Meta Flaunts 'Abuse' Of Atty-Client Privilege, Judge Told

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge ordered Meta on Tuesday to rereview privilege designations on 300 documents in social media addiction litigation, after plaintiffs' lawyers cited a "culture of privilege abuse" epitomized by Instagram swag hats embroidered with "a/c priv" — the shorthand used to log withheld documents.

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FTC's Ferguson: Don't Fight New Fed. Courts Merger Policy

By Bryan Koenig

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson on Tuesday warned companies that fighting the FTC's shift to challenging mergers exclusively in federal court risks making "your life more difficult."

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Centripetal Asks Justices To Revive $2.6B Cisco Patent Case

By Ryan Davis

Centripetal Networks LLC has told the U.S. Supreme Court that a decision clearing Cisco Systems Inc. of infringing its cybersecurity patents in a $2.6 billion case was wrongly based on a new claim construction that a judge entered late in the case, without letting Centripetal respond.

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High Court Told Sony Win In $500M Patent Case Flouted Law

By Ryan Davis

The owner of a patent that Sony's PlayStation controllers were cleared of infringing has told the U.S. Supreme Court that the Federal Circuit's decision applied a rule found nowhere in the statute governing functional patent claims or in high court precedent.

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Big Tech Backs Samsung At Fed. Circ. Over Patent Injunctions

By Dani Kass

Top technology companies and various industry groups have urged the Federal Circuit to deny Collision Communications an injunction after the patent owner's $445.5 million infringement verdict against Samsung, saying an injunction would undermine U.S. Supreme Court precedent.

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Flyer Says Justices Must Hear CrowdStrike Tech-Outage Suit

By Mike Curley

An airline passenger is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his proposed class action against CrowdStrike Inc. over expenses and injuries resulting from a 2024 tech outage, saying the justices need to resolve a widening circuit split on the scope of the Airline Deregulation Act.

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DoorDash To Pay $131.5M To Settle NYC Delivery Pay Probe

By Benjamin Morse

DoorDash will pay $131.5 million to settle a New York City investigation that found it underpaid workers, paid some late and excluded certain trip and waiting time from minimum-pay calculations, with more than 200,000 workers set to receive payments, the city announced Tuesday.

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Judge Sinks Patent Judgments Against Chilisin In Cyntec Suit

By Adam Lidgett

A California federal judge has nullified judgments against Chilisin Electronics Corp. in a patent case from Cyntec Co. over Cyntec's failure to disclose an agreement to license a pair of its patents to Apple, while also agreeing to sanction Cyntec's counsel.

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SF Sues To Block Early Access To Trump's Truth Social Posts

By Dorothy Atkins

San Francisco's city attorney and others sued President Donald Trump's social media platform Truth Social in California state court Monday, asking a judge to block its "unprecedented" scheme that grants customers who pay $100,000 per month early access to the president's and other high-level officials' social media posts.

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Commerce On The Lookout For Polysilicon Stockpiling

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Department of Commerce is looking to prevent the stockpiling of imported polysilicon and derivative products ahead of tariffs and price floors that will come into effect in December, it said in new rules Tuesday.

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USPTO Announces New AI Chief, Int'l Pilot, Outreach Office

By Theresa Schliep

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has a new leader for artificial intelligence, is participating in a pilot program for a global intellectual property recordation system and is launching the latest outreach office. Here's what you need to know.

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Commerce Sets Zero-Tariff Rules For Specialty Drugs

By Dylan Moroses

Nuclear medicine and animal healthcare drugs are some of the products that will qualify for a zero rate when tariffs on imported pharmaceuticals take effect at the end of the month, according to a notice issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security.

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Cities Say Local Permits Not 'Hurdle' To Broadband

By Nadia Dreid

The nation's cities, counties, towns and villages are not pleased with the Federal Communications Commission's decision to work on a proposal that would allow the agency to preempt local reviews of wireline deployments if the FCC thinks localities are dragging their feet.

