RealPage Sues Over NY Rental Pricing Software Law

By Matthew Perlman

Property management software company RealPage sued New York's attorney general in federal court, alleging a recently passed state law to prevent building owners from using software to collude on residential rental rates is unnecessary and violates the First Amendment.

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Swimmers Defend $1.16M Fee In Antitrust Fight With Aquatics

By Elaine Briseño

Swimmers suing World Aquatics over alleged antitrust violations say the objection to an additional $1.16 million in attorney fees is "absurd," arguing the international governing body knows payment would come from a fund separate from the already negotiated attorney fees.

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Health Plans Defend Renewed Biogen MS Drug Scheme Suit

By Lauraann Wood

Health plans claiming Biogen Inc. illegally stifled competition for its multiple sclerosis drug Tecfidera have said an Illinois federal judge should let their latest complaint proceed to discovery because it fixes earlier pleading deficiencies and better outlines the drugmaker's allegedly anticompetitive scheme.

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Anti-Disinformation Nonprofit Claims FTC Retaliation In Suit

By Jared Foretek

An anti-disinformation nonprofit is suing the Federal Trade Commission over a civil investigation demand it claims was sent in retribution for the group's 2022 media market review that listed conservative outlets like The Daily Wire and The Federalist among its top disinformation-risk sites.

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Brief

Justices Delay Copyright Chief Case Until FTC Firing Decision

By Ivan Moreno

The U.S. Supreme Court said it will defer ruling on whether the Trump administration's firing of the U.S. Copyright Office leader was legal until the justices resolve cases involving the terminations of a Democratic Federal Trade Commission member and Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook.

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GTCR Drops FTC Constitutional Challenge Over Merger Case

By Matthew Perlman

GTCR BC Holdings LLC has agreed to dismiss its constitutional claims against the Federal Trade Commission after enforcers dropped their case challenging the private equity firm's $627 million purchase of medical device coatings company Surmodics Inc.

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USPTO, DOJ Tell ITC To Limit Exceptions In Netlist Case

By Theresa Schliep

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has joined the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division to urge the U.S. International Trade Commission to keep exceptions to its exclusion orders narrow, making the statement in Netlist's case accusing Google and Samsung of infringing its computer memory technology patents.

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Bonus Spotlight

Magic Circle Firms Enchant Associates With Top-Tier Bonuses

By Tracey Read

U.S. associates at Linklaters LLP and Clifford Chance LLP have a lot to be thankful for this holiday season, as the Magic Circle firms Wednesday became the latest to match the BigLaw standard for this year's associate bonuses.

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Analysis

After Big Win For 2 Trump Foes, A Third Faces 'Tougher Job'

By Phillip Bantz

The recent dismissal of federal criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI director James Comey does little to help President Donald Trump's ex-national security adviser John Bolton, whose defense in a classified-materials case presents a thornier set of legal and factual issues, experts say.

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Roundup

Up Next At High Court: ISP Liability & State Subpoena Suits

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court will return Monday for the first week of its December oral argument session, during which the justices will consider whether internet service providers can be held liable for contributing to their customers' infringing activity online and whether the subjects of state subpoenas are required to first challenge them in state court. 

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Interview

For Covington's Adrian Perry, Music Is A Family Affair

By Theresa Schliep

Despite having a famous rock star dad, Covington & Burling LLP partner Adrian J. Perry wasn't all that interested in being a musician as a young child, but he knew as early as 6 years old that he wanted to be a lawyer.

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Analysis

Calif. Privacy Agency Gaining Steam Ahead Of 5th Anniversary

By Allison Grande

California's data privacy regulator has taken several notable steps in recent months, including handing down its first penalty upward of $1 million and finalizing long-awaited rules on topics such as cybersecurity audits and technologies that use artificial intelligence, and the groundbreaking agency shows no signs of slowing down as its fifth anniversary approaches. 

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Split 6th Circ. Shields Baker Donelson, Not City Councilman

By Matt Perez

In a published opinion, the Sixth Circuit has found that Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC is shielded by qualified immunity as outside counsel for the city of Nashville in litigation over the law firm's firing of a city election commission chair and member of the firm.

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Foley & Lardner Hit With Malpractice Suit Over Chancery Loss

By Rose Krebs

Foley & Lardner LLP has been sued in Delaware Superior Court by three officers of a now-defunct food recycling company who say the firm was negligent when representing them in a Chancery Court case that led to a $1.6 million judgment against them and another officer.

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DOJ Asks Court If It Can Release Epstein Files Under New Law

By Lauren Berg

The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking a New York federal court's permission to publicly release the files related to the investigation of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, clarifying Wednesday that it wants to release search warrant results, travel and financial records, police reports, and other materials.

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Keesal Young Poaching Suit Against Stradley Ronon Trimmed

By Madison Arnold

A California state judge cleared Keesal Young & Logan to pursue most of its lawsuit alleging Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young crossed the line when it recruited 10 former Keesal Young attorneys, finding that claims such as inducing breach of contract could move forward, in part, because of conversations among the attorneys.

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DOJ Says Ex-Employees Can't Challenge Firings In Fed. Court

By Rose Krebs

The government says a D.C. federal court lacks jurisdiction to adjudicate a lawsuit filed by a former assistant U.S. attorney who prosecuted defendants charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and two other ex-Department of Justice employees, alleging they were unlawfully fired.

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Hub Hires: Todd & Weld, Freshfields, Shipman

By Julie Manganis

It was a busy November in Boston's legal community as another firm expanded into the market, and a longtime judge traded his gavel for the ability to address his growing concerns about the Trump administration.

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