'Constantly Shifting': Judge Rips Musk, OpenAI As Trial Nears

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge Friday appeared frustrated with Elon Musk and OpenAI ahead of trial over Musk's challenge to OpenAI's conversion to a for-profit entity, criticizing the parties' "constantly shifting" positions and doubting whether she has the authority to grant the relief Musk requested.

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WDTX Jury Clears Bitcoin Mining Co. In Patent Suit

By Adam Lidgett

A federal jury in the Western District of Texas let bitcoin mining company Riot Platforms off the hook Friday when it found the company didn't infringe a patent owned by Green Revolution Cooling Inc. covering ways to cool down electronics at data centers.

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Nexstar-Tegna Deal Blocked Amid DirecTV, AGs' Challenge

By Hailey Konnath

A California federal judge on Friday issued a preliminary injunction barring, for now, the $6.2 billion merger of broadcast giants Nexstar and Tegna, ruling that state attorneys general and DirecTV are likely to prevail in proving that the deal is anticompetitive and will harm consumers as well as distributors.

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ITC Clears Apple's Redesigned Apple Watch For Import

By Dani Kass

The U.S. International Trade Commission on Friday signed off on an administrative law judge's finding that Apple has sufficiently redesigned its smartwatch so it doesn't infringe Masimo Corp.'s patents and is therefore not bound by a 2023 import ban.

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Google Wins Ax Of Last Targeted Ad Patent Claim In Suit

By Adam Lidgett

A Delaware federal judge has found the sole remaining claim in a targeted advertising software patent Google was accused of infringing is invalid, saying it is abstract and doesn't cover an inventive idea.

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HyperSphere Beats Tech IP Suit, Falters On Sanctions Bid

By Elliot Weld

Georgia-based cybersecurity firm HyperSphere Technologies Inc. on Friday escaped a suit alleging infringement of a developer's copyrighted software code but was denied a request for sanctions for having to defend itself from what it called a "frivolous" lawsuit.

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Psychiatrist Challenges Uber Rider's Memory In Assault Trial

By Hayley Fowler

A psychiatrist testified Friday that a North Carolina woman who has accused an Uber driver of sexually assaulting her in 2019 has "pervasive" memory issues due to her history of substance abuse, telling a Charlotte federal jury she is a "pretty poor historian of her own history."

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Analysis

DOJ's NFL Probe May Reshape Sports Broadcasting Law

By David Steele

Though antitrust charges are in play in the U.S. Department of Justice's investigation into the NFL's deals with services like Amazon Prime and Netflix, experts say they don't see a strong federal case against the league's broadcasting practices, as focus may shift to updating a decades-old law governing how sports leagues negotiate television deals.

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Feature

'Lion King' Suit May Not Reign In Podcasting Legal Jungle

By Chris Villani

A recently filed suit over the alleged mischaracterization of the iconic opening chant in “The Lion King” may not hold up in court, but the case highlights the risks podcasters can face in a freewheeling and increasingly ubiquitous medium, experts say.

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Up Next At High Court: SEC And FCC Enforcement Authority

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court's final argument session of this term kicks off Monday, when the justices will consider the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's authority to seek disgorgement orders against alleged wrongdoers without proving investors were harmed. Here, Law360 breaks down the week's oral arguments.

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Analysis

3 Key Questions On Trump's Pharma Tariffs

By Dylan Moroses

President Donald Trump recently announced 100% tariffs on certain imported pharmaceutical products, with opportunities for drug companies to lower their tariff rates to zero, but questions remain about the requirements for preferential treatment and abilities to administer the regime. Here, Law360 examines three open questions surrounding pharmaceutical tariffs' implementation.

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State Privacy & AI Watch: 4 Legislative Developments To Know

By Allison Grande

The state data privacy law landscape continues to grow, with Alabama becoming the latest to join the fray and Kentucky moving to expand the types of sensitive data covered by its existing statute, although one state's legislature that had been pushing to enact what would have been one of the strictest frameworks in the nation adjourned for the year without finishing.

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California Is Latest Battleground In Defining Access To Justice

By Brandon Lowrey

A pair of dueling California ballot initiatives both purport to increase consumers' access to justice — a righteous cause, most would say. If only the initiatives' backers agreed on what that means.

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Cities Pan Latest GOP Permit Reform Bill As 'Dangerous'

By Christopher Cole

A coalition of cities and counties Friday blasted a Republican plan to impose "shot clocks" on local governments so they will hurry along broadband permit decisions, calling it an unacceptable attack on local authority.

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Where Cables Were Cut, AT&T Wants Be Done With Copper

By Nadia Dreid

There are hundreds of places all over the country where AT&T's copper phone lines have been disrupted, either by accident, theft or natural disaster, and it's asking the Federal Communications Commission for permission not to replace them.

