Justices Doubt Gov't Venue Theory In Twitter Employee Case

By Marco Poggio

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appeared sharply skeptical that a former Twitter employee convicted of emailing a falsified document to FBI agents from his Seattle home could be prosecuted in San Francisco, with several justices questioning the federal government's justification for bringing the case where none of the charged conduct occurred.

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Newsom Tightens AI Contract Rules Over Safety Fears

By Rae Ann Varona

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday ordered state agencies to strengthen guardrails for all contracts connected to generative AI tools, highlighting what he sees as risks to free speech, voting rights and mass surveillance, and at the same time encouraging statewide adoption of safe forms of the technology. 

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TriZetto's $70M Trade Secret Verdict Upheld, Total Award Cut

By Ivan Moreno

A New York federal judge has upheld a $70 million compensatory damages verdict for the TriZetto Group in a long-running trade secret fight against Syntel Inc., while also cutting punitive damages to about $140 million and awarding TriZetto more than $12 million in attorney fees.

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Justices Told Fed. Circ. Wrongly Axed Car ID Patent Claims

By Adam Lidgett

A vehicle identification system patent owner wants the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Federal Circuit's reversal of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's decision allowing the company to amend claims in two patents challenged by rideshare giant Lyft.

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Cognizant Hit With $8.4M Verdict Over NYU Prof's Firing

By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal jury on Monday awarded $8.4 million to a New York University professor and former Cognizant Technology Solutions employee who claimed he was fired in retaliation for alleging the information technology company engaged in systematic hiring bias.

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Match, OkCupid Settle FTC Suit Over Info Sharing With AI Co.

By Gina Kim

Match and its dating platform subsidiary OkCupid settled a civil suit Monday by the Federal Trade Commission alleging they shared millions of users' photos and other data with an artificial intelligence company specializing in facial recognition technology, known as Clarifai Inc., without giving users the chance to opt out.

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X Corp. Invokes Cox Ruling To Challenge Music Copyright Suit

By Elliot Weld

X Corp. has argued that a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court last week that an internet service provider couldn't be held liable for its customers pirating music should allow it to escape copyright infringement claims in Tennessee federal court from a group of music publishers.

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US Judge Duo Urge Simplicity In Complex AI, Privacy Fights

By Allison Grande

A pair of U.S. district judges Monday implored litigants to take more time to walk those deciding their disputes through the complex data privacy, artificial intelligence and other technological issues underpinning claims, cautioning that acting otherwise is likely to result in bored juries and discarded legal briefs.

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FTC's Meador Eyeing Platform Design In Kids' Safety Reviews

By Allison Grande

While the Federal Trade Commission isn't interested in "telling companies how to run their businesses," the agency will continue to police online hazards facing children and adults, including those that may be caused by the way that websites are designed, and could impose more "extreme" remedies when necessary, Republican Commissioner Mark Meador said Monday.

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New Bills Would Refresh USDA Broadband Programs

By Nadia Dreid

A bipartisan duo of legislators has teamed up to introduce a quartet of bills they say would make the U.S. Department of Agriculture's broadband programs better at connecting rural communities.

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WTO Meeting Ends Without Agreement On Proposed Changes

By Jack McLoone

The World Trade Organization's ministerial conference in Cameroon closed without an agreement on changes sought by the U.S. and other major economies, though 66 members agreed on an interim arrangement on e-commerce rules.

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5th Circ. Seems Open To Reviving Eyemart Class Action

By Spencer Brewer

A Fifth Circuit panel seemed open to reviving a class action accusing glasses retailer Eyemart Express LLC of selling sensitive personal health information to social media giant Meta, asking Monday why dismissal was appropriate given the complexity of the case.

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5th Circ. Hesitant To Revive CrowdStrike Class Action

By Spencer Brewer

A panel of the Fifth Circuit wanted counsel for a group of passengers who sued cybersecurity company CrowdStrike Inc. after their flights were delayed or canceled during a crippling IT outage to explain who else could get sued under their liability theory, weighing Monday whether the Airline Deregulation Act bars the claims.

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X Gets Backup In Fed. Circ. Fight Against $175M Patent Loss

By Adam Lidgett

Patent quality advocacy group Askeladden LLC has backed X Corp.'s Federal Circuit challenge to a loss of more than $175 million that it saw in a patent infringement suit, saying the patented claims at issue should have been found invalid to begin with.

