Trump's $10B WSJ Suit Tossed Over Thin Defamation Claims

By David Minsky

A Florida federal judge tossed a $10 billion defamation suit President Donald Trump brought against the Wall Street Journal over a published article linking him to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, ruling Monday that the newspaper didn't knowingly or recklessly run a false story. 

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DC Circ. Digs Into FTC Rationale For Media Matters Probe

By Nadia Dreid

A D.C. Circuit panel tore into a Federal Trade Commission lawyer on Monday as the agency fought to convince the three judges that a lower court had no right to block it from investigating a left-leaning media watchdog, a probe the group claims is retaliation for publishing anti-Nazi content.

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DOD Asks To Keep Escort Requirement For Reporters

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

The U.S. Department of Defense has asked a D.C. federal judge to allow it to continue requiring journalists to be escorted while in the Pentagon, arguing that it is essential for preventing national security leaks.

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Disney, WB, Universal's AI Suit Is 'Artificial,' Tech Cos. Say

By Hailey Konnath

Chinese artificial intelligence companies have urged a California federal court to throw out allegations from Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Universal that their service has been stealing the studios' intellectual property, calling it "ironic" that the case about artificial intelligence is "entirely artificial."

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Cardi B Wants Sanctions Against YouTuber Who Owes $4M

By Emlyn Cameron

Rapper Cardi B has urged a Florida bankruptcy judge to sanction Tasha K, alleging the bankrupt YouTuber has been defying the terms of her own Chapter 11 Subchapter V plan by continuing a pattern of disparaging comments that had led to a nearly $4 million defamation judgment.

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Analysis

State Meta Verdicts May Offer Clues For 1st Federal Bellwether

By Cara Salvatore

Meta's recent state jury losses in suits over social media's harms to mental health provide clues as to what will happen this summer when a school district's suit against social platforms goes to trial in the first federal bellwether — and down the road in appeals some believe will reach the nation's high court.

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Lin Wood's Days-Late Bond Appeal Denied In Ex-Partners' Suit

By Madison Arnold

Former attorney L. Lin Wood cannot challenge a lower court ruling ordering him to post a supersedeas bond and pledge property to secure a judgment issued to his former partners, because he filed his notice of appeal a few days late, the Georgia Court of Appeals ruled Monday.

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Hikma Tells Justices Cox Ruling Boosts 'Skinny Label' Case

By Ryan Davis

Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday that the justices' recent decision clearing an internet company in a copyright case bolsters the drugmaker's challenge to a patent suit over its generic version of an Amarin Pharma Inc. heart drug.

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Calif. High Schools Resume Court Fight Against Athlete NIL

By David Steele

California's high school sports governing body has told a California federal court that the athletes demanding name, image and likeness rights again failed to prove that the state's ban eliminates competition for their talents.

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Genius Wants Copy Of Settlement Between Sports Tech Rivals

By Elaine Briseño

Sports technology company Genius Sports Ltd. is asking a Texas federal court to compel Panda Interactive to follow the court's discovery order by sharing a copy of a settlement agreement Panda reached in a similar patent lawsuit with a different rival.

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Some Claims, Plaintiffs Trimmed From AirPod Defect Suit

By Mike Curley

A California federal judge has thrown out breach of implied warranty claims and two plaintiffs' claims from a proposed class action alleging Apple Inc. misled consumers about defects in its AirPods Pro products.

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Meta Pulls Some Attys' Social Media Addiction Ads

By Rachel Rippetoe

After losing a bellwether trial last month in one of a slew of cases from plaintiffs who claim to have been harmed by social media, Meta has begun removing ads from attorneys seeking clients with similar claims.

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NordVPN Hit With Dark Patterns Class Actions In Va., Conn.

By Jared Foretek

Virtual private network provider NordVPN and its parent company are facing a pair of proposed class actions accusing the company of using deceptive "dark pattern" tactics, like automatic renewal, to keep consumers paying for unwanted and expensive internet security subscriptions.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court's docket this past week featured a mix of high-stakes settlements, fast-moving deal litigation, governance disputes and a notable post-trial ruling involving fraud-tainted loans.

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Brief

DC Judge Won't Stay Broadband Grants Suit Against Trump

By Gautama Mehta

A D.C. federal judge on Monday declined to pause a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's termination of broadband infrastructure grants while the D.C. Circuit considers a separate challenge over environmental grant cuts, saying the cases are substantially different.

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Brief

Startup's Ticketmaster Antitrust Suit May Get 2027 Trial Date

By Ganesh Setty

A California federal court tentatively scheduled an October 2027 trial for a shuttered startup's antitrust suit against Ticketmaster and Live Nation, after the startup claimed that Ticketmaster's exclusive agreements with venues thwarted its ability to compete in the ticketing business.

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Ex-Twitter Executive Ends $20M Suit Against X Corp., Musk

By Kellie Mejdrich

Twitter's former chief marketing officer has agreed to drop her $20 million severance suit, which defendants X Corp. and Elon Musk had appealed to the Ninth Circuit seeking to force arbitration, after parties reported a settlement of their dispute late last month.