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Telecom Looks To Retire Legacy Phone Lines In NH, Maine

By Christopher Cole

A regional telecom provider has asked the Federal Communications Commission to approve a technology transition that would let the company switch out legacy systems for internet protocol networks in Maine and New Hampshire.

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EU, Philippines Reach Preliminary Free Trade Deal

By Jack McLoone

The European Union and the Philippines have reached a "substantial agreement" on a free trade deal that would mutually reduce or remove tariffs on 97% of trade between them, the bloc announced Tuesday.

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9th Circ. Wipes Out $140M Class Verdict Against CenturyLink

By Craig Clough

The Ninth Circuit overturned a $140 million class verdict against CenturyLink on Tuesday, holding that the company's reasonable interpretation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act shielded it from liability for willful violations when it pulled consumers' credit reports during online orders for internet service.

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Fed. Circ. Revives VA Fellow's AI Whistleblower Claim

By Madeline Lyskawa

A Federal Circuit panel on Tuesday revived a former technology fellow's challenge to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' decision removing him from his position after he raised concerns over the agency's artificial intelligence tool used for processing disability benefits claims.

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Christmas Tree Co. Must Face Claims Over Deal with Amazon

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

The Eleventh Circuit has revived an antitrust claim alleging National Christmas Products entered into agreements with Amazon in 2020 that inflated the prices of artificial Christmas trees.

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Dartmouth Inks $750K Deal Over Oracle Data Breach

By Lauren Berg

Nearly 97,000 people whose sensitive information was exposed in a 2025 Oracle Corp. data breach asked a Texas federal judge to give his final blessing to a $750,000 settlement resolving their claims against Oracle subscriber Dartmouth College.

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Alphabet's Bid To Pare Ad Tech Suit Stalls Over Discovery

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge rejected Alphabet's bid for partial summary judgment, saying the Google parent must first comply with a class of investors' discovery requests prompted by the company's motion in litigation claiming CEO Sundar Pichai made a false statement to Congress about whether the company's ad auctions favor Facebook.

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'Yikes' Email Sinks BIPA Coverage For Donut, Transport Cos.

By Lauraann Wood

An email stating "Yikes ... no" in response to outside counsel's inquiry regarding a commercial bakery's biometric data collection practices proves the business and a logistics company misrepresented material facts while seeking insurance that could have covered an underlying privacy dispute, an Illinois federal judge said Monday.

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DraftKings Beats Class Action Over Voided NBA Game Bets

By Rae Ann Varona

An Indiana federal judge Tuesday tossed a lawsuit from a certified class of 99 bettors accusing DraftKings of canceling their successful wagers on an NBA game, saying the online sports betting giant wasn't in the wrong when it canceled the class representative's bet the day after a Lakers-Nuggets game.

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Rack Room Shoe Shoppers Can't Get Cert. In Privacy Suit

By Gina Kim

A California federal judge on Monday refused to certify six putative classes of Rack Room Shoes website users who say it permitted Meta and other third parties to intercept their personal information in violation of state and federal privacy laws, noting the lack of evidence that their information was intercepted.

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Womble Bond Can't Quit Dutch Client With TM Trial Looming

By Hayley Fowler

Womble Bond Dickinson can't withdraw from a trademark feud that's dragged on for more than five years between U.S. and Dutch software companies, a North Carolina federal judge ruled, saying the firm's exit at this late stage "would be completely disruptive."

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Wi-Fi Calling Antitrust Suit Sent To Arbitration

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A D.C. federal judge is requiring a general subscriber class of consumers to arbitrate their claims that AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile are offering free Wi-Fi calling service as part of a conspiracy to monopolize the Wi-Fi calling market.

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Uber, Lyft Asked To Explain Duty To Drivers In Ohio Injury Suit

By Jonathan Capriel

Uber, Lyft and a man who blames them for his injuries when one of their drivers rear-ended him have been asked by an Ohio federal judge to explain whether the companies are the legal proximate cause of his injuries.

