Six years after the first #MeToo verdict against Harvey Weinstein, a New York state judge on Tuesday began picking a jury for the disgraced producer's third rape trial in Manhattan and ruling on what evidence would come in.
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Evidence Cut In Weinstein's 3rd NY Rape Trial As Jury Picked

By Frank G. Runyeon

Six years after the first #MeToo verdict against Harvey Weinstein, a New York state judge on Tuesday began picking a jury for the disgraced producer's third rape trial in Manhattan and ruling on what evidence would come in.

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Rakoff Says $300M Piracy Case Among Worst He's Seen

By Elliot Weld

U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff entered default judgment Tuesday at the request of a group of music companies against the online shadow library Anna's Archive, calling the piracy instigated by the site one of the most "horrendous acts of piracy brought to my attention."

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Meta, Others Can't Look At Internal Data To Probe Jury Pool

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge on Tuesday granted an uncontested bid by school district plaintiffs to bar Meta and other social media companies from using nonpublic information — including their internal data — to investigate potential jurors for an upcoming bellwether trial in multidistrict litigation over the alleged harms of social media addiction.

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Tabloid Tells NY Court Epstein Files Release Isn't Complete

By David Minsky

An internet tabloid renewed its efforts to obtain investigative files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and urged a New York federal court to reconsider a decision blocking a public records request to the FBI, arguing that a documents release pursuant to an act of Congress isn't complete. 

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USPTO Rejects Nike's Trademark Bid For Bronny James' Logo

By Adam Lidgett

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has shot down Nike's attempt to register a trademark on the logo used by LeBron James' son and Los Angeles Lakers player Bronny James, although it gave the company a chance to respond to the refusal.

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Ye Accused Of 'Cowardly' Attack At Chateau Marmont

By Craig Clough

A lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Monday alleges the rapper Ye attacked a man at the Chateau Marmont for no reason, with the "cowardly" assault leaving him unconscious and injured.

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Calif. Federal Judges Weigh Audio Access For Civil Jury Trials

By Dorothy Atkins

California Northern District federal judges are seeking public comment on modifying local court rules to allow jurists to audio stream civil jury trials in the district, which regularly presides over high-stakes courtroom fights involving tech giants such as Google, Meta, OpenAI and Apple.

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Trump Signs Revised HEAR Act For Nazi-Looted Art

By Joyce Hanson

President Donald Trump has signed into law the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2025, which amends the original 2016 act to establish procedures for civil claims seeking to recover artwork and other property lost between 1933 and 1945 due to Nazi persecution.

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DEALS

3 Firms Guide TPG's Bet On College Sports Rights Giant

By Al Barbarino

Alternative asset manager TPG said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire Learfield, a leading college sports media and technology company, in a deal steered by three law firms. 

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Alleged Bootleggers Of Springsteen Merch Hit With Injunction

By Carla Baranauckas

A New Jersey federal judge has granted concert merchandise company Merch Traffic LLC a preliminary injunction and seizure order authorizing law enforcement officers to confiscate allegedly counterfeit Bruce Springsteen merchandise ahead of upcoming performances, including an April 20 show in the Prudential Center in Newark.

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PRIVACY & CONSUMER PROTECTION

2 Bills To Shield Kids From Online Harms Clear Senate Panel

By Allison Grande

A pair of bipartisan legislative proposals to boost online safeguards for children sailed through a key U.S. Senate committee Tuesday, including a measure that would require social media platforms to display clear mental health warning labels each time a user accesses the service.

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Senate Panel Passes Bipartisan Satellite Cybersecurity Bills

By Christopher Cole

A key U.S. Senate committee passed a pair of bills Tuesday aimed at improving satellite network security, in part by restricting market access in the U.S. to prevent authorizations for foreign actors deemed as risky.

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Virginia Latest State To Ban Precise Location Data Sales

By Allison Grande

Virginia has become the third state to ban the sale of consumers' precise geolocation data, following the governor's signature on Monday of legislation that received overwhelming backing from lawmakers and consumer advocates, and backlash from the advertising industry. 

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Apple Users Slam 'Distorted' Antitrust Depo Sanctions Bid

By Lauren Berg

Phone users who accuse Google of suppressing rival search engines with anticompetitive deals slammed Apple's bid for sanctions over their counsel's allegedly "unrelenting and increasingly egregious" subpoena efforts, telling a California federal judge that the tech company's motion is based on a "distorted account of the discovery record."

