NSO Avoids Contempt As WhatsApp Says It's Still Hacking

By Nadia Dreid

An Israeli spyware company isn't going to be held in contempt on allegations it violated a court order restricting its use of WhatsApp because the order wasn't so specific that it banned the company from using accounts it already had, only restricted it from making new ones, a judge has ruled.

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High Court Won't Hear Google's 'Settled Expectations' Case

By Ryan Davis

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to take up a case in which Google argued that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has exceeded its authority by using the age of patents as a reason to refuse to review them.

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Proskauer Says It Didn't Drop Reddit To Defend Perplexity

By Lauren Berg

Proskauer Rose LLP and Perplexity AI are urging a New York federal judge to allow the law firm to represent the artificial intelligence company in Reddit's suit over alleged data scraping, balking at the social media platform's argument that its one-time law firm can't represent its current opponent.

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Fed. Circ. Says Metadata Backs Valtrus In Google Search IPR

By Theresa Schliep

The Federal Circuit on Monday rejected Google's efforts to renew its Patent Trial and Appeal Board challenge of a Valtrus Innovations Ltd. search engine patent, saying that Microsoft Word metadata could be used to prove that the invention predated an earlier application for another patent.

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Cisco, Fortinet Fear Security Risk Of AI Use In Patent Case

By Ryan Davis

Cisco Systems, Fortinet and a company accusing them of patent infringement told a judge Monday that the two sides are "diametrically opposed" on whether source code at issue should be analyzed with artificial intelligence, with the defendants fearing that AI could "escape the sandbox," as in recent high-profile hacks.

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SEC Official Tells Advisers Not To Wait For AI Guidance

By Sarah Jarvis

The director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Investment Management Division said that advisers should not "wait for regulators to hold your hands" as they use artificial intelligence, saying regulatory guidance may be "too limited and too late."

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FCC Urged To Consider New Cellphone Radiation Studies

By Christopher Cole

An environmental group told the Federal Communications Commission it has an obligation to scrutinize existing science rather than lean on years-old conclusions as it examines the health effects of cellphone radiation.

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Intel Seeks FCC Waiver For Vehicles Used In Chip Plants

By Christopher Cole

Intel Corp. has asked the Federal Communications Commission to exempt certain automated vehicles used in its chip-making process from an FCC restriction on foreign-made robotic devices.

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Va. County Warns Against Verizon Copper Retirement Bid

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A Virginia county has warned the Federal Communications Commission that Verizon should not get to decide whether enough telecommunications services are available for it to retire its legacy copper wire-based service.

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FCC Report Says Tribes Lack Funding For Suicide Hotline

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A dozen states reported collecting a total of $240.5 million in fees during the 2025 calendar year to support a federal suicide hotline while seven tribal authorities said they lack a funding mechanism to do so, according to a Federal Communications Commission report.

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Canada Gov't Cuts Data Access Deal With Brokers Association

By Isaac Monterose

Canada's antitrust authority and the Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers have entered into a 10-year consent agreement that resolves the government's claims against the nonprofit, which the authority accused of wrongfully restricting its members' access to real estate data.

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FCRA, TCPA Drive Consumer Protection Suits To 10-Year High

By Allison Grande

Consumer protection litigation in federal courts hit a 10-year high in 2025, fueled by a rise in credit reporting and telemarketing disputes, and these gains show no signs of abating as the emergence of artificial intelligence tools sparks more grievances, according to a new report by Lex Machina.

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Roku Accused Of Using Voice AI Tech After Licensing Talks

By Elliot Weld

A voice recognition technology company sued the television streaming provider Roku Inc. claiming its voice remote function infringes several patents covering methods of machine speech recognition and language processing.

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Meta Sends Data Center Lawsuit To Federal Court

By David Aaro

Meta has pulled into Georgia federal court a lawsuit claiming a company data center is a water-polluting nuisance, saying a claim invoking the U.S. Constitution means the case doesn't belong before a state judge.

