Technology

  • November 28, 2023

    Tenant Screener Can Be Liable Under FHA, Feds Tell 2nd Circ.

    A Connecticut federal court was wrong to rule that a tenant background screening company cannot violate the federal Fair Housing Act based on a finding that it does not make rental decisions, the United States has argued in an amicus brief to the Second Circuit.

  • November 28, 2023

    Software Firm Veea To Go Public In $281M SPAC Merger

    "Edge computing" software firm Veea Inc. and special-purpose acquisition company Plum Acquisition Corp. I on Tuesday unveiled a merger agreement that would take Veea public at an estimated $281 million value, guided by Ellenoff Grossman & Schole and Hogan Lovells.

  • November 28, 2023

    Proterra Gets OK For $210M Battery Biz Sale To Volvo

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge Tuesday gave electric-bus maker Proterra Inc. the go-ahead to sell its battery business to Volvo for $210 million after being told the bid was the best offer on the table.

  • November 28, 2023

    Judge Won't Quash Service In $80M Crypto-Forex Theft Suit

    A Florida judge refused to quash service of an $80 million suit on the CEO of FxWinning Tuesday, but said she would hold a hearing to determine whether service on the foreign exchange-cryptocurrency investment brokerage itself was proper.

  • November 28, 2023

    Davis Malm Misled Investors In Defunct Startup, Suit Says

    A group of investors in a now-defunct Massachusetts startup who say the company's founder pocketed some of their funds and used the rest to satisfy judgments in prior court cases are accusing Davis Malm & D'Agostine PC and one of its partners of misleading them as to how their money was being used.

  • November 28, 2023

    Car Tech Biz Wants TM Verdict Against Ford Upped To $15M

    A California vehicle technology company that won a trademark and trade secrets verdict against Ford Motor Co. asked a Michigan federal judge on Tuesday to boost the award from less than half a million dollars to $15 million, arguing the verdict didn't account for all profits from the infringing activity. 

  • November 28, 2023

    Australian Solar Energy Firm Raises Range For $45M US IPO

    SolarJuice Co. Ltd., an Australian solar equipment provider being spun out of SPI Energy Co. Ltd., on Tuesday raised its fundraising target for its initial public offering to about $45 million, represented by Loeb & Loeb LLP and underwriters counsel Pryor Cashman LLP.

  • November 28, 2023

    Law Firm Leaders Cautiously Optimistic Heading Into 2024

    Major U.S. law firms are steadfast in their commitment to the pursuit of further growth despite ongoing economic uncertainty. Here’s what the leaders of four Leaderboard firms have to say about how the legal industry is preparing for next year.

  • November 28, 2023

    The 2023 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard

    Check out the Law360 Pulse Leaderboard to see which first-in-class firms made the list this year.

  • November 28, 2023

    Nelson Mullins Hires Venture Capital Partner In Boston

    Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has hired a partner in Boston who focuses his practice on corporate law and venture capital matters, bringing with him more than two decades of legal experience, the firm recently announced.

  • November 27, 2023

    Zuckerberg Rejected Mental Health Filter Policy, States Say

    Meta Platforms Inc. knows its platforms are used by millions of underage children and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally shot down a proposed policy to ban image filters found to be harmful to social media users' mental health, according to a newly unsealed version of states' lawsuit filed last week.

  • November 27, 2023

    Google's Android Monopoly Harms Users, Stanford Prof Says

    A Stanford economics professor took the stand Monday in Epic Games' antitrust suit over Google's Android app store, saying it holds a monopoly on the market for smartphone operating systems and uses anticompetitive tactics to stifle rivals, meaning smartphone users and developers "have suffered as a result."

  • November 27, 2023

    FCC Plans To Expand Data Breach Notification Rules

    Sixteen years after data breach notification rules were adopted for telecommunications companies and internet voice call providers, the Federal Communications Commission has plans to expand them.

  • November 27, 2023

    US, UK Unveil Global Agreement For Securing AI Systems

    Cybersecurity officials in the U.S. and U.K. on Monday rolled out first-of-their-kind guidelines, backed by more than a dozen other countries, that are intended to help ensure developers of artificial intelligence systems are building and deploying secure products. 

