Musk Tells Jury 'Biased' Judge Forced His Twitter Buy

By Bonnie Eslinger

Elon Musk testified Wednesday in a California federal trial over Twitter investors' claims that the billionaire tanked the company's stock to get a better deal and said he paid the full $44 billion offer price because a Delaware district judge overseeing litigation over the sale was "extremely biased" against him.

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Analysis

1988 Privacy Law, New Tracking Tech: Supreme Court Steps In

By Allison Grande

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon hear a dispute over a decades-old video data privacy law, a matter that's expected to have major implications for not only the crush of litigation brewing under the statute but also for similar disputes involving the application of older statutes to the unanticipated capabilities of modern technology.

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Post University Wins $75M IP Verdict Against File Sharer

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut federal jury hit the parent of academic file sharing site Course Hero with a $75.3 million verdict on Wednesday, finding that it violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act more than 3,000 times when it manipulated documents that belonged to Post University.

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CoStar Wants High Court Review Of Antitrust Counterclaims

By Isaac Monterose

CoStar Group Inc. and CoStar Realty Information Inc. made another attempt to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to review the revived antitrust counterclaims lodged by CoStar's business rival, Commercial Real Estate Exchange Inc.

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9th Circ. Spurns Uber's Bid To Halt Seattle Gig Worker Law

By Rachel Riley

A divided Ninth Circuit panel on Wednesday rejected Uber and Instacart's attempt to block a Seattle law regulating deactivation of app-based worker accounts, rejecting the companies' contention that the ordinance amounts to a First Amendment violation.

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Fed. Circ. Wrestles With TQ Delta's Appeal Of $11M IP Win

By Theresa Schliep

The Federal Circuit grappled Wednesday with TQ Delta's challenge to the method of calculation behind its $11.1 million award in its patent infringement case against CommScope Holding Co., with one judge asking tough questions about TQ Delta's characterization of parts of the lower court proceedings.

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Social Media Addiction Fed Girl's Conflict With Mom, Jury Told

By Craig Clough

A UCLA psychiatrist testified Wednesday in a landmark bellwether trial over allegations that using Instagram and YouTube harm children's mental health, saying that a girl's social media addiction contributed to friction with her mother.

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Zuckerberg Denies 'Addiction' In Testimony Played To NM Jury

By Cara Salvatore

New Mexico jurors saw videotaped testimony Wednesday from Mark Zuckerberg in the state attorney general's social media mental health trial in which the Meta CEO acknowledged that "problematic use" is a well-known problem among accountholders but rejected labels like "addiction" and "habit-forming."

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Google AI Coached 'Mass Casualty' Attempt, Suicide, Suit Says

By Dorothy Atkins

The father of a 36-year-old Florida man who recently died by suicide sued Google LLC in California federal court Wednesday, alleging Google's chatbot Gemini deluded his son into believing it was his "AI wife," convincing him to attempt a "mass casualty" attack at Miami International Airport and then coaching his suicide.

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Former NPR Host Says Google Trained Its AI On His Voice

By Lauren Berg

Journalist David L. Greene, former longtime co-host of NPR's "Morning Edition," says Google stole his voice to train its artificial intelligence podcasting product, allowing users to mimic his cadence and personality without his consent or any kind of compensation, according to a lawsuit removed to California federal court this week.

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Analysis

How AI's Power Surge Is Rewriting Energy Deal Strategy

By Al Barbarino

The surge in electricity demand from artificial intelligence and data centers is redrawing the U.S. energy investment map, tilting capital back toward natural gas even as global dealmakers continue to deploy billions into renewable platforms.

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Analysis

Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action

By Jeff Overley

If this month's circuit calendars were a March Madness bracket, we'd struggle to pick the top-seeded showdown. Big Pharma against the False Claims Act, or big business against President Donald Trump's visa fees? A big bank's view of "human life wagers," or en banc review in a State Farm class action?

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Senator Asks DOJ To Reassess NFL's Antitrust Exemption

By Nadia Dreid

It cost nearly $1,000 all said to watch every single National Football League game this season, between cable packages and streaming services, and one senator is wondering whether it's time for the U.S. Department of Justice to take another look at the league's antitrust immunity.

