9th Circ. Vacates Amazon's Block On Perplexity AI Bot

By Craig Clough

The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday vacated a lower court's preliminary injunction preventing Perplexity's artificial intelligence tool from purchasing items for users on Amazon's platform, saying the online retailer is unlikely to prevail on its claim that the AI tool "accessed" its servers in violation of computer hacking laws.

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New Patent Suits Surge As PTAB Challenges Get Tougher

By Ryan Davis

More patent suits were filed in 2025 than in any year in the past decade, according to a new report, an increase attorneys said is likely tied to new U.S. Patent and Trademark Office policies that have made it harder to challenge patents.

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These Firms Are Landing The Most Patent Litigation Work

By Dani Kass

Rabicoff Law and Ramey LLP have maintained their roles as top patent suit filers, while Fish & Richardson PC and Gillam & Smith LP have remained leaders on defense teams, according to Lex Machina's annual patent litigation report.

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Search Rival, Advocates Back DOJ Against Google In DC Circ.

By Bryan Koenig

Academics, policy experts, advocacy groups and several rivals lent their voices Tuesday to the U.S. Department of Justice's defense of its monopolization win over Google, while urging the D.C. Circuit to strengthen the "relatively modest remedies" they say leave Google able to dominate both search and artificial intelligence.

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TikTok Settles 3 Teen Addiction Suits Before Bellwether Trials

By Craig Clough

The company behind TikTok settled three lawsuits brought by young people alleging the social media platform caused them mental health harm, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said Tuesday, although three other social media companies are still scheduled to go to trial in Los Angeles on the claims in October.

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OpenAI To Pay $3.2M In DOJ Visa Worker Bias Settlement

By Sarah Jarvis

OpenAI and its subsidiary will pay $3.2 million to settle allegations from the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division that the technology giant discriminated against U.S. workers in favor of workers with temporary employment visas in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the DOJ announced Tuesday.

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AGs Can't Yet Get Discovery Into Live Nation's DOJ Deal

By Craig Clough

A New York federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request by some state attorneys general for discovery into the Justice Department's antitrust settlement reached midtrial with Live Nation, ruling that the scope of the request is "unclear" but the AGs can try again with "narrow and targeted requests."

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Apple Says Even More OpenAI Workers Stole Trade Secrets

By Hailey Konnath

Apple said Monday it now has reason to believe at least 11 additional former employees retained or used its proprietary information when they left the company for OpenAI, calling the situation at the artificial intelligence company "misappropriation at the organizational level."

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Approach The Bench: Judge Rakoff Doesn't Hide His Views

By Cara Bayles and Steven Trader

During his decades on the bench, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff has witnessed a slew of changes, particularly as technology has brought a rise in cybercrimes, as well as novel questions like whether AI-generated legal advice is privileged. But perhaps the biggest shift was in Rakoff's own views.

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Rising Star: Morrison Foerster's Christopher McKinnon

By Elliot Weld

Morrison Foerster LLP's Christopher McKinnon guided two record-breaking financing rounds from Japanese investment company SoftBank in OpenAI and advised the two parties on the first-of-its-kind Stargate Project seeking to scale AI infrastructure, earning him a spot among the technology attorneys under 40 recognized by Law360 as Rising Stars.

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Raskin Warns Of House Probe Into FCC Chief's ABC Actions

By Christopher Cole

Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin has signaled that congressional probes of the Federal Communications Commission could be on the way if the agency staff continues down a path of potentially revoking the licenses of eight Walt Disney Co.-owned ABC stations.

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Wyden Presses States To Tackle Data Privacy Law Evasion

By Hailey Konnath

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has asked a handful of state regulators to issue clear guidance on their data privacy laws and band together and go after companies that are selectively ignoring consumers' requests to opt out of the sale of their data.

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Wash. State Says FCC's High-Cost Overhaul Plan Is Flawed

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Washington state officials are pushing back against some aspects of a plan being considered by the Federal Communications Commission to overhaul the program that helps fund broadband deployment to rural and other "high cost" areas.

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Workers Say Trump's Gold Card Lets Rich Jump Visa Line

By Elaine Briseño

Professional, skilled workers seeking employment-based visas urged a D.C. federal judge not to toss their lawsuit challenging the gold card visa program, arguing they will suffer injury because the expedited application allows wealthy individuals to skip ahead in line.

