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  • June 09, 2025

    Meta Exploited Android Defect To Gather Users' Info, Suit Says

    Meta and Alphabet were hit with a proposed class action in California federal court Friday alleging Android vulnerabilities allowed the Facebook operator to de-anonymize users' web browsing history, following a similar suit filed against Meta last week.

  • June 09, 2025

    Judge Cites Golf Films In Axing Tiger Woods' League TM Suit

    A Delaware federal judge on Monday dismissed a trademark suit filed by a company started by golfers Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy against LA Golf Partners LLC, all while citing golf films "Caddyshack," "Tin Cup" and "Happy Gilmore."

  • June 09, 2025

    Migrant Kids Funding Suit Belongs In Claims Court, Feds Say

    The government has asked a California federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging its termination of legal services programs for immigrant unaccompanied minors, arguing that the case is essentially a contract dispute the court lacks authority over.

  • June 09, 2025

    FEMA Dodges Atty's Bias And Retaliation Suit, For Now

    A California federal judge dismissed an attorney's lawsuit alleging two federal agencies fired her after she complained that a male colleague harassed her, saying the excessive length and repetitiveness of her claims makes an adequate response a "practical impossibility." 

  • June 09, 2025

    Tesla Buyers End 'Right To Repair' Monopoly Suit

    Tesla drivers have agreed to permanently end their consolidated proposed class action accusing the company of running an illegal monopoly on parts for its electric vehicles and repair services, according to a proposed stipulation that a California federal judge signed off on Monday.

  • June 09, 2025

    Justices Urged To Keep Pause On 'Breakneck' Gov't Overhaul

    The U.S. Supreme Court should leave in place a California federal judge's order barring implementation of layoffs and reorganizations at various federal departments and agencies, several unions and nonprofits argued Monday, claiming a decision allowing the changes would irreversibly harm the federal government and render Congress and the judiciary powerless.

  • June 09, 2025

    BCLP Real Estate Finance Pros Join Kilpatrick In Atlanta, SF

    Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP is boosting its real estate finance team, announcing Monday it is bringing in two Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP attorneys, one of them returning to Kilpatrick as a partner in Atlanta, the other joining as counsel in San Francisco.

  • June 09, 2025

    Disney Settles Antitrust Suit Over ESPN Streaming Fees

    Disney has settled a sprawling antitrust lawsuit with consumers over the fees in its ESPN livestreaming carriage agreements.

  • June 09, 2025

    Alibaba Wants Patent Suit Axed Over Atty's 'Extreme' Conduct

    Cloud products and services company Alibaba Cloud US LLC has moved to dismiss a patent suit against it by Cooperative Entertainment Inc. as a sanction for "extreme" conduct by its attorney, which continued after he was referred to a disciplinary committee.

  • June 09, 2025

    Feds Argue Koi Nation's Historic Ties Justify Calif. Land Trust

    The Interior Department is looking to dismiss a challenge to its decision to take 70 acres into trust for a proposed tribal hotel and casino project in Sonoma County, California, telling a federal court that the Koi Nation has a significant historical connection to the site.

  • June 09, 2025

    OneTaste Leaders Convicted Of Forced Labor Conspiracy

    A federal jury in Brooklyn on Monday convicted the co-founder of sexual wellness company OneTaste and her former deputy of forced labor charges in a case alleging they used psychological and sexual abuse to coerce workers into providing labor and services.

  • June 09, 2025

    Squire Patton Lands Ex-Perkins Coie LA Head In Duo Pickup

    Squire Patton Boggs said Monday that it has bolstered its global labor and employment practice by adding two attorneys from Perkins Coie LLP, including its former Los Angeles office leader.

  • June 09, 2025

    Feds Flag 'Varsity Blues' Ringleader's College Adviser Job

    Boston federal prosecutors on Monday argued that the mastermind of the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal should look for work outside the college counseling business that served as the springboard for the yearslong, high-profile legal battle.

  • June 09, 2025

    AMC 'Dark Winds' Worker Says Crew Member Harassed Her

    An entertainment company behind the AMC thriller series "Dark Winds" paid a female worker less than her male counterparts and then fired her after she complained that a male crew member had harassed her, she told a California state court.