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WWE, ESPN Push Arbitration In Viewers' 'Bait And Switch' Suit

By Rae Ann Varona

World Wrestling Entertainment and ESPN have urged a Connecticut federal court to make subscribers of the sports network arbitrate their allegations that WWE baited them into thinking they'd access ESPN's streaming service for free ahead of a premium livestreamed wrestling event, saying a subscriber agreement subjects the dispute to arbitration.

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COMPETITION

OpenAI Says Musk Remedy Shift Leaves 'No Case Left To Try'

By Matthew Perlman

OpenAI is pushing back after Elon Musk said he would seek to have Sam Altman removed as the artificial intelligence company's CEO in a case challenging its conversion to a for-profit entity, telling a California federal court that the last-minute change adds a host of issues just weeks before trial.

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No 7th Circ. Redux Yet For Comcast Against Ad Marker Suit

By Bryan Koenig

An Illinois federal judge refused to let Comcast seek immediate Seventh Circuit intervention against an order teeing up Viamedia's antitrust claims accusing it of forcing advertisers to use its internal ads system, concluding that nothing about the contested midcase question of market definition would speed up resolution.

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Google Sued By Rival Over 'Interrelated Web' Of Monopolies

By Rae Ann Varona

Google's "anticompetitive chokehold" over Android app distribution and in-app billing markets has kept Portugal-based Android app store alternative Aptoide from being able to compete with the tech giant, Aptoide alleged in a complaint filed Tuesday in California federal court challenging Google's "interrelated web" of monopolies.

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Trading Card Grading Deals Spark Antitrust Claims

By Matthew Perlman

Trading card collectors filed suit in California federal court Tuesday accusing Collectors Holdings Inc. of buying a pair of competitors in the trading card grading market in order to maintain its monopoly.

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EMPLOYMENT

Wage Suit Against Esports Co.'s CEO Can't Proceed In Conn.

By MJ Koo

A federal judge ruled that a former employee of a bankrupt esports company cannot pursue a Connecticut wage claim against the company's CEO in that state, saying it would impose an "immense burden" on the California-based executive, and leaving open the possibility of the suit being refiled elsewhere.

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS

FCC Seeks To Expand Power Of The Covered List

By Nadia Dreid

The Federal Communications Commission isn't done with the covered list yet — later this month the agency will consider changing its rules to expand the reach of the list, so any entity placed on it will no longer be able to provide interstate communications services.

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Telecom Biz Pushes House To Pass GOP-Led Permit Reform

By Christopher Cole

Industry groups joined forces to tell federal lawmakers that it is time to pass a Republican-led package of permitting reforms to cut "red tape" and spur broadband development.

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PERSONAL INJURY & MEDICAL MALPRACTICE

Ex-UCLA Gynecologist Pleads Guilty Before Sex Abuse Retrial

By Hailey Konnath

A former University of California, Los Angeles, gynecologist on Tuesday pled guilty to sexually assaulting five patients and was once again sentenced to 11 years in prison, entering the plea at a pretrial hearing two months after a California appellate court tossed his initial convictions and ordered a new trial.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

CFTC Actions Show Prediction Market Insider Trading Risks

It is a myth that insider trading law does not apply in prediction markets, as the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's recent enforcement actions illustrate that it has full authority to pursue such cases federally — and intends to, says attorney Gregg Goldfarb.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Grassley Says Cruz And Lee Top His List If Alito Retires

By Courtney Bublé

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said on Tuesday that if U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito were to retire then he would recommend the president nominate either Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, or Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah.

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Ginsburg Hack Conviction Upheld For Man Who Blamed Cat

By Craig Clough

The Fourth Circuit affirmed Tuesday a former hospital transplant coordinator's conviction for illegally accessing U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's healthcare records, upholding a ruling that the defendant was not improperly coerced when he told FBI agents a coworker or his cat may have been responsible.

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Judiciary Panel Backs Legal Finance Project, Subpoena Rules

By Jeff Overley

Federal judiciary advisers agreed Tuesday to develop transparency obligations for litigation funders despite "vehement" views in the defense and plaintiffs bars, while also advancing controversial subpoena rules involving remote testimony and process servers.

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Analysis

IBM's FCA Deal Creates Unease Over DEI Enforcement Scope

By Madeline Lyskawa

IBM's agreement to pay the Trump administration $17 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act with policies aimed at increasing the diversity of its workforce continues to raise more questions than answers about what the administration views as illegal diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

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Mintz Can't Halt Texas Malpractice Suit For Fee Fight In Mass.

