'I Won't Be A Silent Jury,' Judge Says As SVB Trial Wraps

By Bonnie Eslinger

The California federal judge overseeing the bench trial on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's claim that Silicon Valley Bank's officers mismanaged its assets before the bank's 2023 collapse told the two sides on Wednesday to be prepared for interruptions to their closing arguments, saying "I won't be a silent jury."

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Analysis

The Biggest Copyright Rulings Of 2026: A Midyear Report

By Theresa Schliep

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a major opinion that limited contributory copyright liability for internet service providers, while a major verdict in a Digital Millennium Copyright Act case could hint at what's to come in artificial intelligence litigation. Here are Law360's picks for the top copyright rulings for the first half of 2026.

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Analysis

Circuit-By-Circuit Guide To The US Supreme Court's Term

By Jeff Overley

Federal appeals courts had wide-ranging successes and struggles during the U.S. Supreme Court's recently completed term: One had its best showing in years following its worst showing in years; one felt déjà vu after recently starting to find favor with the justices; and one saw its reputation for independence occupy a rare role in the Supreme Court spotlight.

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Intel, Google Fight 'Free Rein' Given To USPTO Head

By Hailey Konnath

Intel and Google have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to vacate a Federal Circuit ruling upholding the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's precedent allowing Patent Trial and Appeal Board petitions to be denied based on related litigation, saying the ruling essentially gives the patent office director "free rein."

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Apple's 'Hide My Email' Doesn't Work As Promised, User Says

By Lauren Berg

While Apple Inc. assures consumers it prioritizes their privacy with its "Hide My Email" feature, which purports to shield users' email addresses from third parties, the feature doesn't actually work as promised, according to a proposed class action filed Wednesday in California federal court.

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Squires Grants 10 PTAB Petitions, Denies 14 In Newest Order

By Dani Kass

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires turned away 14 Patent Trial and Appeal Board petitions on Tuesday, while instituting another 10.

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New Conn. High Court Rules Put Filers On Hook For AI Errors

By Aaron Keller

The Connecticut Appellate and Supreme Courts have published new generative artificial intelligence rules which took immediate effect this week, outlining additional paths for sanctions as the justices weigh the fate of a landlord's attorney who admitted his filings contained ChatGPT-induced errors.

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Analysis

Personal Injury & Med Mal Cases To Watch In 2nd Half Of 2026

By Y. Peter Kang

A trial in a suit brought by 29 states accusing Meta's Facebook and Instagram of causing young people to become addicted and a third bellwether trial in the Uber sexual assault multidistrict litigation are among the cases injury and malpractice attorneys will be following closely in the second half of 2026.

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FCC To Vote On Scrapping 39% Nat'l Broadcast Audience Cap

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission will vote next month on whether to ease the 39% cap on national audience share controlled by a single broadcast chain, teeing up a legal fight with opponents who say only Congress can raise the decades-old limit.

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FCC Eyes Revamp Of Telecom Subsidies' Governing Body

By Christopher Cole

After months of agency staff looking into possible changes to high-speed connectivity programs, the Federal Communications Commission is set to vote on a plan next month that would alter the structure of the outside company that manages the funds.

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Wireless Carriers Want FCC Changes To Space Reg Update

By Nadia Dreid

Wireless trade group CTIA told the Federal Communications Commission it supports the agency's plans to slash satellite licensing regulations, but wants to ensure the rules protecting earth stations in shared bands are not cut in the process.

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Analysis

What To Watch In Massachusetts In The 2nd Half Of 2026

By Chris Villani

As midsummer approaches, Massachusetts attorneys are focused on much more than just the Red Sox winning streak and the fallout from the Jaylen Brown trade; from a headline-grabbing federal prosecution to the midterm elections to cases that could shape the state's noncompete laws, practitioners have plenty on their radar in the latter half of the year.

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Fed. Circ. Won't Reopen Challenges To Biometric Sensor IP

By Adam Lidgett

Assa Abloy lost its bid to reinstate challenges to a pair of biometric sensor patents Wednesday when the Federal Circuit backed Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions that the Swedish manufacturing company failed to show claims in the patents were invalid.

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Fed. Circ. Won't Move Zoho Patent Suit From EDTX To WDTX

By Elliot Weld

The Federal Circuit on Wednesday denied a request from Indian technology company Zoho to send a patent infringement case related to private information exchange from the Eastern District of Texas to the Western District of Texas, rejecting its arguments that its U.S. subsidiary was based out west.

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9th Circ. Revives PPP Fraud Suit Against Calif. Mortgage Co.

By Rae Ann Varona

The Ninth Circuit Wednesday revived whistleblower entity Relator LLC's lawsuit accusing a California mortgage lender and its founder of making false statements in a federal loan application, saying in a published opinion that information backing Relator's allegations was not already publicly available so as to bar its claims.

