Fox News Must Face Ex-Worker's Suit Alleging Sex Assault

By Patrick Hoff

Fox News can't escape an ex-employee's lawsuit alleging he was sexually assaulted by a former executive producer for shows hosted by Greta Van Susteren and Tucker Carlson, with a New York federal judge saying jurors could find the producer's invitation to drinks was tied to the men's employment.

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How States' 'Perry Mason Moment' Led To $17B Meta Deal

By Dorothy Atkins

A recent landmark $17.1 billion settlement with Meta Platforms Inc. may have never happened if it weren't for a quick-thinking trial attorney and his close-knit team of lawyers representing 29 states, who worked together to swiftly shift strategies midtrial.

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Justices Urged To Leave Global Copyright Ruling Intact

By Elliot Weld

A Louisiana songwriter has asked the U.S. Supreme Court not to touch a ruling that allowed him to recover worldwide rights to the 1960s hit song "Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)," saying a group of music companies had rushed the issue to the justices when only a single circuit court had weighed in.

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DC Judge Blocks 2nd Trump Naming Effort At Kennedy Center

By Jared Foretek

A D.C. federal judge rejected the Kennedy Center's latest effort to put President Donald Trump's name on the building's facade Tuesday, saying yet again that the performing arts center's board can't memorialize anyone but John F. Kennedy at the facility without Congress' say-so.

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Springsteen Beats Compensation Suit Over Album Cover

By Elliot Weld

A New Jersey appellate court on Tuesday affirmed an order dismissing a suit from the estate of a classic car collector against Bruce Springsteen over compensation from use of a 1967 Pontiac GTO on an album cover, saying it was "abundantly clear" that all elements of hearsay were present to sink the case's only evidence against the musician.

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Databricks, Authors Trade Jabs Over Use Of Books To Train AI

By Elliot Weld

Artificial intelligence firm Databricks and a group of authors suing for copyright infringement are trading arguments over why a California federal court should rule their way on the issue of whether using books to train AI can count as fair use.

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Anthropic, CEO Ask Judge To Narrow Music Publisher IP Suit

By Theresa Schliep

Anthropic and its CEO, Dario Amodei, have urged a California federal court to carve off parts of a $3 billion copyright infringement lawsuit lodged by major music publishers, taking issue with their claims against Amodei and their arguments about chatbot outputs.

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UMG Says DistroKid Is Copyright-Infringing 'AI-Slop Pipeline'

By Craig Clough

UMG Recordings sued music distributor DistroKid in Delaware federal court Tuesday, calling it an "AI-slop pipeline" that uses copyright infringement and deceptive practices to flood popular streaming platforms with mass-generated artificial intelligence content.

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Comcast Can't Relitigate Invalidity Issue In Patent Suit

By Adam Lidgett

A Pennsylvania federal judge said Monday that Comcast was attempting to rehash its already-rejected argument that a voice recognition technology patent a jury found it infringed was invalid in light of an earlier patent, months after the telecommunications giant was hit with a $240 million infringement verdict.  

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Lego Accused Of Infringing Interactive Toy Patents

By Adam Lidgett

An Israeli patent owner on Tuesday hit Lego with a lawsuit in Texas federal court accusing the toymaker's Smart Play interactive building system of infringing patents covering motion-sensitive toys that communicate wirelessly and respond with lights and sounds.

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No Pause Needed In Daniel's Law Cases, 3rd Circ. Told

By George Woolston

Atlas Data Privacy Corp. urged the Third Circuit to reject a bid to pause discovery in consolidated litigation over New Jersey's judicial privacy law as the appeals court considers a First Amendment challenge to the statute, arguing the defendant data brokers failed to show irreparable harm.

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Meta Beats Proposed Privacy Class Action Over 'Voiceprints'

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge tossed on Tuesday a proposed class action claiming Meta's messaging platforms secretly and unlawfully capture Facebook users' "voiceprints" and related biometric information, finding the plaintiff agreed to let Meta use his personal data when he signed up for an account.

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Disney Wants Kids' Data Privacy Claims Tossed For Good

By Hailey Konnath

Disney on Monday asked a California federal court to once again throw out a proposed class action claiming it allowed advertisers to illegally collect minors' personal information, pressing for the dismissal of a new version of the complaint just days after YouTube said it had reached a settlement in the case.

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College Sports Overhaul Looms Closer After Senate Vote

By Alex Lawson

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday advanced a bill that would impose sweeping regulations on college sports, teeing up a lively legislative debate as the NCAA looks to ward off a wave of antitrust lawsuits.

