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  Social Media Cos. Fight Uphill To End Schools' Addiction MDL

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A California federal judge appeared skeptical Monday about dismissing school districts' claims that social media...(read more)

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  Minnesota Appeals Court Won't Toss Climate Change Suit

  By Elaine Briseño

  A Minnesota appeals court on Monday affirmed a lower court's decision not to toss the state's lawsuit alleging t...(read more)

• Comcast Hit With $240M Verdict In Voice Recognition IP Trial

  By Adam Lidgett

  Comcast is on the hook for $240 million after a federal jury in Pennsylvania found that the telecommunications giant infringed one patent on voice recognition technology, but cleared it on another patent.

• Duke Settles NIL Contract Fight With Star Quarterback

  By Alex Lawson

  Duke University settled its lawsuit over the terms of quarterback Darian Mensah's name, image and likeness rights contract with the school Tuesday, clearing the path for him to transfer elsewhere for the upcoming football season.

• Freshfields-Led Sportswear Biz To Buy €1.5B Puma Stake

  By Tom Fish

  Chinese sports equipment giant Anta Sports said Tuesday it has agreed to buy a 29% stake in Puma for €1.5 billion ($1.8 billion), which will make it the German athletic apparel maker's largest shareholder.

• DocuSign Beats Investor Suit Over Post-COVID Prospects

  By Rae Ann Varona

  A California federal judge Monday tossed a certified class of shareholders' lawsuit that accused DocuSign and its top brass of misleading investors about the software company's postpandemic growth prospects, saying an amendment would not fix the investors' "misleading and confusing" complaint.

• Ex-Citi Exec Says Rampant Misogyny Was A 'Price Too Steep'

  By Lauren Berg

  A former high-ranking director at Citigroup says she was "debased and humiliated" by false workplace rumors that she pursued sexual relations with a superior in order to secure a promotion, alleging in a lawsuit filed in New York federal court on Monday that persistent misogynistic culture at the investment bank forced her out of a job.

• Mich. AG's Antitrust Suit Charts New Path For Climate Torts

  By Keith Goldberg

  Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's antitrust lawsuit against fossil fuel companies opens a new front in climate change tort litigation, and is a riposte to red states using antitrust law to target pro-climate actions by companies.

• Amazon To Pay $309M, Change Practices Over Return Policy

  By Lauren Berg

  Amazon.com Inc. has agreed to pay $309 million on top of $570 million already paid out to customers to resolve a proposed class action accusing the e-commerce giant of shortchanging customers on refunds for returned items, according to the customers asking a Washington federal judge to approve the settlement.

• Texas Jury Clears AUO And Hisense In LCD Patent Trial

  By Ryan Davis

  An Eastern District of Texas jury has decided that Taiwan-based electronics company AUO Corp. and Chinese TV maker Hisense did not infringe two Phenix Longhorn LLC display patents, in a rare defense verdict for Taiwanese and Chinese companies in the Texas district's Marshall division, according to defense counsel.

• Minn. Judge Probes Limits Of ICE Enforcement Actions

  By Ganesh Setty

  A Minnesota federal judge on Monday considered whether to preliminarily block the Trump administration from sending thousands of immigration enforcement officers to the state, questioning if the surge is a coercive federal act in violation of state sovereignty.

• DOJ Can't Sue Mich. To Stop 'Hypothetical' Climate Claims

  By Melanie Dorsey

  A Michigan federal judge ruled on Saturday that the U.S. Department of Justice cannot preemptively block the state from filing climate-related claims against the fossil fuel industry, adding there's no precedent for such a move being allowed in the long history of state litigation against national industry groups.

• IP Notebook: Nutcracker Suit, Copyright Termination, Playboy

  By Ivan Moreno

  This edition of Law360's overview of emerging copyright and trademark trends delves into a Fifth Circuit decision that tests the territorial boundaries of copyright law, and a dispute over "stream-ripping" on YouTube that has artificial intelligence companies weighing in.

• Pharrell's Ex-Neptunes Partner Not Happy, Sues For Royalties

  By Craig Clough

  Pharrell Williams was sued in California federal court Friday by his former songwriter partner Chad Hugo, who claims the pop superstar owes him for unpaid royalties and access to financial records related to their collaboration as The Neptunes.