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September 30, 2025
AI Chipmaker's Valuation Soars To $8.1B After Funding Round
Artificial intelligence infrastructure maker Cerebras Systems, advised by Latham & Watkins LLP, announced on Tuesday that it wrapped an oversubscribed Series G funding round after securing $1.1 billion of commitments, boosting the Sunnyvale, California-headquartered company's post-money valuation to $8.1 billion.
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September 30, 2025
Calif. Agency Fines Retailer $1.35M Over Data Privacy Lapses
Rural lifestyle retailer Tractor Supply Co. will pay a record $1.35 million penalty and overhaul its data privacy practices to resolve the California privacy agency's claims that it failed to properly notify consumers and job applicants of their privacy rights, maintain adequate agreements with service providers and provide consumers with an effective way to stop the sharing and sale of their personal information, the regulator announced Tuesday.
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September 29, 2025
Visa Defeats Claims It Profited From Child Porn, For Now
A California federal judge has thrown out allegations Visa knew about and profited from child pornography on Pornhub and other websites it worked with, though he gave the young woman who sued another opportunity to file an amended complaint.
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September 29, 2025
Meta Faces Sanctions Bid Alleging Co. Destroyed 'Taps' Data
Personal injury plaintiffs have urged a California state judge to sanction Meta Platforms Inc. in coordinated litigation over claims social media harms young users' mental health, alleging Meta willfully destroyed crucial time‑stamped "taps" data that captures users' taps, scrolls and swipes on Facebook and Instagram.
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September 29, 2025
Newsom Signs AI Law Requiring Guardrails, More Disclosures
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed into law a bill that bolsters safety and disclosure requirements for artificial intelligence companies in the Golden State, a measure the governor said further establishes California as a leader in "safe, secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence."
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September 29, 2025
Meta Ducks Antitrust Suit As Economist's Opinions Excluded
A California federal judge on Monday freed Meta from an antitrust lawsuit that accused it of monopolizing an asserted market for personal social networking, saying Facebook users failed to prove the existence of an antitrust injury, with or without help from an expert witness.
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September 29, 2025
YouTube Inks $24M Deal To End Trump's 'Censorship' Case
YouTube has agreed to pay more than $24 million to settle a lawsuit that President Donald Trump filed after the video platform suspended his account following the 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol over concerns he would incite further attacks, the parties told a California federal judge Monday.
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September 29, 2025
Hagens Berman Misstep Ends Amazon-Apple Suit, For Now
A Washington federal judge threw out a proposed class action targeting an alleged pact between Amazon and Apple to limit device sales on the e-commerce platform, agreeing on Monday to revisit an earlier ruling after fresh facts surfaced showing that the former lead plaintiffs' counsel misled the court for months.
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September 29, 2025
Chancery Mulls Bid To Toss AI-Linked Battery Co. SPAC Suit
Attorneys representing a blank-check company that took artificial intelligence-driven energy storage business Stem Inc. public in April 2021 argued in Delaware's Court of Chancery on Monday that investors suing over the deal are following a "free pass to trial" strategy that the court has cautioned against.
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September 29, 2025
House GOP Lawmakers Back ITC Import Ban Won By Oura
A group of House Republicans want the U.S. Trade Representative to uphold the U.S. International Trade Commission's decision to block Ultrahuman and RingConn from importing products it held infringed an Ouraring Inc. wearable computing device patent.
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September 29, 2025
Meta Stole Plan For Instagram Shopping, Antitrust Suit Alleges
A British company Friday sued Meta Platforms Inc. in California federal court, claiming the tech giant was only able to build Instagram Shopping and create a "Meta monopoly" over the tag-based shopping market by secretly stealing the startup's proprietary business plan and exploiting its social network dominance.
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September 29, 2025
No New Trial In Eyedrop TM Case, But Damages Cut To $11M
A California federal judge has rejected a motion for a new trial in a trademark case between eyedrop makers after a jury awarded one side $35 million, saying there was plenty of evidence to support a finding of infringement while reducing the damages award to about $11.2 million.
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September 29, 2025
Newsom Signs Bills Boosting Tribal Regalia, Land Use, Grants
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law three bills that will strengthen Indigenous students' rights to wear regalia, require tribal consultation over land and reburial rights, and streamline gaming tribes' ability to provide grants to other tribes with limited resources.
