Anthropic's $1.5B Copyright Deal With Authors Gets Final OK

By Rae Ann Varona

A California federal judge on Monday gave final approval to Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement resolving authors' allegations the artificial intelligence company pirated their work to train its flagship product, Claude, setting aside roughly $101.5 million in attorney fees for class counsel.

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Analysis

4 Patent Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2026

By Ryan Davis

New limits on the ability to challenge patents tied to when they were issued, the invalidity standards for antibody patents and the test for design patent infringement are all at issue in cases patent attorneys will be monitoring for the rest of the year.

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Meta Can't Block States' Damages Expert In Addiction Trial

By Mike Curley

A California federal judge has denied Meta Platforms Inc.'s bid to exclude testimony from a damages expert offered by a coalition of 29 states from an upcoming trial in a suit alleging Facebook and Instagram are intentionally addictive.

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Apple Can't Get Judge To Toss Masimo's $634M Patent Verdict

By Adam Lidgett

Apple has lost its bid to dodge a jury's finding that it owes $634 million for infringing a Masimo Corp. patent after a California federal judge rejected the tech giant's challenge to how the court construed a key term and its bid for a new trial.

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Meta Slips Suits Over Pump-And-Dump Scam Ads, For Now

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge has tossed two proposed class actions claiming Meta's artificial intelligence tools enabled schemes advertised on Facebook and Instagram that caused nearly $30 million in investor losses, saying the litigation aligns with a recent ruling finding such state claims are barred under federal securities law.

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Uber Decries Punitive-Damages Bid Ahead Of Sex Assault Trial

By Y. Peter Kang

Ahead of a third bellwether trial in multidistrict litigation over alleged sexual assaults by Uber drivers, the company has asked a Texas federal judge to toss a bid for punitive damages, saying state law doesn't allow punitive damages for third-party criminal conduct.

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Analysis

Top Privacy And AI Developments Of 2026: Midyear Report

By Allison Grande

The first half of the year has delivered major developments in the data privacy and artificial intelligence space, including the resumption of action to grow the state data privacy law patchwork, a U.S. Supreme Court decision that raises questions about the future of a key transatlantic data transfer deal and widespread scrutiny of so-called surveillance pricing practices.

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Analysis

Top Gov't Contracting Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2026

By Madeline Lyskawa

Federal courts in the latter half of 2026 are expected to decide if the Trump administration overstepped by designating Anthropic a supply chain risk to national security and whether the False Claims Act's qui tam provisions pass constitutional muster, potentially affecting the government's ability to tackle fraud.

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FCC Poised To Pull Co.'s Test Lab Status Over China Ties

By Christopher Cole

A Federal Communications Commission office is ready to pull a company's certification as an authorized test lab for devices sold into the U.S. market because of its ownership ties to the Chinese government.

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Rural Providers Laud Latest Broadband Map Push

By Christopher Cole

Rural telecoms are pressing lawmakers to advance a new bill to improve granular detail to broadband maps across the U.S. introduced by Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.

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Brief

Trump Curbs Foreign Sourcing Waivers For Weapon Materials

By Natalie Olivo

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday directing the secretary of defense to limit waivers that allow weapons contractors to obtain certain materials from nonallied countries.

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10th Circ. Backs Debt Collector In FCRA Identity Theft Dispute

By Lauren Berg

A Georgia-based debt collection company does not have to face a $500,000 jury verdict that it failed to reasonably investigate a disputed debt involving identity theft, the Tenth Circuit ruled Monday, joining other circuits in holding that it's up to the consumer to show the underlying information was incorrect.

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Legal Center Tells 4th Circ. To Reject FCC Campaign Ad Rule

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

The Campaign Legal Center has asked the Fourth Circuit to set aside recent FCC guidance on political ads, saying it violates the Communications Act of 1934.

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Fed. Circ. Told Decision Clearing Sirius In Patent Case Flawed

By Adam Lidgett

German research institute Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft has urged the Federal Circuit to revive its patent suit against SiriusXM, saying a lower court made various errors when deciding that the satellite radio giant relied on a delay in bringing the suit.

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CIT Judge Changes IEEPA Test Case But Retains Schedule

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Court of International Trade has selected a new underlying case as the one to test the federal government's updates on its system for refunding duties charged under President Donald Trump's struck-down global tariff regime, though it otherwise kept in place certain reporting and hearing deadlines.

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Samsung Directed To Pay Interest Atop $445M Patent Verdict

By Elliot Weld

A Texas federal judge has ordered Samsung to pay prejudgment and postjudgment interest on a $445 million jury verdict that found the South Korean electronics firm was infringing patents covering wireless communications network efficiency.

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Microchip Co. Will Pay $13M To End Merger Severance Fight

By Kellie Mejdrich

A microchip-maker will pay more than $13 million to settle a long-running class action alleging it illegally shut down a severance program following a 2016 merger, according to terms of the proposed deal filed in California federal court.

