Justices Clarify Geofence Warrant Standards

By Elizabeth Daley

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that geofence warrants, which compel technology companies to turn over users' location data to law enforcement, are "searches" under the Fourth Amendment.

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Supreme Court Shuts Down 4 Patent Cases

By Theresa Schliep and Dani Kass

The U.S. Supreme Court turned down four petitions over patent law Monday, meaning it won't review questions related to prosecution laches, jury verdicts, patent eligibility and marking.

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Fed. Circ. Asked To Rethink Axed $469M IP Feud Against Dish

By Adam Lidgett

ClearPlay wants the full Federal Circuit to look at part of a panel decision that didn't reinstate a $469 million jury verdict against Dish Network LLC in a patent suit, saying the challenged portion of the decision deepens a conflict with U.S. Supreme Court precedent.

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Samsung Owes $3M In Cellphone Patent Trial, EDTX Jury Says

By Elliot Weld

A Texas federal jury has awarded $3 million in damages to a patent-holding company against Samsung for infringement of one of three asserted cellphone coverage patents that made it to trial.

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ChatGPT Helped FSU Shooter Plan Attack, Survivor Says

By Carolina Bolado

A survivor of the deadly April 2025 shooting at Florida State University alleges OpenAI's ChatGPT program helped the shooter plan the details of his attack on the school's campus and failed to alert anyone to his mental health issues.

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House Sends Kids Online Safety Bill To Skeptical Senate

By Allison Grande

The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday passed legislation to boost online data privacy and safety protections for children and teens, moving the measure along to the U.S. Senate, where key lawmakers have already come out against the proposal for what they say are insufficient mechanisms for holding major technology companies accountable. 

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Va. Has Nation's First Electricity Tax On Data Centers

By Maria Koklanaris

Virginia, the state with the country's largest number of data centers, enacted a budget Monday that includes a first-in-the-nation electricity tax on the centers.

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US Needs To Emphasize Orbit Power Limits, Report Says

By Christopher Cole

A group of satellite policy experts pressed for updated power limits for low Earth orbit satellites during the run-up to the World Radiocommunication Conference.

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FCC Set To Block Call Traffic From Telecom Over Robocalls

By Nadia Dreid

The Federal Communications Commission is ready to block a Denver-based voice call provider from operating in the United States if it doesn't quickly answer the agency's questions about what it's doing to stop illegal robocalls from being transmitted on its network.

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Rural Network Providers Seek FCC Waiver To Alter Routers

By Nadia Dreid

Now that the Federal Communications Commission has given some telecommunications trade groups permission to make changes to foreign-made routers that the agency has banned from being imported, those groups are asking the agency to let suppliers make the changes themselves.

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ShinyHunters Likely Hacked NAIC's Credit Agency Data

By Abraham Gross

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners suspended its designated ratings for insurer investments after hackers suspected of belonging to the ShinyHunters group captured nonpublic information, including ratings determinations of insurer investments.

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Justices Pass On Samsung's Texas Battery Jurisdiction Fight

By Jonathan Capriel

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review litigation regarding a Samsung SDI Co. battery that exploded in a man's pocket, leaving unanswered a multi-appellate court split over whether a company that sells products into a state can avoid jurisdiction by claiming it intended the goods to be sold to corporate clients and not general consumers.

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Justices Deny Samsung's Bid To Toss Minn. Battery Suit

By Mike Curley

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a petition from Samsung SDI Co. seeking to overturn a Minnesota appeals court ruling finding it must face a suit over an exploding vape pen battery.

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Verizon Asks Justices To Send Privacy Fine Back To 2nd Circ.

By Christopher Cole

Verizon urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to allow it to contest an already-paid $47 million data privacy fine in the Second Circuit after the justices upheld the Federal Communications Commission's penalty powers but found them subject to court review.

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Fed. Circ. Declines WDTX Transfer Bid In Crypto Patent Case

By Elliot Weld

The Federal Circuit on Monday refused to back cryptocurrency mining company Core Scientific Inc.'s bid to move a case accusing it of infringing cryptography patents to the Western District of Texas, rejecting Core's arguments that it had clearly shown a transfer was necessary and that a magistrate judge had committed legal errors in disagreeing.

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Citibank Defeats Texas Man's $20M NFT Romance Scam Suit

By Hailey Konnath

A New York federal judge Monday threw out a Texas man's suit accusing Citibank NA of ignoring red flags that allowed scammers to siphon nearly $4 million from his family trusts after he fell for a social media romance scam involving nonfungible tokens.

