Nvidia Buying Open-Source AI Firm Hugging Face For $12.9B

By Al Barbarino

Nvidia Corp. has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for about $12.93 billion, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Thursday, in the chipmaker's largest acquisition to date as it puts more financial weight behind the open-model ecosystem.

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Apple Hit With £2B UK Claim Over App Tracking Rules

By Robbie Kalus

Apple is facing a £2 billion ($2.7 billion) collective action brought on behalf of thousands of developers who claim the technology giant "abused its power" when it changed the rules on how apps seek permission to use users' data.

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Dutch Software Co. Asks Justices To Halt TM Trial

By Hayley Fowler

A Dutch software company has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pause a rapidly approaching trial in a trademark dispute with an American rival while it petitions for review of an injunction and contempt order that it said threaten to taint the entire proceedings.

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X Secures Order Barring Startup's Use Of 'Twitter' Marks

By Elliot Weld

A Delaware federal judge blocked Operation Bluebird Inc. from using the Twitter brand Thursday at the request of X Corp., which sought an injunction after founder Elon Musk changed the company's name.

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MDL Attys Want Special Master To Vet Meta Privilege Claims

By Dorothy Atkins

Personal injury plaintiffs' counsel asked a California federal judge Wednesday to appoint a special master to review Meta's attorney-client privilege designations in social media addiction multidistrict litigation, arguing that Meta can't be trusted to review them in light of the judge's recent rulings that certain Meta trial-exhibit redactions were "entirely inappropriate."

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More Suits Filed Blaming ChatGPT In Canada School Shooting

By Emily Field

OpenAI Inc. on Wednesday was hit with another wave of 30 lawsuits in California federal court over the February school shooting in Canada brought by surviving teachers, staff members and students who say that ChatGPT assisted and encouraged the shooter in planning the attack.

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8 Patent Reviews Instituted By Squires, Only 1 Denied

By Ryan Davis

In his latest round of decisions, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires instituted eight patent reviews Wednesday and rejected only one challenge.

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State Telecom Roundup: AT&T Pushes To Cut Copper Service

By Nadia Dreid

AT&T has asked the Federal Communications Commission for permission to end all copper-line legacy services at more than 200 locations across 20 states, as it plows forward with its plans to retire its copper lines across the nation.

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Wireless Tower Group Urges FCC To Back GPS Alternatives

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Wireless tower builders have asked the Federal Communications Commission to consider new rules that will promote the development of new positioning, navigation and timing technologies that can complement GPS technology.

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FCC Told It Can't Preempt Local Utilities On Pole Attachments

By Nadia Dreid

A municipally owned electric company from Kentucky wants the FCC to clarify that it doesn't plan to step on its toes or the toes of any other government-owned utilities as the agency seeks to pass rules that would allow it to preempt wireline decisions if localities are moving too slowly.

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Fed. Circ. Judge's Post-Decision Recusal Won't Lead To Redo

By Dani Kass

U.S. Circuit Judge Richard G. Taranto's decision to recuse himself from a case based on newly inherited Amazon stock is not enough to justify reconsidering the opinion he'd already issued, the Federal Circuit has ruled.

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RJ Reynolds Beats TCPA Suit Over Unsolicited Texts

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A North Carolina federal judge Thursday granted tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds' bid to dismiss a proposed class action over unsolicited text messages, citing a recent Supreme Court ruling that said the Telephone Consumer Protection Act's prohibitions on unwanted phone calls do not apply to texts.

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Most Of Corteva's IP Claims Against Inari Move Along

By Elliot Weld

A Delaware federal court Thursday kept most claims alive in a case over seed intellectual property brought by Corteva Agriscience ahead of a trial set to begin later this month.

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Jump Trading Must Face Terraform Stablecoin Fraud Claims

By Aislinn Keely

Crypto trading firm Jump Trading LLC and its subsidiaries must face the bulk of a proposed securities class action from investors who claim it misled them and manipulated the market for Terraform Labs' stablecoins in the lead up to the stunning collapse of the Terraform ecosystem.

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Samsung, Other Chipmakers Want Price-Fixing Suit Tossed

By Rae Ann Varona

Samsung, Micron and SK Hynix have urged a California federal court to toss a proposed class action accusing the chipmakers of conspiring to fix the supply and prices of dynamic random access memory, saying the suit was a "repackaged version" of a previous conspiracy suit against them that the Ninth Circuit rejected.

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FCC Denies Retaliatory Pretext In ABC License Renewal Probe

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission urged a D.C. federal court Thursday to toss ABC's suit over the agency's early review of eight station licenses, denying that a discrimination probe of network parent Disney was a pretext for retaliating against ABC.

