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October 08, 2025
Senate IP Leader Plans Push To Pass Patent Eligibility Bill
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., the leader of the Senate's intellectual property subcommittee, said Wednesday that before he leaves Congress in just over a year, one of his primary goals will be to advance his long-gestating bill to make more inventions eligible for patents.
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October 08, 2025
Amazon Can't Nix Counterclaims In Calif. Solar Projects Battle
Amazon can't dodge counterclaims in a dispute over the fallout from power purchase pacts tied to two California solar developments, a Washington state judge has said, finding the projects' backers have adequately alleged the tech giant spoiled the deals by abusing its dominance in the renewable energy market.
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October 08, 2025
Fortinet Brass Misled Investors With Rosy Outlook, Suit Says
Executives and directors of cybersecurity company Fortinet Inc. were hit Wednesday with a shareholder derivative action alleging they made the company misrepresent its revenue expectations for certain customer upgrades despite knowing that certain rosy projections were unrealistic.
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October 08, 2025
OpenAI Says Copyright Case Isn't About AI Outputs
OpenAI told a Manhattan federal judge Wednesday that a group of authors should not be allowed to argue that ChatGPT spits out summaries or verbatim portions of their books in a copyright infringement case, saying this is an additional theory of infringement that would make discovery more onerous than it already is.
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October 08, 2025
Mark Sanchez, Fox Hit With Civil Suit Over Alleged Assault
Former NFL quarterback and Fox Sports announcer Mark Sanchez has been sued for civil battery over an alleged drunken altercation that left a 69-year-old truck driver with serious injuries, while Fox Corp. was hit with a negligent hiring claim, according to a suit filed in Indiana state court.
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October 08, 2025
SoCal City Can't End Contract Dispute With Cannabis Co.
A Southern California municipality cannot escape a multi-year legal battle over a controversial exclusive cannabis transport deal it made with Rukli Inc., a Los Angeles County judge has ruled, saying if the current contract is "void," as the city argues, then the original is revived.
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October 08, 2025
LA County Probes Firm's Conduct In $4B Sex Abuse Deal
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has unanimously voted to launch an investigation into a record $4 billion sex abuse settlement it approved earlier this year following claims that the Downtown L.A. Law Group paid people to file complaints.
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October 08, 2025
Cal State Allowed Coach's Sex Harassment, Players Claim
Two softball players are suing California State University, Bakersfield, in Los Angeles state court, alleging that it "authorized" a sexually charged environment and failed to do anything about a coach's sexual harassment and threats.
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October 08, 2025
Calif. Mandates Browser Ad Tracking Opt-Out In US First
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Wednesday that requires browser developers to offer a digital tool enabling consumers to more easily opt out of online behavioral advertising throughout the web, making the Golden State the first in the nation to enact the regulations.
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October 08, 2025
Death Wish Brews Up TM Suit Against Liquid Death's Coffee
Death Wish Coffee sued Liquid Death in California federal court Tuesday to stop it from launching rival coffee beverages that would bear infringing "Death" trademarks, arguing the trade dress similarities have already been noticed by media outlets that highlighted the companies' "nearly identical aesthetic" and "shared death-themed" branding.
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October 08, 2025
The Legal Advocacy Behind Fan Fiction's Biggest Site
A nonprofit that appears on the docket as a friend of the court in some of the most important copyright cases at the U.S. Supreme Court and federal appeals courts is also responsible for running one of the largest fan fiction sites on the internet.
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October 08, 2025
Uber Driver Charged In Deadly Pacific Palisades Wildfire
Federal authorities announced on Wednesday the arrest of an Uber driver for starting the deadly Palisades Fire that caused severe damage to several Los Angeles County communities in January.
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October 08, 2025
Battery Maker Enovix Gets Investor Suit Trimmed Again
A California federal judge has pared an investor lawsuit against lithium battery maker Enovix to a single claim, after finding that two allegedly misleading statements by the company about its production equipment testing were significantly taken out of context.
