well as hiding "junk fees" for tickets.

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Mich. Councilman Says Suit Over 'Legislative Speech' Barred

By Melanie Dorsey

A Hillsdale city councilman has urged a Michigan federal court to dismiss a businessman's $1.5 million suit over remarks made during a library board appointment debate, arguing the claims are barred by absolute legislative immunity and rest on speculation rather than plausible facts. 

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DEALS

Warner Stockholders Back $110B Paramount Skydance Deal

By Al Barbarino

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.'s shareholders voted to approve the planned $110 billion sale to Paramount Skydance Corp. at a meeting on Thursday. 

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T-Mobile Tie-Up, Boots IPO Among Week's Top Deal Rumors

By Al Barbarino

Deutsche Telekom AG could merge with its American arm T-Mobile to create a global phone giant, digital bank Revolut envisions a $200 billion valuation for its potential initial public offering in 2028, and the owners of U.K. pharmacy chain Boots consider a public offering of their own. 

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Fed. Circ. Partly Reboots Patent Suit Over YouTube Content ID

By Adam Lidgett

The Federal Circuit ruled Thursday that a New York federal court needs to take another look at a patent licensing company's claim that Google and YouTube's Content ID system infringes one of its patents, but backed a finding that claims in two other patents were invalid.

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Brief

Full Fed. Circ. Won't Rehear $500M Patent Case Against Sony

By Elliot Weld

The full Federal Circuit on Thursday declined to consider a decision that found Sony's PlayStation controllers don't infringe a computer input device patent in a suit where the patent owner was seeking almost $500 million in damages.

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PRIVACY & CONSUMER PROTECTION

2nd Circ. Backs NBCUniversal In Suit Over Video Data Sharing

By Allison Grande

The Second Circuit on Thursday refused to revive a proposed class action accusing NBCUniversal of violating the Video Privacy Protection Act, finding that the dispute was "materially indistinguishable" from a separate precedential panel ruling that set the standard for what qualifies as personally identifiable information under the federal law.

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Meta, 4 Food Banks Have Upper Hand In Privacy Suit, For Now

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge indicated on Thursday she will dismiss a proposed class action against Meta Platforms Inc. and four California food banks alleging the tech giant collected personal information about visitors to food assistance websites, but said she would let the plaintiffs amend the suit and try again.

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COMPETITION

Meta Defends Toss Of Consumer Antitrust Case At 9th Circ.

By Matthew Perlman

Meta told the Ninth Circuit a lower court was right to find no support for an expert's theory that Facebook would have paid users $5 a month for using the service if it didn't misrepresent its privacy and data practices.

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Judge Says Newsmax Was Forum Shopping With Fox Case

By Nadia Dreid

Newsmax appeared to be forum shopping when it refiled its dismissed lawsuit accusing Fox Corp. of pressuring cable and streaming providers into not carrying the rival right-leaning broadcaster in Wisconsin federal court, says the judge who just shipped the case back to Florida.

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Judge Orders Media Matters To Give X Its Employee Lists

By Spencer Brewer

A Texas federal judge on Thursday ordered left-leaning media watchdog Media Matters for America to hand over employee lists and editorial process information to X Corp. as part of a business disparagement suit, ending a lengthy battle between the parties over the documents.

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Viamedia Fights Comcast's In-House Doc Access Proposal

By Lauraann Wood

Viamedia is pushing back on Comcast's proposal for loosening confidentiality protections so the cable giant's in-house litigation counsel can access highly confidential documents as the parties' antitrust trial looms, saying that it agrees a change is necessary but that Comcast's "disingenuous and self-serving" idea is not the way to do it.

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EMPLOYMENT

Bassist's Suit Against Metal Band Can Rock On, Judge Says

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut judge has refused to strike six counts from a bassist's lawsuit challenging his ejection from the Grammy-nominated metal band Hatebreed, finding the musician properly pleaded claims that he was harmed by his 2024 removal after a decades-long business relationship.

