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  • July 06, 2026

    Trump Can Keep NYT, Penguin Defamation Suit In Florida

    A Florida federal judge on Monday denied a bid by The New York Times, three reporters and Penguin Random House LLC to transfer President Donald Trump's amended defamation suit to New York, finding that the complaint was filed in the proper court. 

  • July 06, 2026

    Taylor Swift Sends Poet's $25M IP Suit To The Dismissed Dept.

    A Florida federal judge dismissed Monday a poet's $25 million copyright infringement lawsuit against Taylor Swift, ruling that the purportedly infringed poetry doesn't qualify as protected expression because it consists of generic ideas and metaphors, and that the plaintiff failed to plausibly plead the pop superstar copied her. 

  • July 06, 2026

    11th Circ. Backs Feds' Use Of Accreditors In Education Funds

    The U.S. Department of Education can rely on private educational accreditors when allocating federal education dollars, the Eleventh Circuit ruled on Monday, rejecting the state of Florida's assertion that the process unconstitutionally gives these accreditors governmental power to determine funding eligibility.

  • July 06, 2026

    DCG Can Send Crypto Securities Question To 2nd Circ.

    A Connecticut federal judge gave Digital Currency Group and its executives the green light to ask the Second Circuit whether certain cryptocurrency lending agreements amount to securities, waving on an appeal of a February order that kept alive a proposed class action over the collapse of DCG's crypto lending subsidiary.

  • July 06, 2026

    MAGA Counterfeiters Should Pay $14.6M, Judge Recommends

    A Florida federal magistrate judge recommended that several online retailers accused of selling counterfeited "Make America Great Again" and "Trump" brand products pay a combined $14.6 million in statutory damages after the companies failed to respond to lawsuits alleging trademark infringement. 

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