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SEC Strikes Deal With SolarWinds In Data Breach Case

By Jessica Corso

SolarWinds Corp. is on the cusp of resolving the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's novel case alleging the software developer hid faulty cybersecurity practices before a major breach, telling a New York federal judge Wednesday that the parties have agreed to a settlement.

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Amazon Judge Presses FTC On Bid For 'Bad Faith' Finding

By Rachel Riley

As the Federal Trade Commission insisted Wednesday that Amazon should be punished with a bad faith finding for mislabeling documents as privileged in a case over the company's Prime subscription practices, a Washington federal judge questioned why the agency wasn't "made whole" when the court granted its sanctions bid.

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Ill. Judge Asks Deere Rivals To Stop Pestering Court Staff

By Nadia Dreid

The judge overseeing the FTC's antitrust enforcement action against farm machinery maker Deere & Co. has penned a light-hearted order calling out another judge and asking equipment manufacturers to stop calling his staff to ask for advice.

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Ex-Copyright Office Head Fights Gov't Arguments On Firing

By Adam Lidgett

The fired leader of the U.S. Copyright Office said that a D.C. federal judge should ignore the Trump administration's arguments that her removal was lawful, saying the government wants the court to "stand idly by."

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Analysis

The Biggest Patent Rulings Of 2025: A Midyear Report

By Ryan Davis

A ruling by the full Federal Circuit invited greater scrutiny of patent damages testimony, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's acting director established new criteria for rejecting patent challenges. Here's a look at the top patent decisions from the first half of 2025.

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Analysis

Amid DEI Uncertainty, Cos. Face Pressure From All Sides

By Sarah Jarvis

Attorneys have been analyzing the Trump administration's many pronouncements against diversity, equity and inclusion programs over the past several months, only to be left with questions as to what exactly "illegal DEI" is and what the government will do to police it.

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Analysis

High Court Case Tops List of Securities Appeals To Watch

By Jessica Corso

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up at least one shareholder's lawsuit when it reopens its doors in October, and securities attorneys from both the plaintiff and defense bars will be watching that appeal and several others as the year moves forward.

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SUPREME COURT

Feature

The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court's Term

By Jeff Overley

After justices and oral advocates spent much of an argument pummeling a lower court's writing talents, one attorney suggested it might be time to move on — only to be told the drubbing had barely begun. Here, Law360 showcases the standout jests and wisecracks from the 2024-25 U.S. Supreme Court term.

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POLICY & REGULATION

SEC Staff Shares Disclosure Guidance For Crypto ETPs

By Aislinn Keely

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff is providing more insight on its expectations around disclosures for novel crypto exchange-traded products, urging issuers to share risks specific to the product and use plain language over technical jargon to explain the business.

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FCC Floats Pole Attachment Reform In 'Build' Agenda Kickoff

By Christopher Cole

Changes to utility pole attachment rules to expedite broadband deployment could be among the first actions under a much wider "Build America" agenda unveiled Wednesday by the Federal Communications Commission chief.

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FCC To Vote On More 'Delete' Docket Regs This Month

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission plans to vote this month on a proposal to remove outmoded regulations from its books that would advance FCC Chair Brendan Carr's "Delete, Delete, Delete" proceeding to cut down on what he considers burdensome agency rules.

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Bankers Worry TCPA Rule Causes Fraud Alert Blocking

By Jared Foretek

The financial services industry says it is gaining allies in its fight against a 2024 Federal Communications Commission rule making it easier for consumers to opt out of robotexts and calls, telling the agency that groups from a wide range of industries have concerns about the potential for negative impacts from the rule.

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LITIGATION

Chinese Firm Sanctioned In Meta Cybersquatting Fight

By Elliot Weld

A California federal judge has ordered a Chinese information company to pay $1,000 per day until it deposits $5.5 million into an escrow account to satisfy a default judgment for cybersquatting in a suit brought by Meta Platforms Inc.

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TikTok Can Arbitrate Most Sales Reps' Claims Of Unpaid OT

By Emmy Freedman

A lawsuit by a group of sales representatives accusing TikTok of incorrectly classifying them as exempt from earning overtime can largely be sent to arbitration, a California federal judge ruled, saying all but one worker signed an agreement that mandates employment disputes stay out of court.

