MGA Beats Rapper T.I.'s Bid For $125M In Punitive Damages

By Gina Kim

A California federal jury found Wednesday that MGA Entertainment owes no punitive damages for misappropriating looks from the OMG Girlz singing group created by rapper T.I. and his wife Tameka Harris, wrapping another chapter in a six-year legal battle in which the couple sought up to $125 million in punitive damages. 

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Judge Wary Of Melania Trump's Sanctions Bid Against Author

By Frank G. Runyeon

A Manhattan federal judge cautioned attorneys for Melania Trump on Wednesday after they said they would seek sanctions against journalist Michael Wolff, noting the motion may negatively impact the First Lady's arguments in a pending appeal of Wolff's anti-SLAPP suit stemming from statements about her alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

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Goldstein Calls Gov't's Attack On Text Messages 'Hypocrisy'

By Jared Foretek

Lawyers for convicted SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein have rejected prosecutors' claims that the famed U.S. Supreme Court lawyer may have deleted messages between himself and his poker backers, calling the government "hypocritical" after it had previously argued that Goldstein could authenticate the messages if he took the stand at trial.

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TikTok Nears Deal Ahead Of 2nd Social Media Addiction Trial

By Craig Clough

A plaintiff who alleges he became harmfully addicted to major social media platforms as a child and whose case is set to be the second bellwether trial later this month out of thousands of similar cases pending in Los Angeles court has reached a settlement in principle with TikTok, his counsel told Law360 on Wednesday.

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Getty Abandons Shutterstock Buy Amid Spinoff Mandate

By Bryan Koenig

Getty Images opted to abandon its plans to buy Shutterstock rather than sell its rival's editorial arm, in what United Kingdom antitrust enforcers cast as a course reversal after the companies had previously offered up the divestiture to address concerns that the $3.7 billion merger threatened news content competition.

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Fubo Faces Adeia Streaming Patent Suit In Del.

By Adam Lidgett

Adeia Media Holdings on Wednesday sued FuboTV in Delaware federal court alleging the sports streaming venture infringed four of its patents, months after the patent owner announced a deal to end infringement litigation against Fubo's controlling company Disney.

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Microsoft Brass Face Investor Suit Over AI Business Hype

By Katryna Perera

A Microsoft Corp. shareholder has launched a derivative suit against the company's top brass, claiming they misled shareholders about the company's artificial intelligence business strategy and products, and caused it to violate copyright and intellectual property laws by "training its AI software on copyrighted works for which it did not possess lawful licenses."

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Latham-Led Bending Spoons Leads Trio Of IPOs Topping $2B

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Italian mobile app developer Bending Spoons hit the public markets after raising $1.7 billion in its initial public offering, marking the largest of three IPOs to begin trading on Wednesday, exceeding $2.1 billion in total deal volume.

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FTC Says Distorting AI Outputs To Follow State Laws Won't Fly

By Allison Grande

Companies that "alter or steer" the outputs of artificial intelligence models to comply with legislation in Colorado and other states that aim to regulate the use of the emerging technology risk deceiving consumers and facing federal enforcement, the Federal Trade Commission warned in a proposed policy statement released Wednesday.

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Wash. AI Task Force Forgoes Data Center, Labor Safeguards

By Rachel Riley

A Washington state task force made a series of recommendations to lawmakers Wednesday for promoting responsible use of artificial intelligence while declining to endorse proposed guardrails on data center development and the use of generative AI by state agencies, according to a final report.

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LinkedIn Says Users Agreed To Browser Extension Scans

By Taylor Bowie

LinkedIn told a California federal judge that two proposed class actions alleging the website unlawfully accesses users' browser extensions are part of an "international retaliation campaign" over routine security methods that users agreed to.

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Match.com Omits That Best Matches Cost Extra, Suit Says

By Rae Ann Varona

Match.com advertises the ability to connect people with their "most compatible" matches to entice them into subscribing to its online dating platform, but fails to first disclose that the feature requires an additional payment, one user has alleged in a proposed class action filed in New York federal court.

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Yelp Gets To Lock In Part Of DOJ's Search Win Over Google

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge Wednesday partially granted Yelp Inc.'s request to lock in liability findings from the U.S. Department of Justice's landmark antitrust win over Google LLC for its own case against the company, thereby precluding Google from arguing it didn't monopolize the market for general search services.

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Resale Ticket Buyers Must Arbitrate Live Nation Claims

By Matthew Perlman

A New York federal court has sent antitrust claims from concertgoers who purchased Ticketmaster tickets on the secondary market to arbitration, after finding an arbitration clause in Live Nation's terms of service is enforceable.

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Chen Says Herridge Must Name Source Even Under Her Test

By Jared Foretek

A woman claiming that an FBI agent smeared her by leaking confidential records to then-Fox News journalist Catherine Herridge told the U.S. Supreme Court not to halt Herridge's contempt finding and $800-per-day fine any longer, saying that even under Herridge's preferred test, she would still have to identify her source.