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September 29, 2025
Billboard Co. Says Pot Ad Ban Violates 1st Amendment
A billboard advertising company is suing a California city in federal court, saying newly enacted ordinances banning cannabis dispensaries from off-site advertising violate the First Amendment.
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September 29, 2025
Yale Unit Will Pay $45M To End Failed Hospitals Sale Dispute
Yale New Haven Health Services Corp. has agreed to pay $45 million to hospital operator Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. to conclude their legal dispute over a failed $435 million sale of three Connecticut hospitals, according to a motion filed in Texas bankruptcy court.
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September 29, 2025
Trump Again Pushes 100% Tariff To Help US Film Industry
President Donald Trump revived his call for a 100% tariff on imported films Monday on Truth Social, claiming the measure is necessary to reverse trends of offshoring production.
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September 29, 2025
O'Melveny Adds Former Top DOJ Prosecutor In LA
O'Melveny & Myers LLP has expanded its white-collar defense offerings with the addition of a former assistant U.S. attorney for the Central District of California and chief of the office's criminal division, the firm announced on Monday.
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September 29, 2025
6 Firms Advise On EA's $55B Deal With Investor Group
Electronic Arts Inc. said Monday it has agreed to be acquired by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners at an enterprise value of approximately $55 billion, with six firms steering the transaction.
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September 28, 2025
Trump Asks Justices To Rule On Birthright Order's Legality
President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on the legality of his executive order denying citizenship to American-born babies of unauthorized immigrants, after lower courts ruled the order is likely unconstitutional and barred it across the country.
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September 26, 2025
Meta Set To Appeal Flo Privacy Verdict As Users Seek Billions
Meta is gearing up to appeal a California federal jury verdict that found it liable for using a data analytics tool to illegally retrieve sensitive health data from users of the popular menstrual tracking app Flo, the company disclosed in a posttrial filing in which the plaintiffs separately asked the court to award statutory damages that could reach the billions.
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September 26, 2025
NY Judge Grills CA Atty Over Botched Pro Hac Vice Filings
The Manhattan federal judge overseeing a major racial discrimination lawsuit against the NFL on Friday took a California attorney to task over a bungled pro hac vice filing and his failure to appear at a prior hearing, but stopped short of taking disciplinary action, for now.
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September 26, 2025
Full Fed. Circ. Told There's Mixed Transfer Law In Patent Case
Software company VirtaMove Corp. is doubling down on efforts to keep its patent infringement suits against Amazon and Google in the Western District of Texas, telling the full Federal Circuit that a panel strayed from Fifth Circuit precedent by declining to disturb the suits' transfer to California.
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September 26, 2025
Real Estate Recap: EB-5 Evolving, Insurance Impact, $1B Buy
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including insights into the EB-5 industry amid President Donald Trump's "gold card" investment visa rollout, higher insurance premiums affecting commercial real estate companies, and New York City's first single-asset real estate deal this year to break $1 billion.
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September 26, 2025
Stewart Keeps Discretion Duty As Squires Takes On RPIs, AI
In John Squires' first week as U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director, he walked back precedent from the first Trump administration, claimed machine learning should be patent-eligible, and designated Deputy Director Coke Morgan Stewart to continue handling discretionary denial reviews.
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September 26, 2025
Zillow Loses 9th Circ. Bid To Undo Investor Class Cert.
The Ninth Circuit on Friday affirmed a lower court's decision to grant class certification in an investor suit claiming Zillow Group Inc. oversold a now-shuttered home-buying program, rejecting the real estate listing site's arguments that the lower court did not correctly apply the U.S. Supreme Court's Goldman decision to the class certification bid.
Expert Analysis
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Attacks On Judicial Independence Tend To Manifest In 3 Ways
Attacks on judicial independence now run the gamut from gross (bald-faced interference) to systemic (structural changes) to insidious (efforts to undermine public trust), so lawyers, judges and the public must recognize the fateful moment in which we live and defend the rule of law every day, says Jim Moliterno at Washington and Lee University.