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Mexico, Japan Eye Trade Cooperation On Energy, AI

By Dylan Moroses

Mexico and Japan are looking to heighten their coordination on trade matters in fields including energy and technology, the two governments said after a meeting of officials.

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Tech Cos. Say FCC Must Keep Unlicensed Device Framework

By Nadia Dreid

The FCC plans to vote later this week to open up 200 megahertz of unlicensed spectrum for satellite use, but Broadcom Inc., Intel Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. think there are a few ways the agency could better "emphasize" its point that the current spectrum framework shouldn't be undermined.

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Fed. Circ. Pulls Plug On Wall Socket Injunction In IP Case

By Theresa Schliep

The Federal Circuit on Tuesday vacated an injunction temporarily blocking a company from selling its wall outlet covers while a patent infringement case proceeds against it, faulting a Florida federal court's interpretation of a pair of key claim terms.

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5th Circ. Hints Texas App Age-Check Law Needs More Review

By Spencer Brewer

A Fifth Circuit panel wanted to know whether the lower court should have gone "provision by provision" before halting a Texas law that requires app store owners to block minors from downloading apps without parental consent, suggesting the lower court needed to do more while weighing the legislation's constitutionality.

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Digital Marketing Co. Ibotta Beats Shareholder's IPO Action

By Sydney Price

Digital consumer discount company Ibotta Inc. has escaped a proposed shareholder class action accusing it of misleading investors in the lead-up to the company's 2024 initial public offering, with a Colorado federal court ruling the allegations do not connect the defendants to intentions to defraud.

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Ex-Flextronics GC Deputy Can't Ditch Calif. IP Theft Suit

By Bonnie Eslinger

The former deputy general counsel for Flextronics AP LLC cannot escape litigation alleging he sought to transfer company patents to a startup he secretly co-founded before leaving the Singapore electronics giant subsidiary, a California federal judge has ruled.

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Callaway Must Face Rival Golf Co.'s False Ad Suit, Judge Says

By Gina Kim

TaylorMade Golf can proceed with a suit alleging TopGolf Callaway tricked customers into thinking it had superior golf balls through misleading UV light demonstrations and misinformation campaigns, a California federal judge said Tuesday, finding TaylorMade sufficiently alleged TopGolf engaged in dishonest advertising that instilled false product quality information.

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AT&T 401(k) Suit Heads To Trial On Service Provider Fees

By Kellie Mejdrich

A California federal judge agreed to rethink her previous order in a class action alleging that AT&T violated federal benefits law by allowing recordkeepers to earn excessive compensation from the company's employee retirement plan, sending some claims to trial about the fees and compensation of 401(k) plan service providers.

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Fla. Court Rules In Favor Of LGBCoin Investors

By David Minsky

A Florida federal judge on Tuesday granted a default judgment in favor of "Let's Go Brandon" meme coin investors in a class action alleging securities violations, saying that a purported founder of the digital currency vexatiously litigated the case. 

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Gov't Defeats IP Case By Invoking State Secrets Privilege

By Adam Lidgett

The federal government has escaped a lawsuit accusing it of infringing a patent and copyrighted material covering an object-based identification software, after it invoked a privilege related to national security.

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Stripe Seeks OK Of $1.4M Arb. Award In Chargeback Dispute

By Sydney Price

Payment processing company Stripe has asked a California federal court to confirm an arbitration award of more than $1.3 million in fees and costs that it won after beating claims from a merchant, whose payment processing account was terminated due to an extremely high volume of chargebacks.

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Commerce Targets Dec. Restart For Digital Equity Grants

By Nadia Dreid

The U.S. Department of Commerce should be ready to start accepting applications for the reinstated Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program, the Trump administration has told a D.C. federal judge after he struck down part of the law behind the grant as unconstitutional.

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Monolithic Execs Say Stock Sales Debunk Investor Fraud Suit

By Rachel Riley

Semiconductor technology firm Monolithic Power Systems and two of its top executives are seeking a favorable judgment in a class action accusing them of concealing evidence of power module defects from shareholders, telling a federal court in Washington state the executives' nondiscretionary stock sales refute the core allegations that they lied to investors to manipulate stock prices.

