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  • July 08, 2026

    9th Circ. Says Netflix Harassment Suit Belongs In Arbitration

    A former Netflix employee must arbitrate her lawsuit alleging the streaming giant fired her for raising concerns about its sexually charged office environment, with the Ninth Circuit ruling Wednesday that her dispute began before a law banning mandatory arbitration of sexual harassment claims took effect.

  • July 08, 2026

    Sam Smith Says Song IP Suit Fails Without Proof Of Access

    Pop singers Sam Smith and Normani and their record labels are seeking a favorable ruling in a suit claiming the 2019 song "Dancing With a Stranger" was copied from an older song with a similar name, saying that song's authors were unable to show how the defendants accessed it.

  • July 08, 2026

    FCC Using AI To Modernize Operations, Says Top Legal Aide

    While the Federal Communications Commission is emerging as a key federal agency tackling artificial intelligence policy, the FCC itself is taking advantage of the technology to make its operations run more smoothly, a top official says.

  • July 08, 2026

    Trump's $5M Loss Ordered To Be Paid Out To E. Jean Carroll

    It's time for President Donald Trump to pay a $5 million jury verdict finding he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll in a department store dressing room, a New York federal judge ruled on Wednesday, after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to take up the case.

  • July 08, 2026

    Judge Tosses Pearl Drum Carrier Trade Dress Claim, For Now

    A Pennsylvania federal judge has thrown out a trade dress infringement claim in drum-maker Pearl Musical Instrument Co. Ltd.'s intellectual property suit against a Japanese company over marching band drum carriers but gave Pearl another shot at making its case.

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