Dems Press Skadden On Trump Pro Bono Pact, Intel Deal Work

By Lauren Berg

A group of Democrats demanded Tuesday that Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP disclose details of its pro bono arrangement with the Trump administration in light of allegations the firm advised both Intel Corp. and the U.S. Department of Commerce when the administration received a 10% company stake.

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Full Fed. Circ. Won't Review Apple's ITC Loss Against Masimo

By Dani Kass

The full slate of Federal Circuit judges will not reconsider a panel's determination that Apple has infringed Masimo Corp.'s blood oxygen monitor patents in a high-profile case that led to some Apple Watch imports being banned.

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7th Circ. Probes Offset Restitution In Hytera-Motorola Dispute

By Celeste Bott

Seventh Circuit judges appeared amenable Tuesday to Motorola's argument that an Illinois federal judge wrongly refused to order Hytera to pay restitution for stealing trade secrets and improperly treated Hytera's payments in parallel civil litigation as offsets in the criminal case, effectively nullifying Motorola's punitive damages award.

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Google's Copyright Claims Over Scraping Tossed, For Now

By Ivan Moreno

A California federal judge has dismissed Google's complaint accusing data-scraping company SerpApi of bypassing technological safeguards to copy and resell the tech giant's search results, ruling that Google did not plausibly allege its anti-scraping system operated with the authority of copyright owners whose content appeared in those results.

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Mother Of Musk's Child Asks Texas Court To Toss XAI Suit

By Spencer Brewer

The mother of one of Elon Musk's children has asked a Texas federal court to toss a suit brought by Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, that alleges breach of contract, telling the court that xAI's actions constituted "a race to the courthouse dressed up as a lawsuit."

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Sen. Warner Unveils 4-Part AI Guardrail Package

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., proposed legislation Tuesday that would create guardrails on artificial intelligence and impose disclosure requirements on data centers' demands on power and water infrastructure and effects on the environment.

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NJ Gov. Says Software Glitch Let 400 Noncitizens Vote

By Britain Eakin

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill said Tuesday that a software glitch in the state's motor vehicle system between 2023 and 2024 accidentally registered about 6,600 individuals to vote and that roughly 400 of them voted.

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FCC Aims For Changes To Rural Healthcare Program

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission will consider a plan next month to let rural healthcare providers use previously approved rates in a telehealth program without needing to file new paperwork to justify costs.

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Apple's Bid To Invalidate Speech Patent Revived On Appeal

By Ryan Davis

The Federal Circuit on Tuesday gave Apple Inc. another opportunity to show that claims in a Zentian Ltd. speech recognition patent are invalid, faulting the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's decision to uphold the patent, which is at issue in a California infringement suit.

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Centripetal IP Survives Fed. Circ. Despite 'Ghost In The Room'

By Theresa Schliep

A Federal Circuit panel on Tuesday backed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision that declined to strike some claims in a cybersecurity patent owned by Centripetal Networks LLC, even if a "ghost in the room" suggests that it's preserving unpatentable claims.

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Canon Notches Another Fed. Circ. Win In Inkjet Patent Fight

By Adam Lidgett

The Federal Circuit on Tuesday declined to reboot claims in a Slingshot Printing patent covering a printhead for an inkjet printer challenged by Canon at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, less than a week after the appeals court backed decisions invalidating claims in three similar patents.

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Arbitration Valid In Tax Privacy Suit, H&R Block Tells 9th Circ.

By Zak Kostro

A California federal judge wrongly denied H&R Block's bid to make two filers arbitrate allegations that it unlawfully shared private data with Meta and Google, the tax preparation company told the Ninth Circuit, disputing the district court's finding that an underlying arbitration agreement is too unfair.

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Acer Can't Escape Ericsson Dispute Over 4G, 5G Patents

By Adam Lidgett

A Delaware federal judge won't throw out Ericsson's suit seeking a finding it didn't infringe Acer Inc. patents covering 4G, LTE and 5G wireless standards, despite Acer filing litigation first in Texas accusing Ericsson's customers of infringement.

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Claims Tossed That Fund Backed Child Sexual Abuse Material

By Bonnie Eslinger

A hedge fund and its affiliates have escaped claims over financing and advice they provided Pornhub's parent company, as a California federal judge found the suit didn't show they had a direct connection to traffickers who uploaded child sexual abuse material or that they knew the platform was "rampant" with the content.