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Nebraska Social Media Age Verification Law Partially Blocked

By Jonathan Capriel

Tech trade group NetChoice LLC has won a partial victory in its legal war against age verification laws, persuading a Nebraska federal court to block a state statute that would have required social media companies to obtain parental consent before allowing minors to create accounts.

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LA Times Gets OK For $3.85M Privacy Deal With Web Visitors

By Rae Ann Varona

A California federal judge gave the final stamp of approval to a $3.85 million class settlement that resolves allegations the Los Angeles Times installed and used several trackers on the browsers of visitors to its website that collected their IP addresses without their consent.

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Epic Games, Ex-Contractor Settle 'Fortnite' Leak Claims

By Abigail Harrison

"Fortnite"-maker Epic Games Inc. and an ex-contractor have settled the former's claims that the latter leaked secrets on social media, according to a motion Epic filed seeking a court order memorializing the parties' deal barring the ex-contractor from possessing or using its confidential information and trade secrets.

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Fish & Richardson Faces DQ Bid In Texas Patent Suit

By Adam Lidgett

A company that accused LVMH of infringing its nonfungible tokens display technology patents says Fish & Richardson PC should be blocked from representing the luxury goods giant because the firm met with the patent owner in the past.

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Circle Faces $232M Suit From N. Korea Victim's Family

By Aislinn Keely

The family of a missionary who was kidnapped and murdered by North Korean agents is seeking to collect over $232 million from blockchain company Circle after the stablecoin issuer allegedly failed to freeze funds linked to North Korean hackers amid the April Fools' Day exploit of crypto project Drift Protocol.

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Samsung Faces Playback, Wi-Fi Network Patent Suits

By Elliot Weld

Two companies have accused Samsung of patent infringement in a set of lawsuits brought in Texas federal court, asserting patents that cover media playback and home Wi-Fi network technology.

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7-Eleven, Video Game Cos. Accused Of Infringing Comms IP

By Dani Kass

A nonpracticing entity from New Mexico has accused 7-Eleven Inc. and various other companies of infringing its communications patent in the Eastern District of Texas.

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Nokia Sues US Over $3 Billion Superfund Cleanup Bill

By Jared Foretek

Nokia on Monday claimed the federal government wrongly left it on the hook for a disproportionate share of the massive Superfund cleanup of the New Jersey's lower Passaic River in a new lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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Ex-Sales Director Says Fortive Unit Used RIF To Mask Firing

By Benjamin Morse

A former employee of a Fortive medical equipment subsidiary urged a Colorado federal judge to reject the unit and its parent's bid for an early win in her retaliation suit, saying evidence shows a restructuring masked her firing after she challenged government pricing violations.

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Wizards, Capitals Owner Facing Multiple Data Breach Suits

By David Steele

The plaintiffs in a proposed class action accusing the owner of the Washington Wizards and Capitals of exposing their personal information in a data breach have asked a federal judge to relate their suit to a pair of consolidated suits over the same breach.

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Google Faces Privacy Suit Over Nest Cam's Face Detection

By Rae Ann Varona

Google's Nest security cameras and doorbells are scanning people's faces and storing their "faceprints" with the help of artificial intelligence without passersby's consent, Virginia residents alleged in a proposed class action filed Monday in California federal court.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week handled disputes involving controlling stockholders, executive compensation, take-private transactions, books and records demands and board governance, while the Delaware Supreme Court issued decisions in two corporate records cases previously decided in the Chancery.

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5 Firms Advise On Rocket Lab's $8B Iridium Deal

By Al Barbarino

Rocket Lab said Monday it has agreed to acquire satellite operator Iridium Communications in an $8 billion cash-and-stock deal, combining rocket launches, satellite manufacturing and global satellite communications under one company.

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Davis Polk Steers Comcast's NBCUniversal Spinoff Plans

By Elaine Briseño

Comcast Corp. announced Monday it will spin off NBCUniversal into a separate, publicly traded company focused solely on television and other media content, including the streaming and broadcast of NFL, NBA and MLB sporting events, while Comcast will offer broadband, cable and wireless services.

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IT Co. TPx Communications Hits Ch. 11 With $1.1B In Debt

By Ben Zigterman

Information technology services provider TPx Communications filed for Chapter 11 protection Monday in a Texas bankruptcy court with a restructuring support agreement backed by the holders of the majority of its $1.1 billion in debt.

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Google Antitrust Case Puts Spotlight On De Facto Exclusivity

Mozilla's recent amicus filing in U.S. v. Google arguing that its agreement to make Google the default search engine did not amount to de facto exclusivity highlights the growing debate over traditional indicators of exclusivity, with implications for any business that uses rebates, preferred contracts or volume incentives, says Chris Gowen at WilmU Farnan School of Law.