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CIT Judge Says Order Incoming For Next Tariff Refund Phase

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. Court of International Trade judge overseeing U.S. Customs and Border Protection's development of a duty refund system for tariffs struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court forecast new directions for the government as it prepares another phase of its tariff refund system, according to an order published Wednesday.

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Fla. Virtual School Owes $1.3M For 'Abusive' TM Suit

By Craig Clough

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a Florida online school and its attorneys to pay more than $1.3 million in fees following years of "abusive litigation" in a "long and tortured" trademark case against the Virginia-based online school platform Stride Inc.

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Settlement Reached In Trump Media SPAC Exec Hacking Suit

By Corey Rothauser

A lawsuit accusing a Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. director and his associates of improperly accessing confidential files to help remove the former head of the special purpose acquisition company that merged with Trump Media has ended in a confidential settlement, according to a notice filed Tuesday in Florida federal court.

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Google, Epic Drop Bid To Alter Injunction In Antitrust Case

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Epic Games and Google have withdrawn their joint bid to alter an injunction issued after Epic's win in its antitrust case regarding Google's Android app policies.

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Judge Advises 'Splitting The Baby' In Photo Hack Class Notice

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut state judge said Wednesday he would personally suggest language to notify potential class members that a preparatory school IT worker may have accessed their intimate photos and videos, seeking to strike a balance between providing broad notice and avoiding unnecessary panic among former students.

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DC Judge Stays State Dept. 'Censorship' Policy

By Tom Lotshaw

A D.C. federal judge temporarily blocked a U.S. State Department policy purportedly aimed at fighting censorship, ruling a research coalition is likely to show it unlawfully targeted people for protected viewpoints and work in the realm of social media content moderation.

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Apple Allowed To Question Withdrawing Hagens ICloud Client

By Bryan Koenig

A California federal judge has allowed Apple to impose conditions on the withdrawal of a Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP client as a named plaintiff from an iCloud antitrust case, concluding that the consumer's information could be "relevant to spoliation sanctions" or Hagens Berman's adequacy as class counsel.

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T-Mobile Nears Win On WCO Spectrum's Antitrust Claims

By Craig Clough

A California judge said Wednesday that she'll again dismiss WCO Spectrum's antitrust counterclaims against T-Mobile, which has accused the spectrum-buying company of racketeering, but indicated she isn't yet sure whether she'll allow WCO Spectrum to amend its countersuit and try again.

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GM Robotaxi 'Sign-In Wrap' Sends Injury Suit To Arbitration

By Mike Curley

A California appeals court has sent a man's injury suit against General Motors' autonomous vehicle subsidiary to arbitration, saying the "sign-in wrap" agreement he assented to as a customer to Cruise LLC's service was sufficiently conspicuous and would give a reasonable consumer notice of the arbitration clause.

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Texas Court Says $350M Claim Can't Include General Counsel

By Spencer Brewer

The statewide Texas appeals court found that the former CEO of software company Reynolds and Reynolds cannot include the company's general counsel in a $350 million employment lawsuit, saying in a split opinion that the company's general counsel has immunity in this case.

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Meta Tries Again To Nix Android Users' Browsing-Profile Suit

By Gina Kim

Meta on Wednesday took a second stab at nixing an amended consolidated litigation alleging it matched users' browsing activities to their Facebook accounts for targeted advertising purposes and personalizing content, telling a California federal judge the plaintiffs consented to the conduct, which was disclosed in Meta's privacy policy.

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Frontier Sued Over Data Breach Linked To Ransom Group

By Gina Kim

Frontier Airlines' negligence led to a preventable cyber intrusion carried out by a notorious ransomware gang, which was able to secure a "treasure trove" of personal information of current and former employees and customers, according to a proposed class action filed Wednesday in Colorado federal court. 

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Airflow Testing Co. Says Ex-Prez Luring Clients With Stolen IP

By Zach Dupont

A Colorado company that develops airflow testing equipment for aerospace and automotive companies claimed that its former president and his new company are using stolen data and software to poach clients, according to a complaint filed Tuesday in Colorado federal court.

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X.AI Says Man Misused Grok To Create Child Abuse Material

By Lauren Berg

Elon Musk's xAI is suing a man who faces criminal charges of sexually exploiting children, saying in a Texas federal lawsuit that he abused and circumvented the safeguards of the company's generative artificial intelligence chatbot Grok to create child sexual abuse material in violation of the terms of service.

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FIFA Head Violated IOC Neutrality Rules, Rights Group Says

By David Steele

A human rights organization has filed a complaint with the International Olympic Committee alleging FIFA President Gianni Infantino's numerous favors for U.S. President Donald Trump flouted IOC policies on political neutrality.

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Brief

Colo. Judge Finalizes Closed Captioner $500K Wage Deal

By MJ Koo

A Colorado federal judge gave final approval Wednesday to a $500,000 settlement resolving claims that a transcription and closed captioning company failed to pay workers for preparation tasks they performed before their official shift start times.