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Weedmaps $7.5M Investor Deal Gets Preliminary Approval

By Mike Curley

A California federal judge on Monday granted preliminary approval to a $7.5 million settlement to end claims that Weedmaps inflated its monthly average users metric after going public, causing its stock to drop when the truth came out.

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AT&T Can't Get Temporary Stop Of Calif. Carrier Rules

By Nadia Dreid

AT&T was hoping to score a preliminary injunction that would allow it to get around California's requirements that the telecom behemoth continue providing copper phone service throughout the state, but a California federal judge has dashed that hope.

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Int'l Standards Preserve QLED False Ad Suit Against Hisense

By Jonathan Capriel

Hisense USA Corp. can't pull the plug on a proposed class action accusing it of falsely advertising its high-definition televisions as having QLED technology, a California federal judge has ruled, saying the buyers have sufficiently pled their case by leaning on articles and international standards.

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Kalshi's Prediction Market Biz Facing Shutdown In Wash.

By Rachel Riley

A Washington federal judge Monday granted the state's bid to preliminarily enjoin Kalshi's operations in the state, agreeing with Attorney General Nick Brown that the prediction market platform offers unlicensed sports wagering and other illegal online gambling activities.

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Del. Judge Rejects Fast-Track Bid For Agtech Co. Receiver

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court on Monday refused to fast-track a former HerdDogg Inc. founder's bid to place the agricultural technology company into receivership and denied her request for a temporary restraining order, finding she failed to show current evidence of insolvency or an imminent threat of irreparable harm.

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T-Mobile Broke Data Breach Notification Law 722K Times

By Nadia Dreid

T-Mobile broke Washington's data breach notification law 722,060 times after its servers were breached in 2021, a state judge said, ruling that the text messages the mobile company sent violated both the law's required method of delivery and its content requirements.

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Cox, Insurers Battle For Early Win In Media Coverage Suit

By Kelcey Caulder

Cox Enterprises and two insurers competed Monday for an early win in the company's suit alleging it was wrongly denied coverage for more than $15 million in expenses spent defending, and ultimately settling, a lawsuit that aimed to hold the internet service provider liable for users' illegal downloads.

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Amazon Says Atty's Defense In TM Suit Still Baseless

By Elliot Weld

Amazon has asked a Washington federal judge to reject a renewed motion to dismiss from a California attorney being sued for alleged participation in a trademark fraud scheme, claiming she was rehashing arguments from her prior motion, which the company said was riddled with artificial intelligence-generated hallucinations.

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Uber, Lyft Urge Court To Block NYC Driver Deactivation Law

By Linda Chiem

Uber and Lyft have told a Manhattan federal judge that New York City overstepped in enacting an unconstitutional new ordinance prohibiting the ride-hailing companies from "deactivating" drivers without formal notice and investigation, saying that carving out certain provisions from the regulation still doesn't save it from scrutiny.

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Google Data Sharing With Temu Violates DOJ Rule, Suit Says

By Lauren Berg

Google shares internet users' sensitive information with Chinese e-commerce giant Temu and a technology firm the Pentagon calls a "Chinese military company," violating a U.S. Department of Justice rule preventing the bulk transmission of data to "countries of concern," according to a proposed class action in California federal court.

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Honda Driver Says Defective Camera Disables Safety Features

By Kia Fatahi

A Honda driver said multiple vehicle models have a defect in their windshield-mounted front-facing sensor camera, which causes safety and driver assistance features to malfunction simultaneously, telling a California federal court that drivers are left with clusters of warning messages and costly repairs.

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JPMorgan Infringed Privacy Tech Patents, Software Co. Claims

By Adam Lidgett

JPMorgan Chase's payment processing systems have been infringing a trio of patents covering technology meant to protect data during transactions, according to a lawsuit filed in Texas federal court.

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Emirates Stole Meal-Booking Trade Secrets, Startup Says

By Benjamin Morse

An aviation technology startup accused aviation holding company The Emirates Group and two affiliates of stealing trade secrets for a passenger meal-preordering platform and launching a copycat service, according to a Colorado federal court complaint.

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Green Groups Ask Court To Bar SpaceX Texas Land Transfer

By Spencer Brewer

Environmental groups asked a D.C. federal court Monday to halt a deal that will see hundreds of acres of formerly protected habitat near the Texas Coast transferred to Space Exploration Technologies Corp., saying that an immediate injunction is needed to block the transfer while litigation plays out.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court last week tackled disputes involving intellectual property, corporate control, fiduciary duties, artificial intelligence, trust administration and cryptocurrency litigation.

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Latham, Cooley Steer $1.5B Tempus Cancer Testing Deal

By Al Barbarino

Chicago-based Tempus AI said Monday it has agreed to acquire cancer diagnostics company Personalis in a deal with an enterprise value of about $1.5 billion, with Latham & Watkins LLP and Cooley LLP advising, respectively.

