Fed. Circ. Won't Bring Back $469M Patent Verdict Against Dish

By Adam Lidgett

The Federal Circuit Tuesday refused to reinstate a $469 million jury verdict against Dish Network in a patent suit over technology that skips over sex and swearing in movies, rejecting ClearPlay's challenges to a Utah federal judge's decision wiping out the verdict.

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High Court Won't Hear Meta Appeal In Vt. AG Suit

By Emily Field

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday passed on Meta's appeal in the Vermont state attorney general's suit alleging that the social media giant designed its platforms to be addictive to young people at the cost of their mental health.

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Feds, Unified Patents, AT&T Push Back On High Court Bids

By Dani Kass

The U.S. Supreme Court received objections to three patent petitions on Tuesday, with Unified Patents fighting Dolby's appeal of its own Patent Trial and Appeal Board win; AT&T and Nokia protesting an attempt to revive a $181 million trial loss; and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office opposing inventor Gilbert Hyatt's challenge to prosecution laches.

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9th Circ. Backs Reinstating DEI Grants Nixed By Trump

By Bonnie Eslinger

The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday partially upheld a lower court's preliminary injunction and class certification orders in litigation from University of California researchers against President Donald Trump, backing the reinstatement of grants terminated due to presidential orders against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives while reversing the injunction for those grants that were rescinded without explanation.

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Wiley Hit With Proposed Class Action Over Data Breach

By Christine DeRosa

Wiley Rein LLP has been hit with a proposed class action accusing the Washington, D.C., firm of negligence after the firm said a group that may be affiliated with the Chinese government accessed emails of firm personnel.

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Squires' Institution Flips Are Increasing Uncertainty At PTAB

By Dani Kass

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires has created a record low institution rate at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and attorneys say it's becoming increasingly clear that even an initial approval from the director may not last.

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FCC Clears Drone Counter System To Deploy At World Cup

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission told an Israeli company the agency's rules do not prohibit law enforcement authorities from using the firm's drone-countering system during the World Cup, but said waivers might be needed for deployment at other events.

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As FCC Launches 'The View' Probe, Dem Calls It 'Mob Rule'

By Christopher Cole

Following the Federal Communications Commission opening an agency probe of ABC's "The View" to decide if the show runs afoul of equal time rules, a Democratic FCC member has urged the network to keep pushing back.

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FCC Seeks Input On AT&T's Bid To Escape Calif. Mandates

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission has asked for public input on an effort from AT&T to be freed of its eligible telecommunications carrier requirements in California, days after the telecom giant sued in federal court for similar relief.

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Public Interest Groups Oppose FCC TV Ratings Revamp

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Several public interest groups have filed comments opposing the Federal Communications Commission's proposed update of the TV content ratings that would warn consumers when a program may include transgender or nonbinary characters or themes related to gender identity.

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Sonrai's $59M Trade Theft Verdict Trimmed To $10.4M

By Elliot Weld

An Illinois federal judge has reduced a $59 million jury verdict won by garbage truck maker Sonrai Systems to $10.4 million in a case over a rival company poaching a Sonrai executive, finding that while the evidence showed the rival's behavior was reprehensible, it didn't merit the amount the jury awarded.

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Verizon, AT&T Lose Bids To Dodge Database Patent Suits

By Adam Lidgett

AT&T and Verizon lost their bids to escape lawsuits accusing them of infringing a pair of patents covering ways to clean data records after a Delaware federal court on Tuesday rejected their arguments that the patents didn't pass muster under the U.S. Supreme Court's Alice test.

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AI Firms Can't Shake Disney, WB's Copyright Suit

By Adam Lidgett

A California federal judge won't toss a suit by Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Universal, accusing Chinese artificial intelligence companies of stealing their intellectual property, saying the studios' claims are clearly plausible at this stage.

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Mintz Gets Patent Malpractice Suit Sent From Texas To Mass.

By Jack Karp

A former Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC client's professional negligence suit against the firm over its handling of a patent case belongs in Massachusetts rather than Texas federal court, according to a Tuesday order.

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Zillow's Chicago Home Listings Restored In Antitrust Case

By Nate Beck

An Illinois federal judge temporarily restored Zillow's access to some 40,000 Chicago-area home listings that the company argued were wrongly withheld by Compass and a multiple listing service after the platform sought to enforce a ban on posts broadcast first on the private market.

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USPTO Spurns Reexam Bid For Reusing Failed IPR Theories

By Theresa Schliep

A pair of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office examiners discretionarily denied a request for reexamination of a Fractus SA patent, saying the effort rehashed arguments from an America Invents Act challenge of the same patent that was denied for so-called settled expectations.

