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IP Notebook: Global Copyright, ChatGPT TM, Rogers Test

By Ivan Moreno

This round of Law360's look at emerging copyright and trademark issues includes a forthcoming U.S. Supreme Court appeal with global implications for copyrights, and OpenAI's setback in its effort to register "ChatGPT" as a trademark.

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NBC Beats Diddy's $100M Suit Over 'Salacious' Documentary

By Lauren Berg

Embattled music mogul Diddy cannot pursue his $100 million defamation lawsuit alleging NBCUniversal and its streaming service Peacock put profits over journalistic standards to broadcast a "salacious" documentary containing "fresh lies and conspiracy theories," a Manhattan judge ruled, saying the rapper hasn't shown the defendants were "grossly irresponsible."

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W.Va. Strikes $11.5M Deal With Roblox Over Kid Safety

By Emily Field

The West Virginia attorney general on Tuesday said his office had reached an $11 million settlement with gaming platform Roblox that will "fundamentally overhaul" the embattled company's child safety protections with mandatory age verification and limits on adult interactions with minors.

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Weinstein Recasts 'Rape' As 'Regret' In 3rd NY Trial Openings

By Frank G. Runyeon

Harvey Weinstein's attorney told a Manhattan jury Tuesday that the film producer had a genuine on-and-off relationship with a woman who chose to "change the narrative" from consensual sex to rape after he faced a flurry of assault accusations in 2017.

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Deposition Sinks Social Media Bellwether Case, Judge Told

By Craig Clough

Social media companies urged a California federal judge at a hearing Tuesday to toss a bellwether case in sprawling litigation accusing the companies of harming children's mental health, arguing that the plaintiff admitted during his deposition that he was not harmed by the platform's features, sinking his claims.

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Mariah Carey's Atty Fee Bid For IP Win 'Absurd,' Judge Told

By Rae Ann Varona

Singer Mariah Carey's bid for $600,000 in attorney fees after her Davis Wright Tremaine LLP attorneys defeated a copyright infringement ahead of trial is "absurd," the plaintiff's counsel told a California federal judge Tuesday, arguing that the amount is excessive for a successful summary judgment motion.

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Anthropic Pushes Fair Use Defense In Music Cos.' IP Fight

By Hailey Konnath

Anthropic PBC has asked a California federal judge to find that its use of copyrighted materials to train its tool Claude is "transformative" fair use under copyright law, comparing Claude's learning to how humans learn from reading and internalizing the themes of various works.

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Chartwell Says Gaza Posts, Not Bias, Drove Atty's Firing

By Patrick Hoff

Chartwell Law Offices LLP urged a Florida federal court to toss a former attorney's suit claiming she was unlawfully fired because she's a Pakistani Muslim critical of Israel's military action in Gaza, arguing that the ex-employee was terminated because her inflammatory social media posts made colleagues feel unsafe.

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Copyright Head Touts 6,000 Registrations Of Human-AI Works

By Theresa Schliep

The U.S. Copyright Office has issued more than 6,000 registrations for works that incorporate artificial intelligence-generated materials and follow the agency's guidance for combined human-made and AI-created works, U.S. Copyright Office leader Shira Perlmutter said Tuesday.

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Congress Rallies More For Bills On Copyrights Than Patents

By Adam Lidgett

There have been more intellectual property bills floated in Congress that are supportive of copyright rights than patent rights, according to a new report looking at how lawmakers treat the IP system.

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Calif. Privacy Agency Seeks Input On Rules Over Worker Data

By Dorothy Atkins

The California Privacy Protection Agency is seeking feedback on a range of topics to inform potential future regulations, including whether new rules are needed to regulate the use of employee and job applicants' personal data, and whether existing rules need to be updated to simplify potentially confusing privacy policies.

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Arkansas' Second Attempt At Age Verification Law Blocked

By Nadia Dreid

Tech trade group NetChoice has won another battle in its war against age verification laws, convincing an Arkansas federal court to again block a state law that would restrict minors' ability to use social media.

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Nourish Can't Ax Wiretap Claims In Google Data Sharing Row

By Allison Grande

An Illinois federal judge has refused to cut wiretap and negligence claims from a proposed class action accusing telehealth provider Nourish Inc. of deploying tracking tools that illegally transmitted website visitors' sensitive health information to Google, while tossing several privacy and contract allegations and rebuking the plaintiffs for filing a "press release complaint."

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Audible Users Seek To Certify Class In Expiring Credits Suit

By Ben Adlin

Audible Inc. customers accusing the company of illegally putting expiration dates on audiobook vouchers asked a Seattle federal judge to certify a nationwide class of consumers, arguing that it "makes no sense" for the potential class members to litigate claims individually.

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Meta Denies Knowing Of Social Media Pump-And-Dump Ads

By Katryna Perera

Meta Platforms Inc. had no knowledge of alleged pump-and-dump scam advertisements on its social media platforms, it has said, urging a California federal judge to dismiss a suit seeking to hold the tech company responsible for losses from the scams.