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Rocket Lab Beats Investor Suit Over Launch Timeline For Good

By Katryna Perera

A California federal judge has permanently tossed a proposed shareholder class action alleging that Rocket Lab USA Inc. and its top brass intentionally concealed issues that would delay the test and commercial launches of a vehicle it developed, finding that the suit did not adequately allege a motive for fraud by the defendants.

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PTAB To Eye 3 Patents After Squires Rejected TikTok Reviews

By Adam Lidgett

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has agreed to launch reviews of whether three Cellspin Soft Inc. patents for publishing data on websites are invalid after the company was able to dodge earlier challenges from TikTok.

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Fanatics Unit Says Bettor Can't Enforce Wagering Limits Rule  

By Melanie Dorsey

A Fanatics sportsbook affiliate has urged a Michigan federal court to deny a bettor's bid for partial summary judgment, arguing that he has no private right to enforce the state gaming rule at issue, lacks standing to assert claims under other states' laws and sought judgment before discovery had even begun.

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Healthcare AI Co. Seeks to Drop 3 From Wage Suit

By MJ Koo

A data science platform said Friday that a former executive, who claims he was not paid after investing $750,000 into the business, cannot drag three out-of-state people loosely connected to the company into a North Carolina federal court and that key claims should be trimmed.

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Systemic Bias Norm At Taiwan Semiconductor, Engineer Says

By Rachel Riley

A software engineer for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has alleged the microchip-maker systematically discriminates against women by hiring them less frequently than men, underpaying women and fostering a "sexually-charged environment" rife with innuendo and harassment.

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AI Health Co. Illegally Shared Genetic Data, Patients Say

By Celeste Bott

A healthcare company powered by artificial intelligence violated Illinois' genetic privacy law and other consumer protection laws by compelling a genetic testing business it acquired to disclose patients' genetic information, which it then shared through data agreements with pharmaceutical giants such as Eli Lilly and AbbVie, a lawsuit in Illinois federal court says.

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Polygon Says Ex-Execs Engaged In Self-Dealing

By Katryna Perera

Two former executives of artificial intelligence company Predicate Labs Inc. have been hit with a suit in Delaware Chancery Court alleging that following a $400 million acquisition of the company in 2021, the executives "began a campaign of self-dealings, intentional misrepresentation, deceptive inducement and willful breach."

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Amazon Fired Drone Pilot Who Voiced Safety Issues, Suit Says

By Ben Adlin

A former Amazon drone pilot and robotics operator has claimed in a Washington state lawsuit that the e-commerce giant illegally fired him in retaliation for raising safety and regulatory concerns around what his suit describes as a "clandestine" drone AI-training program.

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Security Camera Co. Tracks, Shares Website Activity, Suit Says

By Nadia Dreid

Home security camera company Wyze has been sued in Washington federal court for allegedly tracking and sharing the activity of people who visit its website with social media companies like TikTok and Meta, even if they reject all nonessential cookies.

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Brief

OpenAI Drops 9th Circ. Appeal Over 'Cameo' TM Block

By Elliot Weld

OpenAI has abandoned its Ninth Circuit appeal of an injunction blocking it from using the term "Cameo" in relation to a component of its artificial intelligence video generator Sora 2.

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Brief

Advocates Get FCC Prison Call Rate Cases Moved To 1st Circ.

By Nadia Dreid

The D.C. Circuit has agreed that a series of consolidated appeals brought by prison phone service providers and advocacy groups challenging the Federal Communications Commission's latest prison phone rate order belongs in front of the First Circuit.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

The past week in London has seen Aston Martin file an appeal in a row with Chinese carmaker Geely over its winged logo for London black cabs, Ineos sue Ben Ainslie's America's Cup team for a £180 million ($244 million) boat, White & Case face a claim from two energy storage companies, and a golf tour company bring a claim against Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund after the fund invested in its rival.

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Drone Co. Aevex Joins Defense-Related IPOs, Raising $320M

By Bonnie Eslinger

Drone-maker Aevex Corp. began trading Friday after raising $320 million in its initial public ‌offering, steered by a Kirkland & Ellis LLP team and with Latham & Watkins LLP advising the underwriters.

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NorthStar Inks $300M SPAC Deal As Space Debris Risk Rises

By Al Barbarino

NorthStar Earth & Space said Friday it will merge with a blank-check company in a deal valuing NorthStar at $300 million, as the Canadian company bets that increasingly congested orbits will require continuous monitoring to avoid collisions and service disruptions.

