A woman who accused Jay-Z of rape and sparked a yearlong legal battle between the rapper and prominent Texas plaintiffs attorney Tony Buzbee has recanted her testimony and accused Buzbee of pursuing litigation on her behalf without her knowledge and without verifying her testimony.
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Jay-Z Accuser Recants Rape Claim In Rapper's Buzbee Fight

By Dorothy Atkins

A woman who accused Jay-Z of rape and sparked a yearlong legal battle between the rapper and prominent Texas plaintiffs attorney Tony Buzbee has recanted her testimony and accused Buzbee of pursuing litigation on her behalf without her knowledge and without verifying her testimony.

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9th Circ. OKs Class Cert. In Classmates.com Name Use Case

By Elliot Weld

The Ninth Circuit has approved a lower court's certification of a class of Californians suing over their names appearing in the yearbooks platform Classmates.com, rejecting a number of challenges from the website's operator, including that the lead plaintiff couldn't adequately represent the class.

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Meta Lied About Data Privacy, New Mexico Jury Finds

By Cara Salvatore

A New Mexico jury said Friday that Meta lied willfully on 26 different occasions regarding data privacy, hate speech, misinformation and Facebook's outside investigation of third-party app developers after the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

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TikTok To Pay At Least $100M, Curb Teen Use In Alabama Deal

By Lauren Berg

TikTok agreed to pay at least $100 million and implement usage limits, age verification and other safety measures in a landmark settlement to resolve Alabama's claims the social media platform harmed children and misled users about its safety, the state's attorney general announced Friday.

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Fake Warhols Dealer Fails To Appear At Sentencing

By Carolina Bolado

A Miami art dealer who admitted to selling fake Andy Warhol works to his gallery clients failed to show up to his sentencing hearing on Friday, forcing a Florida federal judge to reschedule it for one week later while the government and his attorney try to track him down.

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DEALS

Roundup

Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Latham, McDermott

By Zak Kostro

In this week's Taxation With Representation, Royal Caribbean invests billions in a joint venture with Sandals, Telix Pharmaceuticals buys ITM Isotope Technologies Munich, and Priority Technology makes a go-private deal with an investor group helmed by the company's chair and CEO.

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Detractors Tell Court Paramount Deal Fails To Fix Concerns

By Matthew Perlman

Civil rights and public interest groups have told a California federal court the settlement ending a challenge of Paramount Skydance's purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery fails to address the concerns state enforcers raised in the first place.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Cox Can't Recoup $15M In DMCA Suit Costs From Insurers

By David Aaro

A Georgia federal judge backed two insurers in a lawsuit by Cox Enterprises that alleged it was wrongly denied coverage for more than $15 million it racked up in separate litigation with a music publisher, saying the claims were not covered under Cox's policies.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Megan Norcott

The past week in London has seen Glencore Energy sue a refinery for allegedly defrauding it out of more than $236 million worth of crude oil, the former CEO of ankle-tag maker Big Technologies file a defamation claim against the company, and property investment group Hunter Jones hit by a claim from the Financial Conduct Authority. 

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PRIVACY & CONSUMER PROTECTION

US Backs Elon Musk In €120M EU Digital Transparency Case

By Sophia Dourou

The U.S. has announced it will join Elon Musk in a bid to overturn a €120 million ($137 million) fine imposed by the European Commission on social media platform X for breaching the bloc's digital transparency rules.

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Brief

Cold Storage Co. To Pay $5.25M To Settle Data Breach Lawsuit

By Kelcey Caulder

Americold Logistics LLC agreed to pay $5.25 million to settle a pair of proposed class actions alleging that lax cybersecurity at the cold storage giant led to two separate data breaches that impacted nearly 225,000 workers.

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Brief

Nvidia Wins Stay In AI Voice Data Class Action

By Celeste Bott

An Illinois federal judge granted Nvidia's motion to stay discovery pending his ruling on its bid to dismiss a suit claiming it used journalists' and voice actors' voices to train its artificial intelligence models without permission, saying the plaintiffs could have sought emergency relief if continued dissemination of the models was an urgent concern.

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COMPETITION

Analysis

Prediction Market Regulators, Bad Actors In AI Arms Race

By Chris Villani

Artificial intelligence is playing an increasingly important role in policing prediction markets, and attorneys say that regulators and investigators are starting to effectively use the same technology that would-be bad actors have leveraged to try to score big with their bets.

