Google Loses Bid To Toss Jewish Ex-Worker's Bias Claims

By Grace Elletson

An Illinois federal judge rejected Google's bid to narrow a suit from a Jewish ex-worker who said his boss began harassing him after learning about his religious identity and mental health struggles, saying the events alleged in his complaint seemed too suspicious to justify cutting discrimination claims.

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Anthropic And CEO Beat Lyric Infringement Claims, For Now

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge on Wednesday tossed music publishers' claims against artificial intelligence behemoth Anthropic and its CEO Dario Amodei alleging they ripped off lyrics from over 20,000 songs, but said the publishers can amend their complaint and try again.

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Cisco Urges Justices To Reject $2.6B Centripetal Patent Case

By Adam Lidgett

Cisco Systems says the U.S. Supreme Court shouldn't reinstate Centripetal Networks LLC's $2.6 billion patent infringement case, saying a lower court was correct to grant Cisco a win because Centripetal had adequate time to respond to Cisco's interpretation of the asserted patent.

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Westlaw AI Fight Warrants Full Court Review, 3rd Circ. Told

By Theresa Schliep

Ross Intelligence urged the full Third Circuit to revisit a copyright decision concluding that it wasn't protected by fair use when it trained its artificial intelligence legal research platform on Thomson Reuters' Westlaw headnotes, arguing that "at every turn, the panel asked the wrong question."

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Brands Urge 5th Circ. Not To Revive X's Ad Boycott Suit

By Matthew Perlman

Mars, CVS, Nestlé and other brands have told the Fifth Circuit a lower court was right to toss X Corp.'s advertising boycott case, arguing the social media platform sued only because it lost customers to competitors after being acquired by Elon Musk.

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Apple Can't Escape $5.7B Patent Verdict, Taction Says

By Adam Lidgett

Taction Technology Inc. said Tuesday that Apple shouldn't be able to dodge a jury's $5.7 billion award against it in a haptic vibration technology patent dispute, calling the tech giant's request to pay no damages "extraordinary."

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Analysis

Attys Consider Corporate Implications Of Blue Texas

By Spencer Brewer

Texas attorneys have already started weighing new strategies in the wake of Texas' historic blue shift, led by a new attorney general and a new governor who have pledged to bring more industry regulation and consumer protections to the Lone Star State.

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SpaceX Says Data Shows Need To Sunset High-Cost Program

By Christopher Cole

SpaceX has urged a Federal Communications Commission member to consider a phaseout of a high-cost program that serves rural areas, pointing to new data it says shows increasing overlap between subsidized and competing services.

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AT&T Seeks OK To Suspend LA Services Amid Copper Theft

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

AT&T has asked the Federal Communications Commission to again extend its emergency authorization to suspend phone services in parts of Los Angeles amid "repeated and pervasive" copper theft and vandalism incidents.

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NM Broadband Officials Say State Still Needs E-Rate

By Nadia Dreid

As the Federal Communications Commission considers the future of the E-Rate program, which subsidizes the cost of internet for schools and libraries, including whether to sunset it entirely, New Mexico has told the agency that ending the program would be a mistake.

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Brief

State AGs Tell Congress $17B Meta Deal Didn't Go Far Enough

By David Aaro

A bipartisan coalition that includes nearly every state attorney general is urging Congress to pass legislation designed to further improve online protections for minors, just two months after a $17 billion multistate settlement was reached with Meta.

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Feature

4 Argument Sessions For Benefits Attys To Watch In Nov.

By Kellie Mejdrich

JPMorgan Chase & Co. will defend its win in a 401(k) forfeiture suit at the Ninth Circuit, Aetna will ask the Second Circuit to push a multiemployer health plan's suit into arbitration, and the Tenth Circuit hears from pharmacy benefit managers who want an opioid nuisance battle moved to federal court. Here, Law360 looks at four arguments that benefits attorneys may want to keep an eye on in November.

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Investors Say Internet Letter Should Support Ill. Fraud Claims

By Lauraann Wood

A securities short seller that ditched fraud claims over a letter it allegedly posted online to manipulate a stock's value urged the Seventh Circuit on Wednesday to leave its dismissal win intact, saying reversal could invite a "slippery slope" of future plaintiffs satisfying venue requirements with even less sufficient claims.

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$5.5M Doxim Data Breach Deal Gets Final OK In Mich.

By Sydney Price

A Michigan federal judge has granted final approval to a $5.5 million class action settlement resolving claims that software provider Doxim Inc. and two credit unions failed to adequately protect customers' sensitive personal information in a 2023 data breach.

