Investors In Korean Online Retail Giant Threaten Treaty Claim

By Caroline Simson

California investment firms that hold a $1.5 billion stake in online retail giant Coupang have threatened to bring a treaty claim against South Korea over "a whole-of-government pressure campaign" initiated against the company and have asked the Trump administration to intervene, as well.

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Google Moves To Toss Privacy Suit Alleging AI Spying

By Craig Clough

Google urged a California federal judge on Wednesday to dismiss a proposed class action claiming it secretly enabled artificial intelligence tools to scan users' Gmail, Chat and Meet communications, arguing the plaintiffs don't allege their data was accessed or if they suffered any harm.

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10th Circ. Partly Revives Pest Control Co.'s Fraud Claims

By Elliot Weld

The Tenth Circuit has partially revived a case brought by one pest control company against a competitor alleging the business rival bribed employees to turn over sales data, disagreeing with a lower court that the company had not shown financial losses.

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TikTok Seals Joint Venture Deal For US Operations

By Lauren Berg

TikTok's Beijing-based owner, ByteDance, has sold a majority stake in the video app's U.S. operations to a new U.S.-based joint venture managed by a group of non-Chinese investors in order to comply with a congressional mandate and avoid the app's shutdown, the company announced Thursday.

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Calif. Court Sides With Tenants In Background Check Suit

By Hailey Konnath

A California appellate court on Wednesday issued a landmark opinion partially resurrecting a suit accusing a Los Angeles-area landlord of illegally refusing to share various background check information with rental applicants, finding that tenants do have standing to sue under California law even if they haven't suffered any actual damages.

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FDIC Rolls Back Biden-Era Digital Signage Rule

By Sarah Jarvis

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Thursday finalized a rollback of its digital signage requirements, easing where and how banks must display FDIC-insured labeling online after industry criticized a prior Biden-era revamp as overly rigid and confusing for customers.

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Holland & Knight Team Will Navigate Arms Trade Regulations

By Andrea Keckley

Holland & Knight LLP announced Thursday that it is launching a practice focused on the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, under the leadership of a partner who helped write them.

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Medical Cannabis Co. Says Data Breach Didn't Lead To Injury

By Mike Curley

An Ohio medical cannabis company has said a consolidated class action in federal court should be dismissed as it doesn't allege any of the plaintiffs' data was accessed in a data breach or that the breach could be linked to any real damage.

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Calif. Universities, Faculty Settle EEOC Info-Sharing Fight

By Grace Elletson

The California State University system has struck a deal with faculty labor unions to resolve a suit claiming the CSU improperly shared employee contact information with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to aid an investigation into antisemitism on its campuses.

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Courthouse News Drops Access Suit Against DC Court Clerk

By Emily Sawicki

National litigation news outlet Courthouse News Service has voluntarily and permanently dropped claims against a Washington, D.C., Superior Court clerk and the executive officer of the D.C. courts over filing delays, with both sides agreeing to pay their own costs.

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Simpson Thacher Adds Quinn Emanuel Atty To New SF Office

By Gina Kim

A Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP attorney who worked on high-profile intellectual property matters representing Google and Jane Street Group has joined Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP as partner in its newly opened San Francisco office, the firm announced Thursday.

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Key False Claims Act Trends From The Last Year

The False Claims Act remains a powerful enforcement tool after some record verdicts and settlements in 2025, and while traditional fraud areas remain a priority, new initiatives are raising questions about its expanding application, says Veronica Nannis at Joseph Greenwald.

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Hosting Exchange Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Opening my home to foreign exchange students makes me a better lawyer not just because prioritizing visiting high schoolers forces me to hone my organization and time management skills but also because sharing the study-abroad experience with newcomers and locals reconnects me to my community, says Alison Lippa at Nicolaides Fink.

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Ex-Baker McKenzie Atty Alleges Assault In New DC Lawsuit

By Alison Knezevich

A former Baker McKenzie associate who was sued for defamation over a series of social media posts accusing the firm's Washington, D.C., managing partner of sexual assault has brought her own lawsuit, marking the first time she publicly detailed her allegations in court records.

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Trump Calls For Prosecution Of Jack Smith Post-Hearing

By Courtney Bublé

Shortly after former special counsel Jack Smith gave his first public congressional testimony on the Trump cases, in which he warned the rule of law should not be taken for granted, President Donald Trump said he should be prosecuted.

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Goldstein Prosecutors Unveil Conflicting Cash Source Claims

By Jared Foretek

A former lawyer at SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein's firm said Thursday that Goldstein told coworkers that the more than $960,000 in cash he brought off a flight from Hong Kong — the source of which is integral to the government's case — had come from a client.

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ABA Outlines Limited Atty Duty To Give Info To Former Clients

By Lynn LaRowe

The American Bar Association said attorneys have a limited responsibility to convey information to former clients or successor counsel that was not within the client's file, when doing so is necessary to protect a client's interests and reasonably practicable, according to a new ethics opinion.

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Proposed Subpoena Rule Change Raises Victim Privacy Fears

By Brandon Lowrey

A proposal to loosen restrictions on the use of federal criminal subpoenas would endanger and further traumatize victims of crime, most of whom lack legal representation to fight the invasive demands, victims' rights advocates told a federal rules advisory committee on Thursday.

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Pa. Justices Say Judge's Partisan Posts Warrant Suspension

By Hayley Fowler

Pennsylvania's highest court has adopted a balancing test for restricting a sitting judge's free speech outside the context of an election and, in doing so, affirmed the suspension of a state court judge who it said damaged the court's appearance of impartiality by making political posts on social media.

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