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SpaceX Investor Wins $1 After Suing Over $50M Deal Scratch

By Jeff Montgomery

A China-tied company that sued a California-based private equity firm for walking back a purported agreement to make a $50 million investment in SpaceX in November 2021 has won a single dollar in damages after a three-year, multiclaim Delaware Court of Chancery suit and trial.

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PTAB Invalidates Claims Of 2 Trading Platform Patents

By Ryan Davis

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board decided Tuesday that all the claims are invalid in two trading platform patents that Intercurrency Software LLC has accused cryptocurrency exchange Binance and others of infringing.

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Apple Gets PTAB To Invalidate Authentication Patent Claims

By Adam Lidgett

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has sided with Apple in its challenge to various claims in an authentication patent, finding that the claims were too obvious to warrant patent protection.

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Netlist Asks For Toss Of Rival's 'Bad Faith' Claims

By Elliot Weld

Netlist Inc. has asked an Idaho federal judge to dismiss a suit brought by rival Micron Technology Inc. alleging bad faith patent litigation, saying the suit was simply an effort to undo a $445 patent verdict that Netlist won against Micron in Texas federal court last year. 

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Retailers Want New NY Algorithmic Pricing Law Blocked

By Hailey Konnath

The National Retail Federation on Wednesday asked a New York federal court to block a new state law that requires retailers to disclose the use of so-called "algorithmic pricing," claiming that the practice helps save customers money and the law would force retailers to use a "misleading and ominous warning."

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Ad Tech Co. Fired Worker Who Questioned AI Tool, Suit Says

By Katryna Perera

A former employee of advertising technology company The Trade Desk Inc. is seeking $2 million in damages in a suit alleging he was fired after reporting that the company was misleading investors about its artificial intelligence capabilities and products.

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Chinese Cannabis Vape Maker Accused Of Monopoly

By Jonathan Capriel

The Chinese companies behind cannabis vape brand CCELL and a number of its U.S. distributors were accused of organizing an anticompetitive price-fixing scheme that gave them market dominance, according a proposed class action lawsuit, at least the second this year to make similar claims.

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Demolition Contractor Sues Over Alleged Project Lockout

By Matthew Santoni

A contractor dismantling a former coal-fired power plant in western Pennsylvania is seeking a court order preventing its replacement from removing scrap material and equipment during a dispute with the developer who wants to turn the site into a data center.

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DEALS

EQV Ventures' Upsized IPO Tops 4 Listings Totaling $830M

By Tom Zanki

Energy-focused special purpose acquisition company EQV Ventures Acquisition Corp. II began trading Wednesday after pricing an upsized $420 million initial public offering, in the largest of four SPAC IPOs totaling $830 million.

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Ingersoll Rand Buys Italy's Termomeccanica For $188M

By Al Barbarino

Ingersoll Rand Inc. has acquired Termomeccanica Industrial Compressors SpA and its subsidiary Adicomp SpA in a €160 million ($188 million) deal aimed at expanding its presence in the renewable natural gas and industrial compressor markets.

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ENFORCEMENT

Calif. AG Secures Record Data Privacy Deal Against Healthline

By Allison Grande

Medical information provider Healthline Media LLC will pay $1.55 million and refrain from sharing certain information with advertisers and other third parties that may reveal website visitors' health diagnoses, as part of the California attorney general's largest settlement to date under the state's data privacy law. 

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Feds Charge Four North Koreans With Crypto Theft Scheme

By Chart Riggall

Federal prosecutors in Atlanta have charged four North Korean nationals with stealing and laundering nearly $1 million in cryptocurrency from a pair of companies after lying about their backgrounds to gain employment with American and European firms.

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PEOPLE

Greenberg Traurig Adds Willkie Private Equity Pro In Houston

By Lynn LaRowe

Greenberg Traurig LLP has added a corporate shareholder in Houston from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, furthering the firm's expansion of its private equity and mergers and acquisitions practices.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

3 Cautionary Tales For Cos. Using Facial Recognition Tech

Whether a business intends to develop its own facial recognition applications or contract with another company to use such services, three recent case studies should be kept in mind to help lower the risk of litigation or regulatory enforcement, says Adam Nyenhuis at Hilgers Graben.

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How Insurance Policies Are Adapting To AI Risk

While many risks related to artificial intelligence may still fit under existing commercial insurance policies, the rise of broad AI exclusions, the definitional uncertainties surrounding what qualifies as AI and the emergence of affirmative AI coverage signal a shift toward a more fragmented and complex coverage environment, say attorneys at Hunton.

