Micron Ends Netlist IP Litigation With $600M, 5-Year License

By Dani Kass

Micron Technology Inc. has agreed to pay Netlist Inc. $600 million to end multivenue patent infringement litigation over memory technology, Netlist announced Tuesday.

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Justices Seem To Support End To Intel 401(k) Fund Suit

By Kellie Mejdrich

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared likely Tuesday to affirm a Ninth Circuit decision ending a federal benefits dispute against Intel Corp. from ex-workers who alleged that underperforming 401(k) funds breached fiduciary duties, as multiple justices indicated support for requiring that claims predicated on underperformance include meaningful comparisons.

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Justices Won't Hear Ex-Theranos Exec's Conviction Challenge

By Emily Field

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal by Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, former executive of the blood-testing startup Theranos, of his criminal fraud conviction and nearly 13-year prison sentence,

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Fed. Circ. Weighs Future Of Intel, Micron Memory Patent Suits

By Ryan Davis

The Federal Circuit heard cases Tuesday that will decide if BeSang Inc. can pursue computer memory patent suits against Micron Technology Inc. and Intel Corp., as the judges reviewed a tribunal's decisions upholding the patent and a ruling that led BeSang to concede Micron doesn't infringe.

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Groq Investors Sue Over Nvidia's $20B 'Reverse Acqui-Hire'

By Jarek Rutz

Two former Groq Inc. stockholders have sued the artificial intelligence chip company's directors and a former officer, alleging in a Delaware Chancery Court complaint that they improperly handed Groq's technology and engineering workforce to Nvidia Corp. through a roughly $20 billion reverse acqui-hire without a stockholder vote or a process aimed at getting the best price.

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Brief

USTR Keeps China Tariffs After Industry Push For Extension

By Jack McLoone

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Tuesday announced the continuation of tariffs on some $50 billion worth of Chinese goods installed during President Donald Trump's first term after domestic businesses requested they be extended.

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Fed. Circ. Overrules Albright, Sends Google IP Suit To Calif.

By Elliot Weld

The Federal Circuit on Tuesday overruled former U.S. District Judge Alan Albright's decision to keep a patent dispute between the University of Southern California and Google in the Western District of Texas, ordering the case transferred to California.

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DC Circ. Probes NewsGuard Over Harm From FTC Orders

By Matthew Perlman

A D.C. Circuit panel probed an attorney for NewsGuard on Tuesday about the kind of harm a Federal Trade Commission investigation and merger settlement in the advertising industry caused the news ratings group.

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DC Circ. Wary Of Hikvision Appeal Over FCC Device Denials

By Nadia Dreid

Chinese device-maker Hikvision hoped to convince the D.C. Circuit Tuesday that the Federal Communications Commission doesn't have the authority to strip a company's existing authorizations for national security reasons, but the judges did not seem persuaded.

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DC Circ. Tells FCC To Respond In Fox Philly License Case

By Christopher Cole

The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday ordered the Federal Communications Commission to respond to an advocacy group's petition for court action to compel full commission review of a staff order that tossed a challenge to Fox TV's Philadelphia broadcast license.

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Nike Loses Bid To End Suit Over Misleading Email Promos

By Gina Kim

Nike Inc. must face a proposed class action claiming it spammed customers' inboxes with emails containing misleading subject lines about discount deals that have no expiration dates, as a Washington state judge on Monday rejected Nike's argument that the plaintiff fails to adequately allege the emails were false.

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Apple AirTag Stalking Defect Suits Get Consolidated In Calif.

By Dorothy Atkins

The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has sent nearly three dozen lawsuits alleging Apple Inc. defectively designed AirTags that were susceptible to abuse by stalkers to California's Northern District in a ruling that compared the cases to coordinated multidistrict litigation against Uber Technologies Inc. over driver sexual assaults.

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Sprout Social Must Face Suit Over Troubled Acquisition

By Katryna Perera

An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday denied a bid from Sprout Social Inc. to dismiss a proposed investor class action alleging the social media management company missed its financial guidance and struggled to integrate an influencer marketing platform it acquired, finding the suit's challenged statements are actionable and that the claims suggest the defendants knowingly committed fraud. 

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Texas Justices Leery Of Banning AI Deposition Transcripts

By Spencer Brewer

Texas Supreme Court justices seemed hesitant to bar attorneys outright from using artificial intelligence voice transcription software during depositions, pointing out Tuesday that multiple safeguards exist to ensure accuracy.

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Calif. Urged To Probe Emotional Intelligence Tool For Job Bias

By Dorothy Atkins

The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday filed a complaint with the California Civil Rights Department, asking the agency to investigate Criteria Corp.'s product for screening job applicants by so-called "emotional intelligence," which the ACLU claims raises "serious concerns" about whether the product encourages employers to illegally discriminate.

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Flock, Colo. Towns Violated Residents' Privacy, Suit Says

By Rachel Konieczny

Flock's mass surveillance system and two Colorado towns invaded individuals' constitutional right to privacy by tracking their movements without consent and failing to employ safeguards for law enforcement using the technology, alleges a proposed class action filed in Colorado federal court.

