News Orgs Fight OpenAI, Microsoft's Fair Use Arguments

By Elliot Weld

News organizations locked in a sweeping fight with OpenAI and Microsoft over whether artificial intelligence developers should be able to legally use news content to train AI asked a New York federal judge Friday not to rule that doing so is fair use, arguing the tech companies see a world where they can freely copy entire articles.

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Analysis

Copyright Ruling Leaves Worldwide Rights In Legal Limbo

By Ivan Moreno

The U.S. Supreme Court left music publishers, creators and catalog buyers facing potentially different rules for worldwide copyright termination after an unusual quorum failure ended the entertainment industry's bid to overturn a Fifth Circuit ruling allowing authors to recapture foreign rights included in worldwide grants.

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NetChoice Seeks To Halt Calif. Social Media Warning Law

By Allison Grande

Tech trade group NetChoice is pressing a California federal court to strike down a state law that will soon require social media platforms to display mental health warning labels, arguing that the mandate violates the "bedrock" constitutional prohibition on forcing services to "act as a mouthpiece" for the government.

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Rhode Island AG Says Meta Profited From Scam Ads

By Craig Clough

Rhode Island sued Meta on Thursday for allegedly allowing fake or scam advertisements promoting everything from cryptocurrency schemes and purported miracle Alzheimer's cures featuring deepfakes of Meryl Streep to nudification apps to proliferate on its platforms while generating billions of dollars in revenue from them.

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Don't Miss It: Kirkland, Latham Steer Latest Hot Deals

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

A lot can happen in the world of mergers and acquisitions and equity fundraising over the course of a couple of weeks, and it's difficult to keep up with all the deals.

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Google Avoids Wiretap Claims Over AI Customer Service Calls

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge has tossed proposed class claims alleging Google violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act by training its artificial intelligence tools through the customer service software it provided to Home Depot, and the judge required pursuing arbitration for plaintiffs who called customer service for Verizon, Uber and Discover.

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Fla. AG Proposes Kid Safety Chatbot, Social Media Law

By Emily Field

The Florida attorney general on Thursday proposed legislation aimed at protecting children on social media that would require age verification and parental consent for apps, block AI chatbots from creating sexual content or feigning companionship, and put in place protective features on social media for teenagers.

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Lawmaker Report Targets 'Pay-To-Play' Antitrust Enforcement

By Matthew Perlman

A new report from Democratic lawmakers found that influence from the White House appears to be resulting in lax antitrust enforcement and higher consumer prices, citing a number of recent settlements, case dismissals and merger decisions.

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Del. Chancery OKs $250M Activision Settlement, $60M Fees

By Jarek Rutz

Microsoft Corp.'s $250 million settlement of stockholder claims stemming from its $75.4 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. won Delaware Chancery Court approval Friday, as the chancellor rejected an investment fund's attempt to preserve a separate federal securities suit and awarded $60 million in attorney fees.

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Lone FCC Democrat Calls E-Rate Sunset Proposal 'Misguided'

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

The lone Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission has issued her support for extending The E-Rate Program to provide discounts on eligible connectivity services for schools and libraries during a visit to a New Hampshire school district.

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FCC's Gomez Urges More NAB Engagement On 'Censorship'

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission's only Democrat wants the broadcast lobby to pull more weight in defying what she described as an FCC campaign of "censorship and control" over the media.

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FCC Nat'l Security Clampdown Draws Rare Industry Rebukes

By Christopher Cole

Industry leaders see the Federal Communications Commission hitting for a high batting average during President Donald Trump's second term, pushing deregulation they have sought for years. But when it comes to putting the squeeze on device imports from foreign adversaries, business groups are less than bowled over — and they're letting the FCC know it.

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Leave 2.5 GHz Band Out Of Satellite Plan, T-Mobile Says

By Nadia Dreid

T-Mobile says the Federal Communications Commission's plan to expand the coverage that satellites provide from space is a good one, but the agency should refrain from auctioning off the 2.5 gigahertz band for that purpose, arguing it should be reserved for operations on the ground.