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Ace Hardware Seeks To Escape Price-Fixing Suit

By Matthew Perlman

Ace Hardware urged an Illinois federal court to toss a proposed class action accusing the retail cooperative of helping its member stores conspire to fix prices, saying the case attacks services the stores need to compete against Home Depot and others.

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Alibaba Investor Says E-Com Giant Hid China Military, AI Risks

By Katryna Perera

Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba was hit Tuesday with a suit accusing it of misleading shareholders about both its status as a Chinese military company in the eyes of the U.S. government and about its allegedly ongoing illicit activity tied to accessing third-party artificial intelligence models.

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Google Accused Of Antitrust Behavior In Ad Tech Practices

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A rival technology company has accused Google of violating antitrust law by restricting competition in digital advertising markets.

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Brief

6th Circ. Says No Injunction For Ex-Plant Worker Suing Aptiv

By Susan Smiley

A former plant manager for automotive technology company Aptiv will not have his employment benefits reinstated after he suffered a severe medical crisis and was terminated from his job, a Sixth Circuit panel said Tuesday, affirming a decision by the Ohio federal court.

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Brief

Udio Can't Shake Off Copyright Suit, But Gets It Moved To NY

By Adam Lidgett

Artificial intelligence music platform Udio has lost its bid to dismiss a proposed class action from a group of songwriters accusing it of copyright infringement, but will now face the claims in New York instead of Chicago.

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Latham, Willkie Steer Bending Spoons' $1.3B Airtable Deal

By Al Barbarino

Italian technology company Bending Spoons SpA said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire U.S.-based software company Airtable in an all-cash transaction that values the target at an enterprise value of $1.285 billion.

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State Privacy Enforcer Consortium Adds Vermont To Ranks

By Allison Grande

Vermont's attorney general has become the 12th member of a bipartisan collective of U.S. regulators launched last year to collaborate on implementing and enforcing their states' data privacy regimes, the group announced Tuesday. 

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Mich. Man's Suit Over False Arrest Record Tossed

By Melanie Dorsey

A Michigan federal judge on Tuesday tossed a man's lawsuit claiming an erroneous arrest entry in a police records system cost him a private-sector job, ruling that the mistake did not violate his federal due process rights. 

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Amazon Delivery System Suppresses Wages, NJ AG Says

By Carla Baranauckas

New Jersey's attorney general hit Amazon with a federal antitrust suit Tuesday, alleging the company engineered its Delivery Service Partner program to create a "captive seller," then used its dominance to impose substandard pay, harsh working conditions and anti‑union tactics on thousands of last‑mile delivery drivers across the state.

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Milwaukee Radio Licensee Resolves FCC Probe For $8K

By Christopher Cole

A Milwaukee radio station licensee reached a consent decree with the Federal Communications Commission for $8,000 to end an investigation into whether it failed to properly clear a transfer of control with the agency.

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TikTok Regulatory Chief Joins Pillsbury's New Tech Practice

By Christine DeRosa

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP announced that it has launched an emerging technology laws and litigation practice, adding TikTok's head of North America regulatory to serve as the practice's co-leader.

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Hogan Lovells Adds Arnold & Porter Antitrust Atty In SF

By Emily Johnson

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader announced on Tuesday that it has added the vice chair of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP's tech and media industry group to its San Francisco office, strengthening the firm's antitrust, competition and economic regulation practice.

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CIPA Tech Tracking Suits Highlight Uncertain Legal Ground

Alexandra Samofalova at Spencer Fane discusses the state of California Invasion of Privacy Act website tracking litigation, why credible defendants choose to settle and how the businesses best positioned to face this uncertain legal landscape are the ones treating data practices as a legal compliance matter to address today.

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3 Upcoming Deadlines That EB-5 Investors Should Consider

Potential EB-5 regional center investors should weigh three approaching deadlines, the most immediate of which is Sept. 30, that may affect their filing strategy, required capital commitment and ability to participate even if Congress fails to reauthorize the program, says Michael Ashoori at Ashoori Law.

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AI, Prediction Markets Lead Securities Developments In 2026

Securities class actions tied to artificial intelligence and the battle over prediction market regulation both raise novel questions that courts are only beginning to address and that will continue to resonate throughout the second half of the year, say attorneys at Skadden.