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Roundup

NC Biz Court Bulletin: Monopoly Suit Setback, Historic Deal

By Hayley Fowler

The North Carolina Business Court rounded the corner into fall with a setback for residents in an antitrust class action, a historic settlement in "forever chemical" contamination litigation and a raft of new restrictive covenant complaints.

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3 Firms Steer Uber's $2.3B Buy Of Catering Platform EzCater

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies Inc. on Tuesday unveiled plans to acquire catering platform ezCater in a $2.3 billion all-cash deal that was built by three law firms.

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Skadden, Davis Polk Guide DayOne Data Centers' IPO Filing

By Nate Beck

Singapore-based DayOne Data Centers, a developer of data centers in Europe and Southeast Asia, has filed documents for an upcoming initial public offering guided by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP and underwriters counsel Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.

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CaaStle Approved For $3.5M Settlement With Ex-Leadership

By Vince Sullivan

The Chapter 7 trustee of fashion industry software company CaaStle Inc. received approval Tuesday from a Delaware bankruptcy judge for a $3.5 million settlement of his lawsuit against former directors and officers of the company he accused of fraud and breaches of fiduciary duty.

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Musician Gets 18 Mos. For $8M AI-Streaming 'Bot Farm' Scam

By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal judge sentenced a North Carolina musician to 18 months in prison Tuesday, after he admitted scheming to steal $8 million worth of streaming royalty payments using an army of fake accounts and artificial intelligence-generated songs.

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SEC Says Fintech Inflated Revenue In $6.7M Seed Raise

By Katryna Perera

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has sued financial technology startup Kalder Inc. and its convicted founder and former CEO, alleging that they made false and misleading statements to investors in connection with a $6.7 million seed financing round.

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4 States Accuse TP-Link Of China Ties, Insecure Routers

By Carolina Bolado

The attorneys general of Florida, Montana, Nebraska and Iowa sued California-based TP-Link Systems Inc. on Tuesday, alleging the Wi-Fi router maker concealed its links to a Chinese company and deceptively promoted its products as secure despite vulnerabilities that left consumers open to malicious attacks.

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AG Watch: Texas Takes A Lone State Stand Against Tech Cos.

A look at Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's recent actions against Meta Platforms and Amazon.com illustrates how Texas is distancing itself from multistate coordination, offering practitioners a crucial perspective on navigating individual state actions amid coordinated attorney general litigation, say attorneys at Kelley Drye.

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FCC Covered List Is Pushing Limits Of Supply Chain Scrutiny

Companies outside the traditional telecommunications sector may now need to factor the Federal Communications Commission's equipment authorization requirements into supply chain compliance as the FCC covered list continues to expand as a national security tool, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

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Opinion

PTAB Panels Should Revamp Their IPR Merits Decisions

In light of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires' recent announcement about returning merits institution determinations to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, the implementing framework should strengthen PTAB panels' responsibility for the benefit of both petitioners and patent owners, says Brandon Theiss at AddyHart.

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Ex-FBI Analyst Says Bove Ordered Illegal Protester Probe

By Courtney Bublé

A former FBI agent has come forward with a claim that when U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove was at the U.S. Department of Justice, he directed the Los Angeles field office to illegally investigate protesters.

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3rd Circ. Judge Faces Ethics Complaint For Managing PR Firm

By Adrian Cruz

A pair of U.S. senators from Delaware have filed an ethics complaint with the Third Circuit raising concerns over U.S. Circuit Judge Jennifer Mascott's purported operation of a public affairs agency, months after she was officially confirmed to the appellate court.

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Cornell Hires Ex-Deputy AG Yates To Lead Internal Review

By Christine DeRosa

Following widespread public outrage over how a former student's rape allegations were handled, Cornell University has hired former deputy U.S. attorney general and King & Spalding LLP partner Sally Yates to lead an internal review of its policies and procedures.

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Judge Newman Gets Suspension Fight Moved To 11th Circ.

By Dani Kass

Chief Justice John Roberts has transferred the Federal Circuit's investigation of suspended U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman to the Eleventh Circuit, the latter court said Tuesday.

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DOJ Says 12-Juror Rule Would Cause Unwarranted 'Upheaval'

By Brandon Lowrey

The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to uphold precedent allowing states to use juries of fewer than 12 people in serious criminal cases, saying overruling it could unsettle thousands of convictions and force many states to change their criminal procedure laws.

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Approach The Bench: Judge Panter On Mediating Vs. Judging

By Cara Bayles and Kelley Marcano

When attorneys come before retired Judge Michael Panter, a former circuit court judge in Cook County, Illinois, they sometimes forget that he is not there to decide their cases, but to resolve them.

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UVA Law Prof Takes On Role Of USPTO General Counsel

By Elliot Weld

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said University of Virginia School of Law professor John F. Duffy has joined the agency as its general counsel and acting solicitor.

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