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Apple Wants Fake Crypto Wallet Apps Suit Tossed

By Katryna Perera

Apple has urged a California federal judge to toss a suit alleging it failed to warn consumers about fraudulent cryptocurrency wallet apps available on its App Store and the risk of cryptocurrency theft posed by those apps, saying the suit is deficient since it seeks to hold the tech giant liable for the conduct of third-party criminal scammers.

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Taction Seeks To Boost $5.7B Patent Verdict Against Apple

By Adam Lidgett

Taction Technology Inc. has asked a California federal judge to award it even more damages, along with interest, on top of a jury's $5.7 billion award against Apple in a haptic vibration technology patent dispute.

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9th Circ. Doubts Kids Agreed To Arb. Roblox Gambling Claims

By Dorothy Atkins

A Ninth Circuit panel doubted Monday a website owner's arguments he is entitled to a trial over whether a putative class of minors agreed to arbitrate their claims Roblox and others operated an illegal gambling business, with one judge asking if the appellant wants 9-year-olds to attest to whether they entered a contract.

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Justices Asked To Resolve Nonsignatory Arbitration Split

By Caroline Simson

A trading firm is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to finally resolve whether an arbitrator or a court should decide the proper venue for a dispute involving a nonsignatory to an arbitration agreement, as it fights a Seventh Circuit opinion keeping a putative securities class action in court.

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Amazon Noncompetes Run Afoul Of California Law, Suit Says

By Ben Adlin

Two former Amazon employees have accused the company of wrongfully forcing its California workers to sign agreements containing a noninterference provision, contending the provision amounts to a noncompetition clause that's forbidden by state law.

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Flock Accused Of 'Boys Club' Culture By Fired Worker

By David Aaro

A former account manager at Flock sued the surveillance technology company in Texas federal court Monday, claiming she faced a sexist "boys club" culture in the workplace and got fired after complaining about it.

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Crypto Co. Seeks Contempt Order Against Australian Creditor

By Emlyn Cameron

Cryptocurrency mining firm Mawson has urged a Delaware bankruptcy judge to hold a creditor based in Australia in contempt of a previous order directing it to post a bond, arguing the creditor should be fined $10,000 per day until it complies.

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Solar Lender Seeks Exit From Michigan AG's $81M Fraud Case

By Melanie Dorsey

A solar financing company accused of helping facilitate an $81 million scheme that allegedly left Michigan homeowners with inoperable solar systems and mounting debt has asked a federal judge to dismiss the state's claims against it, arguing that it cannot be held responsible for an independent installer's sales practices and that its lending disclosures complied with federal law.

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Nike Seeks Quick Appeal In Misleading Email Promo Suit

By Gina Kim

Nike has asked a Washington state judge for permission to immediately appeal her decision refusing to end a proposed class action alleging it spammed customers' inboxes with emails containing misleading discount subject lines, a move that Nike says could affect over 200 similar pending cases with no-injury claims. 

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court last week blocked Cloudflare Inc. from completing a restructuring meant to preserve its founders' voting control, while Tower Semiconductor Ltd. accused Intel Corp. of backing out of a semiconductor manufacturing agreement and social media company Triller Group Inc. challenged its removal from Nasdaq.

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Ad Giant Promises Separate Data Access In FTC Merger Deal

By Bryan Koenig

France's Publicis Groupe SA must guarantee five years of access to "standalone" products of data collaboration platform LiveRamp Holdings Inc. under a Federal Trade Commission settlement Monday clearing the advertising buying giant's $2.2 billion purchase.

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23andMe Successor Co. Inks $6M Data Breach Deal With Calif.

By Rae Ann Varona

California and 23andMe's corporate successor have reached a $6 million settlement that, if approved, would resolve the state's allegations that the genetic testing company failed to protect customers' sensitive information in a 2023 data breach, as well as the state's objection to 23andMe's sale of genetic data during bankruptcy proceedings.

