Bosch Receives First DOJ Declination Under New Policy

By Sarah Jarvis

German technology company Bosch on Wednesday became the first company to avoid criminal prosecution under a new U.S. Department of Justice enforcement policy after it cooperated with the federal government and agreed to pay $36 million to settle allegations it improperly exported technology products to sanctioned Chinese company Huawei.

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Analysis

Hikma Ruling Raises Patent Pleading Bar Beyond Drug Cases

By Ryan Davis

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision this month that shut down a patent suit against Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA over a drug using a so-called skinny label could also make it more challenging to plead induced infringement in cases involving other technologies, attorneys say.

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Google, Apple Call CEO Depo Bids 'Harassment' At 9th Circ.

By Dorothy Atkins

Apple and Google urged the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday to reject consumers' request to depose their respective CEOs, Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai, and other executives in antitrust litigation accusing Google of shutting out rival search engines, arguing that the appeal is unwarranted and the repeated deposition demands are unjustified "harassment."

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ITC, Masimo Tell Full Fed. Circ. To Skip Apple Watch Review

By Theresa Schliep

Masimo Corp. and the U.S. International Trade Commission have pushed back on Apple's request for full Federal Circuit rehearing of a panel decision finding an older version of the Apple Watch infringes Masimo's patents, saying Wednesday the case isn't exceptional enough for such scrutiny.

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Amazon Urges Fed. Circ. To Halt Patent Suit In Texas

By Adam Lidgett

Amazon has asked the Federal Circuit to force a Texas federal court to pause a suit accusing it of infringing a pair of Headwater Research LLC patents while a similar suit against Google plays out.

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Sanctioned IP Atty Tells Fed. Circ. 'Integrity' On The Line

By Elliot Weld

An attorney who was sanctioned in a trade dress infringement case due to what a judge said were his repeated misrepresentations has asked the Federal Circuit to lift the penalties against him and his client, saying his "professional and personal integrity, and my family, depends on it."

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DiDi Investors Get Final OK For $740M Deal, Atty Fees

By Sydney Price

A $740 million deal between Chinese ride-hailing app DiDi and its investors has received final approval from a New York federal judge, settling claims the company hid enterprise-threatening regulatory risks during its 2021 initial public offering.

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Meta Trims But Can't Toss Eminem Publishers' $109M IP Suit

By Bonnie Eslinger

A Michigan federal judge has found Eminem's music publishers can proceed with claims accusing Meta of unlawfully putting hundreds of the rapper's songs in Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp music libraries, but dismissed their claims that the technology giant should be liable for users sharing or reusing the songs.

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Eve Legal Accused By AI.Law Of Infringing AI Drafting Tech

By Rae Ann Varona

Eve Legal ripped off legal tech company AI.Law's patent that allows lawyers and other legal professionals to use artificial intelligence to generate legal documents, AI.Law alleged in a patent infringement lawsuit filed Wednesday in California federal court.

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Sen. Committee Clears Drug Disclosure, Biosimilar Bills

By Dani Kass

The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Wednesday cleared two bills for full Senate review, tackling the gap between health and patent oversight agencies, and the need for more interchangeable biosimilars.

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Advocates Worry FCC Poised To Float E-Rate Phaseout

By Christopher Cole

School and library funding advocates are increasingly worried about a potential effort to wind down the E-rate subsidy as the Federal Communications Commission reexamines the program's future.

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Sunoco Tells High Court It Was Denied Fair Patent Damages

By Adam Lidgett

Sunoco wants the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its argument that it was shortchanged when it won "a mere $12 million" in a gasoline blending patent suit against Magellan Midstream, saying it wasn't given the opportunity to show that it actually lost more than 12 times that amount.

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MicroBilt Awarded $13M In Contract Fight With Bail Bondsman

By George Woolston

A New Jersey federal judge has adopted the recommendation of a special master to award more than $13 million to a credit reporting agency in its suit against a bail services company alleging a breach of contract over the provision of a mobile device verification service.

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Acer Can't Nix Texas Jury's $10M Verdict Over Monitor Patents

By Craig Clough

A Texas federal judge rejected Acer's effort to wipe out a jury's $10.3 million infringement award to rival SVV Technology Innovations over optical-film patents for monitors, finding the jury's verdict was supported by the evidence and the company's criticism of an SVV expert's methodology is too late.