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Tekion Defends CDK Dealer Software Monopoly Claims

By Matthew Perlman

Tekion Corp. is defending its antitrust claims accusing CDK Global LLC of monopolization, telling a California federal court that the auto dealership management software giant is withholding data that shows its dominant share of the market.

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CoStar Seeks Pause In Antitrust Suit, Amid Transfer Fight

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

CoStar Group is asking a Virginia federal court to pause an antitrust suit alleging it stifles competition and prevents cross-listings while it seeks to move a similar case, filed by Malm Inc., from California.

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MoneyLion Seeks To Shed Wash. Suit Over Referral Texts

By Emilie Ruscoe

Fintech platform MoneyLion is looking to escape proposed class claims that it has violated Washington state laws with its customer referral program, arguing the allegations fail to show that the company helped users send referral messages to nonconsenting third parties.

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Apple, OpenAI Say X Is Refusing To Allow Some Depositions

By Spencer Brewer

Apple Inc. and OpenAI Inc. told a Texas federal court that X Corp. wrongly stymied their ability to take depositions from X employees amid the social media company's sweeping antitrust suit, saying that X has refused to schedule the required number of depositions.

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Microsoft Says Teams Info Not 'Voiceprint' Under BIPA

By Ben Adlin

Microsoft has urged a Washington federal judge to throw out a proposed class action from Illinois residents who claim the company's Teams software wrongfully creates biometric "voiceprints" of meeting participants, arguing that its "routine transcription functions" don't count as voiceprints because they're not personally identifying.

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Sprint Says Cogent Fiber Suit Is Rehash Of Accounting Fight

By Jarek Rutz

Former telecommunications giant Sprint urged the Delaware Chancery Court on Tuesday to throw out internet company Cogent Infrastructure LLC's fraud and contract claims over a disputed fiber-optic network agreement, arguing that the companies already agreed to let an accounting expert make a final and binding decision on the fight over the $24 million purchase price at the center of the case.

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Quinn Emanuel Sues To Collect $1.5M From Binance's Zhao

By Caroline Simson

Quinn Emanuel has filed suit in Washington, D.C., against former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, who was pardoned by President Donald Trump last fall, asking the court to enforce an arbitral award of nearly $1.5 million in unpaid attorney fees and other costs.

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Telecom Co. Exposed Private Info In Breach, Suit Says

By Benjamin Morse

A telecommunications company and internet provider failed to protect personal and health information from a data breach that exposed affected individuals to identity theft and fraud, a proposed class action filed in Colorado federal court alleged.

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Kia Sued Over Defect Causing Dash Screens To Go Blank

By Mike Curley

A proposed class of drivers is suing Kia America Inc. in California federal court, alleging its 2023-2025 Kia Telluride vehicles have a latent defect that causes the digital dashboard screen to go blank, depriving drivers of important information such as speed, safety alerts and gears.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week handled a broad mix of cross-border corporate control disputes, merger settlements, startup equity fights, advancement claims and board oversight litigation, while also weighing fallout from high-profile deals involving Microsoft Corp., The Boeing Co. and Nikola Corp.

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6 Firms Build Terra Quantum's $3.5B SPAC Merger

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Swiss quantum security firm Terra Quantum AG on Tuesday announced plans to go public by merging with special purpose acquisition company Axiom Intelligence Acquisition Corp. 1 in a deal built by six law firms that boasts an equity value of $3.5 billion.

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Latham, Milbank Guide Data Center Power Co.'s $2B IPO Pitch

By Nate Beck

Gas engine maker Innio is seeking a valuation of up to $20.3 billion in an initial public offering guided by Latham & Watkins LLP and Milbank LLP that's set to price amid interest in companies supporting the infrastructure for artificial intelligence technology.

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Honeywell's Quantinuum Launches Plans For $1B IPO

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Quantum computer developer Quantinuum on Tuesday unveiled plans for an estimated $1 billion initial public offering led by Latham & Watkins LLP and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.

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Kirkland, Davis Polk Lead Defense Contractor's $634M IPO

By Elaine Briseño

Government contractor Applied Aerospace & Defense unveiled a targeted $634 million initial public offering steered by Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, with 32.5 million shares priced between $18 and $21, according to a Tuesday statement.

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FTC Tells DC Circ. That Meta Monopoly Judge Botched Timing

By Bryan Koenig

The Federal Trade Commission has urged the D.C. Circuit to revive its lawsuit accusing Meta of monopolizing personal social media through its purchases of WhatsApp and Instagram, arguing the district court wrongly held the question of monopoly to when the case went to trial, not when the FTC sued.

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AGs Say House Child Safety Bill Weakens States' Authority

By Susan Smiley

A group of 44 attorneys general for states including California, New York, New Jersey and Michigan have created a coalition opposing the House version of the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act, H.R. 7757, and signed a letter to congressional leaders pointing out the shortcomings of the bill.