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Ex-OpenAI Engineer Must Stay In Custody In Recording Case

By Hailey Konnath

The former OpenAI product team engineer accused of hiding a secret recording device in an executive conference room has been ordered to stay behind bars after prosecutors argued he has "considerable resources and ties to Saudi Arabia," according to news reports and the government's motion for detention.

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SEC Says Cleaning Tech Co.'s Revenue Woes Were Concealed

By Sydney Price

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has sued an ex-executive and a board member of a now-dissolved sanitation technology company, accusing them of concealing the company's unfavorable financial state and NASCAR team sponsorship commitment from investors during a 2021 financing round.

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Brief

DOJ Appeals New Trial Order In Ex-NFL Player's Fraud Case

By Tom Lotshaw

The U.S. Department of Justice said it's asking the Fifth Circuit to review a Texas federal judge's decision to grant a new trial for a former NFL player convicted in a $328 million Medicare billing scheme.

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Series

A Day In The In-House Life: CHAI GC Talks Balance

On a typical day working in healthcare technology from home, Coalition for Health AI Head of Operations and General Counsel Brenton Hill shares his experience on everything from developing responsible artificial intelligence initiatives to discussing contracting strategies, all while navigating the blurred lines between home and work.

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Tracking The 2027 Va. Bills That May Tighten Data Center Regs

Data center developers and operators should monitor Virginia legislation responding to the state's new data center accountability framework, local moratoria and the end of an electricity consumption tax, which could change review thresholds, impose new energy rules and slow the approval process, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

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OCC Plan May Bring Data Sharing Flexibility, Diligence Issues

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's recent proposal to overhaul its supervisory information sharing regime for the first time in decades would provide important flexibility to banks, but it could create new issues around confidentiality agreements, disclosure controls and diligence processes, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

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DOJ Or Trump: Judge Asks Who Is Deciding Golf Course Plan

By Jared Foretek

Trump administration lawyers continued to insist at a hearing Monday there is no final plan to remake East Potomac Golf Course, and they changed their tune about whether one would require environmental review, despite new social media posts from the president announcing that work on the overhaul would begin "immediately."

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Wood Smith, Charlesbank Capital Ink Pioneering MSO Deal

By Emma Cueto

Insurance defense firm Wood Smith Henning & Berman has inked a deal to take investment from middle market investment firm Charlesbank Capital Partners via a managed services organization, according to an announcement Monday, the largest U.S. firm to announce such a move.

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Brief

Arizona Court Approves State's First Non-ABA Law School

By Emma Cueto

The Arizona Supreme Court has approved the state's first law school not accredited by the American Bar Association, citing the need to increase the number of lawyers per capita in the state and provide more affordable options for legal education.

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Court Denies Gov't Bid To DQ Susman Godfrey In ABA's Suit

By Andrea Keckley

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has denied the U.S. Department of Justice's bid to disqualify Susman Godfrey LLP from representing the American Bar Association in its lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's executive orders against multiple major law firms. 

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Trump Taps DOJ Official, Federal Prosecutor For Judgeships

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump on Monday nominated a senior U.S. Department of Justice attorney for a Nebraska federal judgeship and an assistant U.S. attorney for a seat on the Northern District of Indiana bench.

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Rogoff Tells 9th Circ. His Firing Furthers Trump's 'Evil' Plan

By Ben Adlin

Roger Rogoff urged the Ninth Circuit to affirm a lower judge's order reinstating him as Seattle's top federal prosecutor, asserting in a filing Friday that he's entitled to keep the court-appointed U.S. attorney position until President Donald Trump fills the role with a Senate-confirmed nominee.

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What The Justices Won't Hear: A Roundup Of Cert Denials

By Taylor Bowie

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up cases from Google, a U.S. Navy contractor, and other appellate hopefuls on Monday, according to an order list.

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