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS

FCC Insists DC District Lacks Jurisdiction In Fight With ABC

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission again urged a D.C. federal court to jettison ABC Inc.'s legal action claiming retaliation against the network over content disliked by President Donald Trump, saying case law shows the court has no jurisdiction over the dispute.

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Tech Co. Seeks FCC Reg Waiver For 'Silent Speech' Devices

By Christopher Cole

A technology firm has asked the Federal Communications Commission to waive part of its rules to allow it to market "silent speech," also known as lipsyncing, devices.

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TAX

Judge Moves Sen. Scott's Tax Info Leak Case To DC Court

By Asha Glover

A Florida federal court transferred U.S. Sen. Rick Scott's suit against a former employee of federal contractor Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. for leaking his personal tax returns to D.C. federal court Friday, saying the employee's conduct didn't happen in Florida.

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HEALTHCARE

Conn. AG Beats Dentist's Appeal In Press Release Fight

By Brian Steele

The Connecticut attorney general and a former social services commissioner did not violate a dentist's constitutional due process or privacy rights when they issued a press release announcing the $300,000 settlement of a False Claims Act case based on Medicaid billing claims, a state appellate panel ruled Friday.

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE

US, China Agree To Trade Truce Extension, Greer Says

By Dylan Moroses

U.S. and Chinese negotiators agreed to temporarily extend a trade truce and provide preferential tariff treatment for a subset of goods bought and sold between the two countries while discussions continue on a broader trade agreement between the world's two largest economies, the top U.S. trade official said Friday.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Elder Fraud Risk And Pleading Lessons From Meta Cases

Michael Gilfix and Benjamin Gicqueau at Gilfix & La Poll discuss how a recent Meta youth settlement and an April decision involving social media harms to children may point to a broader pleading framework in cases of elder fraud, and offer practical measures for platforms and consumers seeking to reduce elder fraud risk.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Senior Lawyers Survey: Tell Us About Your Career

How are senior lawyers adapting to evolving career paths and emerging technologies? Share your perspective in this five-minute survey.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

O'Melveny & Myers LLP and Reed Smith LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Ninth Circuit overturned a $140 million class verdict against CenturyLink, holding that the company had a reasonable interpretation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

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Arkansas Firm 5th To Seal PE Deal With Uplift Investors

By Tracey Read

Arkansas' largest personal injury law firm is the latest legal entity to ink a deal to take private equity investment using Uplift Investors' associated management services organization.

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AI Mishap Has Judge Questioning 'Our Collective Character'

By Julie Manganis

A California attorney was barred from representing the plaintiffs in a Massachusetts insurance coverage dispute and ordered to pay legal costs of up to $10,000 to opposing counsel, after a federal judge found he relied on "inaccurate and fictitious" case cites and holdings in three filings.

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Tarter Krinsky Faces Suit After Disclosing Data Breach

By Andrea Keckley

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP maintained "intentional opacity" about a recently disclosed cybersecurity attack last year that may have compromised protected health information, a proposed class action alleged in New York federal court.

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A2J At The High Court: Gun Bans, Voting And Civil Remedies

By Marco Poggio

From the right to own semiautomatic rifles to the rules governing voter registration, the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court term will see the justices tackle a broad swath of constitutional and access to justice issues.

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Domino Foods Fights Paul Weiss DQ Bid In Price-Fixing MDL

By Madison Arnold

Domino Foods is pushing back on an attempt to disqualify its counsel from Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP in a sugar price-fixing multidistrict litigation, arguing Hershey, J.M. Smucker and other food makers filed the motion as a "strategic attempt to gain tactical advantage" at a critical point in the dispute.

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Duane Morris To Settle Employee's Tax Withholding Claim

By Asha Glover

Duane Morris LLP has agreed to private mediation to settle a proposed class action by an employee who alleged that the firm failed to withhold taxes for workers who were misclassified as partners, according to a notice.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Wilson Sonsini topped a list of law firms that have alumni attorneys working at six of the country's most prominent tech companies. And general counsel at most large companies expect to increase their litigation budgets next year.

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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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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

ABC Inc.

Americold Logistics Inc.

Americold Realty Trust Inc.

Ancestry.com LLC

Anthropic PBC

AstraZeneca PLC

BMG Rights Management GmbH

BTI Consulting Group Inc.

