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October 01, 2025
Economist Says Google's Ad Tech Fix Enough To Boost Rivals
Google's expert economics witness urged a Virginia federal judge Wednesday not to break up the search giant's advertising placement technology business, arguing the company's counterproposal would free up rivals without the "market reengineering" threatened by the Justice Department's proposed remedies.
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October 01, 2025
Denver, Poll Worker Settle Firing Over Jon Stewart Show Talk
A woman who claimed she was fired by the Denver Clerk and Recorder's Office after appearing on Jon Stewart's TV show in 2022 reached a settlement with the city.
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October 01, 2025
'Squid Game' Doesn't Rip Off Bollywood Film, Judge Rules
A Manhattan federal judge has tossed a lawsuit brought by an Indian screenwriter who accused Netflix of ripping off a Bollywood film he wrote and directed to create the first season of "Squid Game," saying the two works weren't substantially similar despite centering on characters competing in deadly games to win prize money.
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October 01, 2025
Russian Gets Docs Order Stay In Florida Trump Media Suit
A Florida state court judge Wednesday paused his order compelling a Russian businessman with alleged financial ties to Donald Trump's Truth Social platform to respond to a subpoena in the lawsuit over taking the company public, saying the act of producing documents could constitute irreparable harm.
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October 01, 2025
NASCAR Exec Says Team Was Warned About LGB Sponsors
A NASCAR executive told jurors on Wednesday that driver Brandon Brown's team had previously been warned the league would not sign off on any on-track promotion of the "Let's Go Brandon" phrase, but pursued approval of an LGBCoin sponsorship anyway in a manner the executive said was "disingenuous."
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October 01, 2025
Charter Sued In Chancery For Docs On Liberty Deal
A Charter Communications Inc. pension fund stockholder sued the company for documents on its proposed $17 billion buyout of Liberty Media on Wednesday, citing concerns that the controller of both companies lined up a "severely" overpriced deal at the expense of Charter's public investors.
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October 01, 2025
DC Circ. Won't Rethink Return Of Head Of Copyright Office
The D.C. Circuit said Wednesday that it won't rethink its decision to temporarily reinstate the head of the U.S. Copyright Office, who was fired by President Donald Trump as her lawsuit against the administration plays out in court.
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October 01, 2025
States Accuse Zillow, Redfin Of Deal To End Competition
A coalition of states followed their federal counterparts with an antitrust lawsuit in Virginia federal court Wednesday accusing Zillow of paying Redfin more than $100 million to stop competing for the sale of rental housing advertisements on their listing services.
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October 01, 2025
Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
The Federal Trade Commission put the final tweaks on its deal allowing a $13.5 billion merger of marketing companies to move ahead and pushed its bid to block a merger in the medical device coatings industry, while U.K. enforcers launched a number of merger probes.
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October 01, 2025
Chubb Can't Yet Arbitrate La. Casino Owner's COVID Losses
A Louisiana federal court has temporarily barred a Bermuda-based Chubb unit from pursuing arbitration proceedings in England in a dispute with a hospitality and entertainment company over coverage for pandemic-related losses at its U.S. properties.
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October 01, 2025
Gambling Machine Patent Owner Can't Get New Trial
The owner of a gambling machine patent that a jury ruled was not infringed has lost its bid for a new trial, after a Nevada federal judge rejected the argument that the accused infringer made a "highly prejudicial and inflammatory" damages request on its unsuccessful defamation counterclaim.
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October 01, 2025
OpenAI Blasts X's Suit Over Apple Deal As 'Lawfare' Campaign
Apple Inc. and OpenAI Inc. have asked a Texas federal court to toss an antitrust case from X targeting a deal to integrate ChatGPT into iPhones, with OpenAI saying X's billionaire owner Elon Musk is waging a multipronged "lawfare" campaign against it.
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October 01, 2025
Alex Jones Ch. 7 Stay Doesn't Protect Co. Assets, Judge Says
The Texas bankruptcy judge overseeing the Chapter 7 case of right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones said Wednesday the automatic stay of the bankruptcy does not extend to the assets of Jones' media company, Free Speech Systems.
