Trump Threatens 100% Tariff For EU Nations Planning DSTs

By Dylan Moroses

President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 100% tariff on imports entering the U.S. from countries in the European Union planning to levy new digital service taxes, according to a social media post Friday.

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ATF Ends Location Data Contract After Bipartisan Push

By Courtney Bublé

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives canceled a contract to obtain Americans' commercial location data without a warrant, a bipartisan pair of lawmakers announced Friday.

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High Court To Issue Big Decisions In Term's Final Days

By Katie Buehler

As the U.S. Supreme Court enters the final days of its term, the justices still have several major decisions to issue, including some concerning birthright citizenship, the president's power to remove independent agency officials, transgender athletes and election rules. 

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Analysis

Bosch DOJ Declination Shows Benefits Of Early Self-Reporting

By Sarah Jarvis

The U.S. Department of Justice's recent decision not to prosecute German technology company Bosch for exporting products to a sanctioned Chinese company signals to businesses that prompt self-reporting to the government can help them secure a declination even for serious national security offenses.

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5 ERISA Cases To Keep An Eye On In The Second Half Of 2026

By Kellie Mejdrich

A U.S. Supreme Court challenge to Intel Corp.'s 401(k) investment lineup tops the list of cases benefits attorneys will be watching this summer and fall, though appeals involving health plan tobacco fees, plan forfeiture spending and a potential Eleventh Circuit precedent shift are also top of mind. Here, Law360 looks at five ERISA cases that attorneys should have on their radar as 2026 rolls on.

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Analysis

To Protect And Stalk: How Some Police Misuse Plate Readers

By Jack Karp

Police officers' abuse of public surveillance technology to stalk people in their private lives highlights the need for greater transparency and accountability when it comes to how these tools are used, say experts.

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PACER Fees Will Rise To Fund Cyber Defense Upgrades

By Bonnie Eslinger

The federal judiciary announced Friday it will temporarily increase the fees for electronic access to court records to pay for a potential $800 million upgrade that will modernize and strengthen court records systems PACER and CM/ECF, an upgrade it previously said is needed to respond to escalating cyberattacks.

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Bankers Want Beefed Up 'Know Your Customer' FCC Rules

By Nadia Dreid

Bankers are behind the Federal Communications Commission all the way when it comes to the agency's plan to impose "know your customer" rules on originating telecom providers and fining those that don't comply, myriad financial service trade groups have told the commission.

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ABC Viewers Seek License Denials If Disney Cuts FCC Deal

By Christopher Cole

Several media advocacy groups and ABC viewers petitioned the Federal Communications Commission Friday to deny broadcast license renewals to eight Disney-owned stations if they strike a deal with the FCC meant to keep their operations intact.

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FCC Tweaks Alaska Rural Deployment Performance Plans

By Nadia Dreid

Following feedback from the telecom industry, the Federal Communications Commission has made a few changes to the performance plans Alaska Connect Fund recipients have to submit outlining how they plan to deploy and maintain their networks.

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Brief

Police Union Offers Sens. Revamped FirstNet Renewal Draft

By Christopher Cole

The Fraternal Order of Police has submitted draft language to the U.S. Senate to reauthorize the nation's first responder communications network that reasserts law enforcement's role in governing the network.

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PTAB Leaders Undo Ax Of Patent From $253M GoDaddy Case

By Ryan Davis

Top Patent Trial and Appeal Board judges have overturned a panel's decision invalidating claims in a website patent from a $253 million judgment against GoDaddy, saying that after a jury upheld the patent, there was no reason for the board to reach a different validity outcome.

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Patent Owner Drops Appeal Of $253M T-Mobile, Ericsson Case

By Elliot Weld

A patent owner on Friday dropped its appeal in the Federal Circuit seeking to revive a case against T-Mobile and Ericsson in which it had sought $253 million in damages after a jury rejected its claims.

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NY Times, Other News Orgs Reframe AI Claims In Wake Of Cox

By Elliot Weld

The New York Times has expanded its suit against Microsoft alleging copyrighted content was used to train artificial intelligence, while trimming some contributory infringement claims in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's Cox ruling, a move that was followed by a group of regional newspapers requesting to do the same.

