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March 20, 2026
RICHMOND, Va. — The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 19 affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of an internet services provider’s Communications Act violation suit against T-Mobile alleging network interference, finding that the “claim is barred by that statute’s election-of-remedies provision” because the provider had already filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission.
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March 18, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO — Three minors filed a putative class action lawsuit in California federal court against x.AI Corp. and x.AI LLC (collectively, xAI) over the alleged creation by its generative AI tool Grok of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) using their images seeking injunctive relief and damages against xAI for violation of CSAM laws as well as California’s unfair competition law (UCL), saying “[t]heir lives have been shattered” by the images being spread online.
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March 18, 2026
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A California federal judge denied reconsideration of orders denying requests to extend the deadline for expert reports and mostly denying requests to depose individuals in a group of internet search engine users’ suit asserting antitrust claims against Google LLC and related parties regarding allegations of a general search services monopoly.
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March 18, 2026
EUREKA, Calif. — A California federal magistrate judge denied Roblox Corp.’s request to compel production of the mental health records of a minor who is one of the class representatives in a suit alleging that Roblox and third-party websites allowed minors to gamble using the digital currency “Robux,” opining that the plaintiffs did not waive privilege over therapy records regarding the minor’s gambling addiction and theft from family members.
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March 18, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla Inc. and its affiliates ask the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in an appellant brief to reverse the certification of a class action against them for violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other laws by misrepresenting the capabilities of Tesla vehicles’ “self-driving” technology, writing that the plaintiff did not present sufficient evidence that purchasers were exposed to allegedly false statements.
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March 16, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO — Deadlines and a case management conference were set in California federal court for a putative class action against JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. brought by a plaintiff who claims that the bank “enabled” a cryptocurrency “Ponzi scheme” that misled him into liquidating and then losing his retirement account in the scam, allegedly in violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other laws.
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March 13, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 12 affirmed in part and vacated in part a lower court’s preliminary injunction enjoining the enforcement of the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA) in a suit filed by a trade association of online businesses challenging the CAADCA, which was enacted to provide online privacy protections for children under 18, affirming the injunction regarding the act’s data use and dark patterns restrictions after finding that those provisions do not clearly describe the prohibited conduct.
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March 13, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than a dozen parties filed amicus curiae briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting Verizon Communications Inc. and AT&T Inc. in consolidated cases where Verizon and AT&T asserted constitutional challenges to the Federal Communications Commission’s enforcement of monetary forfeitures under the Communications Act.
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March 12, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge on March 11 granted the U.S. government’s motion for default judgment and ordered forfeiture to the government of now-frozen cryptocurrency allegedly stolen by North Korean hackers, finding that the cryptocurrency is considered the proceeds of computer fraud and subject to forfeiture in this case where the government correctly provided notice.
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March 11, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge denied a motion that was filed by plaintiffs who claim that Apple Inc.’s “AirTag” tracking devices were used to stalk them in violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and other laws, in which they sought to certify three nationwide classes of people allegedly “tracked without consent by Apple’s AirTag,” and directed the parties to prepare to discuss whether the cases should be severed.
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March 10, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on March 9 affirmed final written decisions by the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), holding that the board did not abuse its discretion when it held that a technology company forfeited a new antedating argument during inter partes review (IPR) proceedings.
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March 10, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — After the parties filed a joint stipulation to dismiss, the U.S. Supreme Court in a docket only order on March 9 dismissed a petition filed by Google LLC and related entities (collectively, Google) seeking review of a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ ruling affirming a jury verdict and injunction in an antitrust suit filed against it by Epic Games Inc. over Google’s removal of Epic’s Fortnite game from the Google Play Store.
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March 09, 2026
RALEIGH, N.C. — Epic Games Inc., the creator of the popular video game Fortnite, sued a former Epic contractor in a North Carolina federal court, asserting violations of the Defend Trade Secrets Act, related state laws and breach of contract for the contractor’s purported violations of a nondisclosure agreement (NDA) and “leaking” information via social media accounts on Discord and X (formerly Twitter) regarding “confidential details” about upcoming content releases in Fortnite.