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Live Nation Fails In Bid For Quick Nix Of Antitrust Damages

By Matthew Perlman

A New York federal court has refused to rule immediately on Live Nation's bid to strike expert testimony and set aside the damages awarded to state enforcers in the antitrust case accusing the company of monopolizing the live entertainment industry.

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Amazon, Zulily Get Antitrust Case Postponed To Oct. 2027

By Rachel Riley

A Seattle federal judge agreed Monday to push the trial date in now-defunct online retailer Zulily's lawsuit accusing Amazon of stifling competition from other e-commerce platforms from January 2027 to October 2027 due to scheduling conflicts with overlapping antitrust proceedings against Amazon.

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Exec For Former SI Publisher Tells Jury He's Owed Severance

By Pete Brush

A New Jersey executive who worked for the financially strapped former publisher of Sports Illustrated told a Manhattan federal jury Tuesday that he is owed potentially $2 million after his firing, but the former publisher countered that he was terminated for cause.

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Union Plan Seeks Early Win In 'Jersey Boys' ERISA Fight

By Katherine Smith

A stagehands union benefits plan has urged a Nevada federal court to hand it a pretrial win in a pension contribution dispute with the company behind the now-closed Las Vegas production of the musical "Jersey Boys," arguing the company cannot use a federal benefits law exception to dodge withdrawal liability.

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Del. Supreme Court Upholds Ruling On Truth Social Shares

By Jessica Corso

The Delaware Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court ruling granting additional stock to the founding shareholder in the company that took President Donald Trump's Truth Social Media public, turning away a request from the shareholder for a second shot to prove it is owed even more shares.

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House Subcommittee Mulls SAT Streamlining Act

By Nadia Dreid

Everyone at Tuesday's SAT Streamlining Act hearing agreed it is time for U.S. policy to catch up with the booming satellite industry, but while Republicans seemed more prepared to slash and burn permitting hurdles, Democrats expressed concern about creating what one witness called a "rubber stamp."

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Justices Look Split In 7th Amendment Feud Over FCC Fines

By Christopher Cole

Several U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed convinced Tuesday that Federal Communications Commission fines are nonbinding unless enforced and don't deprive alleged rule violators of the right to a jury trial, but some colleagues still questioned whether the parties sanctioned by the agency have a meaningful chance of facing a jury.

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IRS Says Meta Pricing Adjustments Not Barred By Prior Ruling

By Molly Moses

The U.S. Tax Court's opinion on the pricing of Meta predecessor Facebook's transferred intangible assets doesn't prevent the IRS from making periodic adjustments based on transactions occurring over the life of the company's cost-sharing arrangement with an Irish subsidiary, the agency argued.

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E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On ESI Control

Several recent federal court decisions have perpetuated a split over what constitutes “control” of electronically stored information — with judges divided on whether the standard should turn on a party's legal right or practical ability to obtain the information, say attorneys at Sidley.

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Some Firms Break Lobbying Revenue Records Again

By Alison Knezevich

After raking in record-breaking federal lobbying revenue last year, several firms reported this week that they had their strongest quarter ever in the first three months of 2026, with practice leaders predicting another busy period ahead as midterms approach.

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Breyer Says 'Shadow Docket' Not A Top Court Power Grab

By Carolyn Muyskens

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said Tuesday that the rise of the so-called shadow docket is a consequence of the post-COVID era and not a bid to usurp influence by the high court. 

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Sullivan & Cromwell Alerts SDNY To AI Errors In Ch. 15 Case

By Andrea Keckley

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP told a New York bankruptcy judge Saturday that an emergency motion it filed in Prince Global Holdings Ltd.'s Chapter 15 case contained several inaccurate citations and other errors, including what the firm described as artificial intelligence "hallucinations."

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Pillsbury Unlawfully Fired Pregnant Recruiter, Bias Suit Says

By Lauren Berg

The former Black female director for associate recruiting at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP says she was unlawfully fired just weeks after disclosing her high-risk pregnancy to her supervisor, according to her discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed Tuesday in Tennessee federal court.

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WDTX Judge Albright Stepping Down At End Of Summer

By Dani Kass

U.S. District Judge Alan Albright is resigning after nearly eight years presiding over cases in the Western District of Texas, Law360 confirmed Tuesday.

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Ex-Wis. Judge Argues ICE Case Reversal Backs Her Acquittal

By Craig Clough

Former state Judge Hannah Dugan asked a Wisconsin federal judge Tuesday to reconsider an order not to overturn her felony obstruction conviction for directing a defendant in her courtroom away from immigration agents, arguing the Fourth Circuit recently reversed a decision the trial court repeatedly relied upon.

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Warsh Rejects Claim He'd Be Trump's 'Sock Puppet' At Fed

By Jon Hill

Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh sought at his Tuesday confirmation hearing to rebut Democratic accusations that he would be a White House "sock puppet," distancing himself from President Donald Trump's calls for rate cuts and downplaying their significance.

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