Comcast Hit With $213M Verdict In Streaming Patent Case

By Adam Lidgett

Comcast is on the hook for $213 million after a Florida federal jury found Thursday that it infringed a rival's patent for a streaming service system, years after the telecommunications giant was cleared by the judge in the middle of an earlier trial.

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11th Circ. Says Ga. Can Enforce Social Media Age Check Law

By David Aaro

The Eleventh Circuit struck down an injunction Thursday that blocked Georgia from enforcing its age verification law for social media platforms, finding that internet trade group NetChoice hadn't shown it was likely to prevail on its legal challenge to the statute.

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Eight States Sue OpenAI Over ChatGPT Safety Risks

By Emily Field

A group of attorneys general of eight states, including Arkansas and Arizona, on Wednesday hit OpenAI with suits alleging that the company knowingly misled the public about the safety risks of its ChatGPT artificial intelligence bot.

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Gov't Urges Justices To Reject Google, Intel Fight Over Fintiv

By Adam Lidgett

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject Intel Corp. and Google LLC's challenge to a precedent allowing Patent Trial and Appeal Board petitions to be denied based on related litigation.

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Crowell Faces DQ Bid Over AI Tool At Heart Of Client's IP Suit

By Dorothy Atkins

DeviantArt urged a California federal judge Wednesday to disqualify Crowell & Moring LLP from representing Evox Productions in litigation alleging multiple AI companies used Evox's copyrighted car photos to train artificial-intelligence image generators, arguing the firm "unquestionably" represented DeviantArt and has "sued its own client on behalf of another client."

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FCC To Vote On Adding $162M To Boost Alaska Connectivity

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

The Federal Communications Commission is set to vote on a proposal to pump an additional $162 million into ongoing efforts to expand high-speed internet connectivity in Alaska.

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Justices Stay 4th Circ. Mandamus In FCC Political Ad Case

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

The U.S. Supreme Court has stayed an order from a Fourth Circuit panel that would have required the full Federal Communications Commission to review agency staff guidance requiring broadcasters to offer discount ad rates to political committees tied to candidates.

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Anthropic Urges DC Circ. To Revisit Defense Supply Risk Ban

By Rae Ann Varona

Anthropic has urged the D.C. Circuit to reconsider a split panel's decision allowing the Pentagon to exclude Claude artificial intelligence models from its supply chain, saying the decision, if left standing, puts U.S. companies at risk of punishment for refusing Pentagon demands.

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Tesla Says Gov't Brief Shows USPTO Wants 'Absolute Power'

By Elliot Weld

Electric carmaker Tesla told the U.S. Supreme Court that it should take a case over the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office leadership's discretionary standards for granting or denying patent review, saying a recent government brief illustrates how the office wants "absolute power" when it comes to restricting such reviews.

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Zoom Can't Move Ricoh Patent Suit From Delaware To Calif.

By Elliot Weld

A Delaware federal court denied Thursday a bid from Zoom Communications Inc. to move a patent infringement suit brought by Japanese camera and electronics maker Ricoh Co. Ltd. to California, ruling that keeping the case in Delaware was more convenient.

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Google Will Seek To Pause Ad Tech Case For DOJ Appeal

By Matthew Perlman

Google will ask a New York federal court to pause a scheduled April trial in the private antitrust litigation over its advertising placement technology while it appeals a loss in a similar case from the U.S. Department of Justice in Virginia.

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Medical AI Platforms Report Settlement Amid Discovery Battle

By Julie Manganis

Medical artificial intelligence startup OpenEvidence and competitors Doximity Inc. and Pathway Medical Inc. told a Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday that they have reached a settlement in principle to resolve a contentious lawsuit and counterclaim.

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Music Companies Fight To Continue Influencer Ad Claims

By Adam Lidgett

A group of Warner Music-affiliated record labels and publishers have urged an Ohio federal judge to keep alive copyright claims accusing DSW Shoe Warehouse Inc. of profiting from unlicensed music in influencer marketing campaigns.