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Opinion

Subject Matter Eligibility Test Should Return To Preemption

Subject matter eligibility has posed challenges for patentees due to courts' arbitrary and confusing reasoning, but adopting a two-part preemption test could align the applicant, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the courts, says Manav Das at McDonnell Boehnen.

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8 Ways Lawyers Can Protect The Rule Of Law In Their Work

Whether they are concerned with judicial independence, regulatory predictability or client confidence, lawyers can take specific meaningful actions on their own when traditional structures are too slow or too compromised to respond, says Angeli Patel at the Berkeley Center of Law and Business.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Legal Sector Jobs Continue To Climb, Nearing All-Time High

By Aebra Coe

The U.S. legal industry added 2,800 jobs in June, marking four months in a row of job growth in the sector, according to preliminary data released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Analysis

Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review

By Jack Karp

The U.S. Supreme Court once again waited until the term's closing weeks — and even hours — to issue some of its most anticipated and divided decisions.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

Target's board faces a shareholder derivative suit that accuses the retail giant of damaging the company by implementing an LGBTQ+ Pride-themed marketing campaign, despite knowing the risk of "public backlash." Meanwhile, SolarWinds and the SEC are close to resolving a novel case that alleges the software developer hid faulty cybersecurity practices before a major breach. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Analysis

The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court

By Jack Karp

The number of law firms juggling three or more arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court this past term nearly doubled from the number of firms that could make that claim last term.

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Analysis

What Judges Might Ponder In Judicial Safety Law Challenge

By Carla Baranauckas

A Third Circuit panel set to examine the constitutionality of a judicial safety law born out of the murder of a New Jersey federal judge's son is tasked with what experts are viewing as a lesser-of-two-evils choice: chilling free speech or chilling public service.

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Ex-Treasury Official Joins Covington's Nat'l Security Practice

By Madeline Lyskawa

Covington & Burling LLP has boosted its national security practice with the hire of the former head of the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence under former President Barack Obama's administration as of counsel.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Maryland school district burdened parents' religious rights when it declined to provide opt-outs from a policy that introduced LGBTQ-themed storybooks into its K-12 English curriculum.

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Spectrum, Border, Injunction Changes Included In Mega Bill

By Courtney Bublé

The House voted 218-214, almost along party lines, on Thursday on the reconciliation budget package, which includes a range of policy provisions on nationwide injunctions, spectrum and immigration and now goes to President Donald Trump's desk ahead of the decided Fourth of July deadline.

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Orrick Adds Nixon Peabody Public Finance Atty In LA

By James Mills

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP is boosting its finance team, bringing in a Nixon Peabody LLP public finance pro as a partner in its Los Angeles office.

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Analysis

The Moments That Shaped The Universal Injunction Case

By Cara Bayles and Steven Trader

The U.S. Supreme Court voted along ideological lines when it hindered the ability of federal district court judges to issue nationwide pauses on presidential policies, but that outcome didn't seem like a foregone conclusion during oral arguments earlier this year. What do the colloquies suggest about the justices' thinking? Here are some moments that may have swayed them.

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Justices Extend Due Process Pause To South Sudan Removals

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court clarified Thursday that its recent order allowing the Trump administration to send noncitizens to countries they have no connection to with little notice or chance to object extends to a group of men the government plans to send to South Sudan.

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Analysis

Circuit-By-Circuit Recap: Justices Send Message To Outliers

By Jeff Overley

It was a tough term at the U.S. Supreme Court for two very different circuits — one solidly liberal, one solidly conservative — that had their rulings overturned in eye-popping numbers. But it was another impressive year for a relatively moderate circuit that appears increasingly simpatico with the high court.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bankers Association

Apple Inc.

Association of Corporate Counsel

BDO LLP

BDO USA LLP

BTIG LLC

Beazley PLC

Binance Holdings Ltd.

ByteDance Ltd.

CBS Interactive Inc.

CTIA

Canna Brand Solutions

Cantor Fitzgerald LP

Chubb Ltd.

Clearing House Payments Co. LLC

Comcast Corp.

Competitive Carriers Association

Deere & Co.

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd.

Democracy Forward Foundation

Discord Inc.

DoorDash Inc.

Drummond

Edison Electric Institute Inc.

Ennis Inc.

Equifax Inc.

