White House Unveils New AI Cybersecurity Clearinghouse

By Hailey Konnath

The White House has launched a clearinghouse for both the government and the private sector that's aimed at identifying and patching cyber vulnerabilities using artificial intelligence, according to an announcement made Tuesday.

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NY Gov. Signs Data Center Moratorium Executive Order

By Isaac Monterose

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed an executive order that blocks any new hyperscale data center projects from being built in her state by temporarily pausing environmental permits for those types of projects, the governor's office announced Tuesday.

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9th Circ. Erases Comet's $40M Trade Secret Verdict

By Ivan Moreno

A split Ninth Circuit panel on Tuesday overturned Comet Technologies USA's $40 million trade secret verdict against XP Power and ordered a new trial, holding in a precedential decision that the jury was wrongly instructed that XP had to prove Comet's claimed secrets could have been lawfully discovered or reverse-engineered.

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Patent Eligibility Bill Divides Senators Over Health Costs

By Ryan Davis

Several U.S. senators expressed strong support at a hearing Tuesday for a bill aimed at expanding which inventions are eligible for patents, while others appeared to have reservations about the potential effect of the proposed changes on healthcare costs.

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Google Is Wrong, 'Settled Expectations' Is Legal, Justices Told

By Adam Lidgett

Software company VirtaMove has argued that the U.S. Supreme Court should ignore Google's challenge to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's policy of using the age of patents as a reason to not review them, saying Google's fight is based on a false foundation.

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Quinn Emanuel, Spiro Ousted From CoStar Copyright Fight

By Elliot Weld

A California federal judge has disqualified Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and its attorney Alex Spiro from representing a commercial real estate platform in a copyright infringement suit brought by CoStar, agreeing that the firm's representation of CoStar in a different case should result in its removal from this one.

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Silicon Valley Bank Ignored BlackRock's Advice, Judge Hears

By Bonnie Eslinger

Silicon Valley Bank disregarded advice from BlackRock's investment advisory firm suggesting the bank reduce the amount of its long-term mortgage-backed securities, the bank's former treasurer acknowledged Tuesday under questioning from a California federal judge during a bench trial over the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's claim SVB mismanaged its assets before its 2023 collapse.

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Meta Employees Say AI-Tainted Layoffs Should Be Blocked

By Vin Gurrieri

Over two dozen Meta employees accused the tech giant of unlawfully picking them to be laid off using artificial intelligence tools that penalized people who took protected leave or received workplace accommodations, and they urged a California federal court to suspend their terminations until their legal claims are resolved.

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Google Faces Another AI Copyright Suit By Publishers

By Adam Lidgett

Book publishers and legal novelist Scott Turow have lodged a copyright infringement suit alleging Google used their works to train its artificial intelligence model Gemini following an earlier suit they launched against Meta.

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Analysis

News Orgs Need To Show AI Uses More Than Just Facts

By Elliot Weld

News organizations suing artificial intelligence companies for allegedly infringing their copyrighted content for AI training must show that chatbots are using the organizations' prose as opposed to merely uncopyrightable facts, or that the practice is diluting the market for human-made journalism, experts told Law360.

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The Biggest Telecom Developments Of 2026: Midyear Report

By Christopher Cole

A key high court win for the Federal Communications Commission and its plans to reshape the regulatory code, reorder the nation's telecom priorities, and take broadcasters to task for purported leftward leanings all headlined a busy first half of 2026 in telecom law.

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Fiber Group Tells FCC To Vet State Pole Dispute Policies

By Nadia Dreid

Congress has given states the power to claw back control over pole attachment rules from the Federal Communications Commission through so-called reverse preemption, but a fiber broadband group says the agency needs to make sure those states have adequate regulations in place when it comes to settling disputes.

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Broadcasters, Fire Chiefs Press For AM Radio In Cars

By Christopher Cole

Dozens of broadcasters and emergency responders converged Tuesday on Capitol Hill to push for passage of a bill requiring automakers to continue manufacturing vehicles with AM radio capability.

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Fed. Circ. Won't Revive Eyewear Tech Patent Claims

By Adam Lidgett

The Federal Circuit on Tuesday shot down an attempt to bring back claims in a patent covering a sensor in eyewear meant to detect human eye movement, affirming a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision that the claims were obvious.

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Apple Again Beats Suit Over CSAM Detection Failures

By Jonathan Capriel

Apple has defeated another proposed class action filed by child abuse victims who claim the company allowed predators to store sexual abuse images and videos on iCloud, with a California federal judge saying the victims "deserve better" and calling on the company and lawmakers to act.

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2 Firms Tapped To Lead Super Micro Investor Action

By Sydney Price

A California federal judge has appointed Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check LLP and Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP to lead a now-consolidated investor class action alleging Super Micro Computer failed to disclose that a large portion of its server sales were made to Chinese companies in transactions that violated U.S. export controls and led to three arrests.

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Mich. Panel Reinstates $1.5M Engineering Malpractice Verdict

By Susan Smiley

A Michigan appeals court on Monday reinstated a $1.5 million professional negligence verdict against an engineering company, ruling that the trial court improperly changed the jury's award to damages for breach of contract.

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Centripetal Seeks Squires Reversal Of Cisco Patent Win

By Ryan Davis

Centripetal Networks has asked U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires to undo a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision invalidating its cybersecurity patent at issue in a since-vacated multibillion-dollar judgment against Cisco Systems, saying the ruling flouted the law.

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Coinbase Wants Texas Court To Toss Blockchain Patent Suit

By Spencer Brewer

Coinbase Global Inc. asked a Texas federal judge to toss claims alleging the company infringed a group of patents covering improvements to blockchain technology, saying the asserted patents violate "bedrock principles of patent eligibility."