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Google Beats T-Shirt Co.'s Suit, Amazon Still Facing IP Claims

By Bonnie Eslinger

An Ohio federal judge overseeing a T-shirt seller's separate intellectual property lawsuits accusing Google and Amazon of copyright infringement issued diverging rulings Wednesday, saying Weekend Warrior Clothing can pursue claims against Amazon over its "Merch on Demand" service, while tossing claims that Google advertised infringing shirts.

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No Sanctions Over Lost Evidence In Tax Software Dispute

By Jack McLoone

A Pennsylvania federal court won't sanction tax software company Avalara Inc. for destroying evidence in an employee poaching suit brought by a rival, as the judge adopted a special master's findings that the rival couldn't show the missing evidence harmed its case.

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Agtech Biz Fights Founder's Receivership Bid In Del.

By Jarek Rutz

HerdDogg urged the Delaware Chancery Court on Thursday to reject its founder's request to put the agricultural technology company into receivership, arguing her current case improperly repeats claims already tossed in another lawsuit, while the founder contended the events underlying her instant petition occurred only after that previous litigation began.

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Mich. Jury In Abuse Damages Trial Told Student Was Groomed

By Melanie Dorsey

An eight-member Michigan federal jury heard competing accounts Thursday of whether a former Wyandotte Public Schools employee groomed and sexually abused a student beginning when she was 15, or only engaged in an inappropriate relationship that does not warrant a multimillion-dollar damages award.

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Redfin Hit With Breach Suit Over Hacked Worker, User Data

By Ben Adlin

A former Redfin Corp. employee filed a proposed nationwide class action against the real estate listings company Wednesday, accusing it of failing to meet "even the most basic requirements of cybersecurity" to protect workers' and customers' personal information from hackers.

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Ex-Microsoft Manager Says Her Bias Complaints Led To Firing

By Ben Adlin

A former Microsoft Corp. engineering manager sued the tech giant in Washington state court Wednesday over claims the company eliminated her role after she raised concerns about race and gender discrimination against women of color.

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4 Firms Steer $6.1B CCC Intelligent Solutions Take-Private

By Al Barbarino

Four law firms are advising on an agreement announced Thursday to take insurance software provider CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. private at an enterprise value of about $6.1 billion.

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NYC Comptroller Urges Anthropic To Ease Risks Before IPO

By Nate Beck

New York City Comptroller Mark Levine is urging Anthropic PBC to pause plans for an initial public offering it says could value the company at $2 trillion, calling on the business to first resolve concerns over the technology's governance, safety and development pace.

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Deals Rumor Mill

General Atlantic Targets IPO At $10B Valuation, More Rumors

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Private equity firm General Atlantic is considering a 2027 initial public offering that could value it at up to $10 billion; Amazon is in talks to acquire artificial intelligence company Decart in a transaction that could be worth around $7 billion; and Australian real estate investment trust AirTrunk has delayed its planned Singaporean initial public offering.

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Hughes Satellite Creditors Argue For Right To File Reorg Plan

By Rick Archer

Creditors of Hughes Satellite System told a Texas bankruptcy judge Thursday they should be allowed to propose their own Chapter 11 plan before the bankrupt satellite internet provider runs out of cash.

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Dems Want FTC To Investigate Online Homebuying Industry

By Isaac Monterose

Democratic U.S. Sens. Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren asked the Federal Trade Commission Thursday to conduct an antitrust investigation into the "anticompetitive and deceptive practices" of the country's online homebuying industry, saying that the FTC needs to employ "every enforcement tool available to restore competition to the entire online real estate marketplace."

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Series

Fintech Regulator Outlook: Collaboration In North Dakota

The recent speed of new digital asset products entering the market continues to introduce compliance challenges, so regulators and companies alike must examine the intersection of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, collaboration and modernization to navigate regulatory complexity, says Lise Kruse at the North Dakota Department of Financial Institutions.

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Importer Risk Rises As AI Enters Trade Fraud Enforcement

The Trump administration's new data-driven and artificial intelligence-enabled push against tariff evasion raises the stakes for companies with global supply chains, making it crucial that they consider strengthening response protocols, documentation and internal reporting mechanisms, say attorneys at Cooley.