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Sony Must Face Trimmed Suit Over Smart TV Data Collection

By Allison Grande

A California federal judge has tossed the bulk of a proposed class action accusing Sony of collecting and selling smart TV users' viewing data without consent, finding that the plaintiffs had failed to adequately plead more than a dozen wiretap and privacy allegations while leaving two common law claims intact.

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'Clearly Sanctionable' Conduct Not Punished In Vape MDL

By Jonathan Capriel

Buyers of CCell-branded vape hardware escaped sanctions Friday after they repeatedly mischaracterized emails to suggest a distributor had an enforcement role in a price-fixing scheme, when the California federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation called the conduct "clearly sanctionable" but giving counsel "one last chance."

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Ford, EV Battery Co. Must Face Workers' Unpaid Wage Suit

By Melanie Dorsey

Ford Motor Co. and its electric vehicle battery joint venture must face a proposed class and collective action alleging unpaid wages after a Michigan federal judge ruled Wednesday that workers sufficiently alleged the automaker was their joint employer and that Michigan courts have jurisdiction over the venture.

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Meta Share Plan Fight Gets January Injunction Hearing

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court ruled Wednesday that stockholders challenging Meta Platforms Inc.'s plan to create nonvoting shares will get a preliminary injunction hearing in early January, rejecting the company's push for a full trial before the transaction takes effect Jan. 19, 2027.

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Nike Scores Quick OK For Appeal In Wash. Spam Class Action

By Ben Adlin

A Washington state judge greenlighted Nike Inc.'s bid for a quick appeal Tuesday in a case accusing the apparel giant of sending customers misleading advertising emails, clearing the way for appellate review of whether alleging violations of Washington's antispam statute automatically establishes economic injury under the state's consumer protection law.

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Zillow Faces New Proposed Class Action Over Text Ads

By Isaac Monterose

Property listing giant Zillow Group Inc. was hit with another proposed class action accusing it of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending consumers unwanted telemarketing texts.

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Highmark Health Network Hit With Suit Over AI Recording Use

By Gianna Ferrarin

Allegheny Health Network and its parent Highmark Health failed to get informed consent from patients for use of an artificial intelligence-based clinical documentation tool in exam rooms, according to a patient's proposed class action complaint in Pennsylvania state court.

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StayTouch Uses New Patent To Sue Apple Over NameDrop

By Bonnie Eslinger

Apple Inc. is facing a Texas federal lawsuit from GG Technologies alleging that the tech giant's NameDrop feature, which allows iPhone and Apple Watch users to share contact information by bringing their devices close together, infringes on patented technology owned by the Southern California startup.

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Brief

Full Fed. Circ. Won't Look At Inventor's Location Patents

By Elliot Weld

The full Federal Circuit on Wednesday declined to review a decision turning down an inventor's attempt to revive her computer-locating patents that were invalidated by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board after being challenged by Google and Microsoft.

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Skadden, Paul Hastings Guide Dronamics' $500M SPAC Deal

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Paul Hastings LLP-advised autonomous aviation company Dronamics on Wednesday unveiled plans to go public by merging with special purpose acquisition company GP-Act III Acquisition Corp., led by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, in a deal that boasts an implied pro forma enterprise value of $500 million.

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AI-Moderated Social App Hits Ch. 11 With $32M Debt

By Yun Park

WeAre8, a social media platform that uses artificial intelligence to moderate content, has filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware with more than $32 million in funded debt and plans to sell all its assets.

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Brief

SkyWest Union Latest To Oppose Spirit's Ch. 11 Data Sale

By Vince Sullivan

A union representing flight crew members for SkyWest Airlines has asked a New York bankruptcy court for permission to intervene in the Chapter 11 case of budget airline owner Spirit Aviation Holdings so that it can submit a statement opposing a sale of data to Google.

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Brief

Judge OKs $353M Bid For Power Plant In Ch. 11

By Rick Archer

A Delaware bankruptcy judge has given West Virginia coal plant operator Omnis Pleasants the go-ahead to accept an approximately $353 million baseline bid for its assets in an auction to be held next week.

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OCC Maps Out How Its Examiners Will Review Banks' AI Use

By Jon Hill

The use of artificial intelligence at banks to conduct payments, decide loan applications or perform other high-stakes activities autonomously could face closer examiner scrutiny under a new supervisory framework issued Wednesday by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

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Ogletree Adds Ex-Amazon Employment Atty To Seattle Office

By Rachel Riley

A leading in-house employment attorney for Amazon has departed to join Ogletree Deakins' Seattle office, bringing expertise helping Fortune 50 companies navigate workforce challenges to the firm.

