Texas Sues OpenAI, Altman Over ChatGPT Safety Claims

By Spencer Brewer

The Texas attorney general's office sued OpenAI and its chief executive Sam Altman in state court Friday, alleging the company breached consumer protection laws by unleashing a chatbot that often gives harmful advice and is addictive to children.

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NetChoice Seeks To Halt Calif. Social Media Warning Law

By Allison Grande

Tech trade group NetChoice is pressing a California federal court to strike down a state law that will soon require social media platforms to display mental health warning labels, arguing that the mandate violates the "bedrock" constitutional prohibition on forcing services to "act as a mouthpiece" for the government.

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5th Circ. Revives Facebook Users' Eyemart Wiretap Suit

By Rae Ann Varona

The Fifth Circuit on Friday revived a group of Facebook users' proposed class action accusing Eyemart Express LLC of disclosing their HIPAA-protected information to Meta without their consent, saying in a published opinion that Eyemart and a district court had read the statutory definition of individually identifiable health information too narrowly.

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Startups, Inventors Urge High Court To Review $2.6B IP Case

By Dani Kass

The Alliance of U.S. Startups & Inventors for Jobs has called for the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Centripetal Networks LLC's petition arguing a $2.6 billion infringement victory against Cisco was taken away without due process, with the organization warning the holding will disincentivize innovation by smaller companies and individuals.

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Verisk Must Pursue $2.35B AccuLynx Deal, Del. Court Says

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Supreme Court on Friday upheld a ruling that Verisk Analytics Inc. improperly abandoned its $2.35 billion acquisition of roofing software company AccuLynx, leaving the data analytics company obligated to keep pursuing federal antitrust clearance and close the deal if regulators approve it.

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Del. Chancery OKs $250M Activision Settlement, $60M Fees

By Jarek Rutz

Microsoft Corp.'s $250 million settlement of stockholder claims stemming from its $75.4 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. won Delaware Chancery Court approval Friday, as the chancellor rejected an investment fund's attempt to preserve a separate federal securities suit and awarded $60 million in attorney fees.

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News Orgs Fight OpenAI, Microsoft's Fair Use Arguments

By Elliot Weld

News organizations locked in a sweeping fight with OpenAI and Microsoft over whether artificial intelligence developers should be able to legally use news content to train AI asked a New York federal judge Friday not to rule that doing so is fair use, arguing the tech companies see a world where they can freely copy entire articles.

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Trump Signs Law Updating Wireless Emergency Alert System

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

President Donald Trump has signed into law a bipartisan, bicameral act that will modernize the emergency alert infrastructure by integrating satellite networks into the Wireless Emergency Alert system.

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Fla. AG Proposes Kid Safety Chatbot, Social Media Law

By Emily Field

The Florida attorney general on Thursday proposed legislation aimed at protecting children on social media that would require age verification and parental consent for apps, block AI chatbots from creating sexual content or feigning companionship, and put in place protective features on social media for teenagers.

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Lawmaker Report Targets 'Pay-To-Play' Antitrust Enforcement

By Matthew Perlman

A new report from Democratic lawmakers found that influence from the White House appears to be resulting in lax antitrust enforcement and higher consumer prices, citing a number of recent settlements, case dismissals and merger decisions.

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Feds Urged To Nix Bank Examiner Limits Over AI Cyber Risks

By Jon Hill

The Senate Banking Committee's top Democrat called Friday for federal banking regulators to scrap recent policies that raise the bar for issuing and escalating supervisory criticism at banks, warning they could obstruct oversight needed to stay ahead of rising artifical intelligence-enabled risks.

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FCC's Gomez Urges More NAB Engagement On 'Censorship'

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission's only Democrat wants the broadcast lobby to pull more weight in defying what she described as an FCC campaign of "censorship and control" over the media.

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Lone FCC Democrat Calls E-Rate Sunset Proposal 'Misguided'

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

The lone Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission has issued her support for extending The E-Rate Program to provide discounts on eligible connectivity services for schools and libraries during a visit to a New Hampshire school district.

