'So What?': Judge Pans DOJ Bid To End TikTok Consent Decree

By Craig Clough

A California federal judge said Monday he will not end a 2019 consent decree the government reached with TikTok Inc. predecessor Musical.ly over its collection of data on kids under 13 just because the U.S. Department of Justice is asking him to, saying the DOJ gave him no information about why he should.

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Meta Trims But Can't End Cybersecurity Pro's Retaliation Suit

By Lauren Berg

The former head of cybersecurity at messaging platform WhatsApp can pursue some, but not all, of his whistleblower retaliation suit against Meta Platforms, a California federal judge has ruled, saying the complaint plausibly alleges protected activity regarding his reports that claim Meta violated U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules.

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Insider Critiques Of Meta Came From Ignorance, Jury Told

By Cara Salvatore

A Meta vice president testified before a New Mexico state jury Monday that, "with all due respect," criticisms of the company's data handling from investigation partner Gibson Dunn and from then-Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg were born of a lack of understanding.

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Anthropic Can't Shake Reddit's AI Content-Scraping Suit

By Lauren Berg

A San Francisco judge largely rejected Anthropic's bid to toss Reddit Inc.'s suit accusing it of improperly gathering user content to train its artificial intelligence products, finding that most of Reddit's allegations have extra elements exempting them from federal preemption.

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$1.35M Class Deal Reached Over Botched Calif. Bar Exam

By Emily Johnson

Takers of the February 2025 California bar exam that was marred by technical failures have agreed to settle their proposed class action against the proctor for $1.35 million, while the company also agreed to complete quality checks before proctoring future bar examinations, according to a motion seeking preliminary approval in federal court.

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Minn. AG Says X Lacks Standing To Challenge Deepfake Law

By Corey Rothauser

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has urged a federal judge to dismiss X Corp.'s amended challenge to the state's election deepfake law, arguing Elon Musk's social media company still has not shown it faced a credible threat of prosecution.

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Greenberg Traurig Hit With Action Over Client Data Breach

By Matt Perez

A proposed class of Greenberg Traurig LLP clients said the New York law firm failed to secure their personal data prior to a preventable data breach and delayed notifying clients of the breach for two weeks, in an action filed over the weekend in New York federal court seeking injunctive and other equitable relief to protect client data.

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She Has A Point: Fenwick's Jessica Kaempf

By Theresa Schliep

Jessica Kaempf of Fenwick & West LLP is a pragmatic yet tenacious attorney whose representation of her clients has earned her plaudits from Kathi Vidal of Winston Taylor, who praised Kaempf as part of a Law360 series celebrating women litigators.

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AT&T Asks FCC To Raise Mobile Power Limits In 3.45 GHz Band

By Nadia Dreid

AT&T is asking the Federal Communications Commission to raise the power limits for mobile and portable devices operating in the 3.45 gigahertz band, a slice of midband spectrum used largely for commercial 5G and home internet coverage.

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Cable Biz Insists FCC Can Preempt Broadband Rate Regs

By Christopher Cole

A cable industry group argued Monday that the Federal Communications Commission has the authority to stop states from regulating broadband rates when the federal agency issues new rules aimed at speeding up deployment.

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US, China Officials Discuss Trade Ahead Of Trump, Xi Meeting

By Dylan Moroses

U.S. and Chinese officials held talks in New York to discuss trade matters ahead of President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping's meeting this week, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said.

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Fed. Circ. Says Profit Measurement Patents Ineligible

By Adam Lidgett

The Federal Circuit on Monday said claims in a trio of patents relating to management profit measures were not patent-eligible, handing a win to software company Teradata Operations Inc. and industrial supply business W. W. Grainger Inc. in a suit accusing them of infringement.

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Ohio Justices Nix Data Center Voter Poll Over Citizen Suits

By Nate Beck

The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected a proposed ballot question that would change the zoning code in Wilmington, Ohio, and expand residents' lawsuit powers to enforce standards for data center developments, in a decision following a proposed $4 billion Amazon Web Services project in the area.

