DOJ Probes NFL TV Contracts For Anticompetitiveness

By David Steele

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the National Football League regarding its broadcast contracts and whether fans are being harmed by the rising cost to view games.

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'Mark Of Autocracy': Court Says Pentagon Defied Press Order

By Lauren Berg

The U.S. Department of Defense has not complied with a court order barring the Pentagon from taking press passes away from journalists who report on matters not authorized by the government, a D.C. federal judge ruled Thursday, saying the department's revised rules "achieve that same unconstitutional result."

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States Tell Jury That Live Nation Isn't Above The Law

By Stewart Bishop

Counsel for 33 states and the District of Columbia on Thursday urged a Manhattan federal jury to show the world that even "a $36 billion behemoth" like Live Nation isn't above antitrust laws and find it liable for flagrantly monopolizing the U.S. live entertainment market, to the detriment of artists, venue operators and fans.

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'Not Going To Keep Doing This,' Judge Warns Epic, Google

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge Thursday ordered an evidentiary hearing on Epic and Google's latest proposal to revise a court-crafted injunction following Epic's win in an antitrust trial over the Android app marketplace, saying he has concerns and warning the companies that "we're not going to keep" batting proposals back and forth.

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FCC's Carr Signals No Slowdown In 'Public Interest' Battles

By Christopher Cole

Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr signaled Thursday that his effort to make broadcasters fulfill their "public interest" obligations will continue with potential legal actions well into the Trump administration.

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Combs Takes Sentencing Argument To Flummoxed 2nd Circ.

By Cara Salvatore

A Second Circuit panel struggled Thursday with Sean "Diddy" Combs' argument that he was penalized too severely for transporting women for prostitution, saying it is the first appeals court nationwide to attempt to interpret new sentencing protocols on acquitted conduct.

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Ohio Man First To Be Convicted Under Anti-Revenge Porn Law

By Bonnie Eslinger

An Ohio man who sent to numerous women harassing messages that included nude images of the victims, both real and artificial intelligence-generated, became the first person to be convicted under a 2025 federal law targeting revenge porn, according to a Thursday announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Trump Inks Deal With Library Groups Over Agency Cuts

By Gina Kim

The Trump administration reached a resolution Thursday in Washington, D.C., federal court with the American Library Association and a public sector union challenging an executive order eliminating an agency that disburses grants to libraries and museums, which means previously terminated grants will be reinstated and staff cuts will be rescinded. 

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StubHub To Pay $10M Over Hidden NFL Ticket Fees, FTC Says

By Lauren Berg

StubHub agreed to pay $10 million to resolve the Federal Trade Commission's allegations that the ticket exchange purposely slow-walked its compliance with a new rule banning hidden fees in order to gain an advantage over competitors when the NFL announced its 2025 game schedule, the agency announced Thursday.

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Deals Rumor Mill

SpaceX Plans Record Retail Slice In IPO, And Other Rumors

By Al Barbarino

As SpaceX prepares what could be the largest initial public offering ever, executives reportedly told the company's bankers that it plans to allocate a record portion of shares to retail investors, drawing comparisons to the so-called meme stock frenzy of 2021. 

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11th Circ. Affirms Dish Network's Copyright Win, $600K Award

By Hailey Konnath

The Eleventh Circuit Thursday refused to disturb a $600,000 copyright win for Dish Network in long-running litigation over Arabic pay-TV programming distribution, ruling that the lower court was correct in finding that Dish's copyrights were infringed.

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Springsteen Merch Co. Files TM Suit Before NJ Concert

By Carla Baranauckas

Merch Traffic LLC, the exclusive merchandiser for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, filed suit in New Jersey federal court Thursday claiming that dozens of unidentified sellers plan to flood the Prudential Center with counterfeit Springsteen gear during the band's upcoming Newark concert.

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Cantwell Wants Fired FTC Dems At Senate Oversight Hearing

By Allison Grande

The top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee is pushing for the two commissioners who were fired from the Federal Trade Commission last year to be invited to an upcoming hearing, arguing that their presence is "necessary" to conduct proper oversight of how the Trump administration's influence has impacted the agency's work to protect consumers. 

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Ex-Law Officer Urges 4th Circ. To Uphold W.Va. Privacy Law

By Jared Foretek

The plaintiff in a lawsuit accusing data brokers of violating a West Virginia state law barring the dissemination of public officials' addresses and phone numbers defended the law's constitutionality Wednesday, arguing to the Fourth Circuit that it regulates speech "integral" to criminal conduct and shouldn't be subjected to strict scrutiny.

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Elon Musk's xAI Says New Colo. Law 'Severely Burdens' AI

By Hailey Konnath

X.AI LLC, the company behind Elon Musk's artificial intelligence tool Grok, has asked a Colorado federal court to block a new Centennial State law aimed at AI, claiming that the statute "severely burdens the development and use of AI" and is an "attempted coercion" that's unconstitutional.