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3rd Time's A Charm As Netflix Gets PTAB To Ax DivX Patent

By Adam Lidgett

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has ruled that Netflix was able to show that all the claims in a DivX streaming patent were invalid, following two previous decisions to the contrary and two trips to the Federal Circuit.

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Anthropic Says It 'Never Promised' Fixed Claude Usage Rates

By Lauren Berg

Claude subscribers accusing Anthropic of misleadingly marketing the usage offered in pricey top-tier versions of the artificial intelligence tool are ignoring what the company's platform promises actually state, Anthropic told a California federal judge Tuesday, arguing the case should be tossed as a "failed effort to accuse Anthropic of deception."

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Microsoft Investor Seeks Records Around AI, Copilot Claims

By Ben Adlin

Microsoft Corp. is facing a lawsuit from a Washington shareholder seeking internal company records in order to investigate what the complaint calls "apparent wrongdoing of Microsoft's directors and officers," including possible insider trading, stock buybacks at artificially inflated prices and the use of copyrighted works to train artificial intelligence models.

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Amazon Says Ring Cam Privacy Suit Misconstrues State Laws

By Rachel Riley

Amazon urged a Washington federal judge Monday to throw out a proposed class action claiming its Ring doorbell security cameras illegally gathered facial recognition data of neighbors and visitors, contending the plaintiffs seek "to rewrite states' privacy laws" and invent new private rights of action.

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Colo. Hospital Seeks To Toss Meta Pixel Patient Data Suit

By MJ Koo

A Colorado hospital system has asked a federal court to toss a proposed class action accusing it of illegally sharing patients' browsing data with Meta through a website tracking tool, arguing the patient who sued failed to show he was harmed and that the conduct does not violate federal wiretapping law.

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Vape Purchasers Say MDL Complaint Shows Price-Fix Scheme

By Mike Curley

Direct purchasers of vaping products are defending their amended complaint in multidistrict litigation alleging that a Chinese vape company conspired with its distributors to fix prices, saying new allegations in their latest complaint show there was more at work in the arrangement than "ordinary" business dealings.

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UiPath Execs, Investor Clash Over Bid To Ax Derivative Suit

By Jarek Rutz

UiPath Inc.'s directors and executives urged the Delaware Chancery Court on Tuesday to throw out a shareholder derivative suit accusing them of misleading investors and trading on inside information, while shareholder Scott Rudolph argued the board was too conflicted to fairly decide whether the company should pursue the claims itself.

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Samsung TV Buyer Files False Ad Suit Over 'Mini LED' Label

By Gina Kim

A Samsung customer filed a proposed fraudulent misrepresentation class action in New Jersey federal court Tuesday, alleging the company falsely advertised some of its M Series televisions as having advanced Mini LED technology when they do not, saying independent testing confirmed limited contrast and brightness.

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AI Data Centers Accused Of Skirting Enviro Permits In Texas

By Nate Beck

Two environmental groups sued Vantage and VoltaGrid in Texas federal court, claiming the AI data center developers are exploiting fast-track permits reserved for minor polluters even though their projects would use as much power as about one-fifth of the homes in San Antonio.

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Healthcare PE Firm Sues Real Estate PE Firm Over 'Ironleaf' TM

By Isaac Monterose

Healthcare technology-focused private equity firm Ironleaf Capital LP is accusing real estate private equity firm Ironleaf Equity Partners LLC in Washington federal court of infringing its "Ironleaf" and "Ironleaf Capital" trademarks by being a similarly named private equity firm.

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Healthcare AI Biz Valued At $900M After $100M Series C Round

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Healthcare-focused artificial intelligence company Heidi on Tuesday revealed that it has reached a $900 million valuation after raising $100 million in its latest funding round.

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Data Center Power Provider Accelevation Eyes $660M IPO

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Data center power provider Accelevation Holdings on Tuesday outlined a price range for an estimated $660 million initial public offering steered by Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.

