Latham DQ'd From Sleep Apnea Device Co.'s Patent Fight

By Madison Arnold

A Delaware federal court has disqualified Latham & Watkins LLP from representing the creator of a sleep apnea implant in its patent dispute after the firm served as counsel to the rival's underwriters, saying the "appearance of impropriety is glaring."

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Texas Judge Cements VidStream's $105M Trial Win Against X

By Dani Kass

A Texas federal judge has locked in VidStream LLC's $105 million infringement trial victory against X Corp. and topped it off with an additional $67 million in interest, but he shot down a series of requests for more damages and relief.

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Fed. Circ. Backs No Infringement Finding In Railcar Fight

By Adam Lidgett

The Federal Circuit on Wednesday refused to reinstate a lawsuit accusing railcar manufacturer Greenbrier of infringing a pair of patents covering railroad gondolas, backing a lower court's finding that the company's products didn't include all the elements of the patents.

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Anthropic Judge Says Deal Notices Downplay Opt-Out Avenue

By Elliot Weld

A California federal judge has ordered changes to the notice emails being sent to members of a class of writers who secured a $1.5 billion settlement of copyright infringement claims against artificial intelligence firm Anthropic, saying the current wording does not give "equal dignity" to the option of opting out of the settlement versus filing a claim.

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EDTX Jury Awards $907K In Videoconference Patent Trial

By Adam Lidgett

A federal jury in Texas on Wednesday awarded technology company Barco just over $907,000 as part of a case that had alleged Yealink Network Technology infringed its ClickShare videoconferencing patents.

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Campbell's Wants $17M Soup Rack Patent Verdict Tossed

By Elliot Weld

Soup giant Campbell's has asked an Illinois federal judge to throw out a $17.3 million jury verdict that found it had infringed patents related to gravity-operated racks in grocery aisles, saying the racks "indisputably" contain unpatentable elements.

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Libby Parent Accuses OpenAI Of Infringing TM With Sora App

By Hailey Konnath

OverDrive Inc., the company behind the popular library app Libby, has accused OpenAI's Sora app of infringing its student library app Sora, claiming that it damages the integrity of its brand and could confuse and harm the children who use its collection of ebooks, audiobooks and read-alongs.

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MVPs: Kirkland's Adam Alper And Michael De Vries

By Theresa Schliep

Adam Alper and Michael De Vries of Kirkland & Ellis LLP won a $25 million verdict in patent litigation over a promising fecal transplant technology and are representing Motorola in a blockbuster intellectual property case, earning them a spot among the 2025 Law360 Intellectual Property MVPs.

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Whirlpool Sues Rivals To End Import Of 'Copycat' Microwaves

By Rae Ann Varona

Whirlpool Corp. on Tuesday urged the U.S. International Trade Commission to block imports of certain Samsung, LG, Haier and other rival brand microwaves, claiming the companies infringed several of its patents for its combination hood microwaves.

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HP Ends Wi-Fi Patent Disputes By Joining Sisvel Pool

By Jamie Lennox

HP Inc. has ended its Wi-Fi patent litigation with Huawei, Philips and Korean development lab Wilus by joining Sisvel's patent pool as a licensee, following recent deals with companies like Acer and Cisco.

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'Call Your Mother' Deli Kvetches About 'Bubbi' In TM Suit

By Bonnie Eslinger

Call Your Mother, a Washington, D.C., bagel and deli shop with 21 locations, has slapped a federal lawsuit against a New Jersey deli named Call Your Bubbi, saying the names are "confusingly similar," and the trademark infringement is willful.

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Samsung Settles ITC Trade Secrets Case Against BOE

By Adam Lidgett

South Korea-based Samsung Display Co. Ltd. has reached a deal to end allegations at the U.S. International Trade Commission that China's BOE Technology misappropriated its trade secrets for device screens.

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In-House Atty From Teva Joins Spencer Fane's DC Office

By Jack Rodgers

A former associate general counsel of Teva Pharmaceuticals, an Israel-headquartered biopharmaceutical company, is returning to private practice with Spencer Fane LLP, where he will work as a partner with the firm's intellectual property practice group, according to a Monday announcement.

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Brief

Proskauer Hires IP Litigator From O'Melveny In NY

By Andrea Keckley

Proskauer Rose LLP announced that it has hired a former O'Melveny & Myers LLP litigator who holds a doctorate in organic chemistry and advises on the full spectrum of intellectual property matters.

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The Future Of Gen AI Training Amid Reddit Data Scraping Suit

Reddit's lawsuit against Perplexity AI is not framed as a classic copyright infringement fight, demonstrating that even when companies avoid fair use claims, the path by which training data is obtained is legally consequential, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.

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Bonus Spotlight

Law Firms Begin Upping The Ante For Associate Bonuses

By Tracey Read

Trial boutique Wilkinson Stekloff LLP is exceeding the year-end associate bonus scale set by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, announcing bonuses late Wednesday that are 150% of market.

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CFPB Will Shift Remaining Lawsuits Over To DOJ

By Jon Hill

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will be handing off its enforcement lawsuits and other litigation to the U.S. Department of Justice as the Trump administration prepares for the consumer agency to run out of money, Law360 has learned.

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Analysis

Trump's Epstein Directive Puts SDNY Prosecutor In A 'Pickle'

By Phillip Bantz

Manhattan chief federal prosecutor Jay Clayton appears to have been backed into a "horrible" corner with a "no-win" outcome as a result of a directive from President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's ties to prominent Democrats, experts say.

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Comey Says DOJ's Conduct 'Shocks The Conscience'

By Hailey Konnath

James Comey on Thursday reiterated his request that the U.S. Department of Justice be forced to disclose all grand jury materials related to his indictment, noting the government has conceded that the grand jury never saw the operative indictment and saying the purported misconduct "shocks the conscience."

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NJ Panel Expands Scope Of Ex-Reed Smith Atty's Bias Claims

By Rose Krebs

A New Jersey appellate panel on Thursday ruled that a former Reed Smith LLP attorney is entitled to pursue more damages and obtain expanded wage data in her gender discrimination suit against the firm, saying a trial court incorrectly applied certain statutes when it limited the damages and data she could seek.

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X Corp. Ends $90M Fee Suit Against Wachtell

By James Mills

X Corp. has ended its California state lawsuit against Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz over $90 million in legal fees tied to the fight over Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter, according to a court filing.

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Analysis

Meta Loss Shows Time Not On Enforcers' Side In Tech Cases

By Bryan Koenig

Meta's triumph over a Federal Trade Commission antitrust case Tuesday hinged on a D.C. federal judge's finding that the company lacks a monopoly in the present day, highlighting some of the challenges of using slow-moving litigation to challenge fast-moving markets.

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Senate Panel OKs Miss. Judge, US Atty Nominees After Delay

By Courtney Bublé

After weeks of holdup, nominees for Mississippi federal courts and U.S. attorneys were voted out of committee on Thursday, following an impasse between Republican senators.

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Brief

Senate Passes Bill To Protect State Judges From Threats

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a bipartisan bill to beef up security for state and local judges.

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DOJ Antitrust Chief Says Agriculture A 'Top Priority'

By Matthew Perlman

The U.S. Department of Justice's top antitrust official said enforcers have already opened several investigations in the agriculture sector, including into meatpackers at the direction of President Donald Trump, and called the industry a "top priority" for the agency.

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