Block Inc.

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

ByteDance Ltd.

CBS Interactive Inc.

Cable News Network Inc.

Cardinal Health Inc.

Classmates.com

Cloudflare Inc.

Compass Lexecon LLC

Coupang, Inc.

Cox Communications Inc.

Cox Enterprises Inc.

Curis Inc.

Duke University

Eli Lilly & Co.

Enterprise Holdings Inc.

Glencore PLC

GoDaddy Inc.

Google LLC

Hiscox Ltd.

IMDb.com Inc.

Instagram Inc.

Intelius Inc.

Inter Tribal Council of Arizona Inc.

Kellogg Co.

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

LexisNexis Risk Solutions Inc.

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

Lumen Technologies Inc.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. SA

Meta Platforms Inc.

Miramax Film Corp.

NVIDIA Corp.

National Association of Attorneys General

National Collegiate Athletic Association

Nektar Therapeutics

News Corp.

OpenAI OpCo LLC

Pfizer Inc.

Priority Technology Holdings Inc.

Proof

RELX PLC

Red Bull GmbH

Round Hill Music

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television & Radio Artists

Searchlight Capital Partners LP

Skydance Media LLC

Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

Tesla Inc.

The Hershey Co.

The J. M. Smucker Co.

The Kraft Heinz Co.

The Travelers Cos. Inc.

The Walt Disney Co.

TikTok Inc.

Uber Technologies Inc.

Universal Music Group NV

University of Miami

Walmart Inc.

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Warner Music Group Corp.

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

AVA Law Group

Addleshaw Goddard

Alston & Bird

Barrasso Usdin

Beasley Allen

Benedict Law Group

Benesch

Bottaro Law Firm

Brabners LLP

Bradley Arant

Brito PLLC

Browne Jacobson LLP

Campbell Johnston

Carpmaels & Ransford

Clarke Willmott

Cleary Gottlieb

Clement & Murphy

Clyde & Co

Cohen Milstein

Cohen Ziffer

Consumer Law Group

Consumer Law Group LLC

Covington & Burling

Cozen O'Connor

Curis Law

DAC Beachcroft

DLA Piper

DWF LLP

Demeo LLP

DiCello Levitt

Duane Morris

Dudley DeBosier

Dunn Isaacson Rhee

Emery Reddy

Federman & Sherwood

Fell Law PC

Fried Frank

Gibson Dunn

Gilfix & La Poll

Gordon Rees

Greenberg Traurig

Hill Dickinson

Hogan Lovells

Hoguet Newman

Hughes & Coleman

Jenner & Block

John Foy & Associates

Jones Day

Keches Law Group

Keker Van Nest & Peters

Keller Postman

Keller Rohrback

Kennedys Law LLP

Kirkland & Ellis

Latham & Watkins

Lawfair LLC

Loevy & Loevy

Lowenstein Sandler

Markovits Stock

Martin LLP

Maslon LLP

Massey & Gail

McDermott Will & Schulte

McDowell Knight

McGinn Montoya

Milbank LLP

Milberg PLLC

Mills & Reeve

Morgan & Morgan PA

Morrison & Foerster

Morrison Mahoney

O'Melveny & Myers

Paris Smith LLP

Paul Weiss

Pinsent Masons

Polsinelli PC

Prince Glover

Proskauer Rose

Quinn Emanuel

RWK Goodman

Rainwater Holt

Reed Smith

Russell-Cooke

Schlam Stone

Selendy Gay

Sheppard Mullin

Silver Golub

Skadden Arps

Spencer Fane

Spencer West LLP

Strauss Borrelli

Sullivan & Cromwell

Tarter Krinsky

Venable LLP

Ventura Law (Danbury, CT)

Watstein Terepka

Weil Gotshal

Weinberg Wheeler

Whalen Law Office

Wiley Rein

Wilkinson Stekloff

Williams & Connolly

Wilson Sonsini

Winston Taylor

Withersworldwide

gunnercooke LLP

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alabama Attorney General's Office

California Civil Rights Department

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Companies House

European Commission

Federal Communications Commission

Financial Conduct Authority

Internal Revenue Service

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Montana Department of Revenue

Montgomery County, Alabama

New Mexico Attorney General's Office

New York Attorney General's Office

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

U.S. Army

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court