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Parsing The Latest Signals On FTC Section 5 Enforcement

Federal Trade Commission cases brought over the last several years and Commissioner Mark Meador’s recent call for stand-alone Section 5 enforcement suggest businesses should prepare for continued scrutiny of conduct beyond traditional antitrust violations, particularly in essential goods, technology and labor markets, say attorneys at Axinn.

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Mayer Brown Lands 2 Sheppard FDA Partners

By Tracey Read

Mayer Brown LLP has bolstered its life sciences capabilities with two former Sheppard partners, including that firm's former U.S. Food and Drug Administration practice leader.

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Greenberg Traurig Hires Sidley Private Funds Atty In Chicago

By Jack Rodgers

Greenberg Traurig LLP has hired a former Sidley Austin LLP counsel, who spent nearly a decade before her last law firm position working with Balyasny Asset Management in a range of related legal roles, the firm recently announced.

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Analysis

Expect These Post-Midterm Probes If The Hill Changes Hands

By Phillip Bantz

The top investigative priorities of a potentially Democratic-controlled Congress are coming into sharper focus with the midterms weeks away and could impact an array of companies and individuals in technology, finance and energy, experts say.

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White & Case Taps 47 Partners In Largest US Class Since 2022

By Ashish Sareen

White & Case LLP has elevated 47 lawyers to its partnership, its largest promotion round since a record 59 lawyers became partners at the start of 2022.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Schlichter Bogard LLC leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the full Eleventh Circuit overturned decades-old precedent that took a strict view of when federal benefits law claims could be brought in court.

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Dems Press Kirkland Again For Details Of $125M Trump Deal

By Courtney Bublé

A trio of congressional Democrats once again accused Kirkland & Ellis LLP of subverting their oversight requests into the $125 million deal the firm cut with the Trump administration last year.

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Ex-Legal Tech Co. Exec Says Pregnancy Got Her Fired

By George Woolston

A legal technology company abruptly fired its director of partnerships after it learned she was pregnant, and has since withheld a nearly $40,000 bonus, according to a lawsuit lodged in New Jersey state court.

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Google Users' $85M Fee Ask Stalls Over 'Utterly Lacking' Bill

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge on Thursday rejected an $85 million attorney fee request following a $700 million settlement in a consumer-led case against Google, ruling that counsel's submitted billing records are "utterly lacking in information demonstrating what work was done and for what purpose," while granting leave to amend the request.

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Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

The top investigative priorities of a potentially Democratic-controlled Congress are coming into sharper focus with the midterms just weeks away and could impact companies in various sectors. In the meantime, one BigLaw firm formed a board to oversee the use of artificial intelligence and evaluate proposals from its practice groups and sectors. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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Monopoly Allegations Test ABA's Role In Legal Education

By Emma Cueto

The American Bar Association is facing mounting claims that the council responsible for law school accreditation acts as a monopoly, an accusation levied amid a broader, politicized battle over the future of legal education.

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Brief

Cooley Reportedly Matches Milbank Pay Scale Starting In '27

By Matt Perez

Cooley LLP will reportedly increase U.S. associate base compensation in line with the pay scale set by Milbank LLP in June beginning on Jan. 1.

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Could A Criminal Sentencing Case Upend Loper Bright?

By Katie Buehler

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch is concerned that a ruling instructing trial courts to defer to the U.S. Sentencing Commission's interpretation of federal sentencing guidelines could blow a "pretty big hole" in the court's recent rejection of deference doctrines. His colleagues, however, don't appear as perturbed.

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Survey Of Ill. Attys Reveals Mental Health Struggles, Stigma

By Celeste Bott

A survey of nearly 7,000 Illinois lawyers found roughly 20% rated their mental health as fair or poor, according to an Illinois Supreme Court commission report documenting the toll of workplace stress on the states' attorneys and judges, their alcohol and drug use, and barriers to getting them care.

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