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BASF Unit Says Apple Stole Its Face Authentication IP

By Bonnie Eslinger

A BASF SE subsidiary sued ​Apple in Texas federal court on Thursday alleging infringement of seven of its face authentication patents, saying that the Silicon Valley giant has been using the technology in iPhone ‌and ⁠iPad models without authorization or license.

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Freshfields, V&E Guide Flex's $4.4B EPC Power Deal

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Freshfields LLP-led manufacturing company Flex on Thursday unveiled plans to acquire EPC Power, advised by Vinson & Elkins LLP, in a $4.4 billion deal.

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Deals Rumor Mill

KKR Buying Garage Door Co. In $2B Deal, Plus More Rumors

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Private equity firm KKR agreed to acquire garage door repair company A1 Garage Door in a $2 billion deal, Advent International is seeking out more healthcare deals in Australia and New Zealand, and TPG filed confidential plans for an estimated $2.5 billion Malaysian initial public offering of hospital assets.

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Ex-IRL App CEO Says Prosecutors Ignored Ethics Breaches

By Courtney Bublé

The co-founder of defunct social app IRL is fighting fraud charges by claiming that the U.S. attorney's office prosecuting him is conflicted because an attorney who formerly defended IRL in an SEC investigation and is now with the office pushed for him to be charged — and he is disputing prosecutors' denial of impropriety. 

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Electronic Discovery Reference Model Updates Its Framework

By Matt Perez

The Electronic Discovery Reference Model, which provides resources to improve e-discovery, privacy, security and information governance, has announced a fresh update of its model, with new considerations surrounding information governance and artificial intelligence.

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Inside The Black Box Of Squires' Discretionary Denials

A deep dive into the discretionary denials issued by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires since he took over last year identifies trends in commonly asserted arguments and how they correlate with institution outcomes, say attorneys at Kirkland & Ellis.

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Deal Termination Lessons From Verisk Merger Review Ruling

The Delaware Chancery Court’s recent ruling that Verisk Analytics forfeited its right to terminate a deal that was facing a second information request from the Federal Trade Commission illustrates the danger of information gaps between client and counsel and the risks of "willful conduct" language in merger agreements, say attorneys at HSF Kramer.

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How Orbital Data Centers May Test NEPA's Reach

With environmental and scientific groups recently pushing back against the Federal Communications Commission's proposal to exempt massive data center satellite constellations from review under the National Environmental Policy Act, the question of whether NEPA even applies to projects in space turns on three closely related issues, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

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Series

Ballet Makes Me A Better Lawyer

A lifetime of learning and performing ballet taught me that success — whether in dance or practicing law — comes only through hours of thorough preparation, boundless energy and relentless effort, says Sharon Katz-Pearlman at Greenberg Traurig.

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Quinn Emanuel, McDermott Hit By Data Breaches

By Lauren Berg

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and McDermott Will & Schulte LLP both recently suffered data breaches, adding to the dozens of cybersecurity incidents law firms in the U.S. have suffered in 2026.

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Analysis

Boutique Firms Emerge As Trump Admin's 'Achilles' Heel'

By Phillip Bantz

Less fearful of retribution than some of their BigLaw counterparts, small law firms are taking on an outsize role handling cases seen as adversarial to the Trump administration.

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Interview

Federal Judge Warns Threats Imperil Judicial Independence

By Carolina Bolado

U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom of the Southern District of Florida told Law360 that judges and members of the bar need to educate the public on the judiciary's important role in American democracy to combat increasing threats, speaking following the release of two reports this week that warn of safety concerns for judges and that defiance of court orders is undermining the federal judiciary's independence.

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Husch Blackwell Gets Early Win In Ex-Partner's 401(k) Suit

By Andrea Keckley

A Missouri federal court granted Husch Blackwell LLP an early win over a former employee's proposed class action alleging the firm illegally withheld retirement contributions and mismanaged its employee 401(k) plan, finding the ex-partner couldn't prove violations of federal benefits law.

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Former Girardi Keese CFO Drops Appeal Of 5-Year Fraud Term

By Emily Sawicki

The Seventh Circuit has granted onetime Girardi Keese financial chief Christopher Kamon's request to drop the appeal he lodged fighting an Illinois federal judge's order adding five concurrent years onto the 10 he is already serving for his role helping Tom Girardi, the head of the firm, steal millions from plane crash clients who settled cases in Chicago.

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Pirro Urges House Ethics Panel To Refer Crime Claims To DOJ

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro has told the House Ethics Committee that as cases involving criminal misconduct come before it, her office should be involved too.

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Fox Rothschild Says Adult Day Care Suit Rehashes Claims

By Rose Krebs

Fox Rothschild LLP is urging a New Jersey state court to toss claims against the firm and one of its attorneys in a complaint related to the firm's prosecution of a fraudulent loan lawsuit that led to a $65,000 sanction against the firm.

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