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Justices' FCC Fine Ruling May Weaken Agency Leverage

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Federal Communications Commission v. AT&T upheld the commission's forfeiture framework as consistent with Jarkesy, but it is also likely to reduce the effectiveness of the commission’s forfeiture proceedings as a collection and deterrence tool, say attorneys at Venable.

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2 Prediction Market Cases Will Test Insider Trading Theory

Prosecutors in two recent Southern District of New York cases have filed separate charges against two defendants who used confidential information gathered from each employer to place prediction market bets, but each prosecution must overcome different legal hurdles established by the U.S. Supreme Court and the Second Circuit, says John Siffert at Lankler Siffert.

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11th Circ. Ruling Reflects Shift In Digital Consent Frameworks

The Eleventh Circuit's recent decision in Tejon v. Zeus Networks that a browsewrap terms-of-service hyperlink was insufficiently conspicuous to bind a consumer to an arbitration agreement could accelerate a broader industry shift to clickwrap as the baseline for enforceable digital consent, say attorneys at Sheppard.

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8 Ways 2026's Market Divide Is Rewriting Real Estate Risk

As construction activity increasingly concentrates in data centers, healthcare and other resilient sectors, real estate developers and their counsel in the second half of 2026 should consider earlier risk allocation and more protective contract terms, and expect greater pressure on labor, pricing and infrastructure, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.

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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: June Lessons

In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses five recent rulings from cases involving allegations of internet data misuse, consumer fraud claims, immigration, insurance and First Amendment violation claims.

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Ill. Law Firm MSO Bill Clashes With Court Power, Ethics Rules

An Illinois bill prohibiting law firms from certain business arrangements with management service organizations, sent to the governor for signature last week, encroaches upon the courts' constitutional powers and goes beyond the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct in regulating investment in law-related services, says Matthew O’Hara at Smith Gambrell.

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Trump Nominates Just Confirmed La. Judge For 5th Circ.

By Courtney Bublé

Judge Anna St. John has been on the federal bench for less than four months, and now she's being elevated to a higher court.

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High Court Scraps Caps On Coordinated Campaign Spending

By Katie Buehler and Jeff Overley

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down federal limits on political party spending in coordination with individual candidates, agreeing with a Republican-led challenge that the caps violate the First Amendment.

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Gordon Rees Adds 8 Partners In Northern California

By Tracey Read

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP has expanded its offices in Northern California with eight new partners who have expertise in multiple practice areas, a firm spokesperson told Law360 Pulse on Tuesday.

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NY State Bar Wants New Bar Exam Rules For Emergencies

By Kevin Penton

Following two recent incidents that drew scrutiny over their handling, the New York State Bar Association is calling for new standardized protocols to be followed should emergencies occur during the administration of the bar exam.

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NC City Beats Ex-Paralegal's Besmirched Reputation Suit

By Hayley Fowler

A North Carolina city's characterization of how a fired paralegal allegedly misused city resources is not enough to sustain her suit accusing the city of trampling on her reputation and using her as a scapegoat for her boss's misdeeds, a federal judge said in throwing out the case.

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Uber, FedEx Slam Pa. Law Firm Counterclaims In RICO Suit

By James Boyle

Philadelphia-based personal injury firm Simon & Simon PC and its founder have failed to support a counterclaim in Pennsylvania federal court saying Uber Technologies Inc. and FedEx Corp. filed a sham litigation and abused the legal process with their ongoing RICO complaint against the firm, the companies argued Monday.

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Buchalter Real Estate Partner Joins Holland & Knight In LA

By Adrian Cruz

Holland & Knight LLP announced that an experienced real estate finance attorney who most recently practiced at Buchalter PC has joined the firm's Los Angeles office as a partner.

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Office Snapshot: Hogan Lovells Set To Reclaim Turf In Boston

By Chris Villani

Amid Hogan Lovells' rapid growth in multiple practice areas and ahead of its merger with Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP, the firm has expanded its downtown Boston office to include space for more than a dozen additional attorneys.

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NJ Assembly Passes Litigation Funding Disclosure Bill

By Jake Maher

The New Jersey Assembly passed a bill requiring the disclosure of third-party litigation funding arrangements on Tuesday by an overwhelming margin after similar pending legislation in the state Senate received pushback from trial lawyers and litigation finance representatives.

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McCarter Atty Says He Didn't Know NY Law Before $20M Deals

By Brian Steele

A onetime McCarter & English LLP partner in Hartford testified Tuesday that he did not research New York's municipal contracting laws before helping two insurers enter into doomed $20 million loan repayment agreements with a Long Island town, but contended that he was under no obligation to do so.

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