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May 12, 2026
The Third Circuit declined to reinstate class claims made by a group of John Hancock customers from Illinois accusing Amazon Web Services Inc. and Pindrop Security Inc. of collecting consumers' voice data without their consent, ruling Tuesday that exemptions under Illinois and federal law applied.
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May 12, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division waded into a private patent infringement lawsuit Monday, telling a Delaware federal court that just "reading" a patent, or viewing and sequencing the genetic material that must be submitted for the seed patents at issue, can't on its own count as infringement.
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May 12, 2026
Alternative dispute resolution provider JAMS announced on Tuesday the launch of a technology industry group to address disputes regarding new innovations such as artificial intelligence, digital assets, and biotechnology.
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May 12, 2026
A Pennsylvania investor has sued LifeBrand Inc.'s founder, executives, a financial adviser and two financial institutions in the Delaware Chancery Court, claiming they used inflated business claims, hidden commissions and insider payouts to induce him to put more than $10 million into the social media monitoring startup.
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May 12, 2026
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has added a former WilmerHale attorney to expand its global emerging companies and venture capital practice group and capacity to handle venture capital financing matters.
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May 12, 2026
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is using generative artificial intelligence to help redact records before public release, summarize documents and evaluate scientific literature, federal officials said in a recent conference.
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May 12, 2026
EBay said Tuesday it is rejecting a $55.5 billion unsolicited cash-and-stock offer from GameStop Corp., calling the proposal "neither credible nor attractive" and citing concerns over financing, strategic risk and governance at GameStop.
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May 12, 2026
Medtronic fired a longtime manager for disciplining a male subordinate and raising concerns about gender discrimination and retaliation, the worker told a Colorado state court.
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May 12, 2026
Baker McKenzie has added a cybersecurity, data privacy and incident response partner from Alston & Bird LLP, who joins the team in Washington, D.C., at a time when cyberattacks and data breaches against companies and others are increasing.
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May 11, 2026
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella testified Monday in a California federal jury trial over Elon Musk's challenge to OpenAI's for-profit conversion, denying that he demanded OpenAI's board reinstate ousted CEO Sam Altman while acknowledging that he offered to pay up to $29 billion to bring Altman and others to Microsoft.
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May 11, 2026
Zillow urged a Seattle federal judge to throw out a mass copyright lawsuit from rival CoStar over tens of thousands of property photos, arguing that its automated handling of user-uploaded images does not constitute infringement.
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May 11, 2026
The Federal Trade Commission on Monday reminded Meta, Amazon, Apple and a dozen other tech giants of a looming deadline to comply with their obligations under the Take It Down Act to swiftly remove deepfake revenge porn from their platforms, warning that the issue is a "top priority" that the agency is prepared to quickly start enforcing.
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May 11, 2026
A computer science expert testified Monday that Meta should be ordered to revise minor users' content recommendation formula to prioritize safety as much as engagement, as part of the New Mexico attorney general's ongoing bench trial over teen mental health.
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May 11, 2026
The Texas Office of the Attorney General and LG Electronics USA Inc. on Monday struck a deal to end the state's claims that LG unlawfully spied on consumers, with LG agreeing to obtain consent for certain data collection through smart television technology.
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May 11, 2026
A Silicon Valley county sued Meta in California state court Monday, claiming the social media giant "knowingly" facilitates and profits from billions of scam advertisements on Facebook and Instagram.
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May 11, 2026
The Federal Circuit on Monday upheld a decision by the U.S. International Trade Commission barring imports of some Tineco wet-dry vacuums found to infringe Bissell patents, while clearing redesigned products, as arguments by both sides challenging those findings fell flat.
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May 11, 2026
A Fifth Circuit panel seemed skeptical of a bid to undo "case-terminating sanctions" that a lower court leveled against a servicing company accused of stealing Philips North America LLC's trade secrets, saying Monday that the company admitted to deleting some files to cover its tracks.
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May 11, 2026
The widow and children of one of the people killed in the April shooting at Florida State University hit OpenAI with a suit on Sunday in federal court alleging that its ChatGPT program fed the shooter's delusions and helped him plan the details of his attack on the school's campus.
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May 11, 2026
Consumers have hit Ace Hardware with a proposed class action in Illinois federal court alleging they pay higher prices because the retail cooperative helps its member stores conspire to fix prices and divide local markets.
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May 11, 2026
A German company has agreed to end its patent suit against Microsoft Corp. over artificial intelligence supercomputer technology, about a month before a federal trial was set to start in the infringement case in Texas.
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May 11, 2026
A California federal judge Monday tossed a proposed class action accusing beauty technology firm Cutera and its executives of misleading investors about its acne treatment launch and financial results, finding the legal claims against the company were abandoned and discharged under its Chapter 11 plan.
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May 11, 2026
A Chinese "internet of things" provider says it's been unlawfully and incorrectly designated as a "Chinese military company" despite having no connection to the Chinese military, according to a suit filed in D.C. federal court Monday.
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May 11, 2026
Artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI Inc. has told a New York federal court that Reddit Inc.'s amended claims that its content was used illegally to train AI models should be dismissed because they still fail to show that Reddit holds copyrights on the "vast majority" of that content.
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May 11, 2026
The Federal Communications Commission told the D.C. Circuit on Monday there is no reason to block the FCC's staff approval of Nexstar Media Group Inc.'s planned $6.2 billion deal to buy Tegna Inc. since a California federal judge has already halted the broadcast merger during review.
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May 11, 2026
Meta Platforms must face the bulk of a consolidated set of proposed class actions alleging it exploits an Android communications channel to tie users' browsing data to their Facebook and Instagram profiles, a California federal judge ruled Monday, while Google must face a negligence claim.