By Elliot Weld

A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday declined Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC's request to halt a former client's legal malpractice case against the firm in Texas federal court while the two fight over a $2 million "success fee" the law firm claims it is owed.

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DC Circ. Halts Boasberg's 'Unnecessary' Alien Enemies Probe

By Britain Eakin

A split D.C. Circuit panel on Tuesday halted for the second time U.S. District Judge James Boasberg's criminal contempt probe of Trump administration officials for willfully violating his order barring removals of Venezuelans under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act.

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House Dem Threatens Bondi Contempt Over Epstein Files

By Courtney Bublé

The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee is looking to hold former Attorney General Pam Bondi in contempt if she does not appear before the committee to discuss the U.S. Department of Justice's handling of the Epstein files.

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Grassley Hits 100 Judge Confirmations As 2 Clear Senate

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the 100th district judge under Sen. Chuck Grassley's leadership of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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Investors Want Sanctions For Fake Citations In LGBCoin Suit

By Carolina Bolado

Investors in the "Let's Go Brandon" meme token urged a Florida federal judge Monday to issue "case-terminating sanctions" against the man behind the coin, saying he and his counsel have lied in discovery, disobeyed court orders and submitted fake legal citations in at least eight filings.

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IOLTA Group Owed Notice Of Settlements, Mass. Justices Say

By Julie Manganis

Massachusetts' highest court said Tuesday that a committee overseeing lawyers' trust accounts should have been given a chance to request potential leftover funds prior to a judge's approval of a class action settlement, but saw no reason to unwind the deal.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Association of Advertising Agencies Inc.

American Civil Liberties Union

American Express Co.

Apple Inc.

Association of National Advertisers Inc.

Atlantic Coast Conference

CTIA

Charlesbank Capital Partners LLC

Comcast Corp.

Competitive Carriers Association

ESPN Inc.

Electronic Privacy Information Center

Epic Games Inc.

FedEx Corp.

Fiber Broadband Association

George Washington University

Google LLC

Herzog

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.

International Business Machines Corp.

Lawyers for Civil Justice

Lincoln Property Co.

Los Angeles Lakers

Meta Platforms Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

Motorola Mobility LLC

Mozilla Corp.

NASCAR Digital Media LLC

National Association of Counties Inc.

National Collegiate Athletic Association

National Telephone Cooperative Association

New York University

Nike Inc.

Nokia Corp.

OpenAI OpCo LLC

Rural Wireless Association

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Southeastern Conference

Spotify Technology SA

TPG Capital LP

The UPS Store

The Wireless Infrastructure Association

The Wireless Internet Service Providers Association

TikTok Inc.

Twitter Inc.

United States Telecom Association

Viamedia

Warner Bros. Records Inc.

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.

YouTube Inc.

ZTE Corp.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Agnifilo Intrater

Aidala Bertuna

Alioto Law Firm

Blank Rome

Bonsignore Trial Lawyers

Burnham & Gorokhov

Casey Lundregan

Cherry Johnson Siegmund James

Covington & Burling

Croke Fairchild

Davis Polk

Dechert LLP

Di Pietro Partners

Finn Dixon

Foley Hoag

Gibbs Mura

Holland & Knight

Hueston Hennigan

Jenner & Block

Kasowitz LLP

Kellogg Hansen

King & Spalding

Koutoulas Law

Lanier Law Firm

Latham & Watkins

Levin Sedran

Littler Mendelson

Lynch Carpenter

Merchant & Gould

Metaxas Brown

Mintz Levin

Mogin Law

MoloLamken

Morrison & Foerster

Motley Rice

Munger Tolles

Nixon Peabody

Ogborn Mihm

Parrett Porto

Robinson Bradshaw

Ropes & Gray

Scheef & Stone

Scott&Scott

Shepherd & Shepherd

Sidley Austin

Steptoe LLP

Stevens & Lee

Sullivan & Worcester

Toberoff & Associates

Veen Firm

Wachtell Lipton

Walkup Melodia

Wheeler Trigg

Williams & Connolly

WilmerHale

Zigler Law Group

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Trade Commission

Judicial Conference of the United States

Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office

Los Angeles Superior Court

Manhattan District Attorney's Office

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Nevada Gaming Control Board

New York Supreme Court, New York County

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

State of Nevada

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia

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 Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

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 District of Connecticut

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

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

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 Southern District of New York

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

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

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Postal Service

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court