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AI Software Biz Neo Emerges From Stealth With $100M

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Agentic software control company Neo launched on Monday with $100 million in venture capital funding, which will be used to increase the company's headcount as it continues to build a secure control layer for enterprise artificial intelligence agents.

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Prysmian, Molex Ink $6.2B Deal For Data Center Cables

By Isaac Monterose

Cable manufacturer Prysmian has signed a 10-year, more than $6.2 billion supply agreement with Koch Inc. subsidiary and electronics company Molex to make optical cables for data centers, Prysmian announced Monday.

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FCC Settles With Telecoms Over 'Rip And Replace' Violations

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Two telecommunications companies will pay $10,000 each to the Federal Communications Commission to settle claims that they didn't file "accurate and truthful" statements when participating in a telecommunications gear replacement program.

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Greystar Settles Out Of Kentucky's RealPage Antitrust Case

By Isaac Monterose

Kentucky has settled its antitrust claims against landlord Greystar Management Services LLC, which the state accused in federal court of using RealPage's revenue management software to engage in rent price-fixing.

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DOJ Says It Shut Down 1K Illegal World Cup Streaming Sites

By Elliot Weld

The U.S. Department of Justice seized more than 1,000 internet domains that were used for unauthorized streaming of the FIFA World Cup, the agency said Monday.

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2 Microsoft Matters Could Help Shape AI Antitrust Outlook

A pending federal court case and investigation focusing on Microsoft's allegedly anticompetitive conduct in the deployment of artificial intelligence tools are testing whether antitrust law can distinguish ordinary competition to supply the AI ecosystem from conduct that distorts how that competition unfolds, says Kylie Kim at Massey & Gail.

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Preparing For Next Congress With Eye On Investigation Risk

Rod Rosenstein, Brian Whisler and Bruce Linskens at Baker McKenzie offer advice for organizations seeking to build a proactive response plan to potential congressional oversight as the election looms.

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How Competitive Is Your Compensation? 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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Trump Admin Wants Susman Godfrey DQ In ABA's EO Suit

By Adrian Cruz

Over a year into a suit by the American Bar Association challenging 2025 executive orders targeting law firms, the Trump administration is looking to have Susman Godfrey LLP disqualified as plaintiffs' counsel, alleging the firm can't act as counsel in a case where it's also a key witness.

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Simpson Thacher Points To Audit Issues In Malpractice Trial

By Cara Salvatore

A corporate founder seeking more than $100 million in a malpractice case against Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP endured a withering cross-examination in Florida state court Monday over his companies' money flows and an auditor's refusal to certify their financial statements two years after the fundraising transaction he believes the firm botched.

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Jackson Walker, US Trustee Denied Delay In Romance Dispute

By Emma Cueto

Jackson Walker LLP and the U.S. Trustee's Office, grappling with the aftermath of a romantic relationship between one of the firm's former partners and a then-bankruptcy judge, will not be able to delay pretrial proceedings to continue negotiating a possible settlement, a judge ruled Monday.

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AGs Say DOJ Suit Would 'Upend' Atty Discipline System

By Phillip Bantz

Attorneys general in 20 states have raised alarms over the U.S. Department of Justice's "unprecedented effort" to halt a disciplinary case in D.C. against former federal prosecutor Jeffrey Clark, warning the Trump administration is trying to "upend a centuries-old system of attorney discipline" and put federal government lawyers beyond the reach of local disciplinary authorities.

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Tennessee Lawyer Disbarred For Doxxing Judge, Hiding Client

By Rachel Rippetoe

The Supreme Court of Tennessee on Monday upheld a decision to permanently disbar a family law attorney for harassing a juvenile court judge online and illegally hiding a client and their child from police officers in her home.

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Trump Demands Review Of Judges' Science Manual

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump has escalated a recent controversy over a scientific manual for federal judges that has been around for over three decades. 

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Another NYC Public Defense Union Sets Strike Deadline

By Andrea Keckley

The Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem union became the latest New York City-area legal aid union to set a strike deadline this week, announcing Monday that its over 230 members will walk off the job if they don't reach a deal with their managers by Friday at 8 a.m.

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Atty Says Firm Used Info From Merger Talks Against Him

By Christine DeRosa

A Florida-based attorney and accountant has accused DeWitt LLP of retaliating against him after he declined to merge his estate practice with the firm by representing a woman he sued for defamation in a separate case after he had shared confidential information with DeWitt.

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NYC Judiciary Advisory Committee Executive Steps Down

By Andrea Keckley

The executive director of New York City's Mayor's Advisory Committee on the Judiciary has resigned, a City Hall spokesperson confirmed Monday, as the committee's near-total vacancy continues.

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