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FCC Says Minn. Telecom Can't Skip Fines For RDOF Default

By Nadia Dreid

The Federal Communications Commission is dashing the hopes of a Minnesota telecom that won't be able to bring internet to 1,300 rural locations that it signed up to serve, denying the company a waiver and telling it to pay up for dipping out on its Rural Digital Opportunity Fund obligations.

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Brief

Consumer Protection Measures On Tap For March FCC Votes

By Nadia Dreid

The Federal Communications Commission has consumer protection on the brain, and during its monthly meeting at the end of the month, it will focus on matters related to keeping consumers safe, the agency said.

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Fed. Circ. Backs PTAB Ax Of Coaxial Cable Patent Claims

By Adam Lidgett

The Federal Circuit on Wednesday refused to revive numerous claims across four coaxial cable patents owned by PPC Broadband Inc., affirming competitor Amphenol Corp.'s successful challenge to the claims at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

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3rd Circ. Nixes Stay Of Bankruptcy Court Order In Ligado Case

By Emlyn Cameron

The Third Circuit has allowed a Delaware bankruptcy judge to make Inmarsat Global Ltd. support a spectrum-rights application filed by telecommunications group Ligado Networks LLC and AST SpaceMobile Inc.

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Amazon Shoppers' Attys Must Explain AI Use In Botched Brief

By Rae Ann Varona

A Washington federal judge Wednesday ordered attorneys representing Amazon customers in a proposed class action alleging deceptive supplement labeling to explain whether and how generative artificial intelligence was used in a filing with errors they've since apologized for, and what "verification mechanisms" they had for the nascent technology's use.

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Judge Calls FTC's Boycott Subpoenas 'Exceedingly Broad'

By Bryan Koenig

The Federal Trade Commission battled Wednesday with the latest challenger to its administrative subpoenas examining an alleged advertising boycott of conservative voices in front of a D.C. federal judge who offered few hints about whether she'll temporarily block the information demands but did call them extremely broad.

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Insurer Must Defend Uber In Crash Injury Suits

By Hope Patti

An insurer for for-hire drivers breached its duty to defend Uber in 23 personal injury suits, a New York federal court ruled, saying underlying allegations that Uber is liable for the conduct of the drivers rendered it an insured party under the policies.

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ITC Probing Patent Infringement Claims Against ASUS, Others

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. International Trade Commission said Wednesday it will investigate claims made by AX Wireless that laptops, routers and computer products imported into the U.S. by ASUSTeK, TP-Link Systems Inc. and other companies are infringing five patents.

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Meta Seeks Bench Trial, Not Jury, In Mental Health MDL

By Jonathan Capriel

Facebook and Instagram's parent company has had a change of heart when it comes to facing a jury on claims they caused underage users to become addicted to their platforms, resulting in emotional harm, telling the California federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation that they would now prefer a bench trial.

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Google Agrees To More Android Changes In Deal With Epic

By Matthew Perlman

Google and Epic Games offered a California federal court a new proposal Wednesday to modify an injunction issued in a monopolization case over the distribution apps on Android devices, while also reaching a broader agreement on global changes to the mobile operating system.

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NH Tech Co. Sues Rohde & Schwarz Over Signal Patents

By Elliot Weld

A New Hampshire technology company has sued a U.S. subsidiary of Rohde & Schwarz, claiming it infringed a set of patents covering wireless network optimization and requested at least $136 million in damages. 

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Hayden AI Hits Co-Founder With Fraud, Trade Secret Claims

By Elliot Weld

Artificial intelligence startup Hayden AI has sued one of its co-founders, alleging that after it fired him for forging board signatures and improperly charging personal expenses, he took large amounts of trade secret data to start a competing company.

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Polymarket Challenges Mich.'s Gambling Law Enforcement

By Katryna Perera

Polymarket US filed suit Wednesday seeking to block Michigan from enforcing its gambling laws against the prediction-market exchange, marking the latest in the fight between prediction-market exchanges and state regulators that is playing out across the country.

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Care Management Co. Accused Of Swiping Software Platform

By Adam Lidgett

The developer of software used in the Medicare treatment arena has sued a customer care management company in Delaware Chancery Court, accusing it of wrongfully using the platform to create a competing application.