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Adapting To AI-Driven Scrutiny Of Foreign Asset Disclosures

As the government expands AI-driven, cross-agency fraud detection, foreign asset disclosure should be viewed as part of a broader, data‑driven enforcement ecosystem that prioritizes consistency, documentation and proactive governance, says Logan Koehring at FBT Gibbons.

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Data Center Boom Brings New Patent Risk For Owners

As U.S. data center investment surges, owners and operators face rising patent infringement suits targeting entire facility designs rather than individual products — risks that standard vendor indemnities often fail to cover, say attorneys at V&E.

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AI Due Diligence Is Key For Healthcare M&A

As usage of artificial intelligence in healthcare continues to rise, the due diligence landscape for healthcare mergers and acquisitions demands attention to risks that frameworks from even just a few years ago were not designed to catch, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.

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Treasury Proposal Maps Compliance Road For Stablecoins

Stablecoin issuers should prepare for bank-style anti-money laundering and sanctions obligations under, and consider submitting comments on, the Treasury Department's proposed Genius Act rules, which are reshaping compliance expectations for digital asset businesses and affiliated financial institutions alike, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

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Operational AI Washing: Fortifying The Disclosure Record

The same artificial intelligence-driven workforce narratives that once appeared in earnings calls and Form 8-Ks can easily become raw material for future operational AI washing claims, so companies must be careful when drafting public disclosures because winning a federal motion to dismiss starts months before a lawsuit is ever filed, say attorneys at Akerman.

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Trump Admin Wants Federal Workers To Sign NDAs, Citing Leaks

By Bonnie Eslinger

President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday announced that it wishes to require federal employees with access to sensitive government information to sign a nondisclosure agreement, citing recent leaks related to immigration enforcement operations and the release of personal information belonging to approximately 4,500 Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees.

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SPLC Says DOJ Indictment Is Baseless 'Retributive Campaign'

By Hailey Konnath

The Southern Poverty Law Center on Tuesday asked an Alabama federal court to throw out the Trump administration's indictment claiming it paid extremist group informants to "stoke racial hatred," arguing that it's a "top-down, retributive campaign" that constitutes vindictive prosecution.

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3rd Circ. Disapproves Of Judge's Quips In Fatal Crash Case

By Y. Peter Kang

The Third Circuit on Tuesday scolded a Pennsylvania federal judge for his "inappropriate attempted witticisms" while presiding over a lawsuit in which a parent blamed transportation companies for the deaths of his two children in a highway collision, saying the judge's "ill-conceived attempts at levity" in a fatal injury case could be misinterpreted by the public.

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Justices Order Redo In Immigration Judges' Free Speech Suit

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed a Fourth Circuit order that had revived the immigration judges union's challenge to restrictions on their ability to speak publicly, finding the lower court abused its discretion by relying on arguments not raised by either party, and ordered further proceedings.

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Justices To Consider Taking Judge Newman Case On June 11

By Emily Sawicki

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to decide whether to take up U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's petition seeking to overturn her suspension from the Federal Circuit on June 11, according to a notice posted Tuesday.

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Comey Case Delayed Due To 'Gravity' Of Charges, Discovery

By Phillip Bantz

A North Carolina federal judge on Tuesday granted former FBI Director James Comey's unopposed request to postpone his arraignment and trial on charges he threatened President Donald Trump with a social media post of seashells, finding that ongoing discovery and the "gravity of the charges" favor an extension and "outweigh" any interests in having a speedy trial.

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By Jared Foretek

Attorneys who represented Jan. 6 defendants will have to face a consultant's claims that they copied her jury-attitude report without permission after a D.C. federal judge rejected their arguments that their conduct fell under fair use and the public's right to access court records.

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Pirro, Blanche Fight DQ Bid In Attempted Assassination Case

By Christine DeRosa

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche are fighting a bid from the California man accused of an attempted assassination of President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner to disqualify them from handling the case.

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Beasley Allen Fails To Overturn J&J Talc Disqualification

By Adrian Cruz

A New Jersey federal judge affirmed the Beasley Allen Law Firm's disqualification from multidistrict litigation over Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder on Tuesday, determining that the firm has failed to provide a valid reason to back its attempt at a stay and temporary reinstatement into the matter.

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DHS Pauses ICE Home Entries Under Administrative Warrants

By Courtney Bublé

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told a Democratic senator earlier this month he's paused immigration agents' use of administrative warrants to enter private property, but has not officially revoked the controversial policy issued last year.

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Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Cohen Milstein's Brent Johnson

By Matthew Perlman

Brent W. Johnson is helping to pioneer the use of antitrust law to tackle collusion in low-wage labor markets with work that includes representing workers from poultry- and meat-processing plants in a pair of cases that led to more than $600 million in settlements last year.

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