  • November 27, 2023

    NTIA Says It's Working On Space Industry's Spectrum Needs

    A U.S. Commerce Department branch told the Federal Communications Commission it is working to identify the space industry's spectrum needs as the FCC looks to assist NASA and other federal agencies' efforts to boost in-space assembly and manufacturing services.

  • November 27, 2023

    Self-Driving Tech Co. Investors Sue Over Misused Image Claim

    Executives and directors of self-driving car company Luminar Technologies Inc. face a shareholder derivative complaint alleging they damaged investors after a competitor accused the company of using an image of its proprietary technology in a pitch to investors.

  • November 27, 2023

    News Outlets Push To Toss Anti-Vax Antitrust Suit Now In DC

    The Associated Press, The Washington Post, Reuters and BBC told a D.C. federal court that the recent transfer of a lawsuit by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s anti-vaccine group doesn't help its claims that the news organizations colluded with social media platforms to censor rivals.

  • November 27, 2023

    Meta Can't Stop FTC From Adding Data Profit Ban To $5B Deal

    A D.C. federal judge on Monday rejected Meta's bid to block the Federal Trade Commission from revising a $5 billion privacy settlement to impose additional mandates on the company, including halting its ability to profit from children's data, finding that the court lacked the authority to weigh in on the proposed changes.

  • November 27, 2023

    Investors In Sensing-Tech Co. Sue In Del. To Block Share Sale

    Stockholders of sensing-tech company Aeva Technologies sued its directors and officers in Delaware's Court of Chancery on Monday for a preliminary injunction to block a potentially "massively" dilutive stock sale allegedly lined up without clear impact estimates.

  • November 27, 2023

    EU Says Amazon's IRobot Deal Could Hurt Competition

    European enforcers said Monday that a review of Amazon's planned $1.7 billion purchase of iRobot shows the deal could allow the e-commerce giant to block rival robotic vacuum cleaner makers by limiting their access to its marketplace.

  • November 27, 2023

    John Deere Can't Avoid Trial In Right-To-Repair Monopoly Suit

    John Deere must face a proposed class action alleging that it limits competition for farm equipment repairs by preventing unaffiliated repair shops from acquiring necessary tools, an Illinois federal judge ruled Monday, saying the proposed class has sufficiently shown that it exercises monopoly power.

  • November 27, 2023

    Elliott Slams Crown Castle For 'Profound Lack Of Oversight'

    Activist investor Elliott Investment Management LP on Monday took a jab at telecommunications company Crown Castle Inc., saying the company suffers from a "profound lack of oversight" and a "breathtaking magnitude" of underperformance, and calling for an executive shake-up if the company does not make significant changes.

  • November 27, 2023

    Amazon-Backed AI Co. Slams Music Publishers' Tenn. IP Suit

    Amazon.com-backed Anthropic has asked a Tennessee federal judge to toss — or alternatively, transfer to California — music publishers' allegations that the artificial-intelligence developer has ripped off their song copyrights, arguing that the complaint is a "negotiating tactic disguised as a federal complaint," and the Volunteer State lacks authority over the dispute.

  • November 27, 2023

    Twitter Plaintiff Can't Point To Specific Privacy Promises

    A Washington federal judge has tossed a Twitter user's proposed class action accusing the social media giant of deceptively obtaining his phone number for targeted advertising, ruling the user failed to identify what specific privacy assurance the site made that led him to provide the contact information.  

  • November 27, 2023

    Robinhood User Says Platform Withheld Info From Investors

    Robinhood and four companies whose shares were available for purchase through the platform are being accused of failing to alert an investor to significant developments, including a reverse stock split and two acquisitions, in a pair of lawsuits filed in Massachusetts state court.

Expert Analysis

  • New Legal Frameworks Are Instrumental For AI In Music

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    As artificial intelligence encroaches — or complements — the deeply human art of music making, creating harmony between law and technology will require all stakeholders in the music industry to provide input on intellectual property and ethical concerns, say Ariela Benchlouch and Gai Sher at Greenspoon Marder.