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5-Hour Energy Founder Blasts Fired Exec's Severance Claims

By Pete Brush

Billionaire energy drink mogul Manoj Bhargava told a Manhattan federal jury Thursday that he fired an executive from a publishing business he bought because the executive helped run it "into the ground" — pushing back against the man's severance claims.

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS

FCC Rejects SpaceX, Iridium Bids To Change 'Big LEO' Rules

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission's staff has turned down requests from SpaceX and Iridium Communications Inc. to revamp spectrum sharing rules in the "Big LEO" bands that sought to let the companies expand mobile satellite services.

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Cos. Say Permit Delays Could Drag Out 'Rip And Replace'

By Christopher Cole

The government's multibillion-dollar effort to pull Chinese-made gear from U.S. telecom networks is almost done, but a carriers' group told the agency this week it was concerned that permit delays could set project timelines back.

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Brief

Amazon Gets OK To Sell Leo Routers Despite Covered List

By Nadia Dreid

The Federal Communications Commission continues to make exceptions for certain foreign-made routers after issuing a blanket ban on their being sold in the United States earlier this year by placing them on the so-called covered list.

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BANKRUPTCY

Brief

Cinemex Offers $6M For Movie Theater Co. IPic In Ch. 11

By Emily Lever

Bankrupt dine-in movie theater chain iPic Theaters LLC has received a $6 million offer for its assets from Cinemex, a competitor aiming to supplant stalking horse bidder Star Grill Cinema Inc.

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PEOPLE

Jones Day Adds Labor Attorney From McDermott In SF

By Katherine Smith

Jones Day has added a former McDermott Will & Schulte partner who advises leading companies on a wide range of labor and employment matters as a partner in its labor and employment practice in its San Francisco office, the firm has announced.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Series

Officiating Football Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Though they may seem to have little in common, officiating football has sharpened many of the same skills that define effective lawyering in management-side labor and employment: preparation, judgment, composure, credibility and ability to make difficult decisions in real time, says Josh Nadreau at Fisher Phillips.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

The 2026 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey: Where Do You Stand?

How is your work-life balance? Are you content with your compensation and opportunities for advancement at work? Take the 2026 Law360 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey and share your thoughts.

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Bar Complaint Calls Out EEOC Chair's Law Firm DEI Letters

By Grace Elletson

A legal advocacy group asked the Virginia State Bar to investigate whether U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chair Andrea Lucas violated ethics rules by declining to investigate LGBTQ+ bias complaints and sending letters demanding information from law firms on their diversity, equity and inclusion practices.

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Analysis

Judge Albright Changed The Landscape Of Patent Litigation

By Dani Kass

U.S. District Judge Alan Albright of the Western District of Texas became infamous in 2019 when he drew repeated chastising from the Federal Circuit for hoarding patent cases, but in the wake of his plans to step down, attorneys say the judge's biggest legacy has become his efficient, common sense approach to litigation.

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Paul Clement, Abbe Lowell To Argue For Firms In EO Appeals

By Lauren Berg

Four BigLaw firms and a national security attorney informed the D.C. Circuit on Thursday that heavyweight litigators Paul D. Clement of Clement & Murphy PLLC and Abbe David Lowell of Lowell & Associates PLLC will present their arguments against the Trump administration's appeal seeking to reinstate executive orders that were deemed unconstitutional.

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Another 'Inventing Anna' Attorney Gets Disbarred

By Emily Sawicki

A New York state appeals court has accepted the resignation of a New York City attorney amid a misconduct investigation, reportedly leaving high-profile socialite scammer Anna Sorokin without legal counsel while facing fee claims from her former lawyer, according to a Thursday notice by opposing counsel.

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DOJ Watchdog To Review Handling Of Epstein Files

By Courtney Bublé

The U.S. Department of Justice watchdog announced Thursday that it will be reviewing the department's release of the Epstein files after much bipartisan pushback that it has been slow and error-ridden.

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Ex-DA's Defamation Claims Tied To Menendez Work Risk Toss

By Rae Ann Varona

A Los Angeles County prosecutor-turned-public defender fought uphill Thursday to pursue defamation claims against a former colleague who criticized her advocacy for the release of Erik and Lyle Menendez, with a California state court judge saying that alleged comments like calling the attorney a "quisling" — or traitor — were nonactionable opinions.

