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October 07, 2025
Wash. Spam Email Law Is Unconstitutional, Retailers Say
Beauty retail giant Ulta and home improvement retailer Home Depot argued last week in separate cases that Washington state's Commercial Electronic Mail Act is unconstitutional and preempted by federal law as they seek to shed proposed consumer class actions claiming their promotional emails were misleading.
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October 07, 2025
Urologist Provider Must Face Data Leak Claims, Panel Says
The Georgia Court of Appeals has largely revived a proposed class action against a urology provider over a 2021 data breach that allegedly compromised the personal information of more than 79,000 patients, ruling Monday that the clinic could be liable for negligence and breach of contract.
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October 07, 2025
Mortgage Giants Shared Data To Fix Rates, Homeowners Say
A proposed class of homeowners has launched a sweeping class action against Rocket Mortgage, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and more than two dozen other mortgage lenders, accusing them of conspiring through Optimal Blue's pricing software to secretly share sensitive data and fix mortgage rates nationwide, allegedly inflating costs and deepening the U.S. housing affordability crisis.
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October 07, 2025
Chamber Asks 9th Circ. For Clarity In Trade Secrets Cases
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce backed Boeing's bid for the Ninth Circuit to reconsider a panel's decision to reinstate a $72 million jury verdict against the company, saying the panel's "swift treatment" of such a complex issue threatens creating confusion.
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October 07, 2025
Fed. Circ. Ponders Document Sealing In EDTX's Patent Cases
A Federal Circuit panel grappled Tuesday with document sealing practices in patent cases in the Eastern District of Texas, appearing at points skeptical about a digital rights nonprofit's efforts to unseal records in since-concluded litigation involving Charter Communications Inc.
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October 07, 2025
1st Circ. Left In Limbo Over FCC's Prison Phone Rate Caps
First Circuit judges Tuesday questioned the Federal Communications Commission's turnabout in defense of its Biden-era prison phone rate caps and were unsure how to construct a legal ruling with the FCC poised to vote on a policy makeover within weeks.
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October 07, 2025
Quiet Down! Calif. Law Targets Loud Streaming Platform Ads
California enacted a new law Monday requiring video streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu to curb the volume on television commercials, making it the first state to issue regulations on commercial noise for streaming services.
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October 07, 2025
FAA Drone Rule Draws Over 1M Comments As Public Weighs In
Complex safety certification, technological and other security requirements are among the issues that U.S. regulators must still iron out before a long-awaited new rule allowing drones to fly beyond the sight line of their operators can truly take off, according to drone companies, aviation and other industry groups.
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October 07, 2025
Marijuana Vape Antitrust Actions Consolidated In Calif.
Five proposed antitrust class actions brought by buyers of CCell brand cannabis vape accusing the Chinese manufacturers and U.S. distributors of organizing a price-fixing scheme will be consolidated in California federal court, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has determined.
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October 07, 2025
DC Circ. Denies Biotech Co.'s Nasdaq Delisting Appeal
Chinese biotech Shineco Inc. has lost its bid to block its delisting from the Nasdaq in the D.C. Circuit, which didn't buy its argument the federal government's shutdown prevented the company from petitioning the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission directly for relief.
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October 07, 2025
Amazon Supplement Buyers Seek Spoliation Penalties
Consumers in a proposed class action accusing Amazon of peddling dietary supplements without making federally required disclosures urged a Washington federal judge on Tuesday to punish the e-commerce giant for allegedly failing to preserve product detail webpages they say are key to the litigation.
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October 07, 2025
DraftKings, FanDuel Fight Gambling Patent Suits
DraftKings and FanDuel seek to dodge claims in New Jersey federal court that allege they willfully infringed a series of WinView IP Holdings patents covering online and mobile gambling, with FanDuel saying the patents are invalid to begin with.
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October 07, 2025
Ex-Trinoor VP Agrees Not To Solicit Customers, For Now
A former vice president at Georgia-based software company Trinoor LLC agreed Tuesday not to solicit the company's customers for business in a case alleging she stole internal data before joining a competitor firm.
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October 07, 2025
Ex-Executives' Payroll Tax Convictions Biased, 4th Circ. Told
Two former software executives asked the Fourth Circuit to reverse their criminal convictions stemming from their failure to pay employment taxes, claiming the jury's instructions were biased.
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October 07, 2025
USPTO To Test AI Tool For Automated Prior Art Searches
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is launching a program to test the use of artificial intelligence for automated prior art searches, saying the tool could let patent applicants know earlier in the application process about potential prior art problems.
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October 07, 2025
Apple Seeks To Toss IPhone, Watch Buyers' Antitrust Suits
Apple has asked a New Jersey federal court to toss multidistrict antitrust litigation brought by iPhone and Apple Watch buyers, arguing that while they "try in vain to invent" theories about how Apple charges monopoly prices the inflation-adjusted price of the latest iPhone is nearly the same as the first model.
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October 07, 2025
DOJ Backs Patent Rights In Disney's Streaming Antitrust Case
The U.S. Department of Justice urged a Delaware federal court to ensure wireless technology company InterDigital's patent rights are protected when it assesses Disney's antitrust case accusing the company of monopolizing video streaming technology.