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October 08, 2025
Discord Sued After User Info Leaked In Breach Of Vendor
Communications platform maker Discord Inc. was hit with a proposed class action in California federal court Tuesday after one of its third-party customer support partners suffered a data breach that allowed unauthorized parties to access personal information belonging to Discord's users.
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October 08, 2025
NBA Video Privacy Law Review Premature, Plaintiff Tells Justices
A website user urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to weigh in on the Second Circuit's decision last year that revived his lawsuit accusing the NBA of illegally sharing his viewing activity with Meta, arguing that the suit's second dismissal this week and his planned appeal "might complicate the court's review."
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October 08, 2025
Army Finds Support At Fed. Circ. In Fight Over COVID Delays
A Federal Circuit judge appeared skeptical that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers should compensate a contractor for fees incurred during the 2020 COVID-19 shutdown, saying it likely falls under protected government activity.
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October 08, 2025
State Farm Unit Needn't Pay For $2.5M Assault Judgment
A State Farm unit has no obligation to pay a $2.5 million judgment entered against a homeowners insurance policyholder after he attacked his housemate, a California state appeals court affirmed, finding that the victim's injuries were not the result of an accident for purposes of the policy.
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October 08, 2025
Jones Day Picks Up Gibson Dunn Corporate Ace In California
Jones Day announced Wednesday that it has added a partner to its corporate practice from Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP to bolster its capacity to advise clients on transactional, equity and other matters.
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October 08, 2025
Arnall Golden Sanctioned For Giving Feds ERISA Suit Docs
A California federal judge has ordered Arnall Golden Gregory LLP to pay a $50,000 penalty for giving the U.S. Department of Labor confidential documents United Behavioral Health turned over in a class action accusing the insurer of overcharging workers for out-of-network substance use disorder treatments.
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October 08, 2025
Insurer Had Duty To Defend In $78M Collision Row, Court Says
A home renovation company's insurer owed it a defense in a lawsuit over an auto collision involving a worker who was on the way to perform plumbing services, a California federal court ruled while stopping short of determining if the insurer must cover the underlying case's nearly $78 million judgment.
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October 08, 2025
Micron Files Patent Case In Calif. Day After Hit With Texas Suit
Chinese chipmaker Yangtze Memory Technologies Company Ltd. has accused Micron Technology Inc. of infringing a series of patents related to computer memory, prompting Micron to respond with its own suit asserting that it didn't infringe the patents.
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October 08, 2025
Biz Groups Back Ariz. Land Swap Amid 9th Circ. Appeal
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a slew of mining associations are backing the federal government's efforts to nix a Ninth Circuit appeal that looks to block the transfer of more than 2,500 acres within Arizona's Tonto National Forest to a copper mining company.
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October 08, 2025
DOJ Asks For Stay In PVC Antitrust Case Amid Criminal Probe
The U.S. Department of Justice is asking an Illinois federal court to pause discovery in a case accusing polyvinyl chloride pipe manufacturers of using a commodity pricing service to exchange information and fix prices while a grand jury investigates the alleged activity.
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October 08, 2025
2 More States Join Growing US Privacy Regulator Consortium
A bipartisan collective of U.S. regulators that was recently formed to collaborate on the implementation and enforcement of their states' data privacy regimes has swelled to double digits, with the attorneys general of Minnesota and New Hampshire on Wednesday being announced as the group's newest members.
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October 07, 2025
Aetna COVID-19 Test Provider Sues Insurer For 'Unpaid' $53M
A Nebraska company that provided COVID-19 testing for Aetna has filed suit in California federal court, alleging that the insurer owes it more than $53 million for testing services but has refused to pay up.
Expert Analysis
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Previewing State Efforts To Regulate Mental Health Chatbots
New York, Nevada and Utah have all recently enacted laws regulating the use of artificial intelligence to deliver mental health services, offering early insights into how other states may regulate this area, say attorneys at Goodwin.