  • June 09, 2025

    Solar Mosaic Files Ch. 11 As Congress Plans Tax Credit Cuts

    Home solar panel financing company Solar Mosaic has filed for Chapter 11 protection in a Texas bankruptcy court with more than $264 million in debt and sale plans, saying it is facing a contracting solar energy market and uncertainty over the future of federal solar panel tax credits.

  • June 08, 2025

    Judge Approves NCAA's $2.8B Athlete Revenue Settlement

    The NCAA's $2.78 billion class action settlement that will for the first time provide for revenue sharing with college athletes was given final approval late Friday by a California federal judge.

  • June 06, 2025

    High Court Says Software Glitch Led To Early Order List Drop

    An "apparent software malfunction" caused the U.S. Supreme Court's order list to be issued early Friday, orders in which the justices granted certiorari in four cases and refused to take up a long list of other ones, including cases centered on Pennsylvania's election system and the Obama Presidential Center.

  • June 06, 2025

    Google Must Face Bulk Of Healthcare Data Tracking Suit

    A California federal judge allowed a proposed class action accusing Google of illicitly scooping up users' personal data from healthcare providers' websites to continue Friday, but only for certain claims based on communications made before the company started instructing healthcare provider clients not to send it their health information.

  • June 06, 2025

    LA Fitness Beats DOJ's ADA Suit, For Now

    A California federal judge tossed the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit Friday alleging LA Fitness did not accommodate disabled patrons, ruling the government failed to allege a pattern or practice of discrimination or put the gym chain on notice of claims the attorney general determined are of public importance.

  • June 06, 2025

    T.I., Tiny Urge Judge To Prevent 4th Trial In $71M Doll Row

    Clifford "T.I." Harris and Tameka "Tiny" Harris have urged a California federal judge to reject MGA Entertainment's motion to reverse a jury's $71.4 million verdict finding the company infringed the trade dress and publicity rights of the OMG Girlz pop group, saying the rehashed arguments fall flat.

  • June 06, 2025

    9th Circ. Mulls If Seagate Win Could Spur Antitrust Suits

    A Ninth Circuit judge on a panel doubted Seagate Technology's request to reverse NHK Spring's partial win in an antitrust fight over hard drive components, observing Friday that Seagate's position may broaden antitrust liability and asking "how does this not open up the floodgates for a new plaintiffs' cottage industry?"

  • June 06, 2025

    J&J Unit's $147M Catheter Antitrust Loss Tripled To $442M

    Johnson & Johnson health tech unit Biosense Webster's bill in an antitrust trial was upped from $147 million to $442 million after a California federal jury found it stifled competition by conditioning the provision of cardiac mapping services on purchases of cardiac catheters.

  • June 06, 2025

    Real Estate Recap: Hotels, Healthcare REITs, Secondaries

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including where the hotel sector stands at the midyear, which states are trying to curb healthcare investment models and what is fueling the surge in the real estate secondaries market.

  • June 06, 2025

    'Low-Hanging Fruit' In Devas Resolved, But Questions Remain

    The U.S. Supreme Court's decision Thursday rejecting the Ninth Circuit's outlier interpretation of a jurisdictional question in a $1.3 billion arbitral award enforcement case came as no surprise to arbitration experts, who say they will nevertheless continue closely watching the case to see how outstanding issues are resolved.

  • June 06, 2025

    OpenAI, Microsoft Say Musk Hasn't Fixed RICO Claims

    OpenAI and Microsoft have urged a California federal judge to again trim Elon Musk's lawsuit challenging OpenAI's now-abandoned transition to a for-profit enterprise, arguing the billionaire and his own artificial intelligence company, xAI, have not made any changes to their previously nixed claims for contract breach and fraudulent enterprise.

Expert Analysis

  • Legal Ethics Considerations For Law Firm Pro Bono Deals

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    If a law firm enters into a pro bono deal with the Trump administration in exchange for avoiding or removing an executive order, it has an ethical obligation to create a written settlement agreement with specific terms, which would mitigate some potential conflict of interest problems, says Andrew Altschul at Buchanan Angeli.