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Brief

Neb. Bank Reaches $2.4M Deal To Settle MOVEit Breach Suit

By Joyce Hanson

A family-owned Nebraska bank has agreed to pay $2.4 million to resolve its part in a MOVEit software security incident affecting customers' personal data, according to a consumer's bid for preliminary approval of a proposed class action settlement in Massachusetts federal court.

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GI Partners Gets 2 Md. Data Centers From Harrison Street

By Grace Dixon

Private alternatives investment firm GI Partners announced Wednesday that it has acquired two data centers in Laurel and Severn, Maryland, both of which are fully leased to a single user. 

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Fashion Tech Biz CEO Pleads Guilty To $300M Investor Fraud

By Katryna Perera

The founder of bankrupt apparel technology company CaaStle Inc. pled guilty Wednesday to one count of securities fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud hundreds of investors out of $300 million by using sham documents to falsely promote a "rapidly growing business" supposedly worth $1.4 billion.

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Ex-FBI Special Counsel Moves To Crowell & Moring's DC Team

By Jack Rodgers

A former special counsel to the FBI director has joined Crowell & Moring LLP's privacy and cybersecurity group, where he'll counsel clients on cybersecurity threats and help them navigate the changing legal and regulatory environment related to those dangers.

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Compliance Takeaways Amid Subscription Practices Scrutiny

The Federal Trade Commission's prioritization of enforcement regarding deceptive billing and cancellation practices in recurring subscriptions, and new click-to-cancel rulemaking expected on the horizon, carry key takeaways for companies using recurring subscriptions to sell products or services, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

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AI Communications May Be Discoverable In Patent Litigation

A New York federal court's recent determination that a defendant's correspondence with an artificial intelligence tool was not protected by attorney-client privilege may have significant ramifications for patent matters, highlighting the risk of AI use in patent prosecution and litigation tasks, say attorneys at Seed IP.

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Series

Law School's Missed Lessons: In Court, It's About Storytelling

Law school provides doctrine, cases and hypotheticals, but when lawyers step into the courtroom, they must learn the importance of clarity, credibility, memorability and preparation — in other words, how to tell simple, effective stories, say Nicholas Steverson and Danielle Trujillo at Wheeler Trigg, and Lisa DeCaro at Courtroom Performance.

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Judge Questions DOJ Stance In ABA's Intimidation Suit

By Jared Foretek

A Susman Godfrey LLP attorney told a district judge that the Trump administration's recent double-reversal on its executive orders targeting law firms proved that attorneys fighting government action face a real and ongoing threat and urged the judge not to toss a suit from his client, the American Bar Association, to end the "Intimidation Policy."

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DOJ Seeks Power To Block State Bar Probes Of Agency Attys

By Jake Maher

The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to pause and review state-level ethics complaints against its attorneys to combat what the agency called "weaponization" of ethics processes, a proposal that drew concerns from ethics scholars for overstepping states' authorities.

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Bondi Subpoenaed To Testify On DOJ's Epstein Investigation

By Lauren Berg

The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday voted to subpoena U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify about the U.S. Department of Justice's investigation into deceased child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with five Republicans joining their Democratic colleagues to compel Bondi's testimony.

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Analysis

Trump's FCA Expansion Plan Heightens Compliance Risk

By Sarah Jarvis

In light of the Trump administration's record False Claims Act enforcement haul, companies should be especially mindful of a planned expansion in the scope of enforcement and the false compliance certification risks that may bring, attorneys say.

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SEC, PCAOB Auditor Enforcement Plummeted In 2025

By Sarah Jarvis

Both the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board saw decreases in accounting and auditing enforcement activity in 2025, including sharp decreases in SEC settlements and PCAOB fines for auditing actions.

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Comey, James Urge 4th Circ. To Reject Indictment Revival Bid

By Emily Sawicki

Former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James have urged the Fourth Circuit not to revive criminal indictments filed against them last year in the Eastern District of Virginia, arguing they were fatally flawed because they were brought by a federal prosecutor who was not lawfully in that position.

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Appeals Panel Debates NJ's Duty In Prosecutor Ethics Case

By George Woolston

A New Jersey appellate panel on Wednesday weighed whether it was in the state's best interest to represent an assistant prosecutor in an ethics proceeding, questioning how a prosecutor is different from any other attorney called before the disciplinary board.

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