Ethereum GmbH

FirstEnergy Corp.

Fox Corp.

Gehrke Co. Inc.

Google LLC

Greenlane Holdings Inc.

Harvard University

Human Rights First

Ingersoll-Rand Co.

Instagram Inc.

Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

LinkedIn Corp.

Macy's Inc.

Major League Baseball Inc.

Major Lindsey & Africa LLC

Maples Group

McDonald's Corp.

Medtronic PLC

Meta Platforms Inc.

Micron Technology Inc.

Morgan Stanley

Munich Re Group

NVIDIA Corp.

National Retail Federation Inc.

Netlist Inc.

New York University

Oracle Corp.

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

PacifiCorp

Palantir Technologies Inc.

Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Corp.

Planned Parenthood Federation

Pro Bono Institute

Public Co. Accounting Oversight Board

RELX PLC

RealPage Inc.

Robinhood Markets Inc.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Sephora SA

Slack Technologies Inc.

Smith & Wesson Brands Inc.

Smoore International Holdings Ltd.

SolarWinds Corp.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Stanford University

Supervalu Inc.

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

The Boeing Co.

The Charles Schwab Corp.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

The New York Times Co.

The Trade Desk Inc.

The Wireless Infrastructure Association

ThinkEquity LLC

Thomson Reuters Corp.

TikTok Inc.

United States Telecom Association

University of California Davis

University of Virginia

University of the Pacific

Valve Corp.

VeriSign Inc.

Walmart Inc.

Welch Allyn Inc.

Werner Enterprises Inc.

Zillow Group Inc.

iRhythm Technologies Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

AFN Law PLLC

Abrams & Bayliss

Agnifilo Intrater

Arnold & Porter

Baker Botts

Baker Donelson

Ballard Spahr

Bartlit Beck

Blank Rome

Boies Schiller

Bracewell LLP

Brown Rudnick

Buchanan Ingersoll

Bucher Law PLLC

Bunsow De Mory

Clement & Murphy

Cohen Milstein

Constangy Brooks

Covington & Burling

DLA Piper

Davis Wright Tremaine

Debevoise & Plimpton

Dechert LLP

Dykema

Ellenoff Grossman

Farnan LLP

FisherBroyles

Garteiser Honea

Gibbons PC

Gibson Dunn

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

Greenbaum Rowe

Greenberg Traurig

Greenspoon Marder

Groombridge Wu

Gupta Wessler

Haun Mena

Hausfeld LLP

Hawley Troxell

Haynes Boone

Hilgers Graben

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Hart

Holland & Knight

Hueston Hennigan

Hunton Andrews

Jones Day

Kaplan Law Firm PLLC

Kilpatrick Townsend

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Klein Thomas

Knobbe Martens

Korein Tillery

Kronenberger Rosenfeld

Labaton Keller

Latham & Watkins

Lee & Lin

Lewis Brisbois

Loeb & Loeb

Lomurro Munson

Lowenstein Sandler

Manatt Phelps

Marcus & Shapira

McDermott Will & Emery

McDonnell Boehnen

McElroy Deutsch

McKool Smith

McManis Faulkner

Milbank LLP

Morgan & Morgan

Morrison Foerster

Munger Tolles

Nichols Kaster

Nixon Peabody

Orrick Herrington

Patterson Belknap

Paul & Perkins

Paul Hastings

Pierson Ferdinand LLP

Quinn Emanuel

RKW LLC

Raj Ferber

Reavis Page

Riker Danzig

Ross Aronstam

Seyfarth Shaw

Shapiro Arato

Sheppard Mullin

Sidley Austin

Simon Paschal

Sinergia Technology

Sterlington PLLC

Stinson LLP

Stoel Rives

Sullivan & Cromwell

Thompson Hine

Tollefson IP

Troutman

Tucker Ellis

Venable LLP

Williams & Connolly

Willkie Farr

WilmerHale

Wood Smith

Wright Close & Barger

ZwillGen

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Arkansas Teacher Retirement System

Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives

Bureau of Labor Statistics

California Attorney General's Office

California Privacy Protection Agency

California State Treasurer's Office

Delaware Court of Chancery

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

Food and Drug Administration

Government of Mexico

Internal Revenue Service

International Trade Commission

Library of Congress

National Institute of Standards and Technology

New Jersey Legislature

New York Attorney General's Office

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. Copyright Office

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of State

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Tax Court