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Navigating Court Divergence On Method Claims And Venue

After the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Hikma v. Amarin decision putting a spotlight on the pleading standard for inducement, patent litigants must adapt to courts' differing approaches to how separate method steps affect the determination of patent venue validity, say attorneys at Weil.

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How Does In-House Pay Compare? Take The Law360 Survey

How do in-house salaries vary across industries, roles, and organizational revenue? What compensation tools are companies using to lure top talent? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Compensation Survey.

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Tyson & Mendes In Talks For Possible PE-Backed MSO Deal

By Emma Cueto

Insurance litigation defense firm Tyson & Mendes LLP confirmed to Law360 Pulse Tuesday that it is in "preliminary discussions" about taking private equity investment via a managed service organization.

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Fla. AG Requests Impeachment Probe Into 11th Circ. Judge

By Carolina Bolado

Florida's Attorney General said Monday he is asking Congress to open an impeachment inquiry into U.S. Circuit Judge Nancy Abudu because of work she did before ascending to the Eleventh Circuit bench for the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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ABA Gives Symbolic Support For Law School DEI Standards

By Emily Sawicki

In a split vote, American Bar Association House of Delegates members on Tuesday elected to uphold a rule requiring law schools to demonstrate DEI standards, but then followed up with a vote allowing another path to removing the standards, in an effort to avoid the Trump administration's threat to strip the ABA of accreditation authority.

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Simpson Thacher Highlights PIPE Client's Financial Troubles

By Madison Arnold

The founder of Patriot National Inc. was likely short millions of dollars when it finalized a private investment in public equity transaction at the center of his malpractice case against Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, according to defense testimony on Tuesday at a Florida state trial.

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ABA Seeks Bar Exam Reform Following Tech Failures

By Emily Sawicki

Over the course of its two-day annual meeting, the American Bar Association's policymaking body, the House of Delegates, approved measures to urge further bar exam oversight and backed measures to support law schools at accredited historically Black colleges and universities.

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Blanche Advances After GOP Sens. Win Written Assurances

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination for the permanent position Tuesday, after Sens. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, said they would support him.

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Ford Asks 9th Circ. To Revive Lemon Law Fake-Billing Suit

By Linda Chiem

Ford Motor Co. has asked the Ninth Circuit to revive its racketeering lawsuit accusing three attorneys affiliated with Knight Law Group LLP of orchestrating a massive fraudulent billing scheme, saying First Amendment protections don't immunize the attorneys' underlying conduct in California lemon law litigation against the automaker.

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Day Pitney Dropped From Suit Over Ex-Justice's Involvement

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut state court judge allowed Day Pitney LLP to withdraw from a $1.3 million corporate windup feud after the involvement of one of its partners, a former chief justice on the state Supreme Court, came to light, negating the defendants' call for an evidentiary hearing on a motion to disqualify the firm.

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Fried Frank Data Breach Class Action Voluntarily Dismissed

By Matt Perez

A proposed class action data security suit against Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP was voluntarily dismissed on Thursday following a joint motion to stay the case in April to undergo mediation.

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Ashurst Perkins, Nail Co. Lose Doc Bids In Malpractice Suit

By Rachel Riley

Ashurst Perkins Coie won't have to turn over documents related to its predecessor firm's work for an Omani screw and nail manufacturer in international trade proceedings that are now the subject of a legal malpractice case, a Washington court has ruled, while also denying a discovery request from the firm. 

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NC Judge Who Upheld Voter ID Law To Take Senior Status

By Courtney Bublé

Judge Thomas Schroeder of the Middle District of North Carolina has informed the president he will take semi-retired status at a date later in the future.

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Bronx Union Says Striking Atty Faced 'Impossible' Choice

By Andrea Keckley

An attorney with the Bronx Defenders felt she had no other choice but to cross the picket line on Tuesday after an immigration judge ordered her to appear in court and the organization's managers did not commit to covering the proceedings without her, a union representative has told Law360.

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Neighborhood Defender Service Of Harlem Union Ends Strike

By Andrea Keckley

The Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem union announced it was returning to work with a tentative deal after more than a week on the picket line.

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