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ICE Courthouse Arrest Policy Faces New Stay Bid After Error

By Adrian Cruz

Civil rights groups suing the U.S. government to block immigration courthouse arrests asked a New York federal judge to stay the enforcement of the arrest policy, arguing that government attorneys have retracted their original position on the legality of the arrests.

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Immigration Board Says Judge Glossed Over Inconsistencies

By Tom Lotshaw

An immigration judge failed to address and explain inconsistencies before finding a Cameroonian man credible and granting him withholding of removal protection, the Board of Immigration Appeals said in a decision designated as precedential.

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Ex-EEOC Official Accuses Agency Of 'Ironic' LGBTQ+ Bias

By Hailey Konnath

A former U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission director sued the agency in California federal court Thursday, alleging it forced him, a queer and transgender man, to participate in the "erasure" of LGBTQ+ individuals, a move his attorney called "ironic" for the agency tasked with upholding antidiscrimination laws.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

5-Hour Energy

AOL

AST & Science LLC

AT&T Inc.

Acrisure LLC

African Communities Together

Amazon.com Inc.

American Civil Liberties Union

Anti-Defamation League

Apollo Global Management LLC

Apple Inc.

Aquiline Capital Partners LLC

Axon Enterprise Inc.

BNP Paribas SA

Bank of America Corp.

Burke Inc.

Comcast Corp.

Competitive Carriers Association

Deutsche Telekom AG

EE Ltd.

Faurecia SA

Financial Times Group Ltd.

Fox Corp.

Google LLC

Instagram Inc.

Iridium Communications Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

Los Angeles Times

Make the Road New York

Meta Platforms Inc.

NBCUniversal Media LLC

NFL Enterprises LLC

NantWorks LLC

Netflix Inc.

Network-1 Technologies Inc.

New York Civil Liberties Union

New York University

Nuveen LLC

OpenAI OpCo LLC

Panasonic Corp.

Paramount Global

Public Co. Accounting Oversight Board

Schroders PLC

Seattle Mariners

Skydance Media LLC

Snap Inc.

Sony Group Corp.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Sycamore Partners Management LLC

Tesla Inc.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

The Kraft Heinz Co.

TikTok Inc.

TowerBrook Capital Partners LP

Townsquare Media

Verizon Communications Inc.

Viamedia

Virginia State Bar

Vitruvian Partners LLP

Voice of America

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

X Corp.

Yahoo Inc.

YouTube Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bailey & Glasser

Baker Botts

Bienert Katzman

Bird Marella

Bracewell LLP

Clement & Murphy

Coblentz Patch

Cooley LLP

Croke Fairchild

Davis Polk

Davis Wright Tremaine

Eimer Stahl

Ellis George

Emery Celli

Erise IP

Fish & Richardson

Fisher & Phillips

Fitzgerald Monroe

Godfrey & Kahn

Gordon Rees

Hagens Berman

Hinckley Allen

Jenner & Block

Jones Day

Katz Banks

Kellogg Hansen

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Koskoff Koskoff

Latham & Watkins

Lathrop GPM

Lehotsky Keller

Lowell & Associates

McDermott Will & Schulte

McKool Smith

Miller Barondess

Mintz Levin

Morrison & Foerster

Munger Tolles

Padmanabhan & Dawson

Paul Hastings

Paul Weiss

Perkins Coie

Quinn Emanuel

Reitler Kailas

Rosenberg Fortuna

Russ August

Sanders Law Group

Saxena White

Scheef & Stone

Seyfarth Shaw

Shegerian & Associates

Smith & Downey

Smith Haughey

Susman Godfrey

Tobin Carberry

Torridon Law

Vartabedian Hester

Williams & Connolly

WilmerHale

Womble Bond

Zuckerman Spaeder

ZwillGen

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Clayton County, Georgia

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Trade Commission

Judicial Conference of the United States

Los Angeles Superior Court

National Labor Relations Board

New York State Unified Court System

New York Supreme Court, New York County

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin