Top Stories

• 

  W.Va. Strikes $11.5M Deal With Roblox Over Kid Safety

  By Emily Field

  The West Virginia attorney general on Tuesday said his office had reached an $11 million settlement with gaming ...(read more)

• 

  Warsh Rejects Claim He'd Be Trump's 'Sock Puppet' At Fed

  By Jon Hill

  Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh sought at his Tuesday confirmation hearing to rebut Democratic accusat...(read more)

• 5th Circ. OKs Ten Commandments In Texas Public Schools

  By Hailey Konnath

  The full Fifth Circuit Tuesday narrowly signed off on a Texas law requiring public schools to post copies of the Ten Commandments in classrooms, ruling that the law is indeed constitutional and reversing a lower court's injunction blocking the measure.

• Trump's Sullivan & Cromwell Attys Head To Gibson Dunn

  By Lauren Berg

  Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced Tuesday it is amping up its appellate practice with the addition of four Sullivan & Cromwell LLP litigators, including former acting Solicitor General Jeffrey B. Wall and Morgan L. Ratner, who have worked on the appeal of President Donald Trump's New York hush money conviction.

• Capital One Clients Seek Cert. Over Info Sent To Meta, Google

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  Counsel for Capital One customers urged a California federal judge Tuesday to certify a class over claims their personal financial information was illegally disclosed to Meta Platforms Inc., Google LLC and others, saying the customers' claims share a common question — whether the financial giant obtained consent based on its privacy disclosures.

• Armistice Capital Head Calls COVID Stock Rise 'Fun,' 'Lucky'

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  Armistice Capital's founder defended his hedge fund Tuesday from claims it pump-and-dumped $250 million in Vaxart stock during the COVID-19 pandemic, telling a California federal jury that he and his fund got "lucky" and that the stock's rapid surge was "fun."

• Justices Look Split In 7th Amendment Feud Over FCC Fines

  By Christopher Cole

  Several U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed convinced Tuesday that Federal Communications Commission fines are nonbinding unless enforced and don't deprive alleged rule violators of the right to a jury trial, but some colleagues still questioned whether the parties sanctioned by the agency have a meaningful chance of facing a jury.

• IP Notebook: Global Copyright, ChatGPT TM, Rogers Test

  By Ivan Moreno

  This round of Law360's look at emerging copyright and trademark issues includes a forthcoming U.S. Supreme Court appeal with global implications for copyrights, and OpenAI's setback in its effort to register "ChatGPT" as a trademark.

• Biotech Co. Investors Clash Over 'Self-Dealing' Claim

  By Jarek Rutz

  Attorneys for a biopharmaceutical and technology company stockholder and a group of venture investors sharply disagreed Tuesday over whether a financing deal was a lifeline for a struggling company or a self-serving maneuver that enriched insiders, as they argued a motion to dismiss the derivative suit in the Delaware Chancery Court.

• Squires Hints At New 'Holistic' Decision On PTAB Discretion

  By Theresa Schliep

  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires previewed at a conference Tuesday an imminent "comprehensive decision" that will articulate current policy on discretionary factors that inform the viability of Patent Trial and Appeal Board challenges, saying he's seeking "predictability" for the PTAB.

• 2nd Circ. Chilly To Additional Discovery In Cigna Pension Suit

  By Kellie Mejdrich

  The Second Circuit on Tuesday seemed reluctant to restart proceedings in a long-running suit against Cigna from retirees who challenged changes to their pensions, appearing unwilling to upend a decision to turn down post-judgment discovery in the class action.

• 3 Firms Guide $1.2B Semiconductor Equipment SPAC Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  U.S.-based semiconductor materials company Forge Nano said Tuesday it has agreed to combine with blank check company Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners II Co. in a deal that values Forge Nano at $1.2 billion.

• Sullivan & Cromwell Alerts SDNY To AI Errors In Ch. 15 Case

  By Andrea Keckley

  Sullivan & Cromwell LLP told a New York bankruptcy judge Saturday that an emergency motion it filed in Prince Global Holdings Ltd.'s Chapter 15 case contained several inaccurate citations and other errors, including what the firm described as artificial intelligence "hallucinations."

• Mass. Judge Freezes Trump Admin's Anti-Wind, Solar Orders

  By Carolyn Muyskens

  A Massachusetts federal judge paused a suite of federal agency actions that renewable energy trade groups say have restricted wind and solar permitting, determining on Tuesday that the government did not adequately explain its actions and acted contrary to federal law.