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Discovery Dispute Mounts In Boeing Moon Exploration IP Suit

By Emily Sawicki

A Colorado-based aerospace company is seeking expanded discovery in its ongoing intellectual property suit accusing The Boeing Co. of stealing patented technology for a NASA moon exploration program after repeatedly complaining that the company has failed to meet its duty to provide documents and depositions.

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Brief

Thermostat Patent Case Settles After Fed. Circ. Undid Verdict

By Elliot Weld

Two home automation companies have settled a case over a thermostat patent after the Federal Circuit undid an $11.5 million jury verdict awarded to one of them and faulted the judge overseeing the trial for using jury forms that collapsed all infringement allegations into a yes-no question.

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Google Gets Judge To Block 'Outsider Enterprise' Phishing

By Rae Ann Varona

A New York federal judge Friday barred an alleged Chinese cybercrime operation from having its members use Google's Gemini and other artificial intelligence tools to carry out bogus text message scams, saying Google demonstrated that the enterprise has "threatened the security of the internet" through its phishing schemes.

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Supreme Court Pauses Fine In Journalist's Appeal

By Jared Foretek

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday stayed a D.C. Circuit ruling upholding a civil contempt order against former Fox News journalist Catherine Herridge, further staving off a district judge's $800-per-day fine for refusing to expose her source.

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Fla., Roku Resolve Children's Data Privacy Suit

By Corey Rothauser

Roku Inc. has reached an agreement resolving Florida's lawsuit accusing the streaming platform of illegally collecting and selling children's personal data, with Roku agreeing to spend an estimated $25 million to enhance parental controls and child privacy protections.

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ZoomInfo Downplayed AI Biz's Slowdown, Investor Suit Says

By Sydney Price

Software company ZoomInfo was hit with a proposed shareholder class action in Washington federal court accusing it of hiding slowing growth and minimizing concerning trends regarding customers' adoption of its artificial intelligence tools.

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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 Michelle Mone sued by PPE Medpro, Broadfield Law sued by the founders of an international aid company, and litigation funder Fortress bring a claim against Edwin Coe and businesses the law firm represented in a cartel claim.

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Skadden, Baker McKenzie Guide $7B Onsemi, Synaptics Deal

By Al Barbarino

Onsemi has agreed to acquire Synaptics Inc. in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $7 billion, with Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP advising Onsemi and Baker McKenzie representing Synaptics.

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3 Firms Steer Cargo Drone Co.'s $800M SPAC Merger

By Elaine Briseño

Autonomous heavy-cargo drone developer Elroy Air Inc. announced Friday it plans to go public through a merger with a blank check company, in a deal that values the business at $800 million and is being steered by DLA Piper, White & Case and Kirkland.

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Roundup

Taxation With Representation: Sidley, Paul Weiss, Kirkland

By Zak Kostro

In this week's Taxation With Representation, Germany's Merck KGaA acquires life sciences tools supplier Bio-Techne Corp., drugmaker AbbVie buys clinical-stage biotechnology company Apogee Therapeutics, and building materials supplier CRH acquires infrastructure products maker Arcosa Inc.

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T-Mobile Asks High Court To Refund Its $92M In FCC Fines

By Nadia Dreid

T-Mobile has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to wipe out $92 million in fines it and Sprint were slapped with for selling users' location data, saying that even though the justices have declared the FCC can level such fines and companies can just refuse to pay, the telecom "did not have the benefit" of that decision at the time.

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Chicago IP Duo Leave Winston For King & Spalding

By Tracey Read

King & Spalding LLP has added two more ex-Winston & Strawn LLP partners who will reunite with 15 former colleagues who joined the firm earlier this year.

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Brief

Faegre Drinker Adds Withers Int'l Arbitration Atty In NY

By Tracey Read

A former Withers litigation and arbitration special counsel has joined Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP as a New York partner.