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Ex-NBAer Beasley Denies Gambling Rap But Affirms Plea Talks

By Pete Brush

Former NBA guard Malik Beasley on Wednesday denied charges in federal court in Brooklyn accusing him of taking bribes in exchange for manipulating his in-game statistics while playing in 2024 for the Milwaukee Bucks, but his lawyer acknowledged plea talks in court.

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Brief

Calif. Man Gets 21 Months For Sports Memorabilia Fraud

By Ganesh Setty

A California resident has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty in December to one count of wire fraud for knowingly selling counterfeit baseball memorabilia he claimed was from MLB Hall of Famer Willie Mays.

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FCC Wants To Extend Covered List's Reach To Components

By Nadia Dreid

The Federal Communications Commission Wednesday announced new plans to expand the so-called covered list of telecommunications equipment — equipment deemed to be a national security risk — even further so that it bans not only a completed item but all the parts that make it up.

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FCC To Vote On Revamping Space, Earth Station Licensing

By Nadia Dreid

The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday released the order it wants to vote on later this month to overhaul the licensing process for satellite and earth stations by creating an "assembly line" process that the agency says will slash red tape.

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Doc Asks To Seek Defamation Punitive Damages Against CNN

By Carolina Bolado

A doctor has asked the Florida Supreme Court to lift a stay on his petition to seek punitive damages against CNN over a 2015 story about pediatric surgery mortality rates, citing the high court's recent decision that lowered the evidentiary bar to add punitive damages claims.

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Dish Ch. 11 Timeline Slowed After Tower Cos.' Objections

By Ben Zigterman

A Texas bankruptcy judge slowed down Wednesday the prepackaged Chapter 11 cases from video distribution entities owned by EchoStar Corp., including Dish TV and Sling TV, after cell tower companies and the U.S. Trustee's Office took issue with the expedited timeline.

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Attorney Mental Health Is An Ethical Obligation In The AI Era

As attorneys cope with the increasing unpredictability that artificial intelligence and constant policy changes have created, particularly in practice areas where they carry the emotional weight of clients’ most consequential life events, otherwise soft discussions about self-care are a matter of professional competence, says attorney Jack Jrada.

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Judiciary Dems Seek DOJ Replies Before Blanche Hearing

By Courtney Bublé

Ahead of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing for the permanent position, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are demanding he provide answers to their outstanding oversight inquiries.

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Brief

Texas Federal Judge Requires Confirmation Of AI Checks

By Emily Sawicki

Attorneys and self-represented parties appearing before U.S. District Judge Ernest Gonzalez of the Western District of Texas are now required to certify that they have independently verified the contents of any filings created or edited using artificial intelligence.

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'Do Your Part,' Mass. Judge Chides Read Case Attys Post-Leak

By Cara Salvatore

A Massachusetts judge on Wednesday lectured counsel in the high-profile civil case against Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman acquitted of murdering her Boston police officer boyfriend, to honor their ethical obligations after sensitive information leaked on social media.

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U Of Ky. Appoints Controversial Dean Pick For Law School

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove of the Eastern District of Kentucky will retire from the bench later this month to become dean of the University of Kentucky's J. David Rosenberg College of Law, a move that sparked controversy in the state.

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Wash. Atty Loses Bid For Jury In Dispute Over Bar Sanctions

By Emily Sawicki

A Washington lawyer sanctioned and disciplined for bringing a "frivolous" election suit in 2021 against then-Gov. Jay Inslee has lost her bid to have her ethics charges heard by a jury, with a state appeals panel finding no error in a trial court's ruling that it lacked jurisdiction to take on the disciplinary matter.

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Analysis

High Court's Guardrails Won't Ease Fight Over Trans Athletes

By Alex Lawson

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision permitting states to ban transgender athletes from girls' sports was written in simple terms, but attorneys tracking the issue see the ruling as a flashpoint for further litigation.

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Analysis

Plea Deals Get Scrutiny In 'Hunter,' But Justices Stay Cautious

By Brandon Lowrey

The shock for Mary Fan came almost immediately after she began her career as a federal prosecutor in Southern California in the mid-2000s.

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5 NYC Legal Service Provider Union Contracts Have Expired

By Andrea Keckley

The collective bargaining agreements for five New York City-based indigent defense and civil legal aid providers expired at the end of the day Tuesday as multiple unions reported outstanding points of contention in their negotiations.

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Watchdog Says DOL Needs Better Info Sharing Controls

By Kellie Mejdrich

The U.S. Department of Labor's lack of controls over information sharing between subagencies and nongovernmental entities, including law firms and legal advocacy organizations, may have unfairly advantaged those parties with privileged investigative information, an agency watchdog reported, though use of the practice has dropped off. 

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Roundup

The Top In-House Hires Of June

By Michele Gorman

Legal department hires during the past month included high-profile appointments at Bayer, Harley-Davidson and PBS. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from June.

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