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What Dismissal Rulings May Mean For ERISA Forfeiture Cases
Following an influx of Employee Retirement Income Security Act class actions challenging the long-standing practice of plan sponsors using plan forfeitures to offset employer contributions, recent motion to dismiss rulings and a U.S. Department of Labor amicus brief may encourage more courts to reject plaintiffs' forfeiture theories, say attorneys at Mayer Brown.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Relevance Redactions
In recent cases addressing redactions that parties sought to apply based on the relevance of information — as opposed to considerations of privilege — courts have generally limited a party’s ability to withhold nonresponsive or irrelevant material, providing a few lessons for discovery strategy, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Opinion
9th Circ. Customs Fraud Ruling Is Good For US Trade
In an era rife with international trade disputes and tariff-evasion schemes that cost billions annually, the Ninth Circuit's recent decision in Island Industries v. Sigma is a major step forward for trade enforcement and for whistleblowers who can expose customs fraud, say attorneys at Singleton Schreiber.
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Opinion
Section 1983 Has Promise After End Of Nationwide Injunctions
After the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down the practice of nationwide injunctions in Trump v. Casa, Section 1983 civil rights suits can provide a better pathway to hold the government accountable — but this will require reforms to qualified immunity, says Marc Levin at the Council on Criminal Justice.
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Courts Redefining Software As Product Generates New Risks
A recent wave of litigation against social media platforms, chatbot developers and ride-hailing companies has some courts straying from the traditional view of software as a service to redefining software as a product, with significant implications for strict liability exposure, say attorneys at Reed Smith.
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CEQA Reform May Spur More Housing, But Devil Is In Details
A recently enacted law reforming the California Environmental Quality Act has been touted by state leaders as a fix for the state's housing crisis — but provisions including a new theoretically optional traffic mitigation fee could offset any potential benefits, says attorney David Smith.
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What To Know About NCAA Deal's Arbitration Provisions
Kathryn Hester at Jones Walker discusses the key dispute resolution provisions of the NCAA's recently approved class action settlement that allows for complex revenue sharing with college athletes, breaking down the arbitration stipulations and explaining how the Northern District of California will handle certain enforcement, administration, implementation and interpretation disputes.
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Series
Playing Soccer Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Soccer has become a key contributor to how I approach my work, and the lessons I’ve learned on the pitch about leadership, adaptability, resilience and communication make me better at what I do every day in my legal career, says Whitney O’Byrne at MoFo.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Learning From Failure
While law school often focuses on the importance of precision, correctness and perfection, mistakes are inevitable in real-world practice — but failure is not the opposite of progress, and real talent comes from the ability to recover, rethink and reshape, says Brooke Pauley at Tucker Ellis.
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Midyear Rewind: How Courts Are Reshaping VPPA Standards
The first half of 2025 saw a series of cases interpreting the Video Privacy Protection Act as applied to website tracking technologies, including three appellate rulings deepening circuit splits on what qualifies as personally identifiable information and who qualifies as a consumer under the statute, say attorneys at Perkins Coie.
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How The Healthline Privacy Settlement Redefines Ad Tech Use
The Healthline settlement is the first time California has drawn a clear line in the sand around how website tracking must function in practice, so if your site uses tracking technologies, especially around sensitive content like health or finance, regulators are inspecting your website's back end, not just its banner, say attorneys at Baker Donelson.
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AI Infrastructure Growth Brings Unique IP Considerations
The explosive rise of artificial intelligence has triggered an equally dramatic transformation in the supporting infrastructure required to meet growing AI demand, and the technology used in these data centers has its own intellectual property considerations to navigate, says Vincent Allen at Carstens Allen.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From ATF Director To BigLaw
As a two-time boomerang partner, returning to BigLaw after stints as a U.S. attorney and the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, people ask me how I know when to move on, but there’s no single answer — just clearly set your priorities, says Steven Dettelbach at BakerHostetler.
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Reverse Bias Rulings Offer Warning About DEI Quotas
Several recent holdings confirm that targeted or quota-based diversity programs can substantiate reverse discrimination claims, especially when coupled with an adverse action, so employers should exercise caution before implementing such policies in order to mitigate litigation risk, says Noah Bunzl at Tarter Krinsky.