Apple Beats Antitrust Suit Over Heart Rate Data At 9th Circ.

By Dorothy Atkins

A Ninth Circuit panel affirmed Apple's win Thursday against startup AliveCor Inc.'s antitrust claims alleging it illegally blocked third-party access to Apple Watch medical data to create rival software, finding that Apple has no "duty to deal" with AliveCor and therefore the startup's claims fail as a matter of law.

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'Outrageous' Bogus Claims In YouTube Privacy Deal Irk Judge

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge Thursday signed off on Google and YouTube's $6 million deal to end claims alleging they unlawfully collected biometric data, while urging lawyers to provide him with information about organizations behind an "outrageous" flood of fake settlement claims, vowing to refer them to the U.S. attorney's office for investigation.

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9th Circ. Vacates Seagate Loss In Hard Drive Price-Fixing Case

By Hailey Konnath

The Ninth Circuit on Thursday resurrected a number of Seagate Technologies' antitrust claims against Japanese manufacturer NHK Spring in a fight over hard drive components, finding that U.S. antitrust laws could indeed apply to the alleged conspiracy in this case even though foreign entities executed transactions abroad.

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Calif. Judge Will Resign, Cop To Workers' Comp Fraud

By Lauren Berg

A California state judge has agreed to resign and plead guilty to a felony fraud charge after prosecutors alleged he knowingly hired a physician previously convicted of healthcare fraud to prepare medical reports to submit to the state's workers' compensation program, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.

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9th Circ. Upholds Hyundai, Kia Theft Defect Settlement

By Craig Clough

A Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday upheld a $145 million class action settlement resolving claims that certain Hyundai and Kia vehicles were defectively designed and vulnerable to theft, rejecting the arguments of two objectors who said the deal shortchanged owners whose cars were never stolen or that it wasn't enough of a total payout.

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States Fight To Block EPA From Wiping Out $7B Solar Funding

By Dorothy Atkins

A coalition of states urged a Washington federal district judge Thursday to preliminarily block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from cutting solar power grant programs, arguing that without an injunction the Trump administration could transfer $7 billion back to the Treasury and "we will be entirely out of luck."

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Experian Can't Nix Claim Tapad Unit Illegally Tracks Data

By Rae Ann Varona

A California federal judge has denied Experian Data Corp.'s bid to escape a proposed class action accusing it of unlawfully tracking web users' personal information and activity through its Tapad Inc. subsidiary, refusing to dismiss all but one claim a group of California consumers lodged against the data broker.

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X Users Can't Revive Suit Over Use Of Data For Marketing

By Craig Clough

A California appellate panel affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action Wednesday against the social media company X, alleging it misrepresented how it would use the personal contact data of its users, finding the terms of service did allow phone numbers and emails to be implemented for advertising or marketing purposes.

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MLB.tv Gets Fans' Facebook Data-Sharing Suits Thrown Out

By David Steele

Subscribers to Major League Baseball's video streaming service could not support their claim that their personal data was knowingly and illegally shared with Meta, a New York federal judge has ruled, dismissing a trio of proposed class actions.

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Calif. Agency Secures Halt On Data Broker's Info Resales

By Allison Grande

A marketing firm that compiles and redistributes lists of people with serious health conditions has agreed to pay a $45,000 fine and stop selling California residents' personal information in order to settle the California Privacy Protection Agency's latest enforcement strike against a data broker for failing to register, the agency announced Thursday. 

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IDEXX Software Defect Blamed For At Least 40 Dog Deaths

By Rae Ann Varona

Two Los Angeles-based veterinary clinics say pet healthcare diagnostics company Idexx Distribution Inc. fraudulently concealed a software algorithm defect that allegedly led to at least 40 dogs dying and hundreds of animals getting sick or missing treatment due to false diagnostic testing, according to a new lawsuit in California state court.

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Yankees Slugger Wins TM Battle Over 'Judge' Slogans

By Alex Lawson

The Federal Circuit has blocked a Long Island man from registering trademarks for judicial-themed slogans that had already been used by New York Yankees star Aaron Judge, upholding a Trademark Trial and Appeal Board decision in the slugger's favor.

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Trader Gets Win On Subpoena Ahead Of Quant Secrets Trial

By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal judge said Thursday that a California quantitative trader accused of stealing billion-dollar secrets from Headlands Technologies has issued an enforceable subpoena to the firm ahead of his July criminal trial and vowed to detail what information must be provided.

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ITC To Investigate Smartwatch Giants Over Fall Detection IP

By Dani Kass

The U.S. International Trade Commission on Thursday said it will review whether Apple, Google, Garmin and Samsung are infringing UnaliWear Inc.'s patents with their smartwatch imports.

