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  RealPage Sues Over NY Rental Pricing Software Law

  By Matthew Perlman

  Property management software company RealPage sued New York's attorney general Wednesday in federal court, alleg...(read more)

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  3 Firms Guide Sports Biz Enhance's $1.2B SPAC Merger

  By Jade Martinez-Pogue

  Sports competition and performance products company Enhanced Ltd. on Wednesday announced plans to go public thro...(read more)

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• Amazon Gets NY's NLRB Fill-In Law Blocked For Now

  By Hailey Konnath

  A New York federal judge on Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction blocking a law allowing the Empire State's labor board to adjudicate private sector unionization matters and labor-management disputes, ruling that Amazon is likely to prevail in its challenge of the measure.

• FCC Aims To Compel All Providers To Act Against Robocalls

  By Nadia Dreid

  The Federal Communications Commission is launching another volley in the ongoing battle against robocalls, this time with an order that would mandate that all voice service providers, not just newly authorized ones, follow anti-robocall regulations.

• Calif. Privacy Agency Gaining Steam Ahead Of 5th Anniversary

  By Allison Grande

  California's data privacy regulator has taken several notable steps in recent months, including handing down its first penalty upward of $1 million dollars and finalizing long-awaited rules on topics such as cybersecurity audits and technologies that use artificial intelligence, and the groundbreaking agency shows no signs of slowing down as its fifth anniversary approaches. 

• 21 AGs Sue USDA Over SNAP Rollbacks For Legal Immigrants

  By Ben Adlin

  Twenty states and the District of Columbia sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday over new agency guidance barring certain categories of lawful permanent residents from receiving federal food assistance benefits.

• DOJ Asks Court If It Can Release Epstein Files Under New Law

  By Lauren Berg

  The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking a New York federal court's permission to publicly release the files related to the investigation of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, clarifying Wednesday that it wants to release search warrant results, travel and financial records, police reports, and other materials.

• 8th Circ. Finds No Grounds For Folgers Deceptive Label Class

  By Emily Field

  The Eighth Circuit on Wednesday struck down a lower court's order certifying a class of Folgers coffee drinkers allegedly deceived by serving size instructions, saying that many consumers either weren't fooled or simply liked weaker coffee.

• Up Next At High Court: ISP Liability & State Subpoena Suits

  By Katie Buehler

  The U.S. Supreme Court will return Monday for the first week of its December oral argument session, during which the justices will consider whether internet service providers can be held liable for contributing to their customers' infringing activity online and whether the subjects of state subpoenas are required to first challenge them in state court. 

• ​​​​​​​Johnny Cash's Estate Sues Coca-Cola Over Soundalike Ad

  By Rae Ann Varona

  The estate of Johnny Cash has sued Coca-Cola in Tennessee federal court, accusing the soda giant of using a soundalike singer to pirate the legendary musician's "distinctive bass-baritone" voice in a television commercial without consent, in violation of the federal Lanham Act and a new Tennessee publicity rights law.

• Squires Says AI Gets No Special Treatment In Patent Process

  By Dani Kass

  The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday replaced Biden-administration guidance on the role of artificial intelligence in inventorship with its own, but attorneys say very little changed.

• Investor Suit Over Failed TD Bank-First Horizon Deal Tossed

  By Katryna Perera

  A New Jersey federal judge on Wednesday dismissed an investor class action over TD Bank's failed $13.4 billion merger with First Horizon Corp., finding that First Horizon investors can't sue because they never held TD Bank shares and the deal didn't close.

• Keesal Young Poaching Suit Against Stradley Ronon Trimmed

  By Madison Arnold

  A California state judge cleared Keesal Young & Logan to pursue most of its lawsuit alleging Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young crossed the line when it recruited 10 former Keesal Young attorneys, finding that claims such as inducing breach of contract could move forward, in part, because of conversations among the attorneys.

• After Big Win For 2 Trump Foes, A Third Faces 'Tougher Job'

  By Phillip Bantz

  The recent dismissal of federal criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI director James Comey does little to help President Donald Trump's ex-national security adviser John Bolton, whose defense in a classified-materials case presents a thornier set of legal and factual issues, experts say.