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Calif. Judge Puts Nexstar-Tegna Merger On Ice During Review

By Christopher Cole

A California federal judge has blocked broadcast giants Nexstar and Tegna from combining operations in their $6.2 billion merger while a legal challenge from DirecTV moves forward, saying the satellite TV company showed irreparable harm could occur from the deal.

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Churchill Downs Kicks Texas Betting Fight To Federal Court

By Alex Lawson

A dispute over Texans' ability to bet on out-of-state horse races is headed to federal court after Churchill Downs Inc. booted the case out of state court Monday, arguing that it is clearly a cross-state dispute.

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Non-Wash. Landlords Escape Yardi Rent-Fixing Case

By Isaac Monterose

A Washington federal judge on Monday tossed antitrust class action claims lodged against out-of-state multifamily landlords that were accused of running a rent price-fixing scheme that used property management software company Yardi Systems' technology, ruling that the court lacks personal jurisdiction over the out-of-state defendants.

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Digital Equity Suit May Be Delayed During Climate Case

By Christopher Cole

A D.C. federal judge will consider delaying arguments in a suit against the Trump administration for gutting the Digital Equity Act while a D.C. Circuit challenge to cuts to environmental grant programs plays out.

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Sanofi Claims IP Life Extension Needed For Double Patenting

By Dani Kass

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board rightly found a Sanofi patent application shouldn't be rejected for obviousness-type double patenting, as it doesn't improperly extend patent life, the French drugmaker and its allies have told U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires.

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Chancellor Rejects Musk Recusal Bid But Transfers Tesla Suits

By Jarek Rutz

The top judge of the Delaware Chancery Court on Monday rejected Elon Musk's bid to force her off three high-profile cases involving stockholders and Tesla, but reassigned the litigation anyway, citing concerns that intense public attention could undermine confidence in the proceedings.

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HPE Seeks Fix After States Expose Confidential Bidding Info

By Ben Adlin

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. urged a California federal judge to order a dozen states and Washington, D.C., to take corrective measures after they publicly filed thousands of pages of confidential documents related to the company's planned $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks Inc.

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Colo. Suit Says Data Brokers Listed Numbers Without Consent

By MJ Koo

A pair of Florida-based data-broker companies were hit with a proposed class action in Colorado state court, alleging they violated a state telemarketing privacy law by listing thousands of Colorado residents' cellphone numbers in their commercial people-search directories without consent.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court's docket this past week featured disputes involving globally recognized companies, high-dollar contract fights, revived claims from the state's high court and the resolution of a closely watched de-SPAC case.

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Justices Won't Touch Ex-CTA Worker's Deleted Text Sanction

By Nadia Dreid

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up the appeal of a former Chicago Transit Authority employee whose retaliation lawsuit was dismissed by the Seventh Circuit as a sanction for spoiling evidence.

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Flex Expands US Power Footprint With $1.1B Purchase

By Al Barbarino

Flex said Monday it will acquire Electrical Power Products Inc., an Iowa-based maker of electrical power control and protection systems, in an all-cash deal valued at about $1.1 billion.

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Former Intel Engineer Fights Trade Secret Suit

By Adam Lidgett

A former Intel engineer has asked a Washington federal court to dismiss a lawsuit alleging he stole nearly 18,000 files before his employment was terminated in July, saying he wasn't properly notified of the case and responded promptly when he found out about it.

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Crypto Hacker Stole $53M For Pokemon Cards, DOJ Says

By Gina Kim

A Maryland man was charged with hacking cryptocurrency exchange Uranium Finance and taking $53 million, and using the money to buy rare Pokemon and Magic: The Gathering trading cards, as well as a piece of the Wright brothers' original plane that Neil Armstrong took to the moon.

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Data Center Satellite Co. Hits $1.1B Valuation In Series A Round

By Nate Beck

A company that develops data centers in space said Monday that it has raised $170 million in its Series A fundraising round, becoming a unicorn startup with a $1.1 billion overall valuation.

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Squire Patton Appoints Andrew Wilkinson As European Chief

By Ashish Sareen

Squire Patton Boggs LLP on Tuesday named a senior commercial lawyer in its London office as European managing partner for the next three years.

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Considering The Risks That Arise When IP Outlives Its Owner

Federal and state court decisions show that the statutory regime for each category of intellectual property promises continuity after the owner's death, but the law does not provide a succession framework for how those rights are to be exercised, says Erin Daly at Daly Law & Strategy.