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Foley & Lardner Steers Cognex On $500M RealSense Buy

By Al Barbarino

Industrial machine-vision company Cognex Corp. said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire RealSense for about $500 million, expanding its business into robotic perception and adding exposure to the growing market for 3D sensing technology.

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Binance Plugs $100M Into Latham-Led Blockchain Co. Circle

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Global blockchain ecosystem Binance on Tuesday revealed that it has extended its strategic partnership with Circle Internet Group, which is advised by Latham & Watkins LLP, in a deal that includes a $100 million equity investment in Circle.

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Israel-Based Legal AI Co. Chamelio Raises $26M Series A

By Matt Perez

Israel-based legal artificial intelligence company Chamelio announced Tuesday it raised $26 million in a Series A funding round to develop its product, grow its legal engineering and product teams, and invest in onboarding technology.

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NJ Fines Data Center $1M For 62 Unpermitted Generators

By Hailey Konnath

New Jersey on Tuesday fined a data center more than $1 million after discovering dozens of large natural gas-powered generators operating without permits, the largest enforcement action ever taken against a data center in the Garden State, according to an announcement.

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FCC Seeks $25K For Radio Jamming During Alleged Burglary

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission floated on Tuesday a $25,000 fine against three people who, it said, used radio signal jamming devices while apparently trying to impede police during a jewelry store burglary last year in Texas.

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SEC Fines Broker-Dealer Over System Security Failures

By Sarah Jarvis

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday ordered OTC Link LLC to pay $575,000 over allegations that the New York-based broker-dealer did not establish and enforce policies to ensure the security of the technology underpinning one of its alternative trading systems, despite several citations from examiners.

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Jackson Lewis Launches AI Practice Group, Resource Hub

By Andrea Keckley

Management-side labor and employment firm Jackson Lewis PC announced Monday that it has launched an artificial intelligence and innovation group to help clients navigate an evolving legal and regulatory landscape.

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4 Paths To AI Safety Coordination Amid Antitrust Debate

Frontier artificial intelligence companies have more room for collective safety work than the debate over an antitrust waiver suggests, with several existing avenues providing different degrees of protection and oversight, says Evan Miller at V&E.

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Hims & Hers Suit Spotlights Health Data-Sharing Privacy Risks

Regulators' complaint against telehealth company Hims & Hers alleging deceptive practices serves as a reminder that the privacy principles developed under consumer protection laws and predating omnibus statutes remain in force, and sensitive data governance continues to be a crucial component of compliance, say attorneys at Venable.

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Fintech Regulator Outlook: 5 Lessons From Minnesota

Minnesota's recent cryptocurrency kiosk ban and virtual currency custody rules hold several broad compliance lessons: Digital asset companies must map regulated activities, strengthen third-party oversight and engage regulators early to innovate responsibly, says Deputy Commissioner of Financial Institutions Mike Crow at the Minnesota Department of Commerce.

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AI Rise In Healthcare Demands New Cybersecurity Strategies

As artificial intelligence-related capabilities are increasingly integrated into medical devices and healthcare operations, organizations must adapt their compliance playbook to address evolving cybersecurity needs and implement lifecycle-based risk assessment approaches, say attorneys at Covington.

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How Data Center Projects Can Navigate Wyo. Siting Process

As opposition to data center development grows nationwide, the way that Wyoming is handling the issue through its industrial siting process offers a counterintuitive lesson: More process, not less, can provide both meaningful scrutiny and a clear path forward for projects, says Jeffrey Pope at Holland & Hart.

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Seyfarth Says Data Breach Exposed Social Security Numbers

By Hailey Konnath

Seyfarth Shaw LLP has disclosed a recent data breach that exposed the names and Social Security numbers of at least 300 individuals, according to notices filed with the Texas and California attorneys general.

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Mich. Fed. Judge On 1-Year Leave Over Drunken Driving Case

By Jack Karp

U.S. District Judge Thomas L. Ludington is taking a one-year paid leave of absence from the bench following his misdemeanor conviction for drunken driving, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan announced Tuesday.

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