Court Pauses Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal Amid Challenge

By Matthew Perlman

A California federal court issued a temporary restraining order on Monday, preventing Paramount Skydance from moving ahead with its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery as state enforcers challenge the deal.

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Anthropic's $1.5B Copyright Deal With Authors Gets Final OK

By Rae Ann Varona

A California federal judge on Monday gave final approval to Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement resolving authors' allegations the artificial intelligence company pirated their work to train its flagship product, Claude, setting aside roughly $101.5 million in attorney fees for class counsel.

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Lexi Love Can Pull Paramount Into 'Drag Race' TM Suit

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge has denied a bid from Paramount and the studio behind RuPaul's Drag Race to escape trademark litigation between actress and former porn star Lexi Love and a drag queen who uses the same name, saying First Amendment protections don't apply to their usage of the moniker.

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Scientist Seeks To Enforce Journalist's 2024 Contempt Order

By Jared Foretek

Yanping Chen, a scientist who accused an FBI agent of leaking her confidential immigration records to former Fox News correspondent Catherine Herridge, is asking a D.C. federal judge to finally enforce a yearsold contempt order against Herridge now that the appeals process has run its course.

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DOJ Says It Shut Down 1K Illegal World Cup Streaming Sites

By Elliot Weld

The U.S. Department of Justice seized more than 1,000 internet domains that were used for unauthorized streaming of the FIFA World Cup, the agency said Monday.

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Top Privacy And AI Developments Of 2026: Midyear Report

By Allison Grande

The first half of the year has delivered major developments in the data privacy and artificial intelligence space, including the resumption of action to grow the state data privacy law patchwork, a U.S. Supreme Court decision that raises questions about the future of a key transatlantic data transfer deal and widespread scrutiny of so-called surveillance pricing practices.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court last week tackled disputes involving intellectual property, corporate control, fiduciary duties, artificial intelligence, trust administration and cryptocurrency litigation.

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Fed. Circ. Told Decision Clearing Sirius In Patent Case Flawed

By Adam Lidgett

German research institute Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft has urged the Federal Circuit to revive its patent suit against SiriusXM, saying a lower court made various errors when deciding that the satellite radio giant relied on a delay in bringing the suit.

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Cox, Insurers Battle For Early Win In Media Coverage Suit

By Kelcey Caulder

Cox Enterprises and two insurers competed Monday for an early win in the company's suit alleging it was wrongly denied coverage for more than $15 million in expenses spent defending, and ultimately settling, a lawsuit that aimed to hold the internet service provider liable for users' illegal downloads.

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Google Data Sharing With Temu Violates DOJ Rule, Suit Says

By Lauren Berg

Google shares internet users' sensitive information with Chinese e-commerce giant Temu and a technology firm the Pentagon calls a "Chinese military company," violating a U.S. Department of Justice rule preventing the bulk transmission of data to "countries of concern," according to a proposed class action in California federal court.

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Meta Can't Block States' Damages Expert In Addiction Trial

By Mike Curley

A California federal judge has denied Meta Platforms Inc.'s bid to exclude testimony from a damages expert offered by a coalition of 29 states from an upcoming trial in a suit alleging Facebook and Instagram are intentionally addictive.

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Aramark Must Face Seattle Worker's Wage Class Claims

By MJ Koo

A Washington federal judge has allowed most of a campus food-service worker's wage and hour claims to proceed, finding the worker adequately pleaded violations of state meal and rest break laws and willful withholding of wages.

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CWA Says Microsoft Gutted Game Unions Without Negotiating

By Braden Campbell

The Communications Workers of America has accused Microsoft of including more than 400 unionized video game studio employees in recent mass layoffs without negotiating and urged the National Labor Relations Board to intervene.

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Fired Director Accuses Soccer Team Of Gender Bias

By Patrick Hoff

A professional soccer team unlawfully fired its male director of community engagement for disobeying an executive's instructions while female employees were kept on and promoted despite excessive alcohol consumption and racist comments, according to a lawsuit filed in North Carolina court.

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Meta Slips Suits Over Pump-And-Dump Scam Ads, For Now

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge has tossed two proposed class actions claiming Meta's artificial intelligence tools enabled schemes advertised on Facebook and Instagram that caused nearly $30 million in investor losses, saying the litigation aligns with a recent ruling finding such state claims are barred under federal securities law.

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Trump Media Settles Claims With Ex-SPAC CEO In Fla. Suit

By David Minsky

The corporation that operates President Donald Trump's Truth Social website agreed to dismiss its lawsuit against the former CEO of a special purpose acquisition company over a botched public offering following a settlement between the parties in Florida state court. 