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Sinclair Wants Judge To Rethink Order To Disclose Docs

By Nadia Dreid

Sinclair Broadcast Group is trying to convince an Illinois federal judge that she messed up by commanding it to hand over more than 6,000 documents it claims are attorney-client communications, saying the court's previous ruling "relies on a manifest error of law that will significantly and unfairly prejudice" the company.

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Trade Secrets Suit Is A 'Far-Flung Conspiracy,' Law Firm Says

By Adam Lidgett

A Georgia law firm wants a Nevada federal court to throw out a lawsuit accusing it of stealing trade secrets from litigation lead generator Archetype Capital Partners, calling the whole case "a far-flung conspiracy."

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Citron Founder Loses Bid To Trim DOJ Fraud Case

By Craig Clough

A California federal judge has rejected Citron Research founder Andrew Left's bid to trim the federal government's criminal securities fraud case, saying the indictment's first count is not "duplicitous" because it alleges a single market-manipulation scheme involving multiple misleading statements and does not need to be split into multiple counts.

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FCC Plans To End '90s Framework For Satellite Power Limits

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission released details late Thursday of its plan to replace a 1990s-era framework for satellite power limits, saying the rules will be replaced with a system requiring space companies to coordinate to avoid signal disruption.

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Zillow, Redfin Ask To Use 4th Circ. NCAA Ruling In FTC Suit

By Isaac Monterose

Property listing giants Zillow and Redfin asked a Virginia federal court to let them use a recent Fourth Circuit ruling for an NCAA case to bolster their dismissal bid against antitrust claims filed by the Federal Trade Commission and multiple states.

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Ga. Jail Policy Scrutinized In Bookstore's Free Speech Suit

By Kelcey Caulder

A Georgia federal judge pored over a county jail's policy of only allowing in books sent from authorized retailers, as jail leadership argued its approach was narrowly tailored and a local bookstore claimed it was arbitrary and unconstitutional.

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Human Authorship Is Still Central To Copyright Eligibility

In declining to review the D.C. Circuit's ruling in Thaler v. Perlmutter — holding that a work purely generated by artificial intelligence cannot be copyrighted — the U.S. Supreme Court has reinforced the human authorship requirement, so it is critical for creators of AI-assisted projects to document their involvement, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

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Weighing The Practical Implications Of SC Kids' Privacy Law

South Carolina's recently enacted Age-Appropriate Code Design Act includes a unique provision: a private right of action for certain violations, but its practical effect remains uncertain, as courts and litigants grapple with complex questions of standing, causation and the definition of actionable harm, say attorneys at K&L Gates.

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Series

Alpine Skiing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Skiing has shaped habits I rely on daily as an attorney — focus, resilience and the ability to remain steady when circumstances shift rapidly — and influences the way I approach legal strategy, client counseling and teamwork, says Isaku Begert at Marshall Gerstein.

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The 2026 Law360 Pulse Lawyer Satisfaction Survey

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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Lewis Brisbois Accused Of Ignoring Racism, Unethical Billing

By Aebra Coe

A former national billing director of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP filed a lawsuit in California state court this week accusing the firm of ignoring racist conduct and sexual harassment by partners, and alleging unethical billing practices and even embezzlement.

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Trump Picks Ohio Ex-Solicitor General For 6th Circ.

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump announced Thursday evening that he is tapping Benjamin Flowers, former solicitor general of Ohio, to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

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DOJ Calls Immigrant Legal Aid Wasteful In Budget Push

By Courtney Bublé

Tucked into the Trump administration's budget request for fiscal 2027, the U.S. Department of Justice is trying once again to take an ax to a program that provides legal assistance to noncitizens.

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Analysis

Calif. AI Guardrails Split From Feds, Other States May Follow

By Madeline Lyskawa

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's recent executive order directing state agencies to implement guardrails for contracting with artificial intelligence companies marks a rift with the Trump administration's deregulatory approach that could proliferate across other states.

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Fed. Circ. Chief Feels 'Bright-Line Rule Coming' For IP Marking

By Dani Kass

As a Federal Circuit panel reprimanded embattled attorney William Ramey on Thursday for the "disrespect" shown in his failed 3D glasses patent litigation against Volkswagen, the Federal Circuit's chief judge suggested precedent may be needed to define the role of marking in admissionless settlements.

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MMA Law Accuses Lawyer, Insurance Co. Of RICO Scheme

By Emily Sawicki

Embattled Texas firm MMA Law has filed nearly a score of complaints amid an ongoing bankruptcy action, including accusing a Louisiana attorney, his wife and an insurer of working together to "target, dismantle and destroy" the firm in an effort to avoid sharing a cut of legal fees stemming from storm damage claims.

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