35 AGs Demand X Crack Down On Grok Sexual Deepfakes

By Matthew Santoni

A group of 35 attorneys general sent a letter to xAI, an arm of the social media network formerly known as Twitter, to demand stronger action curtailing its Grok chatbot from altering pictures on its site to be sexually explicit or revealing.

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Minn. Judge Probes Limits Of ICE Enforcement Actions

By Ganesh Setty

A Minnesota federal judge on Monday considered whether to preliminarily block the Trump administration from sending thousands of immigration enforcement officers to the state, questioning if the surge is a coercive federal act in violation of state sovereignty.

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IP Notebook: Nutcracker Suit, Copyright Termination, Playboy

By Ivan Moreno

This edition of Law360's overview of emerging copyright and trademark trends delves into a Fifth Circuit decision that tests the territorial boundaries of copyright law, and a dispute over "stream-ripping" on YouTube that has artificial intelligence companies weighing in.

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Ex-Citi Exec Says Rampant Misogyny Was A 'Price Too Steep'

By Lauren Berg

A former high-ranking director at Citigroup says she was "debased and humiliated" by false workplace rumors that she pursued sexual relations with a superior in order to secure a promotion, alleging in a lawsuit filed in New York federal court on Monday that persistent misogynistic culture at the investment bank forced her out of a job.

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Google Targets Publishers' Ad Tech Claims

By Bryan Koenig

Google asked a New York federal judge to cut out a wide swath of antitrust claims from multidistrict litigation targeting its advertising placement technology dominance, assailing in separate briefs allegations from a class of website publishers and from the Daily Mail and Gannett.

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Thousands Of Kaiser Nurses Strike In California And Hawaii

By Emily Brill

Kaiser Permanente nurses walked off the job Monday at more than two dozen hospitals and clinics in California and Hawaii, adding about 30,000 workers to the swelling ranks of healthcare employees on strike across the country.

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Insurer Says Primary Carrier Reneged On Defense Coverage

By Mark Payne

A primary insurer owes reimbursement of defense costs for several underlying lawsuits brought against a property owner and construction company that were additional insureds, another carrier told a New York federal court, arguing that the primary insurer previously agreed to offer coverage but reneged without reason. 

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Jocko Fuel Sued In NY Over Cadmium In Protein Shakes

By Gina Kim

Jocko Fuel misleads consumers into thinking its chocolate protein shakes are made with "just premium protein and functional ingredients" that are tested for safety, despite the fact that the shakes are at risk of containing unsafe levels of cadmium, according to a proposed class action filed Monday in New York federal court.

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Novo Nordisk Faces Class Claims Over GLP-1 Patent Tactics

By Elliot Weld

A South Carolina drug company has launched a proposed class action against major pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, alleging it engaged in anticompetitive behavior to prolong its monopoly against generic competition for the GLP-1 drug Victoza.

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Amex Seeks First Approval Of $17M Antisteering Settlement

By Katryna Perera

American Express Co. has asked a New York federal judge to grant the first green light to a $17.5 million settlement reached with consumers who claimed the credit card company's so-called antisteering rules caused non-Amex cardholders to pay higher charges, after a New York federal jury ordered Amex to pay $12 million to one class of consumers.

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SVB Says FDIC Can't Claim Setoff In $1.9B Fight

By Rick Archer

The bankrupt parent of the failed Silicon Valley Bank on Monday made its case to the Second Circuit that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. lost the right to assert setoff arguments in a fight over $1.9 billion in bank funds by failing to make the argument in SVB's Chapter 11 case.

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Long Island Town Says Cannabis Law Doesn't Preempt Zoning

By Sam Reisman

A Long Island town has told a New York intermediate appellate court that the state's cannabis law cannot preempt localities from enforcing their zoning policies when it comes to allowing where marijuana stores can be located.