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PayPal Stock Jumps After Reported $53B Stripe, Advent Bid

By Al Barbarino

PayPal Holdings Inc. shares were up more than 16% on Wednesday afternoon following reports that payments company Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have made a roughly $53 billion offer to acquire the company.

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Emergent Reaches $1.5B Valuation After $130M Fundraise

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Artificial intelligence software creation platform Emergent, led by Goodwin Procter LLP, on Wednesday revealed that it reached a $1.5 billion valuation after closing its latest funding round with $130 million in tow, making the company a unicorn only one year after its public launch.

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DOJ Clears Tech Brokerage Real's $880M Re/Max Deal

By Matthew Perlman

The U.S. Department of Justice has terminated its review of the Real Brokerage's planned $880 million purchase of Re/Max Holdings, allowing the technology-focused real estate brokerage to move ahead with the deal.

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Miami Man Gets Prison For Running Zelle Scam 'Money Mules'

By Brian Steele

A Florida man who admitted to playing a role in scams that stole nearly $660,000 from victims including Zelle users has been sentenced to 32 months in prison.

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Napster Share-Theft Suspect Gets Federal Defenders For Now

By Pete Brush

A North Carolina man accused of posing as a billionaire investor to trick Napster into transferring him 25% of its shares was afforded free-of-charge lawyers Wednesday by a Manhattan federal judge amid a purported effort to retain private counsel.

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Goodwin Adds MoFo Antitrust Pro In San Francisco

By Christine DeRosa

Goodwin Procter LLP has expanded its antitrust capabilities in California with the addition of an attorney from Morrison Foerster LLP, the firm said Wednesday.

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Illinois Audit Law Will Make AI Clauses Actually Enforceable

A law recently enacted in Illinois creates a first-in-the-nation requirement for artificial intelligence developers to undergo annual audits, providing objective standards that can be incorporated into private contracts and addressing the problem of defining responsible AI use, says William Tanenbaum at Moses & Singer.

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Who Owns The Data Behind The Beautiful Game?

Every match at the 2026 FIFA World Cup generates enormous volumes of information that can improve performance, enhance fan engagement and create new revenue streams, but that same data can also create significant legal exposure if rights and responsibilities are not clearly defined, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

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Opinion

Shareholder Derivative Litigation Needs A Better Framework

Uncoordinated, multiforum shareholder derivative litigation is a growing issue for corporate defendants that have little to no recourse for organizing and consolidating actions, but several commonsense steps should be utilized to preempt such disputes, say attorneys at Sullivan & Cromwell.

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How Litigants Are Testing Conversion Therapy Ruling's Scope

Litigants are already using the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Chiles v. Salazar ruling, which applied strict scrutiny to Colorado’s conversion therapy ban, to challenge laws limiting algorithmic rental pricing, artificial intelligence-based discrimination and anti-union employer speech, and courts must soon decide Chiles’ First Amendment limits, say attorneys at O'Melveny.

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How Does Your Compensation Stack Up? Take Our Survey

Is your compensation keeping pace with the rate of inflation? Do you know what your colleagues made last year? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's Law Firm Compensation Survey.

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Simpson Thacher Put Co. Out Of Business, Fla. Jury Told

By Cara Salvatore

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP put an insurance services company out of business with a poorly constructed private securities offering, the company's founder told a Florida state jury Wednesday in opening arguments for trial in his suit alleging the law firm owes him more than $100 million.

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Cornyn, Tillis Still Waver On Blanche AG Bid After Hearing

By Courtney Bublé

Todd Blanche had his nomination hearing to be attorney general on Wednesday and two key Republican senators still have yet to say if they will support him.

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Senate Confirms Fla. Judge Pick Tied To Trump Pulitzer Case

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 51-46, along party lines, Wednesday to confirm state Chief Judge Jeffrey T. Kuntz for the Southern District of Florida.

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Polsinelli, Doctor Seek Toss Of 'Bad Faith' Patent Claims

By Elliot Weld

Polsinelli PC and a doctor who has been a client of the law firm have asked Mississippi and Tennessee federal courts to throw out Zavation Medical Products LLC and Choice Spine LLC's allegations that the firm and its client violated respective state laws by bringing "bad faith" patent infringement claims, saying the statutes the medical device makers rely on can't be brought by distributors or manufacturers.

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Trump Swiftly Fires Court-Appointed Seattle US Atty

By Lauren Berg

Almost immediately after being sworn in as Seattle's new U.S. attorney Wednesday morning, former King County Superior Court judge and federal prosecutor Roger Rogoff was fired by President Donald Trump.

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Dems Probe Clayton's Independence, 2020 Election Views

By Tom Lotshaw

During a Wednesday confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump's pick for national intelligence director, Democratic lawmakers pressed Jay Clayton to explain whether predecessor Tulsi Gabbard should have traveled to Georgia to oversee a search warrant executed at a Fulton County election facility, which she testified the president asked for.

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