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Brief

FCC Grants Intel's Automatic Vehicle Waiver For 1 Year

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission has granted Intel Corp. a one-year waiver from rules that could otherwise subject the automated vehicles used in its chipmaking plants to security restrictions.

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Papaya Must Freeze US Funds Amid Israeli Case, Judge Rules

By Alex Wittenberg

A Delaware bankruptcy judge Friday agreed to grant Chapter 15 recognition of Papaya Gaming Ltd.'s insolvency proceeding in Israel but ordered the debtor to freeze funds in its U.S. bank accounts in light of an earlier, more than $70 million transfer that the judge said "clearly prejudiced" creditor Skillz Platform.

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Are You Happy With Your In-House Role? Take Our Survey

Is your company giving you everything you need to succeed? What are some misconceptions about working in-house? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Satisfaction Survey.

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Weil Merger Talks With Willkie End, Another Partner To Leave

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP have ended merger discussions and another top Weil partner is set to depart the firm, sources with knowledge on the matters told Law360 Pulse on Friday.

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Q&A

Holland & Knight Legal Profession Head On MSO Dealmaking

By Al Barbarino

Holland & Knight LLP partner Trisha Rich is at the forefront of the firm's work in a fast-growing corner of the legal industry, advising law firms setting up management services organizations, or MSOs, as well as the investors looking to buy into them.

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Trump Adviser Ducking Service In Exec Orders Suit, ABA Says

By Jack Karp

Trump attorney Boris Epshteyn has evaded service of subpoenas, so the American Bar Association should be allowed to pursue alternative means of serving him in its lawsuit over President Donald Trump's efforts to intimidate BigLaw firms, the organization is telling a Washington, D.C., federal judge.

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Mass. Judge Jailed Atty For 'Attitude,' Ethics Complaint Says

By Julie Manganis

A former Massachusetts state court judge placed a public defender into custody for hours over his "attitude" during a March 2025 hearing, the state's judicial conduct commission has said in a disciplinary complaint.

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SEC Fights LSU Claim That Case Citations Were 'Hallucinated'

By Alex Lawson

The Southeastern Conference is disputing claims that it submitted "hallucinated" case citations in its lawsuit challenging Louisiana State University's efforts to add former professional players to its sports teams, urging an Alabama federal judge to strike the allegations.

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Insurer Says NY Firm Staged Accidents For Suits

By Danielle Ferguson

A reinsurance company has filed another complaint accusing a New York personal injury law firm of recruiting workers to stage injuries in support of meritless claims, a few months after the Second Circuit dismissed similar claims because the insurer didn't have any direct injuries to bring a racketeering suit. 

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Ex-DOJ Officials And Judicial Nominees Vie For Office

By Courtney Bublé

Hundreds of candidates are on the ballot in the midterm elections, happening in less than two weeks, and among them are former U.S. Department of Justice officials and unsuccessful judicial nominees.

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9th Circ. Judge Hints Trump US Atty Firing OK Despite 'Chaos'

By Rachel Riley

A Ninth Circuit judge remarked on Friday that President Donald Trump's ouster of court-appointed Seattle U.S. Attorney Roger Rogoff has sown "chaos," but pushed back against Rogoff's contention that the move amounted to executive overreach, noting that the president already controls the office via the attorney general.

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NY Commercial Attys Must Justify Discovery Cost Bids Early

By Andrea Keckley

New York Courts Chief Administrative Judge Joseph A. Zayas said in an administrative order earlier this month that commercial litigators who want opposing counsel to fund some or all of the discovery process must state their basis for the request and provide a "good faith" estimate of the costs.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

McGinn Montoya Love Curry & Sievers PA and DiCello Levitt lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a New Mexico federal judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion over the lies that the social media giant offered the public regarding its data privacy practices.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Meta's legal chief says the company will appeal a $25 billion verdict involving data privacy practices including the Cambridge Analytica scandal. And a new study shows that while in-house starting salaries are staying stable, adding special skills like AI expertise can lift them higher.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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