  • IP Suits Over Brand Owner Font Use Offer Cautionary Tales

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    Dyan Finguerra-DuCharme and Mallory Chandler at Pryor Cashman consider the history of fonts and point to recent court decisions that show how brand owners can avoid legal typeface troubles.

  • Kochava Ruling May Hint At Next Privacy Class Action Wave

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    The Southern District of California's recent ruling in Greenley v. Kochava and increasing complaints alleging that a consumer website is an illegal “pen register” due to the use of third-party marketing software tools foreshadow a new theory of liability for plaintiffs in privacy litigation, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • Rethinking Tech Contract Terms For Governance Of AI Use

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    Traditional considerations in technology deals are often inadequate for governing artificial intelligence use, which means lawyers should revisit and reimagine existing terms across the full spectrum of relevant contracts, ranging from procurement agreements and data licenses to customer agreements, say Marina Aronchik and Samuel Hartman at Mayer Brown.

  • Series

    ESG Around The World: Mexico

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    ESG has yet to become part of the DNA of the Mexican business model, but huge strides are being made in that direction, as more stakeholders demand that companies adopt, at the least, a modicum of sustainability commitments and demonstrate how they will meet them, says Carlos Escoto at Galicia Abogados.

  • Deploying Analogies To Explore AI Copyright Questions

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    Xin Shao at F. Chau & Associates translates two representative artificial intelligence copyright cases into more traditional copyright law scenarios to facilitate the direct application of legal theories to undisputed technological facts.

  • The Case For Post-Bar Clerk Training Programs At Law Firms

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    In today's competitive legal hiring market, an intentionally designed training program for law school graduates awaiting bar admission can be an effective way of creating a pipeline of qualified candidates, says Brent Daub at Gilson Daub.

  • SEC Whistleblower Action Spotlights Risks For Private Cos.

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent whistleblower action against Monolith Resources holds important implications for private companies, who could face unprecedented regulatory scrutiny amid the agency's efforts to beef up environmental, social and governance reporting and enforcement, say attorneys at Wiley.

  • Attorneys Have An Ethical Duty To Protect The Judiciary

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    The tenor of public disagreement and debate has become increasingly hostile against judges, and though the legislative branch is trying to ameliorate this safety gap, lawyers have a moral imperative and professional requirement to stand with judges in defusing attacks against them and their rulings, says Deborah Winokur at Cozen O'Connor.

  • Best Practices For Defense Tech Startup Financing

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    Navigating the expanding and highly regulated defense technology sector requires careful planning and execution, starting at incorporation, so startups should prepare for foreign investor issues, choose their funding wisely and manage their funds carefully, say attorneys at WilmerHale.

  • When Courts Engage In Fact-Finding At The Pleading Stage

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    It remains to be seen whether the Ninth Circuit's pleading-stage factual determination in a securities class action against Nvidia was sui generis or part of a trend, but the court has created a template for district courts to follow, says Jared Kopel at Alto Litigation.

  • AI Can Help Lawyers Overcome The Programming Barrier

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    Legal professionals without programming expertise can use generative artificial intelligence to harness the power of automation and other technology solutions to streamline their work, without the steep learning curve traditionally associated with coding, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.

  • Cos. Must Adapt To Calif. Immigration Data Privacy Law

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    California’s recently signed A.B. 947 expands the California Consumer Privacy Act and brings the state in line with other comprehensive privacy laws that address immigration status, meaning companies should make any necessary updates to their processes and disclosures, say Kate Lucente and Matt Dhaiti at DLA Piper.

  • How AI 'Cultural Fit' Assessments Can Be Analyzed For Bias

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    Attorneys at Sanford Heisler explore how the use of artificial intelligence to assess workplace cultural fit may provide employees with increased opportunities to challenge biased hiring practices, and employers with more potential to mitigate against bias in algorithmic evaluations.

  • How Legal Teams Can Prep For Life Sciences' Tech Revolution

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    The life sciences and health care industries are uniquely positioned to take advantage of new efficiencies created by cloud computing and generative artificial intelligence, but the sensitivity of their data also demands careful navigation of an expanding legislative and regulatory landscape, say Kristi Gedid, Zack Laplante and Lisa LaMotta at Ernst & Young.

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