What To Watch As Justices Weigh Video Privacy Law's Scope

By Allison Grande

The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to hear arguments Wednesday over who can sue under the decades-old Video Privacy Protection Act in a dispute that experts say is likely to hinge on the approach the justices take to squaring the statute's original intent with the capabilities of modern tracking technologies.

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High Court To Consider DOGE FOIA Dispute

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will review the D.C. Circuit's decision to greenlight limited discovery aimed at determining whether the Department of Government Efficiency is an agency subject to the Freedom of Information Act.

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Character.AI Files Ch. 11 With $20M Sale Bid From Disney

By Rick Archer

Artificial intelligence entertainment platform Character Technologies has filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware with more than $50 million in debt, saying it was sunk by high operating and legal costs and plans an asset auction with a baseline $20 million bid from Disney.

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Ex-Nexstar News Directors Win $4M In Pride Month Suit

By Cara Salvatore

A jury in western Michigan has ruled that Nexstar Media owes two of its former TV station news directors a total of around $4 million over their claims that their employer insinuated they were anti-gay after they sent a memo warning reporters to be balanced about Pride Month coverage.

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Reddit Fights Proskauer's 'Hot Potato' AI Client Bid In IP Suit

By Dorothy Atkins

Reddit Inc. has urged a New York federal judge to block its former law firm Proskauer Rose from defending Perplexity AI in Reddit's suit over alleged data scraping used to train artificial intelligence models, arguing the firm can't represent Perplexity after dropping Reddit as a client like ‌a "hot potato."

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DOJ Investigating White House TV Pool For Halting Coverage

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

The U.S. Department of Justice has said it is investigating whether the White House television press pool's decision to halt coverage of President Donald Trump last month violated antitrust law.

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Interscope Sues Summer Walker For $50M Over Record Deal

By Craig Clough

Interscope Records sued R&B star Summer Walker in Los Angeles state court, seeking at least $50 million and alleging she failed to deliver two albums and an EP before invoking California law to exit her recording agreement on the grounds that it was no longer enforceable.

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Analysis

In AI Race, Trade Secret Suits Become Popular Safeguard

By Theresa Schliep

Fierce competition for artificial intelligence engineers and the relative paucity of intellectual property protections for AI technologies have companies turning to trade secret litigation as a powerful tool they can wield against competitors and former employees, attorneys say.

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Bumble Going Private In $1.3B Sale To Ithaca Holdings

By Al Barbarino

Dating app Bumble said Tuesday that it has agreed to be acquired by recently launched technology investment firm Ithaca Holdings in an all-cash deal valuing the company at $1.3 billion, with four law firms advising.

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Dolby Loses Bid To Ax InterDigital Patent From Disney Case

By Ryan Davis

A California federal judge has denied Dolby's motion seeking to invalidate an InterDigital video patent that is at issue in a related infringement suit against Disney over its streaming services, ruling that Dolby failed to show that the patent covers only an abstract idea.

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Nvidia Faces Suit Over AI Training Music Data

By Adam Lidgett

An independent music licensing company has brought a lawsuit accusing Nvidia of infringing its copyrights to train its artificial intelligence models, days after dropping a nearly identical suit in the same court.

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Google Says Consent Bars Claim Calls Illicitly Recorded For AI

By Bonnie Eslinger

Google urged a California federal judge Tuesday to toss a proposed class action alleging it illegally trains its artificial intelligence tools through the customer service software it provides Uber and other companies, saying the customers' consent to record the calls through the businesses' terms and policies overrides any allegedly improper use.

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OpenAI Accused Of Mining Kids' ChatGPT Data To Train LLMs

By Hailey Konnath

OpenAI has preyed on children by extracting "vast amounts of highly sensitive and valuable data" from millions of young ChatGPT users without valid consent and then using that information to train its large language models, according to a proposed class action filed Tuesday in California federal court.