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Telecom Giants Seek Fees For 'Unprincipled' Asus Patent Suit

By Theresa Schliep

AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile asked a Texas federal judge on Monday for attorney fees after they defeated an infringement suit over wireless communications patents, accusing Asus Technology Licensing Inc. and the other plaintiffs of "an aggressive and unprincipled litigation campaign."

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Mich. City Says Data Center Moratorium Suit Is Premature

By Keith Goldberg

A Michigan city has urged a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit from developers that challenges a one-year moratorium on data center development, saying the pause doesn't represent a final land use decision that can be reviewed by a court.

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NJ Firm Says Communications Off-Limits In Defamation Case

By George Woolston

Investigative firm Black Cube has pushed back against a gambling technology company's bid to vacate a special adjudicator's denial of discovery into certain communications between Black Cube and law firm Calcagni & Kanefsky LLP, arguing the bid doesn't satisfy the discovery standard under New Jersey's anti-SLAPP law.

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Ligado Says Damages Rise To $50B In Gov't Takings Case

By Christopher Cole

Network company Ligado told the U.S. Court of Federal Claims that damages caused by the U.S. government for allegedly blocking its use of licensed airwaves have grown to $50 billion because of interest climbing on the amount originally sought.

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NEC Hits Anker With New Patent Suit, Days Before EDTX Trial

By Ryan Davis

Japan-based electronics company NEC Corp. has sued over home security products made by Chinese rival Anker Innovations, accusing it of infringing six image processing patents, days before another NEC suit against Anker on similar patents is set for trial in Texas.

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Honeywell Aerospace Sues Electric Car Cos. Over Patents

By Adam Lidgett

Electric carmakers Lucid and Rivian are facing lawsuits accusing them of infringing automotive patents owned by Honeywell International spinoff Honeywell Aerospace.

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Microsoft Faces Encryption Patent Suit Over Teams And Azure

By Ryan Davis

A new lawsuit alleges Microsoft's Teams and Azure platforms infringe five patents originally issued to secure messaging company Cyph Inc., which was founded by former SpaceX engineers.

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British Columbia Joins In Blaming OpenAI In School Shooting

By Rae Ann Varona

The Canadian province of British Columbia on Monday became the latest to sue artificial intelligence company OpenAI over a deadly February shooting at a small-town school, telling a California federal court that company leadership rejected an internal recommendation to notify law enforcement of the shooter's ChatGPT communications that company staff flagged as dangerous.

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AI Cos. Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Deal To 'Pace The Frontier'

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Artifical intelligence users in Florida and California have accused Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX and Google of illegally restraining competition by publicly agreeing to "pace the frontier" and collectively slow down their AI development.

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AI-Native Healthcare Service Co. Says Rival Copied 'N' Logo

By Gina Kim

Nitra Inc., an artificial intelligence-native all-in-one platform that provides fintech related services helping healthcare practices save time and money, accused a rival company of impermissibly using a "strikingly and confusingly similar" design mark for the stylized letter "N," according to a trademark infringement action filed Friday in California federal court.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week dismissed a challenge to Alteryx Inc.'s $4.4 billion take-private sale, resolved a fight over the removal of a security technology company's director and declined to let Empery Digital Inc. immediately appeal a proxy contest ruling.

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Copyright Chief Firing Fight Paused Over Pending Legislation

By Ivan Moreno

A D.C. federal judge has paused U.S. Copyright Office leader Shira Perlmutter's challenge to the Trump administration's attempt to fire her, saying pending legislation that would give the president authority to appoint the office's leader could have an "obvious effect" on the dispute.

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Cigna Wins $1.8M In Fees After Payment Patent Fight

By Adam Lidgett

A Texas federal magistrate judge has awarded Cigna Corp. nearly $1.8 million in legal fees in a case where it was cleared of infringing a card payment patent, just days after he said a shopping mall owner and gift card company were also entitled to fees in the legal battle.