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Mullen Fights To Keep Patent Suit Against Samsung Alive

By Adam Lidgett

Mullen on Tuesday opposed a magistrate judge's recommendation that the court find invalid its patents covering location-based services on mobile devices asserted against Samsung, saying it is at odds with a recent Federal Circuit decision.

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Ex-Justice Screened From Vik's $65M Deutsche Bank Suit

By Aaron Keller

Former Connecticut Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard A. Robinson has been screened from participating in billionaire Alexander Vik and his daughter's vexatious litigation and $65 million stock sale turnover lawsuit against Deutsche Bank, according to the financial institution's lawyers at Day Pitney LLP.

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Data Capture Alone Doesn't Violate Calif. License Plate Law

By Rae Ann Varona

A California state appeals court has refused to revive a proposed class action that accused a vehicle location data company of unlawfully collecting drivers' data through automatic license plate readers, saying in a published opinion that the suit's plaintiff couldn't lean on his "subjective belief" that his privacy was invaded.

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United Airlines, Cyber Insurer Spar Over CrowdStrike Losses

By Hope Patti

Cyber insurer Homesite Insurance Co. and United Airlines filed dueling lawsuits in Illinois federal court this week over losses stemming from the CrowdStrike outage in 2024 that brought air travel to a standstill.

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Defaults Didn't Deny Users Ad-Free Search, Google Says

By Bryan Koenig

Google again is pushing a California federal judge to toss consumer antitrust claims accusing it of shutting out rival search engines that offer better privacy safeguards and no ads, arguing they still haven't shown harm, and thus standing to sue, from the contracts making it the default search engine.

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Nintendo Seeks Game Over For Tariff Refund Class Suit

By Jack McLoone

A proposed class action looking to force Nintendo to reimburse customers for increased costs that were explicitly tied to President Donald Trump's now struck-down tariff regime should be handled in arbitration or tossed entirely, the company told a Seattle federal court.

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Fintech Says Deutsche Bank Shouldn't Escape Blacklist Suit

By Katryna Perera

A self-described barter-based payment platform alleging it was improperly placed on an industry blacklist by Deutsche Bank has urged a New York federal judge not to grant the bank's dismissal bid, arguing the German lender has constructed an "unpled 'if ... then' scenario" and asks "the court to assume that it is factual."

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Resume Builder Defends Antitrust Case Against Rival

By Matthew Perlman

Rocket Resume Inc. is defending its antitrust case in California federal court accusing Bold Ltd., the owner of Monster and CareerBuilder, of monopolizing the U.S. market for online resume-building platforms.

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India-Based AI Founder Says Colo. Court Lacks Jurisdiction

By Zach Dupont

The former chief business officer and founder of an AI mapping company accused of copying thousands of its rivals' maps told a Colorado federal judge Monday that the court has no jurisdiction over him and that the claims against him must be dismissed.

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Clipway Clinches $6.4B Debut Secondaries Fund

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Secondaries firm Clipway, advised by Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, on Tuesday announced that it closed its debut secondaries fund after securing $6.4 billion of investor commitments.

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AI Could Raise US Tax Take $216B By 2030, Report Says

By Kevin Pinner

Rapid adoption of artificial intelligence could grow U.S. federal tax revenues by up to $216 billion in 2030, yet that figure would be twice as large if income gains weren't skewed toward capital instead of labor, the Yale Budget Lab said.

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FCC Launches 1st Foreign Drone Enforcement Action

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday that it has launched the first action to revoke authorizations from a company for allegedly trying to get around a blanket ban on foreign-made drones.

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Calif. Privacy Agency Targets Gig Economy In Inaugural Audit

By Allison Grande

The California Privacy Protection Agency on Tuesday kicked off its long anticipated series of sectoral privacy audits, announcing that its first focus would be on how transportation, delivery and other gig economy platforms are handling consumers' and workers' personal information. 

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Fla. Man Charged In NYPD Bribery Case Part Of 'Larger' Probe

By Pete Brush

A Florida businessman who allegedly tried to bribe the former head of the New York City Police Department's School Safety Division for an $11 million panic-alert app contract is part of a "larger" ongoing probe, a Manhattan federal prosecutor said Tuesday.