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Google, UPS Shares Users' Browsing History, Suit Says

By Rae Ann Varona

Google and the United Parcel Service falsely promise that only tracking numbers would be sent to the mail carrier, two consumers have alleged in a proposed class action filed in California federal court, saying that a click of a tracking button instead sends their personal data to undisclosed third parties.

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Brief

Colo. Studio Found In Default In Freelancers' $77K Pay Suit

By MJ Koo

A Colorado judge has entered default against a Denver-based content studio after it failed to respond to a lawsuit brought by 10 freelancers alleging the company never paid them for styling, editing and other creative work.

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Del. High Court Upholds Forum Limit In Amazon Records Case

By Jessica Corso

The Delaware Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a lower court's decision that both curtailed the type of records an Amazon shareholder can seek as it investigates alleged anticompetitive behavior at the company, and restricted where the investor can sue. 

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DOJ Cites Privacy Concerns In Rejecting NM Epstein Files Bid

By Courtney Bublé

The U.S. Department of Justice has rebuffed the state of New Mexico's request for the unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files for its investigation into possible crimes at Epstein's Zorro Ranch, saying it would hinder law enforcement operations.

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Cruz Contends E-Rate Costs Inflated By Consulting Fees

By Christopher Cole

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued a report Tuesday claiming the E-Rate program's costs have ballooned over time due to layers of bureaucracy and outside consulting work for local organizations that use the federal broadband subsidy.

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FCC OKs 14 More 'Rip And Replace' Extensions

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

The Federal Communications Commission has granted petitions from 14 telecommunications companies asking for extensions to finish projects to "rip and replace" foreign-produced network equipment the agency deems untrustworthy.

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FCC Using 'Excuses' To Threaten Licenses, ABC Says

By Christopher Cole

ABC told a D.C. federal court the Federal Communications Commission has effectively admitted that a probe of its parent Disney's hiring practices could not justify threatening eight of the network's TV stations' licenses with an early renewal proceeding.

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High Court Won't Hear NYC Loft-Conversion Petition

By Isaac Monterose

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review a decision from New York's highest court determining that New York City fees for converting artist lofts into residential units are legally enforceable.

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Former Strip Club Boss Gets 16 Months In $3M Tax Case

By Aaron Keller

A soon-to-be 70-year-old former strip club boss accused of hiding $3 million from the IRS was sentenced to a below-guidelines prison term of 16 months on Tuesday, after the mother of his 3-year-old child asked a Connecticut federal judge for leniency.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court last week saw stockholders challenge Nvidia Corp.'s roughly $20 billion deal with artificial intelligence chipmaker Groq Inc., Hertz Global Holdings Inc.'s electric vehicle strategy and more than $1.5 billion in Humana Inc. stock buybacks.

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Nelson Mullins Sued In SC Over October Data Breach

By Jake Maher

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has been hit with a proposed class action in South Carolina federal court over a data breach that took place in early October.

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Justices Won't Eye 'Weaponized' Sanctions Of Election Attys

By Jeff Overley

Despite outrage among Ninth Circuit conservatives, the U.S. Supreme Court declined Tuesday to scrutinize six-figure sanctions of lawyers who challenged Arizona election protocols, leaving intact discipline designed to "send a message."

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Pa. Firm Can't Toss Uber's RICO Claims Over Insurer Payouts

By Linda Chiem

A Pennsylvania federal judge allowed Uber to pursue Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act claims alleging a Philadelphia personal injury firm schemed with healthcare providers to fabricate medical records and inflate accident claims involving Uber and FedEx drivers, saying Uber doesn't lose standing just because its insurer paid its legal fees in underlying litigation.

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Case Dropped Against Judge Accused Of Endorsing Violence

By Madison Arnold

Ethics charges against a Florida state court judge in Jacksonville alleging he made comments appearing to endorse violence, convey bias and demean individuals during several proceedings last year have been dropped.

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What The Justices Won't Hear: A Roundup Of Cert Denials

By Taylor Bowie

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to grant a writ of certiorari to another batch of applications Tuesday, including cases involving six-figure sanctions, wine shipment laws and overtime claims. 

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