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March 06, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — After filing a motion to modify an injunction in a California federal court, Epic Games Inc. and Google LLC and related entities (collectively, Google) on March 5 filed a joint stipulation of dismissal in the U.S. Supreme Court regarding Google’s petition seeking review of a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ ruling affirming a lower court’s jury verdict and injunction in an antitrust suit filed against it by Epic Games Inc. over Google’s removal of Epic’s Fortnite game from the Google Play Store.
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March 05, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO — A split Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on March 4 affirmed a lower court’s denial of a motion by Uber Technologies Inc., its subsidiary Portier LLC and Maplebear Inc. (Instacart) for a preliminary injunction to enjoin the enforcement of a Seattle ordinance prohibiting “unwarranted” deactivations of app-based workers’ accounts, finding in part that the ordinance does not regulate speech that is protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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March 05, 2026
NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York held that an insurer has a duty to defend Uber against 23 underlying personal injury lawsuits brought against 23 driver insureds who provided services using Uber’s software application, further finding that the insurer has a duty to indemnify Uber to the extent that it is held vicariously liable for the conduct of the drivers in the underlying lawsuits.
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March 05, 2026
SEATTLE — An attorney for a man accused by Valve Corp. of being a “patent troll” responded to a Washington federal judge’s order to show cause, arguing that fake quotations were caused by the error of a contract attorney; on the same day, the judge entered $11,500 in attorney fees against the defense for fees incurred during a discovery dispute before a recently completed trial.
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March 04, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel delivered a mixed opinion on March 3 in a dispute over a patent that concerns the use of 3D modeling of patient data on augmented reality (AR) headsets, affirming the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) decision to reject the appellant’s anticipation arguments but reversing the rejection of obviousness arguments.
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March 03, 2026
MIAMI — A Florida federal judge on March 2 overruled a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation advising that the court deny the plaintiff’s motion for default judgment in a “pig butchering scam” suit over alleged stolen cryptocurrency assets, finding that the claims in the operative complaint “are supported by factual allegations.”
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March 03, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals denied a motion by the parents of minor players of Roblox Corp.’s gaming platform to summarily affirm a California federal judge’s denial of a motion to compel arbitration filed by the third-party developer of a site called “Bloxflip” that allegedly was used by the parents’ children to illegally gamble with digital “Robux” in violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL).
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March 03, 2026
WILMINGTON, Del. — A Delaware judge granted primary insurers’ motion for partial summary judgment in their declaratory judgment lawsuit brought against Instagram LLC and Meta Platforms Inc. (collectively, Meta), ruling that the insurers have no duty to defend against several thousand lawsuits alleging that Meta’s platforms caused harm to children because none of the underlying allegations “whether express, inferable, or extrinsic—support a conclusion that Meta’s conduct was accidental.”
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March 03, 2026
DALLAS — Noting that the court has not located any case law interpreting a ransomware sublimit endorsement or any similar policy provision, a federal judge in Texas held that a cyber liability insurance policy’s $250,000 Ransomware Sub-Limit Endorsement is not applicable on its face to the policy’s cyber extortion insurance and, as a result, the insurer’s liability is not limited as to the insured’s claim for $1.2 million in losses arising from a malware attack.
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March 02, 2026
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Finding that the age verification provision of Senate Bill 854, a Virginia law that seeks to require social media platforms to determine whether a user is a minor, “burdens adults’-as well as minors’-rights to access protected speech,” a Virginia federal judge on Feb. 27 issued a preliminary injunction enjoining enforcement of the law internet trade association NetChoice LLC challenged for allegedly violating the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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March 02, 2026
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Virginia federal judge largely dismissed a doctor’s suit against her former employer, the CIA, its director and a former Republican political candidate for due process violations and defamation related to the candidate’s comments about the doctor on a podcast regarding the military COVID-19 vaccine mandate, finding that the due process claim failed in part because the allegedly defamatory statements were not made by government employees.
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March 02, 2026
CHICAGO — A class complaint was filed in an Illinois federal court alleging that an insurer committed an egregious privacy violation and breach of consumer trust in violation of Illinois, California and federal laws by knowingly deploying tracking technologies without the consent of its insurance customers and other website visitors and in violation of its own express assurances that the customers’ private information would remain confidential, asserting that the insurer sold out its customers and website users’ trust for money.