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Constructing AI Compliance Plans As State Laws Diverge

With Colorado, Connecticut and the federal government recently announcing wildly different approaches to artificial intelligence regulation, creating a workable compliance program means addressing overlapping obligations using shared systems rather than separate silos, say attorneys at Ogletree.

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As Quantum Computing Evolves, So Do Antitrust Risks

Amid quantum computing's increased strategic importance there are five potential antitrust fault lines that may arise not only between quantum developers, but also within and across the layers of the stack as the industry matures, say attorneys at Proskauer.

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The Future Of WDTX Patent Litigation After Judge Albright

With U.S. District Judge Christopher Wolfe set to take over much of Judge Alan Albright's patent infringement docket in the Western District of Texas later this year, attorneys should prepare for potential differences in Judge Wolfe's approach to the court's high volume of patent litigation, say attorneys at Sidley Austin.

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3rd Circ. Decision Sheds Light On BIPA Bank Exemption

The Third Circuit's recent decision in McGoveran v. Amazon illuminates how courts are extending the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act's financial institution carveout beyond banks and insurers to technology vendors and other businesses handling biometric data, a defendant-friendly shift that still casts uncertainty around BIPA's enforcement, say attorneys at Dorsey & Whitney.

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Opinion

State Courts Must Be Gatekeepers Of Expert Testimony

Based on my experience in the state judiciary, emulating federal courts' role as gatekeepers of expert witness testimony would help state court judges maintain the appearance of impartiality and assist juries, thus enhancing the overall confidence people have in their justice system, says Lorie Gildea at Greenberg Traurig.

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Justices Strike Down Humphrey's Presidential Firing Limits

By Katie Buehler

The president has unlimited authority to fire members of independent agencies, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday in a major win for President Donald Trump's campaign against officials at the Federal Trade Commission and beyond.

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Insurer Says Firm, Atty Not Covered For Malpractice Claim

By Hope Patti

A Georgia law firm and attorney are not entitled to coverage for a legal malpractice claim brought by a former client who said their handling of an underlying lawsuit resulted in a nearly $600,000 default judgment against him, the firm's professional liability insurer told a federal court.

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Harris Beach Murtha To Combine With Peabody & Arnold

By Christine DeRosa

Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC is set to expand its footprint in the Northeast through a combination with Boston firm Peabody & Arnold LLP.

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Greenberg Traurig Hires Nuclear Commission Veteran In DC

By Jack Rodgers

Greenberg Traurig LLP has hired a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission leader, who spent 18 years there, most recently as deputy assistant general counsel for materials, fuel cycle and waste programs, the firm announced Monday.

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Ex-Pa. AG, Trump Defense Firm Want Malpractice Claims Axed

By James Boyle

An elections nonprofit is seeking to keep alive its malpractice claim against the former acting attorney general of Pennsylvania and his firm, van der Veen Hartshorn & Levin, filing a quick response over the weekend to a motion to dismiss its amended complaint in Pennsylvania federal court.

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Justice Jackson Tops High Court Book Earnings In 2025

By Ryan Boysen

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson made nearly $1.2 million in book royalties last year, bringing her total to $4.14 million and making her the most highly compensated author on the high court, according to financial disclosure forms released Monday.

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Brief

NC 'Faithful Slaves' Monument Suit To End In Settlement

By Abigail Harrison

North Carolina residents are nearing a settlement in their lawsuit against a county alleging a monument that commemorates "faithful slaves" considered loyal to the South during the Civil War is unconstitutional, according to a notice filed in North Carolina federal court.

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Analysis

The End Of An 'Independent' FTC

By Bryan Koenig

Federal Trade Commission members, responsible for merger review, antitrust enforcement, consumer protection safeguards and rulemaking, and industry analysis, no longer serve at a remove from presidential authority, thanks to Monday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could dramatically remake the FTC and other independent agencies.

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Judge Limits Vegas Trip For BigLaw Insider Trading Defendant

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts federal magistrate judge said Monday a defendant described by prosecutors as a "lynchpin" in the BigLaw insider trading case must limit a planned visit to Las Vegas next month to just two nights, saying she also has "concerns about the validity" of a financial statement he provided to obtain a federal defender.

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