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Smart-Ring Maker Oura Launches $2.1B IPO Plan

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Fitness-tracking ring maker Oura on Monday unveiled a target price range for its public debut, telling the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it plans to raise roughly $2.1 billion.

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4 Firms Steer $1.6B Priority Technology Take-Private

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Payments and banking solutions provider Priority Technology Holdings Inc., advised by Nixon Peabody LLP and Paul Hastings LLP, on Monday announced plans to become a private company after being bought for $1.6 billion by a McDermott Will & Schulte LLP-led investor group helmed by the company's chair and CEO.

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Real Estate Platform WT Realty Lands $600M SPAC Merger

By Nate Beck

Real estate firm WT Realty Group is set to go public through a merger with special purpose acquisition company FortuneX Acquisition Corp. with an implied acquisition value of $600 million in a deal advised by Winston Taylor and Celine & Partners PLLC.

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Latham, Milbank Guide AI Hyperscaler Nscale's IPO Plans

By Nate Beck

United Kingdom-based Nscale, a Latham & Watkins LLP-advised data center developer, filed for an initial public offering, reporting that $88.4 billion in contracted work for its two largest customers, Microsoft and Anthropic, made up 83% of the company's backlog.

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Judge OKs Up To $3.2M In BioXcel Employee Ch. 11 Bonuses

By Clara Geoghegan

A Delaware bankruptcy judge approved employee retention and executive incentive payments that could total up to $3.2 million as AI-bolstered pharmaceutical group BioXcel works to sell its assets in Chapter 11.

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Ex-NFL Player Gets New Trial In $328M Medicare Fraud Case

By Elaine Briseño

A Texas federal judge has granted a new trial for a former NFL player convicted in a $328 million Medicare billing scheme, finding that the government presented unreliable testimony and did not identify the alleged lies the defendant used to influence physicians.

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AAA Launches New Group To Navigate AI In Arbitration

By Matt Perez

The American Arbitration Association has announced it launched an artificial intelligence ambassador program to examine emerging issues related to the technology and dispute resolution.

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Quinn Emanuel Adds Winston Taylor Trial Atty In Chicago

By Christine DeRosa

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has grown its Chicago office with the addition of a Winston Taylor trial and appellate attorney, the firm announced Monday.

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A Look At Litigation Risks From Financing The AI Buildout

Artificial intelligence infrastructure financing can create gaps between accounting presentation and project-level economic exposure, and those gaps may affect management communications and how accounting experts can reconstruct the financial record when those communications become the subject of a securities dispute, says Erik Johannesson at Brattle Group.

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How Calif. Privacy Bill Could Change CIPA Tracking Cases

If California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs S.B. 690, the bill could materially reduce the leverage behind a pen-register-only claim or demand, so California Invasion of Privacy Act website tracking claims should not be evaluated the same way they were six months ago, says Alexandra Samofalova at Spencer Fane.

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Legal Deserts: Millions Across America Struggle To Access Lawyers

Tens of millions of Americans live in towns and counties across the nation with limited or no access to legal services. By one estimate, at least a third of the nation's counties qualify as a "legal desert," having only one or no attorney per 1,000 residents. Roughly 24 million Americans reside in these counties.

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Tesla Atty Misled Witness Days Before Bias Trial, Judge Hears

By Dorothy Atkins

The California Civil Rights Department asked a California judge for a protective order Monday on the first day of a bench trial over claims Tesla Inc. fostered racism at its Fremont factory, after a witness testified that an in-house Tesla attorney recently called him and misled him into believing he represented the agency.

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New Calif. Law Bars Legal Funders From Influencing Litigation

By Jack Karp

Corporate investors and litigation funders will be barred from influencing litigation strategy in California under a new bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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Ex-Prosecutor Escapes Jan. 6 Atty's Defamation Suit

By Jared Foretek

Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann on Monday won judgment on the pleadings in a defamation case brought by attorney Stefan Passantino, who had represented Cassidy Hutchinson, after Passantino alleged Weissmann had defamed him when saying he'd "coached" Hutchinson "to lie" to the January 6th Select Committee.

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