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October 01, 2025
NY Judge Undoes Order Freeing NFL's Lions From IP Suit
A New York federal judge has reversed an order that let the Detroit Lions football team out of a suit brought by a photographer who says the team modeled a statue of Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders on his photo.
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October 01, 2025
Nirvana Defeats Child Pornography Case Over Album Cover
A California federal judge has ended a case over child pornography claims brought by a man who was depicted as a naked infant on the cover of Nirvana's 1991 album "Nevermind," saying he was having "a difficult time understanding" the argument that the image depicted the plaintiff as a sex worker reaching for a dollar.
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October 01, 2025
FCC Sets Furlough Plan In Motion With Government Shutdown
The Federal Communications Commission's staff halted most regular operations Wednesday as Congress failed to reach a deal to continue funding agencies after the end of the government's fiscal year.
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October 01, 2025
Chancery Rules Beachbody Shareholder Suit Time-Barred
A Delaware Chancery judge has dismissed a stockholder lawsuit accusing the backers of Forest Road Acquisition Corp. of misleading investors in their $3 billion merger with digital fitness and nutrition company Beachbody, ruling that the claims were brought more than three years too late.
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October 01, 2025
Fla. Judge Shuts Down Firm's Fee Fight With Film Producer
A Florida judge on Tuesday dismissed a long-running suit by a Miami law firm against a Hollywood producer after finding the firm had abandoned its opportunity to pursue its claim over allegedly unpaid attorney fees by waiting two years to find successor counsel after its last attorney withdrew.
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October 01, 2025
Va. Biz Group Calls Charter, Cox Tie-Up Good For Consumers
The Virginia Chamber of Commerce urged the Federal Communications Commission to approve the planned $34.5 billion merger of cable giants Charter and Cox, saying it would be good for consumers as the companies cut costs through scale.
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October 01, 2025
Fed. Circ. Sends Social Media Patent Fight Back To PTAB
The Federal Circuit on Wednesday partly revived Snap's challenge to substitute claims in a You Map patent covering a way of displaying social media posts on a map, finding that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board needs to take another run at the issue.
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October 01, 2025
InterDigital Wants Disney's Video Tech Antitrust Case Tossed
Wireless technology company InterDigital Inc. has asked a Delaware federal judge to dismiss an antitrust suit brought by Disney that claims InterDigital isn't offering reasonable licenses on patents for streaming video, saying the entertainment giant's claims were either deficient or time-barred.
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October 01, 2025
4th Circ. Won't Rethink Dance Teachers' Use Of 'Inspire' Name
The Fourth Circuit has rejected a North Carolina charter school's request to reconsider blocking two former teachers from using the name "Inspire" for their dance company, dealing the school another blow in its trademark infringement and false advertising suit.
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October 01, 2025
Elf On The Shelf Maker Lands On Font Creator's Naughty List
A Wisconsin-based retro font designer has sued the company behind The Elf on the Shelf brand in Georgia federal court, accusing it of infringing copyrighted font software by using it without authorization in connection with more than 70 products.
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October 01, 2025
Meta Pushes Suit Over Sexism Complaints Into Arbitration
A former Meta employee must arbitrate his suit alleging he was retaliated against for complaining that his female colleagues faced sexist treatment, a New York federal judge said, ruling a law that bars the mandatory arbitration of sexual misconduct disputes doesn't shield his case.
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September 30, 2025
Combs Loses Bid To Escape Prostitution-Related Conviction
A New York federal judge on Tuesday denied Sean "Diddy" Combs' request to undo his criminal conviction for transporting two of his former girlfriends for prostitution, allowing sentencing for the hip-hop mogul to move forward on Friday.
Expert Analysis
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Breaking Down Novel Va. Social Media Law For Minors
While a Virginia bill passed in May is notable for setting a one-hour daily limit on minors' use of social media, other provisions create compliance burdens for social media operators and app store providers, and increase privacy and security risks associated with the collection of sensitive information to prove identity, says Jenna Rode at Hunton.