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Security Co. Says Data Tracking Suit Didn't Allege Sharing

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A home security camera company has urged a Washington federal court to toss a proposed class action accusing it of tracking and sharing the activity of visitors to its site, saying the complaint didn't allege it shared any confidential or personal information.

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RJ Reynolds Says TCPA Doesn't Apply To Texts, Cellphones

By Hayley Fowler

Tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds is looking to duck a proposed class action accusing it of sending unsolicited text messages, saying a North Carolina federal judge should apply recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent on judicial deference to find the Telephone Consumer Protection Act doesn't apply to cellphones or texts.

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Sports Video Analytics Co. Defends Hudl Monopolization Case

By Alex Lawson

An antitrust feud over sports video analytics services is heating up in New Jersey federal court, where QwikCut LLC is fortifying its argument that Hudl Inc. has monopolized the market for assisting high school and college teams.

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YouTube's 'Ad-Free' Service Is 'Littered With Ads,' Suit Says

By Rae Ann Varona

Videos streamed on YouTube's paid "ad-free" monthly subscription service are still "littered with ads" that often have nothing to do with the content being watched, subscribers alleged in a proposed class action filed Tuesday in California federal court.

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Brief

IBM Nets Deal To End Ex-Sales Specialist's Age Bias Suit

By Hayley Fowler

IBM has settled a 63-year-old's lawsuit accusing the global technology company of systemic age bias, North Carolina federal court records show.

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AI Drug Discovery Biz Valued At $3.8B After Series C Round

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Artificial intelligence-based drug discovery company Chai Discovery on Tuesday revealed that it reached a $3.8 billion valuation after closing its latest funding round with $400 million in tow.

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Insurance Tech Co. Hits $1.9B Valuation After Fundraise

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Insurance technology company Cover Genius on Tuesday revealed that it reached a $1.9 billion valuation after completing a $100 million capital raise.

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Diodes To Buy ElevATE In $250M Automated Test Chip Deal

By Al Barbarino

Semiconductor maker Diodes Inc. said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire privately held ElevATE Semiconductor Inc. for $250 million in cash, expanding its presence in the automated test equipment market and broadening its analog and mixed-signal product portfolio.

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Wilson Sonsini-Led TerraFirma Secures $115M Of New Capital

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Critical infrastructure-focused construction company TerraFirma, advised by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC, on Tuesday revealed that it raised around $115 million in new capital.

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States Will Get $18M From 23andMe Ch. 11 For Data Breach

By Brian Steele

A week after a bankruptcy court approved a $46.75 million settlement between the DNA testing company 23andMe and data breach claimants, a coalition of more than 40 states announced Tuesday that they would share in an additional $18 million to resolve claims of unreasonable security practices.

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DC Circ. Asked To Force FCC's Hand On Petition Against Fox

By Christopher Cole

An advocacy group urged the D.C. Circuit Tuesday to compel the Federal Communications Commission to review Fox's character fitness as a broadcast licensee after its Philadelphia TV station aired Fox News' 2020 cable election coverage rather than let stand a staff level decision dismissing the group's petition.

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Apple Can Subpoena 14 Fed. Agencies In Antitrust Suit

By Rae Ann Varona

A retired New Jersey federal judge Tuesday denied the federal government's bid to quash subpoenas Apple is seeking in the government's smartphone monopolization lawsuit against the tech giant, finding the government's justifications for withholding the discovery unpersuasive.

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'Bulletproof Hosting' Providers Indicted For Aiding Hacks

By Allison Grande

A trio of Russian nationals and the "bulletproof hosting" services they operated have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Ohio on charges that they helped facilitate cyberattacks against banks, hospitals and other critical infrastructure operators across nearly two dozen states and several countries, leading to more than $62 million in losses, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday.

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Former Deputy Patent Commissioner Kim Joins Jones Day

By Dani Kass

A newly departed U.S. Patent and Trademark Office deputy commissioner with a strong background in artificial intelligence has joined Jones Day as a partner in its global intellectual property practice, the firm said Tuesday.

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Occupier Contract Strategies For Locking In Expansion Rights

In a market defined by record-setting demand, shrinking availability and rising rents, large commercial office occupiers must treat expansion space planning as a strategic priority, including by auditing existing rights, understanding the competitive landscape within their buildings and exploring creative lease provisions, says Josh Winefsky at HSF Kramer.

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Blanche Called Anti-Weaponization Fund 'Mistake,' Per Durbin

By Courtney Bublé

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Tuesday the anti-weaponization fund created as part of the president's settlement with the IRS was "a mistake," according to Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., after his meeting with Blanche.

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Justices Seek More Funds Over Increased Threats, Talk Ethics

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan made rare Capitol Hill appearances Tuesday, discussing the court's budget request for fiscal 2027, the "shadow docket" and ethics issues.

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Bronx Defenders Union OKs Strike 1 Year After Last Walkout

By Andrea Keckley

The Bronx Defenders has become the third New York City-based legal aid organization to authorize a strike this month, which comes just one year after the group's most recent walkout.

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Trump Lawyer Matthew Schwartz Confirmed To 2nd Circ.

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 50-45, along party lines, on Tuesday to confirm Matthew Schwartz, one of President Donald Trump's personal attorneys and a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

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Ky. Law Prof Wants Court To Block Judge For Dean Pick

By Hailey Konnath

A University of Kentucky law professor asked a federal court to block U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove from becoming the next law school dean, claiming that the appointment has "stripped the faculty" of their credibility on the basis of peer review.

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Calif. Bar Settles With Administrators Of 'Disastrous' Bar Exam

By Andrea Keckley

The State Bar of California has reached a settlement with the administrators of its "disastrous" February 2025 bar exam, whose array of highly publicized technical glitches prevented hundreds of aspiring lawyers from completing the test.

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