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Atlantic City Says Lifeguards Aren't Whistleblowers

By George Woolston

The Atlantic City Beach Patrol has urged a state court to toss a whistleblower suit from two lifeguards alleging they endured retaliation for speaking up about decrepit conditions, arguing that they failed to allege they performed any whistleblowing activity.

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Tesla Wins Chancery Suit Dismissal After Move To Texas

By Sarah Jarvis

A consolidated Delaware Chancery Court suit leveling breach of fiduciary duty claims against Elon Musk and Tesla Inc. directors belongs in Texas, a vice chancellor said Monday, finding that a forum selection bylaw applies retroactively even though the conduct at issue occurred before the company reincorporated in the Lone Star State.

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Citron's 'Shadowy Gang' Sued Over Short Selling Campaign

By Katryna Perera

Shareholders of PolarityTE have alleged in a new suit that "members of a shadowy gang of short sellers" conspired to short the biotechnology company's stock through targeted negative media attacks with Citron Research to enrich themselves at the expense of the shareholders, and that they ultimately caused the company's bankruptcy.

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FCC Picks Nonprofit As New Admin For Cyber Trust Mark

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission has selected a nonprofit group focused on security of the Internet of Things as the next entity to run the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, a government-endorsed seal of approval for devices.

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Fed Action Sought Against European Plan To 'Target' Iridium

By Christopher Cole

Iridium wants the Federal Communications Commission to push back against a European proposal that it says would "unfairly target" the satellite phone provider with new restrictions.

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Brief

FCC Plans To Create Portal For E-Rate Bids

By Nadia Dreid

The Federal Communications Commission plans to vote this month to make changes to the E-rate program, which subsidizes internet service for schools and libraries, that it says will simplify the program and make it harder for people to commit fraud.

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Brief

Bay Area Trains To Get Upgrade After FCC Rule Waiver

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission has approved a rule waiver for Hitachi Rail that will let Bay Area Regional Transportation upgrade a half-century-old train control system.

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Aspiration's Ch. 7 Trustee Sues To Block Calif. Fraud Suit

By Alex Wittenberg

The Chapter 7 trustee for Aspiration Partners Inc. has sued investors who have alleged in California state court that the company's co-founder and others defrauded them, telling a Delaware bankruptcy court the civil case risks depleting estate assets that should be shared among all of Aspiration's creditors.

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Opinion

State Bars Need To Get Specific About AI Confidentiality

Lawyers need to put actual client information into artificial intelligence tools to get their full value, but they cannot confidently do so until state bars offer clear, formal authority on which plan tiers of the three most popular generative AI tools are safe to use when sharing specific client details, says attorney Nick Berk.

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DLA Piper Defeats Fired Associate's Claims Of Pregnancy Bias

By Pete Brush

A federal jury in Manhattan declined to award damages Monday to a former associate who says DLA Piper unlawfully fired her after she announced she was pregnant, absolving the BigLaw firm hours after tense closing arguments.

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Q&A

Former Pardon Atty Says Trump's Clemency Grants Hurt DOJ

By Phillip Bantz

Former U.S. Department of Justice pardon attorney Liz Oyer spoke recently with Law360 about how the pardon process has changed, the impact the shift might have on the DOJ and how the system could be reformed.

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DOJ Urges DC Circ. To Revive Trump EOs Targeting Firms

By Alison Knezevich

The D.C. Circuit should individually review each section of President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting four law firms, allowing certain portions to stand if others are blocked, the U.S. Department of Justice argued in a new filing urging the court to revive the measures.

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Analysis

The Justices Had Their Say On Immunity. Is A DC Jury Next?

By Chris Villani

The limits of presidential immunity are once again set to be tested after a D.C. federal judge ruled President Donald Trump must face civil claims over the Jan. 6, 2021, riots, clearing the way for trial and potentially another high-stakes appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Brief

EEOC To Produce Law Firm DEI Letter Records By May 15

By Kelcey Caulder

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a federal court Monday that it would give two law professors documents related to 20 letters the agency sent to law firms over their purported diversity, equity and inclusion practices by May 15.

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Morgan & Morgan Sued Over Firing Amid Nevada Expansion

By Emily Sawicki

Personal injury titan Morgan & Morgan is facing allegations from a former firm attorney in California state court alleging the Golden State lawyer was pressured to file suits in neighboring Nevada despite having an inactive law license and no experience practicing there, and was then harassed and wrongfully fired over the filings.

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Atty Says Ogletree Can't Litigate Against Her In 2 Similar Cases

By Adrian Cruz

A Georgia attorney said Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC should be disqualified from serving as defense counsel in a discrimination suit she's working on while simultaneously litigating against her on behalf of her ex-employer in a similar matter.

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NJ Man Who Sought To DQ US Atty Leadership To Plead Guilty

By Gina Kim

A criminal defendant who joined a pending bid to disqualify assistant U.S. attorneys overseeing the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey and escalated a constitutional challenge to its leadership structure told a federal judge Saturday he plans to plead guilty in his drug case. 

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