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FCC Settles With Telecoms Over 'Rip And Replace' Violations

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Two telecommunications companies will pay $10,000 each to the Federal Communications Commission to settle claims that they didn't file "accurate and truthful" statements when participating in a telecommunications gear replacement program.

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FCC Poised To Pull Co.'s Test Lab Status Over China Ties

By Christopher Cole

A Federal Communications Commission office is ready to pull a company's certification as an authorized test lab for devices sold into the U.S. market because of its ownership ties to the Chinese government.

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Rural Providers Laud Latest Broadband Map Push

By Christopher Cole

Rural telecoms are pressing lawmakers to advance a new bill to improve granular detail to broadband maps across the U.S. introduced by Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.

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Legal Center Tells 4th Circ. To Reject FCC Campaign Ad Rule

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

The Campaign Legal Center has asked the Fourth Circuit to set aside recent FCC guidance on political ads, saying it violates the Communications Act of 1934.

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AT&T Can't Get Temporary Stop Of Calif. Carrier Rules

By Nadia Dreid

AT&T was hoping to score a preliminary injunction that would allow it to get around California's requirements that the telecom behemoth continue providing copper phone service throughout the state, but a California federal judge has dashed that hope.

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DOJ Says $1.8B Fund Is Dead, Urges Court To Toss Suit

By Asha Glover

A Virginia federal judge should dismiss a suit challenging the U.S. Department of Justice's $1.8 billion settlement fund that was to be included in a deal to close President Donald Trump's tax leak suit, the federal government said, arguing the case is moot.

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SD Judge Blocks Abortion Ad Ban Against Atty, Nonprofit

By Gianna Ferrarin

A South Dakota federal judge barred the state from enforcing an abortion advertising ban against a reproductive health education nonprofit and an attorney, ruling that doing so would likely violate the First Amendment.

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Preparing For Next Congress With Eye On Investigation Risk

Rod Rosenstein, Brian Whisler and Bruce Linskens at Baker McKenzie offer advice for organizations seeking to build a proactive response plan to potential congressional oversight as the election looms.

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How Competitive Is Your Pay? Last Call To Take Our Survey

Is your compensation keeping pace with the rate of inflation? Do you know what your colleagues made last year? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's Law Firm Compensation Survey.

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Simpson Thacher Caused 'Chaos' With Deal, Jury Hears

By Cara Salvatore

The former chief financial officer of Patriot National Inc. testified to a Florida jury on Tuesday that "chaos" broke loose as funds that Simpson Thacher helped steward for the insurance services company hit public markets and executives found out that its terms differed from their understanding of them.

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Dems Press Skadden On Trump Pro Bono Pact, Intel Deal Work

By Lauren Berg

A group of Democrats demanded Tuesday that Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP disclose details of its pro bono arrangement with the Trump administration in light of allegations the firm advised both Intel Corp. and the U.S. Department of Commerce when the administration received a 10% company stake.

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Blanche Denies Conflict With Family's Firearms Company

By Courtney Bublé

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has close ties through his wife's family to a gun manufacturer that does federal contracting, but he told senators in questions following his confirmation hearing there is no conflict of interest, despite his service on a Justice Department task force aimed at rolling back gun control initiatives around the country.

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Trump, DOJ Sued For Firing Court-Appointed Seattle US Atty

By Bonnie Eslinger

Roger Rogoff, a former Washington state judge who was sworn in as Seattle's new U.S. attorney last week and then swiftly fired by the Trump administration, filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against President Donald Trump and the U.S. Department of Justice, saying their "attempt to fire him cannot stand."

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Reagan-Appointed NC Federal Judge To Take Senior Status

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. District Judge Terrence William Boyle of the Eastern District of North Carolina plans to take senior status — a form of semi-retirement that gives federal judges a reduced caseload — at a date yet to be determined, according to a recent update from the federal judiciary.

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Senate Confirms Trade Court Pick Despite Past GOP Posts

By Courtney Bublé

The U.S. Senate voted 50-48 Tuesday evening to confirm Kara Westercamp, associate counsel to the president, to the U.S. Court of International Trade, who said during her confirmation in March she regretted her past social media posts critical of Republicans, including Sens. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Susan Collins, R-Maine, and the late Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.

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Bronx Public Defenders Set Strike Deadline

By Emily Sawicki

More than 300 unionized workers at legal aid organization The Bronx Defenders are set to walk out on July 27 if they cannot agree on a contract with the legal nonprofit's management, according to a Tuesday announcement.

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