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Ad Seller Can't Shake Wiretap Suit Over Temu Data Transfers

By Allison Grande

An Illinois federal judge has refused to toss a putative class action accusing a global advertising technology company of breaking federal wiretap law by transmitting Americans' sensitive information to Chinese e-commerce giant Temu, finding it plausibly alleged the conduct violated a U.S. Department of Justice regulation restricting bulk data transfers to foreign adversaries.

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Fiat Chrysler Can't Ditch Infotainment Defect Class Action

By Susan Smiley

A Michigan federal judge has denied Fiat Chrysler's motion to dismiss a proposed class action from drivers claiming that nine models of the automaker's vehicles manufactured between 2021 and 2024 have defective infotainment systems.

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Mich. Judge Opens Door For Prediction Market Enforcement

By Alex Lawson

Polymarket and Robinhood may soon face enforcement efforts from Michigan regulators after a federal judge ruled Wednesday that he saw little difference between the prediction market platforms' sports contract offerings and conventional sports betting.

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ADT Says Worker Can't 'Veto' Ogletree In Pregnancy Bias Suit

By Grace Elletson

ADT urged a Georgia federal court Wednesday to uphold an order denying a bid by a former ADT worker's attorney to disqualify Ogletree from representing the security company in a pregnancy bias suit, saying she's essentially asking for "veto power" to knock out an opposing party's counsel.

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DoorDash Sued For Kicking Off Seattle Drivers Without Notice

By Ben Adlin

A former DoorDash driver is accusing the delivery platform of violating a Seattle ordinance by "deactivating" driver accounts without providing proper notice or justification, claiming in a proposed class action that the company abruptly cut off his access to delivery offers despite a sterling service record.

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Nasdaq Private Market Says Rival Poached Staff And Secrets

By Katryna Perera

A Nasdaq marketplace for pre-IPO stock has filed suit against a competitor, alleging that it has poached employees and clients, stolen trade secrets and other confidential information, and infringed its patented technology in an effort to acquire what Nasdaq has built without fairly competing.

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Adobe Faces Derivative Claims For AI Copyright Infringement

By Sydney Price

Executives and directors of Adobe have been hit with a derivative suit from investors accusing them of exposing the software giant to financial and reputational harm by concealing that the company used copyrighted material to create artificial intelligence tools.

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IT Distributor Accused Of Withholding $27M In Tax Benefits

By Kat Lucero

An information technology distributor has refused to pay electronic components distributor Avnet at least $27 million of tax credits and refunds, breaching a 2016 acquisition agreement between the two companies, according to a complaint in a New York federal court.

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Apple Device Software Co. Investor Sues Over Sale Records

By Jarek Rutz

A former stockholder of Jamf Holding Corp. has sued in Delaware Chancery Court seeking access to company records tied to the software company's $13.05-per-share sale to private equity firm Francisco Partners, arguing the documents are needed to investigate whether conflicts of interest tainted the deal process.

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Madison Square Garden Sued Over ShinyHunters Data Breach

By Gina Kim

Madison Square Garden has been hit with a proposed class action in New York federal court alleging a ransom-driven cyberattack executed by ShinyHunters exposed more than 26 million records containing facial biometric data, threat assessment ratings and detailed profiles of guests, including actor Ben Stiller.

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3 Firms Guide Quantum Tech Co. EigenQ's $3B SPAC Merger

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Quantum technology company EigenQ Inc., advised by Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, on Wednesday unveiled plans to go public by merging with Greenberg Traurig LLP-led special purpose acquisition company Silicon Valley Acquisition Corp. in a deal that values the business at $3 billion.

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Paul Weiss-Led Data Center Operator Csquare Files IPO Plans

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Data center operator CSquare Inc. has filed plans with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for its initial public offering, steered by Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP.

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Goodyear Seeks FCC Waiver For Tire Safety System

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

The Federal Communications Commission is asking for public input on Goodyear's request to use its tire-mounted sensor system on unlicensed telecommunications devices so it can collect critical tire safety data more quickly.