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FCC Nat'l Security Clampdown Draws Rare Industry Rebukes

By Christopher Cole

Industry leaders see the Federal Communications Commission hitting for a high batting average during President Donald Trump's second term, pushing deregulation they have sought for years. But when it comes to putting the squeeze on device imports from foreign adversaries, business groups are less than bowled over — and they're letting the FCC know it.

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Leave 2.5 GHz Band Out Of Satellite Plan, T-Mobile Says

By Nadia Dreid

T-Mobile says the Federal Communications Commission's plan to expand the coverage that satellites provide from space is a good one, but the agency should refrain from auctioning off the 2.5 gigahertz band for that purpose, arguing it should be reserved for operations on the ground.

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Canada, Turkey Announce Partnership For Boosting Trade

By Jack McLoone

Canada and Turkey are working toward growing the economic ties between the two countries, including through a free trade agreement, their leaders announced, as Canada continues to look to build new international trade relationships and expand its existing ones.

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Nvidia Investors Ink Class Deal After Brief High Court Run

By Katryna Perera

Nvidia Corp. investors told a California federal judge that they've struck a deal with the chipmaker in a shareholder case that briefly went before the U.S. Supreme Court and that claims the company failed to inform investors about its reliance on the volatile crypto market.

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Google Avoids Wiretap Claims Over AI Customer Service Calls

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge has tossed proposed class claims alleging Google violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act by training its artificial intelligence tools through the customer service software it provided to Home Depot, and the judge required pursuing arbitration for plaintiffs who called customer service for Verizon, Uber and Discover.

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Monolithic Execs' Trading Plans Can't Sink Investor Fraud Suit

By Ben Adlin

A Monolithic Power Systems Inc. shareholder's proposed class action accusing the semiconductor firm of lying to investors about product defects and its relationship with Nvidia Corp. will move forward following a Washington federal judge's denial of the company's bid for a favorable judgment in the case.

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Dutch Software Co. Seeks To Unravel $400K Contempt Order

By Hayley Fowler

A Dutch software company is looking to undo a $400,000 sanctions order against it in a long-running trademark battle with its former U.S. partner, saying there is no evidence of harm to the opposing party sufficient to support the court's contempt ruling.

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AI Cardiac Imaging Co. Heartflow Files IP Suit Against Rival

By Adam Lidgett

Artificial intelligence-powered cardiac imaging company Heartflow Inc. is accusing a competitor of infringing its patents covering a noninvasive heart test and luring almost a dozen of its employees to make a similar product.

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Ultrahuman Sued By Ouraring Again After Redesign Win

By Elliot Weld

Smart ring-maker Ouraring Inc. has filed another lawsuit against rival Ultrahuman Healthcare Inc., asserting two patents it said were not addressed in an earlier suit that resulted in an import ban that was later lifted when Ultrahuman redesigned its product.

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MLS Sites Sue Compass To Enforce Exclusive Listing Ban

By Nate Beck

A group of six regional multiple listing services covering eight states sued brokerage giant Compass in New York federal court, claiming the company has threatened antitrust litigation to avoid rules set by MLS platforms that would stop Compass from withholding exclusive property listings.

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NJ Data Center Notified Of Suit Over Unpermitted Gas Engines

By Gautama Mehta

A community organization intends to sue the developers of DataOne, a 3.1 million-square-foot data center under construction in southern South Jersey, alleging that they are operating dozens of gas-fired engines at the site without having applied for the necessary permits.

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Fortinet Sued Over Cybersecurity Technology In EDTX

By Dani Kass

Long Horizon Technologies LLC has accused cybersecurity company Fortinet Inc. of infringing a patent directed to installing embedded firmware.

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Workers Accuse Samsung Of Skipping Overtime Pay

By Emily Brill

An American unit of Samsung refused to pay its workers overtime, instead making them accept "comp time" that was paid at the same rate as their regular hourly pay, according to a lawsuit filed by former workers in New Jersey state court.