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Radio Co. Says Letting Nielsen Resume Data Tying Hurts Biz

By Matthew Perlman

Cumulus Media has urged the Second Circuit not to lift a New York federal judge's order blocking Nielsen from conditioning access to its nationwide radio ratings data on the purchase of local market data while the ratings company appeals the ruling.

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Cybersecurity Must Remain Financial Sector's Focus In 2026

In 2026, financial institutions face a wave of more prescriptive cybersecurity legal requirements demanding clearer governance, faster incident reporting, and stronger oversight of third-party and AI-driven risks, making it crucial to understand these issues before they materialize into crises, say attorneys at Sidley.

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How 2025 Recalibrated Fair Use For The AI Era

Although the Second Circuit's decision last year in Romanova v. Amilus Inc. did not involve artificial intelligence, its formulation of relevant fair use factors provides a useful guide for lower courts examining AI cases in 2026, demanding close attention from legal practitioners on both sides of these disputes, say attorneys at Cleary.

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2026 Int'l Arbitration Trends: Next Steps In Age Of AI, Crypto

Parties' use of artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies will continue in 2026, and international arbitrators will be called upon to evolve by building expertise in blockchain functionality, cryptography and decentralized finance protocols, and understanding the power and limitations of large language models, say attorneys at Cleary.

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Presidential Pardon Brokering Can Create Risks For Attys

The emergence of an apparent “pardon shopping” marketplace, in which attorneys treat presidential pardons as a market product, may invite investigative scrutiny of counsel and potential criminal charges grounded in bribery, wire fraud and other statutes, says David Klasing at The Tax Law Offices of David W. Klasing.

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Adapting To Private Practice: 5 Tips From Ex-SEC Unit Chief

My move to private practice has reaffirmed my belief in the value of adaptability, collaboration and strategic thinking — qualities that are essential not only for successful client outcomes, but also for sustained professional satisfaction, says Dabney O’Riordan at Fried Frank.

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Law Student Recruiting Moves Further Off Campus

By Emma Cueto

About four-fifths of law school summer associate recruiting in 2025 happened through employer-sponsored channels, as opposed to more traditional law school-sponsored channels, with recruiting also happening increasingly early, according to research unveiled Monday by the National Association for Law Placement.

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Fla. Bar Clears Gaetz Despite US House Ethics Report

By Courtney Bublé

The Florida Bar has decided to not discipline former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who was briefly President Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, despite the House ethics committee's findings that Gaetz regularly paid for sex, including with a minor.

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Texas Law Firm-Linked Plane Crashes In Maine With Fatalities

By Lynn LaRowe

A private plane connected to Texas-based litigation firm Arnold & Itkin LLP overturned and caught fire Sunday night as it attempted to take off from a Maine airport, killing at least six people on board, according to authorities and public records.

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Indiana Judge Was Shot Through Front Door, Cop Says

By Hailey Konnath

An Indiana Superior Court judge and his wife were shot by a man standing on their front porch, through their closed front door, according to an affidavit, which noted that the suspected shooter was connected to a man with pending charges in the judge's courtroom.

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Foley & Lardner Can't Dodge Pro-Palestinian Atty's Bias Suit

By Emily Sawicki

A Chicago federal judge on Monday denied Foley & Lardner LLP's bid for an early win against claims brought by a former summer associate who said discrimination led to the firm's decision to rescind a job offer after she publicly supported Palestinians amid Israel's war with Hamas.

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Full 3rd Circ. Passes On Alina Habba DQ Challenge

By Carla Baranauckas

The Third Circuit on Monday declined to reconsider its decision blocking Alina Habba from serving as acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey, denying the Justice Department's petition for rehearing and leaving intact a decision that sharply curtailed the government's use of creative maneuvers to install interim federal prosecutors.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court wrapped up the week with a slate of high-stakes deal challenges, governance rulings and oversight decisions, including an emergency bid to block a $10.9 billion bank merger, a state Supreme Court reversal reshaping stockholder agreement litigation and a major opinion allowing sexual misconduct oversight claims to proceed.

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