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DOJ Says States Could Owe Bond In Paramount Merger Case

By Hailey Konnath

The U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday that a coalition of state attorneys general and the Writers Guild of America could indeed be required to put up a bond as they challenge Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, but only if the order they secured truly constitutes an injunction.

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OpenAI Wants To See Details Of SpaceXAI's Deal With Apple

By Craig Clough

OpenAI filed an emergency motion Tuesday in Texas federal court seeking the details of a settlement SpaceXAI inked this week with Apple over claims that Apple's deal to integrate ChatGPT into the iPhone violated antitrust law, saying the terms of the deal may undermine the antitrust allegations SpaceXAI is still pursuing against OpenAI.

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Charter Can't Escape Ex-Workers' 401(k) Forfeiture Suit

By Kellie Mejdrich

A proposed class action against Charter Communications Inc. alleging the company misspent forfeitures from an employee 401(k) plan can partly move ahead, a Missouri federal judge said, holding that retirement plan participants plausibly alleged the company breached its fiduciary duties in violation of federal benefits law.

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TikTok Pay Scale Suit On Pause Pending Wash. Appeal

By MJ Koo

A Washington state court has extended a stay in a proposed class action accusing TikTok of omitting salary information from job postings, keeping the case paused while an appeals court considers whether a key provision of the state's pay transparency law applies retroactively.

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Chinese Search Engine Co. Overstated AI Value, Investor Says

By Sydney Price

China-based search engine operator Baidu Inc. was hit with an investor's proposed class action accusing the company of misleading investors about the extent to which its AI offerings would compensate for the losses in its marketing services segment.

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Cruz Delays FCC Nom's Hearing Amid Calls To Add Dem Pick

By Christopher Cole

A bevy of civil rights organizations said Tuesday the U.S. Senate should hold off on confirming another Republican to the Federal Communications Commission unless a sitting FCC Democrat is renominated to her post.

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4th Circ. Unsure How To Weigh NC Ban On Ballot Selfies

By Hayley Fowler

A Fourth Circuit judge on Tuesday said a voter and the North Carolina State Board of Elections are arguing a tale of two cases in a free speech fight over the Tar Heel state's ban on ballot selfies, saying neither side appears to be in agreement about what level of judicial review to use.

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FCC Seeks Input On Disputed Political Ad Rate Policy

By Christopher Cole

Federal Communications Commission staff on Tuesday sought comment on whether to set aside earlier guidance calling for the "lowest unit" rate for committee-backed political ads as the Fourth Circuit considers a Democratic bid to force the commission to review the policy.

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Judge Halts 'Catastrophic' Fixed-Term Student Visa Rule

By Chris Villani

A Massachusetts federal judge Monday blocked a Trump administration rule that would have imposed restrictions on foreign student visas, finding that the federal government's purported justification for the sweeping new rules is weak and "borders on the absurd."

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OnlyFans Freelancer Admits To Dodging Tax On $3M Income

By Zak Kostro

A woman who created content for the OnlyFans website pled guilty Tuesday to dodging taxes on more than $3 million in income from photographs and videos she posted for tax years 2019 through 2022, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut said.

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Ashurst Perkins Aided $230M ICap Ponzi Scheme, Suit Claims

By Ben Adlin

Ashurst Perkins Coie pocketed millions of dollars in legal fees by providing services to clients it knew were operating a Ponzi scheme that ultimately swindled investors out of nearly $230 million, plaintiffs claimed in a Washington state lawsuit accusing the firm of aiding and abetting fraud.

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Trump Taps Ex-DOL Official To Serve As EEOC Top Cop

By Anne Cullen

The White House nominated a former Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP attorney who previously led the U.S. Department of Labor's contractor compliance arm to serve as the general counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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Washington Sen. Murray Vows To Block Trump US Atty Pick

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump's nominee to be U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington is under fire from one of the home state senators who vowed to use every avenue possible to block him.

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Fla. Judge Won't Pause Trump-IRS Settlement Sanctions

By Jack McLoone

The Florida federal judge who barred President Donald Trump and others from citing a settlement resolving what she characterized as a sham $10 billion case against his own Internal Revenue Service won't pause her sanctions order while the president appeals to the Eleventh Circuit.

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4th Circ. Appears Split On Reviving Comey, James Indictments

By Jared Foretek

Partisan splits were apparent Tuesday on the Fourth Circuit panel hearing the Trump administration's challenge to a federal district judge's dismissal of the indictments of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, with two of the three judges appearing to agree an improper appointment doomed the cases.

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Calif. Judge Charged Over Fatal Crash With Bicyclist

By Craig Clough

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Tuesday that his office charged Kings County Superior Court Judge Kendra Weber with a misdemeanor count of vehicular manslaughter, alleging she struck and killed a bicyclist.

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