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Roundup

Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Stikeman Elliott

By Zak Kostro

In this week's Taxation With Representation, Amazon.com Inc. buys satellite communications company Globalstar Inc., waste management company GFL Environmental Inc. acquires Secure Waste Infrastructure Corp., and Standard Life PLC buys the British subsidiary of Dutch insurer Aegon.

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Crypto Promoter Takes Plea In $45M CoinDeal Fraud Case

By Sydney Price

A Las Vegas man agreed to plead guilty in Nebraska federal court to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud for his role in a $45 million CoinDeal investment fraud scheme, admitting that he controlled company bank accounts that took in approximately $14.2 million in investor money obtained through false promises of huge returns.

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AI Co. Execs Faked Customers For Fraud Scheme, Feds Say

By Jessica Corso

The former chief executive officer and former chief financial officer of a bankrupt artificial intelligence firm were indicted in Brooklyn Friday on charges that they defrauded investors and banks by lying about having customers in order to inflate company earnings to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars.

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Brief

EU, South Korea Officials Endorse Digital Trade Agreement

By Jack McLoone

Trade officials from the European Union and South Korea agreed to the final text of an "ambitious" digital trade agreement between the countries Friday, setting the stage for it to be signed at a summit later this year, the European Commission said.

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7 Tips For Employers On Calif. Decision-Making Tech Rules

Over the next eight months, many California employers must prepare to comply with challenging new requirements under the California Consumer Privacy Act that constitute the most comprehensive set of rules in the country on the use of automated decision-making technology, say attorneys at Littler.

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Australia's Computer Patent Ruling Will Aid Global Companies

While courts around the world have struggled to articulate a technology-neutral test for patentability of computer-implemented inventions, a recent decision by Australia's top court offers a decisive answer, creating strategic opportunities for overseas applicants, say attorneys at Mallesons.

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2 Discovery Rulings Break With Heppner On AI Privilege Issue

While a New York federal court’s recent ruling in U.S. v. Heppner suggests that some litigants’ communications with AI tools are discoverable, two other recent federal court decisions demonstrate that such interactions generally qualify for work-product protection under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, says Joshua Dunn at Brown Rudnick.

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Adams & Reese Sued For Malpractice Over $411M Injury Loss

By Lynn LaRowe

A scaffolding company has hit Adams & Reese LLP with a legal malpractice suit in Texas state court that accuses the firm of botching its defense in a Louisiana workplace injury case, leading to a roughly $411 million jury verdict and ultimately forcing the business to settle the matter for millions.

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Polsinelli Sent Bogus Infringement Letters, Suits Say

By Elliot Weld

National law firm Polsinelli PC was accused of sending letters to two medical device companies with meritless claims of patent infringement, the companies claimed in a pair of malpractice suits.

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Another Record-Breaking Year For NY Lobbying: Watchdog

By Andrea Keckley

The amount of money spent on lobbying in New York state reached a new high — again — in 2025 despite lower dollar amounts from that year's top spenders, a state ethics and lobbying watchdog said Thursday.

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NY High Court Suspends Judge Over Racist Remarks

By Elizabeth Daley

A veteran judge who used the N-word among colleagues and claimed in court that a Black defendant was likely to be violent and "played the race card" has been suspended without pay by New York's highest court.

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Roundup

Balancing The Scales: Juror Bias, First For Revenge Porn Law

By Orlando Lorenzo

The California Supreme Court tossed the conviction and death sentence in a double slaying over the trial court's failures to investigate claims of juror bias, and an Ohio man is believed to be the first person in the nation convicted under a federal law intended to battle revenge porn.

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Alaska-Hawaiian Merger Judge Mulls DQ Over O'Melveny Ties

By Craig Clough

The parties in a consumer lawsuit challenging Alaska Airlines' 2024 acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines have been notified that the federal judge recently assigned to the case intends to disqualify himself unless they sign a waiver over one of his retirement accounts being tied to O'Melveny & Myers LLP, which is representing Alaska Airlines.

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Nussbaum-Linked Law Firms Hit Ch. 11 Facing Scheme Suits

By Vince Sullivan

Two commercial real estate law firms headed by Mark J. Nussbaum filed for Chapter 11 protection in New York, listing at least $353 million in disputed unsecured claims tied to the firms' hard money lending practices that have been described in litigation as a Ponzi scheme.

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Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

New data found that some companies are being wary during the 2026 proxy season by negotiating deals behind closed doors rather than allowing shareholders to vote on issues. In the meantime, a report showed that the higher annual rate growth for outside counsel fees that began in 2022 has become the new normal. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Winston & Strawn LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a New York federal jury found that Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary harmed competition in the live entertainment sector by willfully monopolizing ticketing services.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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