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Uber Accused Of Negligently Hiring Driver Who Raped Woman

By David Aaro

Uber Technologies Inc. negligently hired a driver with a lengthy criminal history who sexually assaulted a passenger just days before Christmas, according to a lawsuit filed in Georgia federal court.

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Metropolis Asks Chancery To Block 1,900 Privacy Arbitrations

By Jarek Rutz

Parking technology company Metropolis has sued 14 California parking lot customers in Delaware Chancery Court, accusing their law firm, Keller Postman LLC, of orchestrating more than 1,900 arbitrations over license plate data to pressure the business into a settlement.

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Brief

Insulet Can't Keep Injunction During Trade Secret Appeal

By Elliot Weld

The Federal Circuit has denied insulin product developer Insulet Corp.'s request to keep an injunction in place against rival EOFlow Co. Ltd. while it appeals an axed $59 million trade secrets jury verdict to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Economy Top Of Mind As M&A Optimism Falls, Survey Shows

By Al Barbarino

A new survey from Dykema Gossett PLLC found that roughly half of dealmakers expect U.S. mergers and acquisitions activity to increase over the next 12 months, down from 74% last year, but there is notable enthusiasm about the middle market strengthening and artificial intelligence speeding up deal processes.

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Roundup

Taxation With Representation: Milbank, De Brauw, Wachtell

By Zak Kostro

In this week's Taxation With Representation, EQT Private Equity announces a takeover offer for life sciences testing company Qiagen NV, Salesforce acquires customer engagement platform Braze and London Stock Exchange Group buys U.S. credit intelligence provider Octus.

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SpaceX, Tesla Special Committees Review Potential Merger

By Al Barbarino

After billionaire Elon Musk said earlier this week that a SpaceX and Tesla Inc. merger would be a "good idea," SpaceX confirmed in a filing that its board formed a special committee to evaluate a potential combination, while Tesla said it formed its own special committee to explore "deepening Tesla's relationship" with SpaceX.

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Don't Miss It: Kirkland, Latham Steer Latest Hot Deals

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

A lot can happen in the world of mergers and acquisitions and equity fundraising over the course of a couple of weeks, and it's difficult to keep up with all the deals.

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NYSE Owner's $6B MarketAxess Deal Clears US Review

By Matthew Perlman

Federal antitrust enforcers have ended their investigation of Intercontinental Exchange's planned $6 billion acquisition of fixed income trading platform MarketAxess Holdings Inc. after the companies gave enforcers more time to review the transaction.

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'Millennial VC' Loses New Trial Bid Over Alleged Atty Failure

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge on Thursday denied convicted self-described "millennial" venture capitalist Michael Rothenberg's latest new trial bid, rejecting his argument that his prior counsel's failure to consult a forensic accountant undermined his defense nearly three years after a jury found him guilty of money laundering and fraud.

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Hims & Hers Says Privacy Policy, Disclosures Foil FTC Suit

By Gianna Ferrarin

Hims & Hers Health Inc. urged a California federal court to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission's suit accusing it of misleading consumers about its privacy and billing practices, arguing the agency ignored the telehealth platform's disclosures about those practices in an attempt to "manufacture deception."

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Rhode Island AG Says Meta Profited From Scam Ads

By Craig Clough

Rhode Island sued Meta on Thursday for allegedly allowing fake or scam advertisements promoting everything from cryptocurrency schemes and purported miracle Alzheimer's cures featuring deepfakes of Meryl Streep to nudification apps to proliferate on its platforms while generating billions of dollars in revenue from them.

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Brief

FCC Grants Intel's Automatic Vehicle Waiver For 1 Year

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission has granted Intel Corp. a one-year waiver from rules that could otherwise subject the automated vehicles used in its chipmaking plants to security restrictions.

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How FCC Robocall Rules Reshape TCPA Opt-Out Compliance

The Federal Communications Commission's recent changes to its Telephone Consumer Protection Act rules may simplify how businesses process consumer opt outs for robocalls and robotexts, but they also introduce nuances to the opt-out process that may be challenging to operationalize, say attorneys at Hunton.