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A&O Shearman Hires Davis Polk Restructuring Pro In NY

By Tracey Read

Allen Overy Shearman Sterling has hired a former Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP counsel as a restructuring partner in New York.

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Navigating OFAC's 50% Rule For Cross-Border Exec Mobility

A recent Office of Foreign Assets Control guide signals that its 50% ownership rule can determine not only sanctions compliance but also whether a company can sponsor multinational executives for immigration, highlighting an often overlooked interaction between sanctions and immigration law, says Xuan Zhang at Reid & Wise.

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High Court Rulings Could Alter Agency Strategy For Cos.

The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decisions in Trump v. Slaughter and Trump v. Cook mark major turning points in the law of independent agencies and in how regulated companies should think about federal enforcement, rulemaking and agency-facing strategy, say attorneys at Holtzman Vogel.

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Holland & Knight Hit With $1.2B Malpractice Suit

By Madison Arnold

A real estate firm is accusing Holland & Knight LLP and three attorneys of malpractice in a new complaint filed in Florida state court and is seeking up to $1.2 billion in damages after more than 30 states opened investigations into the company's practices.

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Co. Turned Away Simpson Thacher's Deal Meeting, Jury Told

By Cara Salvatore

A retired Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner who handled the fundraising round alleged to have destroyed Patriot National Inc. testified in a Florida state malpractice trial Wednesday that the insurance services company waved off his attempt to present details to the board.

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Pillsbury Data Breach Suit Voluntarily Dismissed

By Matt Perez

A proposed class action against Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP over a data breach last year has been voluntarily dismissed by the named plaintiffs, following a granted motion to stay in April to discuss mediation.

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DLA Piper Says Deception, Not Bias, Cost Palestinian Atty Job

By Grace Elletson

DLA Piper urged an Illinois federal judge to toss a Palestinian attorney's suit claiming the firm revoked a job offer out of discrimination, arguing it rescinded the offer because she concealed allegations that she assaulted someone at a protest.

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DC Bar Leaders Say DOJ Ethics Suit Encourages Misconduct

By Emily Sawicki

Washington, D.C., attorney regulators continue to garner support in their effort to toss a Justice Department lawsuit over alleged "weaponizing" of executive branch lawyer discipline, with D.C. bar organizations, scores of legal scholars and more than 500 former DOJ attorneys backing the disciplinary authorities.

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Mich. Gets Judge With Blue Slips In 1st For Trump Admin

By Courtney Bublé

The U.S. Senate voted 62-36 on Wednesday to confirm Michael Martin, a longtime federal prosecutor, to the Eastern District of Michigan and Benjamin Flowers, former solicitor general of Ohio, to the Sixth Circuit.

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DOL IG Says Info-Sharing Pacts Lacked Safeguards

By Irene Spezzamonte

U.S. Department of Labor Inspector General Anthony P. D'Esposito testified Wednesday before a U.S. House subcommittee that during the Biden administration, the department shared confidential information with plaintiffs' attorneys without notifying the Wage and Hour Division or the Employee Benefits Security Administration.

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Gov't Attys May Face Broader Duty To Report Misconduct

By Alison Knezevich

Attorneys representing the government could face "more demanding" obligations to disclose misconduct by people within their client organizations than attorneys representing private entities, according to an ethics opinion issued Wednesday by the American Bar Association.

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Retired Judges Rip Bid To Ban Foreign-Born Federal Judges

By Courtney Bublé

A group of 58 retired federal judges, appointed by presidents of both parties, on Wednesday came out strongly against recent proposals from Republican lawmakers that would require federal judges to be natural-born U.S. citizens and relinquish any citizenship that is not of the United States.

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US Marshals Can't Make Immigration Arrests In DC Court

By Rae Ann Varona

A D.C. federal judge Wednesday refused to toss a lawsuit from a certified class of immigrants challenging immigration arrests by U.S. marshals in D.C. Superior Court, declaring that the marshals lack authority and necessary training for the arrests.

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Securities Class Action Deals On Target To Hit 6-Year High

By Katryna Perera

The value of class action settlements is on track to reach a six-year high of $4.4 billion, fueled in part by a handful of "mega settlements" and other high-dollar deals, a Cornerstone Research report released Wednesday said. 

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