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Ex-Child Pop Artist Sues Management Co. Alleging Sex Assault

By Mike Curley

A former child singer who released Christian pop albums is suing her former manager and agency, alleging that she was groomed and sexually assaulted as a teen and that the agency covered it up and allowed the abuse to happen.

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Amazon Drivers Can Keep Wage Suit In Court, Calif. Panel Says

By Irene Spezzamonte

Amazon cannot ship to arbitration six drivers' individual claims under California's Private Attorneys General Act that they were misclassified as independent contractors, a state appeals court has ruled, agreeing with a trial court that their last-mile deliveries were part of an uninterrupted interstate trip.

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Harvey Weinstein In Plea Talks As 3rd NY Trial Looms

By Frank G. Runyeon

A lawyer for Harvey Weinstein said Thursday the former Hollywood movie mogul will consider pleading guilty to a third-degree rape charge after a New York judge denied his bid to toss a separate sexual assault conviction.

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NJ Man Cops To Role In North Korea Cyberfraud Scheme

By Gina Kim

A New Jersey man charged in a cyberfraud scheme to generate revenue for North Korea's weapons of mass destruction programs by fraudulently obtaining remote information technology positions at more than 100 U.S. companies pled guilty to conspiracy charges Wednesday in Massachusetts federal court, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

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9th Circ. Revives Investor Suit Over Webinar Co.'s IPO

By Sydney Price

A unanimous Ninth Circuit panel revived a proposed investor class action over webinar-software company ON24's initial public offering, finding that claims the company misled investors by warning about risks that were already occurring could proceed.

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Comscore Ducks Antitrust But Not Unfairness Claims, For Now

By Bryan Koenig

Comscore won a partial reprieve from claims that it undermined a would-be box office data rival, with a California federal judge dismissing federal antitrust claims while preserving accusations of unfair competition, false advertising and business interference.

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Jury Can Hear Claim Over Swimming League's Damages

By David Steele

The jury in the upcoming trial for a professional swimming league's antitrust suit against World Aquatics can hear evidence that the league's own suit contributed to the damages it claims, a California federal judge ruled Thursday.

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States Can't Block HPE Integration Amid Deal Review

By Matthew Perlman

A California federal court refused Thursday to bar Hewlett Packard Enterprise from further integrating with Juniper Networks while state enforcers raise objections to a U.S. Department of Justice settlement allowing the merger to move ahead.

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Amici Back CoStar's Review Bid For Rival's Antitrust Claims

By Isaac Monterose

Technology industry coalition Chamber of Progress and other parties are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to grant commercial real estate information company CoStar's review petition for a Ninth Circuit ruling that revived a business rival's antitrust counterclaims.

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9th Circ. Redo Raises New Issues On Abortion Coverage Law

By Rachel Riley

A Ninth Circuit panel that previously sided with Washington in a church's challenge to a state law mandating employer health coverage of abortion services voiced fresh concerns about both sides' positions when revisiting the case Thursday, roughly six months after rescinding the initial opinion without explanation.

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Cannabis-Linked Co. CEO To Pay SEC Fine Over Fraud Claims

By Katryna Perera

The CEO of a shipping container company for the cannabis industry agreed on Thursday to a five-year officer and director bar and to pay a $100,000 civil penalty to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to resolve the regulator's claims that he concealed his control over the company and related entities, and also deceived investors about the business's revenue source.

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2 Firms Guide Eli Lilly's $1.2B Ventyx Biosciences Acquisition

By Al Barbarino

Eli Lilly and Co. has agreed to acquire Ventyx Biosciences Inc., a San Diego-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, for about $1.2 billion in cash, with Ropes & Gray LLP and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC advising.

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Truckers Sue Over Calif. Immigrant Drivers License Freeze

By Linda Chiem

A group representing Chinese American truckers sued the Trump administration Wednesday, alleging the sweeping federal crackdown on immigrant truck drivers has forced California to freeze issuing or renewing all nondomiciled commercial driver's licenses, including those for qualified drivers with lawful status who are being deprived of due process.

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AT&T Asks To Keep Extension After LA-Area Copper Theft

By Nadia Dreid

AT&T needs more time before it can be required to provide telecommunications services in Los Angeles again, the telecom behemoth has told the Federal Communications Commission, because it's still struggling to combat a recent rash of copper thefts.

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Greenberg Traurig Adds 2 Duane Morris Employment Pros

By Gina Kim

Greenberg Traurig LLP has brought on two Duane Morris LLP attorneys as its newest shareholders focusing on class action litigation, labor and employment and commercial litigation practices, adding them to the firm's offices in San Diego and Philadelphia. 