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How A High Court Music Piracy Ruling Shrinks ISP Liability

The U.S. Supreme Court's recent opinion in Cox Communications Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment, which concerned the boundaries of contributory copyright infringement for internet service providers, dramatically lessens both the risk that an ISP will be held contributorily liable and, relatedly, the incentives an ISP may have to help combat online copyright infringement, say attorneys at Debevoise.

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AI And Threats To Privilege In Financial Sector Probes

The recent spotlight on the potential for artificial intelligence platforms to serve as a source for discoverable information is especially important for financial institutions to understand, as the industry navigates increasingly complex regulatory expectations and AI tools become embedded in investigative efforts, say attorneys at Jackson Lewis.

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Del. Blackbaud Ruling Signals A New Era For Cyberinsurance

The recent Delaware Supreme Court ruling in Travelers v. Blackbaud shows that cyberinsurance is moving into a second maturity phase, in which insurers will increasingly attempt to recover their payments from vendors and insureds will face new pressure to justify cyber incident reimbursements, say Steven Teppler at Mandelbaum Barrett and Jade Davis at Shumaker.

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AI Presents A Make-Or-Break Moment For Outside Counsel

The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence by corporate legal departments is forcing a long-overdue reset of the relationship between inside and outside counsel, and introducing a significant opportunity to shed frustrating inefficiencies and strengthen collaboration for firms willing to embrace the shift, says Intel Chief Legal Officer April Miller Boise.

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Lack Of Harm Dooms Ex-Estate Firm Partner's Bid For Notices

By Abigail Harrison

The founding partner of a trusts and estates law firm lost his bid to have the North Carolina Business Court order the firm to notify thousands of clients of his departure and hand over their contact information, with the judge ruling the lawyer failed to show he suffered irreparable harm.

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Senate Dems Probe Musk's Alleged Role In CTA Retreat

By Sarah Jarvis

Three Democratic senators have asked U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to provide information on Elon Musk's possible involvement in the rollback of the Corporate Transparency Act, saying the department's moves allow entities tied to the billionaire to operate in obscurity.

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Moye White, Ex-Landlord Settle $4M Denver Lease Dispute

By Zach Dupont

Days before the start of a bench trial between a Denver landlord and defunct law firm Moye White LLP in state court, the two parties reached a settlement, ending the litigation where the landlord accused the firm of owing almost $4 million.

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Blumenthal Presses DHS Chief To Scrap ICE Warrant Memo

By Courtney Bublé

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., a top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, is looking for assurances from the newly installed secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, that he will honor his apparent pledge to rescind a policy that allows immigration agents to enter private property without a judicial warrant.

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NC Attys Oppose DOJ Interference In State Ethics Complaints

By Hayley Fowler

A group of North Carolina lawyers is opposing the U.S. Department of Justice's proposed rule allowing the attorney general to review state-level ethics complaints against the department's attorneys, saying such a change would undercut the Tar Heel State's ability to regulate government lawyers.

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Nixon Peabody Hires Hometown Litigator In Rhode Island

By Tracey Read

Nixon Peabody LLP has added a civil and criminal business litigation and trial attorney from Godfrey & Kahn SC to its complex disputes practice as a partner in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Beasley Allen Seeks Stay Of DQ In Federal J&J Talc MDL

By Jake Maher

The Beasley Allen Law Firm asked a New Jersey federal court on Monday to hold off on disqualifying it from talc litigation against Johnson & Johnson while it appeals the disqualification order which it called "unprecedented and incorrect."

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70+ Republicans Ask Justices To Review NY Gun Liability Law

By Courtney Bublé

More than 70 Republican lawmakers from both the House and Senate have urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review an appellate court decision that upheld New York state's public nuisance statute, which allows lawsuits against gun manufacturers that cause public harm.

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Michigan Judge OKs Lawyers' Exit From Atty's Retaliation Suit

By Carolyn Muyskens

A Michigan federal judge has allowed a trio of lawyers to withdraw from representing an attorney accusing her former mentor of sexual harassment and her former law firm of retaliation.

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FTC Backs Florida's Move To Kill ABA's Accreditation Monopoly

By Hailey Konnath

The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday that it supports the Florida Supreme Court's recent decision to end the American Bar Association's longstanding accreditation monopoly, agreeing with the finding that it is "not in Floridians' best interest for the ABA to be the sole gatekeeper" in deciding who sits for the bar exam.

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