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FTX Exec's Wife Must Face Campaign Finance Charges

By Hailey Konnath

A New York federal judge Wednesday refused to throw out an indictment accusing crypto lobbyist Michelle Bond of campaign finance crimes, rejecting her argument that prosecutors previously promised her husband, a former FTX executive, that his guilty plea would mean she's in the clear.

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Brief

Auger Device Maker Granted Ultra-Wideband Rule Waiver

By Christopher Cole

A company making devices that scan the ground for utility lines before digging has been granted an exemption from the Federal Communications Commission's rules for ultra-wideband transmission.

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Trump's AI Order Is Strategic, Not Merely Deregulatory

Although the framework presented in President Donald Trump’s recent executive order on artificial intelligence is styled as voluntary and innovation-friendly, it creates a new soft-power mechanism for bringing the most capable AI systems into closer alignment with federal security priorities, says Jesse Lemon at The Beckage Firm.

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Opinion

Rule Of Law Requires Gov't Engagement With Bar, Not Retreat

A federal agency's absence from national and local bar conferences, most recently illustrated by the U.S. Department of Justice's withdrawal from a New York City Bar Association white collar conference, disserves the bar, the government lawyers themselves and, ultimately, the administration of justice, says Muhammad Faridi at Linklaters.

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Judiciary Cites AI Deepfakes In Opposing Courtroom Cameras

By Courtney Bublé

Two bipartisan bills to bring cameras into federal courtrooms advanced Thursday, but the policymaking body for the federal judiciary continues to oppose them and raised the issue of deepfakes in the age of artificial intelligence.

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NJ Tax Court Protects Taxpayer Methodology Ahead Of Trial

By Jaqueline McCool

A New Jersey tenant appealing the property tax assessment of a legacy data center is not required to provide the township with a detailed methodology of its assessment challenge prior to the case's trial, the state Tax Court ruled.

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Trump Lawyer Advances In Senate Judiciary Noms Vote

By Courtney Bublé

The nomination of Matthew Schwartz to be a judge on the Second Circuit advanced out of committee Thursday.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

General counsel may cringe at the news, but their chief financial officers will rejoice over a new study that shows the average spending by legal departments dropped to a six-year low in 2026. And two in-house Cigna lawyers are at the center of a finding of "improperly asserted privilege" over key company documents related to a payment lawsuit brought by three labs.

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Gibson Dunn Hires Ropes & Gray Health Regulatory Atty In DC

By Jack Rodgers

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has hired a former Ropes & Gray LLP partner who works on a myriad of health regulatory and drug pricing matters, advising pharmaceutical manufacturers, investors and other entities on those issues, the firm announced Thursday.

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Calif. Moves On Proposal To Allow Legal Aid By Nonlawyers

By Lynn LaRowe

The California Supreme Court has directed the state bar to solicit public comments on a proposed community justice worker program that would allow nonlawyers to provide limited legal assistance under the supervision of qualified legal aid organizations, according to a Thursday announcement.

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Analysis

Law Students Undeterred Under Trump's Immigration Climate

By Britain Eakin

In a climate where immigration lawyers are coming under the Trump administration’s scrutiny to tamp down on asylum fraud, law students are being ignited to enter the workforce early and rectify the injustices they see.

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'Mortified' Atty Takes Blame For Fake Quotes In Taco TM Fight

By Ivan Moreno

A Connecticut attorney facing possible sanctions over fake case quotations in a taco restaurant trademark fight told a federal judge Thursday that he takes "full and unqualified responsibility" for the flawed filings, saying he is "mortified" and acknowledging that his verification process for AI-assisted legal work fell far short.

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Ford Says 'Lemon Law' Firm Faked Bills Using Overseas Staff

By Linda Chiem

Ford Motor Co. on Thursday accused California personal injury firm Quill & Arrow LLP of defrauding it out of more than $25 million in high-priced legal bills for work actually handled by virtual assistants overseas and non-lawyers in scores of product liability cases against the automaker.

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Israeli Atty Gets 15 Months For Role In Ponzi Scheme

By George Woolston

An Israeli attorney whose participation in a fraud scheme led by convicted Ponzi schemer Eliyahu "Eli" Weinstein gave the plan an "air of legitimacy" was sentenced on Thursday to one year and three months in federal prison.

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