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Coblentz Atty Promoted To Partner In San Francisco Office

By Isaac Monterose

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP has promoted one of its veteran real estate transactional attorneys to a partner role at its San Francisco office, the firm announced.

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2025's Defining AI Securities Litigation

Three securities litigation decisions from 2025 — involving General Motors, GitLab and Tesla — offer a preview of how courts will assess artificial intelligence-related disclosures, as themes such as heightened regulatory scrutiny and risk surrounding technical claims are already taking shape for the coming year, say attorneys at Cooley.

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Targeted Action, Rule Tweaks Reflect 2025 AML Priority Shifts

Though 2025’s anti-money-laundering landscape was characterized not by volume of penalties but by the strategic recalibration of how illicit finance risk is handled, a series of targeted enforcement actions signaled that regulators aren't easing off the accelerator, even as they refine the rules of the road, say attorneys at MoFo.

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ERISA Litigation Trends To Watch With 2025 In The Rearview

There were significant developments in Employee Retirement Income Security Act litigation in 2025, including plaintiffs pushing the bounds of sponsor and fiduciary liability and defendants scoring district court wins, and although the types of claims might change, ERISA litigation will likely be just as active in 2026, say attorneys at Groom Law.

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Muay Thai Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Muay Thai kickboxing has taught me that in order to win, one must stick to one's game plan and adapt under pressure, just as when facing challenges by opposing counsel or judges, says Mark Schork at Feldman Shepherd.

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Goldberg Segalla Fights Ex-IP Co-Chair's $4M Arbitration Bid

By Theresa Schliep

An arbitration fight Goldberg Segalla LLP initiated against a former co-chair of its intellectual property group over proceeds from transferred cases spilled into New York state court, where the firm is seeking relief from his counterclaims that it shorted him nearly $4 million in compensation.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen a collapsed investment firm revive a $15 million dispute with a hedge fund, major Hollywood studios bring an IP claim against the U.K.'s largest internet providers over illegal streaming, and the Department of Health and Social Care sue the law firm and barrister representing it in a pharma competition damages case.

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Jones Day To Help Restore David Bowie's Old London Home

By Jamie Lennox

Jones Day's charitable foundation will help to restore the childhood home of musical icon David Bowie before it opens to the public in late 2027, the historical trust leading the project said Friday.

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Law Firms Closed 2025 With Continued 'Appetite For Hiring'

By Tracey Read

The legal sector continued to defy hiring expectations in spite of uncertainty in the U.S. economy as 2025 drew to a close.

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Bruce Fein Unauthorized To Represent Maduro, Atty Says

By Rachel Rippetoe

When constitutional lawyer Bruce Fein entered an appearance as counsel for former Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro on Tuesday, it was without having ever spoken to the client, according to a Thursday filing by Maduro's attorney Barry Pollack seeking to remove Fein from the case.

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Calif. Wage Suit Settles Months After Atty Admits To AI Mishap

By Emily Sawicki

A proposed wage and hour class action that drew the legal world's attention in November after the plaintiff's counsel admitted to using a half-dozen artificial intelligence tools to prepare a botched motion has now ended, with a Northern California federal judge granting a joint dismissal following a settlement agreement.

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NJ Justices Nix Atty Registration Fee Hike After Bar Pushback

By Rose Krebs

The New Jersey Supreme Court has rejected a request to raise the annual registration fee for attorneys after the state's bar association complained that a proposed $27 hike for certain attorneys, following prior year increases, was too much at a time when they and their firms face "significantly increasing operational costs."

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New Trade Group Joins Litigation Finance Lobbying Fight

By Ryan Boysen

A new trade group for litigation funders has launched with the aim of enlisting personal injury and mass tort attorneys in a fight against proposed federal laws that it says could threaten the $16 billion litigation finance industry.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

In technology, the increasing use of artificial intelligence by legal departments will be a major concern for general counsel seeking to control costs in the New Year. And in labor matters, the National Labor Relations Board has a new general counsel along with a quorum and is ready to start deciding cases again.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Ninth Circuit panel affirmed a ruling in which Apple beat claims it illegally blocked third-party access to Apple Watch medical data so it could create rival software.

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Biz Owner's RICO Suit Says 5 Calif. Attys Helped Loot IT Co.

By Daniel Connolly

A business owner has filed a lawsuit this week accusing five attorneys from five different small California law firms of conspiring with his ex-business partner to steal assets from a company the two had jointly owned.

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Ramey Ducks BlackBerry's Sanctions Bid Over 'Frivolous' Suit

By Elliot Weld

Patent attorney Bill Ramey has avoided sanctions requested by BlackBerry Corp. for what the smartphone company called the "frivolous and unreasonable" way he litigated a case brought on behalf of Silent Communications LLC.

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