  • Avoiding Compliance Risks Under Calif. Recycling Label Law

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    CalRecycle's recently published final findings on California's S.B. 343 — determining which products and packaging materials are eligible to use the "chasing arrows" recyclability symbol — offer key guidance that businesses operating in the state must heed to avert the risk of penalties or litigation, says Christopher Smith at Greenspoon Marder.

  • Series

    Playing Football Made Me A Better Lawyer

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    While my football career ended over 15 years ago, the lessons the sport taught me about grit, accountability and resilience have stayed with me and will continue to help me succeed as an attorney, says Bert McBride at Trenam.

  • 10 Arbitrations And A 5th Circ. Ruling Flag Arb. Clause Risks

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    The ongoing arbitral saga of Sullivan v. Feldman, which has engendered proceedings before 10 different arbitrators in Texas and Louisiana along with last month's Fifth Circuit opinion, showcases both the risks and limitations of arbitration clauses in retainer agreements for resolving attorney-client disputes, says Christopher Blazejewski at Sherin and Lodgen.

  • How Trump Energy Order May Challenge State Climate Efforts

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    Even if the Trump administration's recent executive order targeting state and local environmental, climate and clean energy laws, regulations and programs doesn't result in successful legal challenges to state authority, the order could discourage state legislatures from taking further climate action, say attorneys at Foley Hoag.

  • Notable Q1 Updates In Insurance Class Actions

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    The first quarter of 2025 was filled with the refinement of old theories in the property and casualty space, including in vehicle valuation, time to seek appraisal and materials depreciation, says Mathew Drocton at BakerHostetler.

  • Series

    Power To The Paralegals: The Value Of Unified State Licensing

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    Texas' proposal to become the latest state to license paraprofessional providers of limited legal services could help firms expand their reach and improve access to justice, but consumers, attorneys and allied legal professionals would benefit even more if similar programs across the country become more uniform, says Michael Houlberg at the University of Denver.

  • AI Use In Class Actions Comes With Risks And Rewards

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    The use of artificial intelligence in class actions holds promise for helping to analyze complex evidence, but attorneys and experts must understand how to use it correctly, and how to explain it clearly, say Simone Jones and Eric Mattson at Sidley and Anna Shakotko at Cornerstone Research.

  • 10 Soft Skills Every GC Should Master

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    As businesses face shifting regulatory and technological uncertainty, general counsel will need to strengthen certain soft skills to succeed, from admitting when they make a mistake to maintaining a healthy dose of dispassion, says Douglas Brown at Manatt.

  • 6 Criteria Can Help Assess Executive Branch Actions

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    With new executive policy changes announced seemingly every day, several questions can help courts, policymakers and businesses determine whether such actions are proper, effective and in keeping with our democratic norms, say Marc Levin and Khalil Cumberbatch at the Council on Criminal Justice.

  • Learning From COVID-19 Enforcement Against Nursing Homes

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    Five years after the COVID-19 outbreak caused a high number of deaths in nursing homes, an examination of enforcement actions against nursing homes in New York and elsewhere in the country highlights obstacles that may arise when bringing cases of this type, and ways to overcome them, says Kenneth Levine at Stone & Magnanini.

  • 5 Key Issues For Multinational Cos. Mulling Return To Office

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    As companies increasingly revisit return-to-office mandates, multinational employers may face challenges in enforcing uniform RTO practices globally, but several key considerations and practical solutions can help avoid roadblocks, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.

  • An Unrestrained, Bright-Eyed View Of Legal AI's Future

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    Todd Itami at Covington offers a bright-eyed, laughing-all-the-way, skydive look at what the legal industry could look like after an artificial intelligence revolution, which he believes may happen much sooner and more dramatically than we expect.

  • Tracking The Evolution In Litigation Finance

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    Despite continued innovation, litigation finance remains an immature market with borrowers recieving significantly different terms as lenders learn to value cases, which firms need a strong handle on to ensure lending terms do not overwhelm collateral value, says Robert Wilkins at Lightfoot Franklin.

  • How Courts Weigh Section 1782 Discovery For UPC Cases

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    A look at cases from six different federal district courts reveals a number of discretionary factors that influence how courts consider Section 1782 discovery applications in connection with Unified Patent Court proceedings, say attorneys at Finnegan.

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