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3 Steps To Mitigate The Cyber Risks From Employee AI Use

Recent data showing a doubling in breaches tied to employee use of unapproved AI tools demonstrates a convergence of cybersecurity risk, data privacy exposure and legal liability that workplace policies don't often address, but business leaders can get ahead of these risks, say attorneys at Ogletree.

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4 Steps For Cos. Amid Russia Sanctions Law Uncertainty

Russian companies, their U.S. subsidiaries and businesses with Russian commercial relationships should take concrete steps to determine their exposure under ambiguous provisions of legislation that recently expanded the scope of U.S. sanctions, notwithstanding an Oct. 16 executive order waiving most of its restrictions, say attorneys at Wilk Auslander.

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Are You Happy With Your In-House Role? Take Our Survey

Is your company giving you everything you need to succeed? What are some misconceptions about working in-house? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Satisfaction Survey.

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Weil Merger Talks With Willkie End, Another Partner To Leave

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP have ended merger discussions and another top Weil partner is set to depart the firm, sources with knowledge on the matters told Law360 Pulse on Friday.

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Q&A

Holland & Knight Legal Profession Head On MSO Dealmaking

By Al Barbarino

Holland & Knight LLP partner Trisha Rich is at the forefront of the firm's work in a fast-growing corner of the legal industry, advising law firms setting up management services organizations, or MSOs, as well as the investors looking to buy into them.

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Trump Adviser Ducking Service In Exec Orders Suit, ABA Says

By Jack Karp

Trump attorney Boris Epshteyn has evaded service of subpoenas, so the American Bar Association should be allowed to pursue alternative means of serving him in its lawsuit over President Donald Trump's efforts to intimidate BigLaw firms, the organization is telling a Washington, D.C., federal judge.

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Mass. Judge Jailed Atty For 'Attitude,' Ethics Complaint Says

By Julie Manganis

A former Massachusetts state court judge placed a public defender into custody for hours over his "attitude" during a March 2025 hearing, the state's judicial conduct commission has said in a disciplinary complaint.

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SEC Fights LSU Claim That Case Citations Were 'Hallucinated'

By Alex Lawson

The Southeastern Conference is disputing claims that it submitted "hallucinated" case citations in its lawsuit challenging Louisiana State University's efforts to add former professional players to its sports teams, urging an Alabama federal judge to strike the allegations.

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Insurer Says NY Firm Staged Accidents For Suits

By Danielle Ferguson

A reinsurance company has filed another complaint accusing a New York personal injury law firm of recruiting workers to stage injuries in support of meritless claims, a few months after the Second Circuit dismissed similar claims because the insurer didn't have any direct injuries to bring a racketeering suit. 

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Ex-DOJ Officials And Judicial Nominees Vie For Office

By Courtney Bublé

Hundreds of candidates are on the ballot in the midterm elections, happening in less than two weeks, and among them are former U.S. Department of Justice officials and unsuccessful judicial nominees.

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9th Circ. Judge Hints Trump US Atty Firing OK Despite 'Chaos'

By Rachel Riley

A Ninth Circuit judge remarked on Friday that President Donald Trump's ouster of court-appointed Seattle U.S. Attorney Roger Rogoff has sown "chaos," but pushed back against Rogoff's contention that the move amounted to executive overreach, noting that the president already controls the office via the attorney general.

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NY Commercial Attys Must Justify Discovery Cost Bids Early

By Andrea Keckley

New York Courts Chief Administrative Judge Joseph A. Zayas said in an administrative order earlier this month that commercial litigators who want opposing counsel to fund some or all of the discovery process must state their basis for the request and provide a "good faith" estimate of the costs.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

McGinn Montoya Love Curry & Sievers PA and DiCello Levitt lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a New Mexico federal judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion over the lies that the social media giant offered the public regarding its data privacy practices.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Meta's legal chief says the company will appeal a $25 billion verdict involving data privacy practices including the Cambridge Analytica scandal. And a new study shows that while in-house starting salaries are staying stable, adding special skills like AI expertise can lift them higher.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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