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Litigation Inspiration: How To Respond After A Loss
Every litigator loses a case now and then, and the sting of that loss can become a medicine that strengthens or a poison that corrodes, depending on how the attorney responds, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.
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The Metamorphosis Of The Major Questions Doctrine
The so-called major questions doctrine arose as a counterweight to Chevron deference over the past few decades, but invocations of the doctrine have persisted in the year since Chevron was overturned, suggesting it still has a role to play in reining in agency overreach, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.
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'Loss' Policy Definition Is Key For Noncash Settlements
A recent Delaware decision in AMC Entertainment v. XL Specialty Insurance, holding that the definition of loss includes noncash settlement payments, is important to note for policyholders considering other settlement options — like two other class actions that recently settled for vouchers, say attorneys at Reed Smith.
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Series
Playing Mah-Jongg Makes Me A Better Mediator
Mah-jongg rewards patience, pattern recognition, adaptability and keen observation, all skills that are invaluable to my role as a mediator, and to all mediating parties, says Marina Corodemus.
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Tips For Business Users After 2 Key AI Copyright Decisions
Because two recent artificial intelligence copyright decisions from the Northern District of California — Bartz v. Anthropic and Kadrey v. Meta — came out mostly in favor of the developers using the plaintiffs' works to train large language models, business users should proceed with care, says Chris Wlach at Acxiom.
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Lively-Baldoni Saga Highlights Insurance Coverage Gaps
The ongoing legal dispute involving "It Ends With Us" co-stars Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively raises coverage questions across various insurance lines, showing that effective coordination between policies and a clear understanding of potential gaps are essential to minimizing unexpected exposures, says Katie Pope at Liberty Co.
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FTC Staff Cuts Unlikely To Curb Antitrust Enforcement Agenda
While Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson's recent commitment to reducing agency staff may seem at odds with the Trump administration's commitment to antitrust enforcement, a closer analysis shows that such reductions have little chance of derailing the president's efforts, say attorneys at Squire Patton.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Navigating Client Trauma
Law schools don't train students to handle repeated exposure to clients' traumatic experiences, but for litigators practicing in areas like civil rights and personal injury, success depends on the ability to view cases clinically and to recognize when you may need to seek help, says Katie Bennett at Robins Kaplan.
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Copyright Takeaways From 2 Calif. GenAI Rulings
Two California federal court decisions suggest that the fair use defense may protect generative artificial intelligence output, but given the ongoing war between copyright holders and AI platforms, developers should still consider taking steps to reduce legal risk, says Lincoln Essig at Knobbe Martens.
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Challenging A Class Representative's Adequacy And Typicality
Recent cases highlight that a named plaintiff cannot certify a putative class action unless they can meet all the applicable requirements of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, so defendants should consider challenging a plaintiff's ability to meet typicality and adequacy requirements early and often, say attorneys at Womble Bond.
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Opinion
4 Former Justices Would Likely Frown On Litigation Funding
As courts increasingly confront cases involving hidden litigation finance contracts, the jurisprudence of four former U.S. Supreme Court justices establishes a constitutional framework that risks erosion by undisclosed financial interests, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.
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Tips For Managing Social Media And International Travel Risks
Employers should familiarize themselves with the legal framework governing border searches and adopt specific risk management practices that address increasing scrutiny of employees’ social media activities by immigration enforcement, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.
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Brand Protection Takeaways From OpenAI Trademark Case
The ongoing battle between IYO and OpenAI offers critical lessons on diligent trademark enforcement and proactive risk management for startups and established players alike navigating branding in the rapidly evolving artificial intelligence sector, say attorneys at Dykema.
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How Attys Can Use AI To Surface Narratives In E-Discovery
E-discovery has reached a turning point where document review is no longer just about procedural tasks like identifying relevance and redacting privilege — rather, generative artificial intelligence tools now allow attorneys to draw connections, extract meaning and tell a coherent story, says Rose Jones at Hilgers Graben.