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High Court Birthright Case Could Reshape Judicial Power
Recent arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in cases challenging President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order primarily focused on federal judges’ power to issue nationwide injunctions and suggest that the upcoming decision may fundamentally change how federal courts operate, says Mauni Jalali at Quinn Emanuel.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Appreciating Civil Procedure
If you’re like me, law school’s often complex and theoretical approach to teaching civil procedure may have contributed to an early struggle with the topic, but when seen from a practical perspective, new lawyers may find they enjoy mastering these rules, says Chloe Villagomez at Foster Garvey.
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Appellate Guidance Needed On California Chatbot Litigation
There is wide variation in how courts are applying the California Invasion of Privacy Act against website owners that allegedly help third parties spy on visitors via chatbots — and the lack of appellate rulings creates uncertainty, especially as these cases move toward the summary judgment stage, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.
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Calif. Bar Exam Fiasco Shows Why Attys Must Disclose AI Use
The recent revelation that a handful of questions from the controversial California bar exam administered in February were drafted using generative artificial intelligence demonstrates the continued importance of disclosure for attorneys who use AI tools, say attorneys at Troutman.
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Spoliation Of Evidence Is A Risky And Shortsighted Strategy
Destroying self-incriminating evidence to avoid a large judgment may seem like an attractive option to some defendants, but it is a shortsighted strategy that affords the nonspoliating party potentially case-terminating remedies, and support for a direct assault on the spoliator’s credibility, say attorneys at Mandelbaum Barrett.
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State AGs' Focus On Single-Firm Conduct Is Gaining Traction
Despite changes in administration, both federal antitrust agencies and state attorneys general have shown a trending interest in prosecuting monopolization cases involving single-firm conduct, with federal and state legislative initiatives encouraging and assisting states’ aggressive posture, says Steve Vieux at Bartko Pavia.
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Synopsys-Ansys Merger Augurs FTC's Return To Remedies
The Federal Trade Commission's recent approval of $35 billion merger between Synopsys and Ansys, subject to the divestiture of certain assets, signals a renewed preference for settlements over litigation, if the former can preserve competition and a robust structural remedy is available, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
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Justices Widen Gap Between Federal, Calif. Enviro Reviews
While the U.S. Supreme Court's recent opinion in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado, narrowed the scope of National Environmental Policy Act reviews, it may have broadened the gulf between reviews conducted under NEPA and those under the California Environmental Quality Act, say attorneys at Hanson Bridgett.
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In 2nd Place, Va. 'Rocket Docket' Remains Old Reliable
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia was again one of the fastest civil trial courts in the nation last year, and an interview with the court’s newest judge provides insights into why it continues to soar, says Robert Tata at Hunton.
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CIPA May Not Be Necessary To Protect Ad Tech Plaintiffs
A California bill designed to protect businesses from advertising technology claims under the California Invasion of Privacy Act by amending the act retroactively has been highly contested by various consumer advocacy groups, but other existing law may sufficiently protect any plaintiff who suffers actual harm from such tech, says Justin Donoho at Duane Morris.
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Foreign Sovereign Entities Should Heed 9th Circ. IP Ruling
After the Ninth Circuit recently held that four Chinese state-controlled companies were not immune from criminal indictment for alleged economic espionage, foreign sovereign-controlled entities should assess whether their operations and affiliation with their parent states qualify for sovereign immunity under the common law, say attorneys at Cleary.
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Proposed State AI Rule Ban Could Alter Employer Compliance
A proposal in the congressional budget bill that would ban state and local enforcement of laws and regulations governing artificial intelligence may offer near-term clarity by freezing conflicting rules, but long-term planning would remain difficult for employers seeking safe, lawful AI deployment strategies, say attorneys at Fisher Phillips.
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How Attorneys Can Become Change Agents For Racial Equity
As the administration targets diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and law firms consider pulling back from their programs, lawyers who care about racial equity and justice can employ four strategies to create microspaces of justice, which can then be parlayed into drivers of transformational change, says Susan Sturm at Columbia Law School.
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Opinion
9th Circ. Shopify Decision Gets Personal Jurisdiction Wrong
The Ninth Circuit's recent opinion in Briskin v. Shopify, rejecting the differential targeting requirement for personal jurisdiction, not only deviates from long-standing jurisprudence, but it also significantly expands the reach of internet-based claims under California law, says Matthew Pearson at Womble Bond.