PTAB Knocks Out Nike Patent From $355K Trial Victory

By Adam Lidgett

A Nike footwear manufacturing patent at the heart of a $355,450 damages verdict in an infringement case against athletic apparel maker Lululemon is invalid, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board has found.

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NFL, Hall Of Fame Sued Over 'Gold Jacket' Trademark

By Elaine Briseño

The estate of the man who created the iconic Gold Jacket presented to NFL's Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees has sued the organization, the league and others in Florida federal court over allegedly infringing the trademark and trade dress of the blazer and other alumni-related marks.

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Del. Court Weighs Final Leads For $13B Endeavor Stock Suit

By Jeff Montgomery

In a rare battle of extremes, attorneys for a single Endeavor Group investor urged a Delaware vice chancellor on Thursday to accept their suit challenging the company's $13 billion take-private deal in March over a suit filed by investment giant Icahn Enterprises LP and a multinational bank based in Sweden.

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LIV Golf, Stinger Tees Enter Mediation Over Trademark Clash

By Elaine Briseño

A Florida federal court has appointed a retired state circuit court judge to mediate the trademark infringement dispute between LIV Golf Inc. and the Stinger Tees merchandise company.

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'Cardiac Pack' IP Suit Is Decades Too Late, NC Judge Says

By Jared Foretek

A North Carolina state court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit brought by 12 members of North Carolina State University's 1983 "Cardiac Pack" basketball team alleging that the NCAA unduly profited from their name, image and likeness by rebroadcasting footage from their national championship run.

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5th Circ. Denies Fees For Activision After Call Of Duty TM Win

By Elliot Weld

The Fifth Circuit has found a Texas federal judge did not abuse his discretion when he denied video game publisher Activision's request for attorney fees after defeating a trademark infringement suit brought by a former professional wrestler.

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NC Biz Court Bulletin: Divorce Dust-Ups And Judicial Rebukes

By Hayley Fowler

Litigation in the North Carolina Business Court is heating up this summer with new complaints centered on fears a former state politician's divorce proceedings will impede his companies' operations and accusations that a climate technology company has failed to pay out a former engineer's ownership interest.

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NY AG, Ski Resort Square Up Over Resort Divestiture

By Nadia Dreid

A New York ski resort operator that bought a competing resort and shut it down must divest that resort to right the antitrust wrong a state judge found it had committed and restore competition to the market, the Empire State is arguing.

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Ex-Knick Slams Madison Square Garden's $1.5M Fee Request

By Alex Lawson

Charles Oakley slammed Madison Square Garden's bid for $1.5 million in attorney fees stemming from its pursuit of the former New York Knick's deleted text messages in his battery suit against the arena, claiming that only "bad faith" could justify such an "inflated" request.

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Crypto Buyers Win Class Cert. Against Kardashian, Celebs

By Lauren Berg

EthereumMax buyers accusing celebrities of promoting the cryptocurrency allegedly used in a pump-and-dump scheme can certify subclasses in four states, but not their nationwide class, a federal judge ruled, agreeing with famed boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. that there's a risk of California and Florida securities laws being inappropriately applied outside those states.

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Cos. Must Tailor Due Diligence As Trafficking Risks Increase

As legislators, prosecutors and plaintiffs attorneys increasingly focus on labor and sex trafficking throughout the U.S., companies must tailor their due diligence strategies to protect against forced labor trafficking risks in their supply chains, say attorneys at Steptoe.

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Creating Botanical Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Pressing and framing plants that I grow has shown me that pursuing an endeavor that brings you joy can lead to surprising benefits for a legal career, including mental clarity, perspective and even a bit of humility, says Douglas Selph at Morris Manning.

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Bonus Spotlight

Milbank Offers Summer Bonuses Of Up To $25K To Associates

By Anna Sanders

Milbank LLP has become the first BigLaw firm to announce summer bonuses this year, offering up to $25,000 for associates and counsel after smaller shops also unveiled midyear payouts.

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'Breakdown In Civility' Gets Boies Schiller Sanctioned

By Grace Elletson

A California federal judge slapped Boies Schiller Flexner LLP with a $15,000 sanction Thursday in a former worker's suit claiming Levi Strauss & Co. declined to promote her out of sex bias, faulting the firm for a "uniquely eye-opening breakdown in civility and professionalism."

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Federal Courts Disclose New Cyberattacks On PACER System

By Lauren Berg

The federal judiciary on Thursday disclosed there have been escalating cyberattacks on its case management system, putting sealed and sensitive case documents at risk, and that it is taking steps to strengthen its security.

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Fox Rothschild Must Face Litigation Funding Suit, Court Told

By Rose Krebs

A married couple is urging a New Jersey state judge to reject Fox Rothschild LLP's bid to exit a malpractice suit alleging that they were unlawfully steered to cover medical expenses with high-interest loans from the firm's litigation funder client, saying they've "amply" pleaded claims of misconduct.

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Ex-Boston Heart CEO Defends Jenner & Block Fee Bid

By Rose Krebs

Boston Heart's former CEO is urging the Delaware Chancery Court to order the medical testing company to advance her legal fees to pay Jenner & Block LLP for its defense of her in criminal and civil cases, disputing Boston Heart's claims that the law firm's rates are "grossly inflated."

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DOJ's Boasberg Complaint Violates Judicial Privacy, Sen. Says

By Jake Maher

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., has accused the U.S. Department of Justice of misusing private comments from a meeting of the Judicial Conference of the United States to pursue ethics charges against a federal judge who found probable cause to hold President Donald Trump's administration in contempt of court.

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2nd Circ. Says Trial Atty With Brain Disease Not 'Ineffective'

By Bonnie Eslinger

The Second Circuit on Thursday affirmed the convictions of a former New York City law enforcement union president along with its ex-financial adviser for defrauding members out of $500,000, rejecting among contentions that one defense lawyer's abilities were impaired at trial by a fast-moving neurodegenerative disease.

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Calif. Ethics Panel Clarifies Judge DQs In Racial Justice Cases

By Madison Arnold

A California judicial ethics committee has issued a formal opinion advising a judge who is a former prosecutor that a pending case involving a discovery motion under the state's Racial Justice Act does not require the judge's recusal.

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California Anti-Deepfake Law Struck Down By Judge

By Jared Foretek

A California federal judge has agreed to block a California anti-deepfake law as constitutionally and legally invalid, siding with conservative media companies and content creators who argued that the law infringes platforms' First Amendment rights to moderate content on their own and pressures them to censor speech.

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Democracy Forward Launches Appellate Practice

By Lynn LaRowe

The Democracy Forward Foundation has formed an appellate practice on the heels of a hiring spree that has doubled the nonprofit's legal staff since November with former BigLaw and government attorneys, as some private firms have pulled back from taking on cases that challenge the current White House.

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Trump Admin Asks Justices To Halt ICE Arrest Limits In LA

By Hailey Konnath

The Trump administration on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pause a California federal court's order temporarily blocking the government from conducting immigration arrests in the Los Angeles area without probable cause, arguing that it threatens officials' ability to enforce immigration laws.

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Sentencing Commission Plans To Reassess Fraud Guidelines

By Stewart Bishop

The U.S. Sentencing Commission on Wednesday said it will consider potential reforms to the federal sentencing guidelines for fraud offenses, including the outsized role of loss calculation in sentencing, one of several priorities the agency has marked for closer examination.

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Trump Taps Economic Adviser Miran For Fed Board Vacancy

By Sarah Jarvis

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he has chosen Stephen Miran, the chairman of his Council of Economic Advisers, to fill a vacancy on the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors until early 2026 while continuing to search for a permanent replacement.

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