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Brief

Pierson Ferdinand Adds Partners From Constangy, Akerman

By Andrea Keckley

Pierson Ferdinand LLP has announced the arrival of two new partners — a cybersecurity attorney from Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP and a real estate attorney from Akerman LLP.

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How Groq-Nvidia Suit Tests Venture Capital Exit Math

A recent Delaware Court of Chancery suit concerning Nvidia's acquihire of certain Groq employees highlights that when such deals are challenged, the economic dispute turns on reconciling technology, people, cash and continuing ownership rather than on the headline number, says Ben Dubin at VC Expert Services.

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A Lesson On How Courts Approach Impossible Patent Claims

The Federal Circuit's recent decision in Satius v. Samsung, concluding that a scientifically impossible patent claim lacks enablement, underscores important considerations when drafting patent claims with potentially incompatible alternatives, and highlights an uncommon strategy for attacking patent validity via claim construction, say attorneys at Buchanan Ingersoll.

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How Contracts Can Address Agentic AI Monitoring Risk

In light of two recent OpenAI incidents of artificial intelligence agents disabling their monitoring safeguards, companies deploying agentic AI should draft contracts reflecting the possibility that controls can fail, and identify who controls each safeguard, whether the AI agent can interfere, and how a failure will be detected, say attorneys at Zova Law.

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Opinion

The Invisible AI Danger That May Undermine Legal Profession

A public database tracking cases involving hallucinations generated by artificial intelligence recently surpassed 2,200 entries, but the bigger risk underlying attorneys’ use of such tools is that they will slowly surrender their judgment to AI and lose analytical skills, says Massachusetts District Court Associate Justice Brian Palmucci.

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Gibson Dunn Set To Bring On 120 Lawyers From Weil

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson and Marialuisa Taddia

Gibson Dunn is set to hire the U.S. and London-based private funds teams from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, bringing on 120 attorneys in the largest group move reported since Weil's management committee recommended last week that the firm wind down operations.

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Analysis

Midterm Dem Wins To Scramble Lit Funding Legislative Efforts

By Ryan Boysen

Litigation funders can rest easy, for now, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will need to rethink its approach after last night's midterm elections saw Democrats rout Republicans, scrambling a yearslong effort for federal regulation of litigation finance that's so far relied on Republicans.

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State AG Race Wins Set To Give Dems Control Of Most Offices

By Madison Arnold

Democrats are poised to oversee a majority of state attorneys general offices around the country after Tuesday's elections saw the party hang on to all of its existing seats and flip control of five offices from the Republicans, according to unofficial election results.

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Goldstein Ordered To Pay Trimmed $1M Forfeiture

By Nadia Dreid

Former SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein was hit with a $1 million forfeiture order Wednesday by a Maryland federal judge in the wake of his tax and mortgage fraud trial, where the appellate advocate was convicted on a dozen charges.

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Analysis

Attys Ensure Voters' 'Right To Be Heard' In Midterm Elections

By James Boyle and Lynn LaRowe

From BigLaw attorneys and solo practitioners to university professors, thousands of attorney volunteers turned out for Tuesday's midterm elections to ensure American voters' ballots would be counted.

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DOJ Says Epshteyn Will Answer ABA Service Motion

By Jared Foretek

Trump advisor Boris Epshteyn will answer for himself why he has allegedly been evading subpoenas in the American Bar Association's legal challenge to the administration's law firm targeting campaign, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday.

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Holland & Hart Cost Ex-Client $23M Stake In Co., Suit Says

By Zach Dupont

Holland & Hart LLP and two of its attorneys were accused of malpractice in Colorado state court Tuesday by a former client who claims the attorneys failed to inform her that a wealth transfer plan with her then-husband left her iced out of the couple's most valuable asset.

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DOJ Accused Of Unlawfully Ending Crime Victim Agreement

By Tom Lotshaw

The National Crime Victim Law Institute has accused the U.S. Department of Justice in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims of unlawfully terminating a $500,000 cooperative agreement aimed at strengthening legal support for disabled crime victims in the wake of an executive order against diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

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Former DOJ Officials See Mixed Results In Midterm Races

By Chris Villani

The 2026 midterm elections included bids for office by several former U.S. Department of Justice officials and nominees for the federal bench, with one race a dead heat and several others decided as of early Wednesday.

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