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October 07, 2025
Siemens Worker Asks 3rd Circ. To Save 401(k) Forfeiture Suit
A Siemens Corp. employee urged the Third Circuit to reopen his lawsuit alleging the company violated federal benefits law by using forfeited retirement funds to cover its own contributions rather than plan expenses, arguing a lower court lost sight of his specific allegations when it tossed the case.
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October 07, 2025
Comcast Wins PTAB Fight Against Entropic Receiver Patent
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has found that an Entropic Communications LLC television receiver patent challenged by Comcast is invalid, about a month after the board found that claims in two other patents were also unpatentable.
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October 07, 2025
FAR Rewrite Could Cut Small Biz From Task Orders
The Trump administration's newly updated Federal Acquisition Regulation aims to support small businesses by retaining a rule that prioritizes them and slashing administrative barriers, but it could also reduce their chances of landing task orders and sole-source awards.
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October 07, 2025
Fitch Even's $1.2M Fee Fight Appears Headed To Arbitration
Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery LLP's $1.2 million fee dispute with a former client and a litigation funder's CEO may be paused and sent to arbitration before the firm can convince an Illinois federal judge to halt any alleged use or transfer of the money at issue.
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October 07, 2025
Zillow Can See Anywhere Deal Docs In Compass Antitrust Suit
A New York federal judge partially approved real estate listings company Zillow Inc.'s discovery motion in brokerage Compass Inc.'s antitrust suit over Zillow's listings policy, ruling that Compass must provide Zillow with specific documents related to its $1.6 billion all-stock acquisition of Anywhere Real Estate Inc.
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October 07, 2025
Mich. Court Scraps Ruling That Affirmed Solar Farm Permit
A Michigan state appeals court tossed a ruling that upheld a township's permit for an Invenergy subsidiary's industrial-scale solar farm, concluding that its board of trustees failed to sufficiently explain or provide a basis for its decision.
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October 07, 2025
Online Test Proctor Fights Suit Over California Bar Exam
ProctorU Inc., which does business as Meazure Learning, asked a federal judge to toss a potential class action from three Californians who accuse the company of administering a glitch-ridden state bar exam that they were unable to complete as planned, arguing that it made no direct promises or sales to the test-takers, and isn't covered by the cited consumer protection laws.
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October 07, 2025
NYSE Parent Invests $2B In Polymarket Amid Market Scrutiny
The parent company of the New York Stock Exchange said Tuesday that it will infuse up to $2 billion into Polymarket, which has an $8 billion valuation, at a time when prediction markets in the United States are increasing in popularity but facing increased scrutiny.
Expert Analysis
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Series
Creating Botanical Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Pressing and framing plants that I grow has shown me that pursuing an endeavor that brings you joy can lead to surprising benefits for a legal career, including mental clarity, perspective and even a bit of humility, says Douglas Selph at Morris Manning.
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Reddit v. Anthropic Is A Defining Moment In The AI Data Race
The recent lawsuit filed by Reddit against Anthropic in California state court marks a pivotal moment in the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence by sidestepping a typical copyright dispute, focusing instead on the enforceability of online terms of service and ownership of the digital commons, says William Galkin at Galkin Law.
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Del. Dispatch: Conflicted Transactions And New Safe Harbors
Two recent Delaware Court of Chancery decisions involving conflicted transactions underscore that the new safe harbors established by the Delaware General Corporation Law amendments passed in March, going forward, provide a far easier route to business judgment review of conflicted transactions than were previously available, say attorneys at Fried Frank.
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FTC Focus: Surprising Ways Meador And Khan Sound Alike
Since becoming a commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission, Mark Meador's public comments, speeches and writings reveal a surprising degree of continuity with former Chair Lina Khan's approach, in an indication that differing philosophies might have comparable practical effects, say attorneys at Proskauer.
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Opinion
Privacy Bill Must Be Amended To Protect Small Businesses
While a bill recently passed by the California Senate would exempt a company's use of legally compliant website advertising and tracking technologies from the California Invasion of Privacy Act, it must be amended to adequately protect small businesses, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.
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Opinion
The Legal Education Status Quo Is No Longer Tenable
As underscored by the fallout from California’s February bar exam, legal education and licensure are tethered to outdated systems, and the industry must implement several key reforms to remain relevant and responsive to 21st century legal needs, says Matthew Nehmer at The Colleges of Law.
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Unpacking Notable Details From FTC's 'AI Washing' Cases
The Federal Trade Commission has brought many cases involving allegedly deceptive artificial intelligence claims over the past couple of years, illustrating overlooked aspects of AI washing generally and a few new types of AI marketing claims that may line up in regulatory crosshairs down the road, says Michael Atleson at DLA Piper.
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Opinion
Calif. Must Amend Trade Secret Civil Procedure
A California procedural law that effectively shields trade secret defendants from having to return company materials until the plaintiff can craft detailed requests must be amended to recognize that property recovery and trade secret analysis are distinct issues, says Matthew Miller at Hanson Bridgett.
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Previewing State Efforts To Regulate Mental Health Chatbots
New York, Nevada and Utah have all recently enacted laws regulating the use of artificial intelligence to deliver mental health services, offering early insights into how other states may regulate this area, say attorneys at Goodwin.
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What Dismissal Rulings May Mean For ERISA Forfeiture Cases
Following an influx of Employee Retirement Income Security Act class actions challenging the long-standing practice of plan sponsors using plan forfeitures to offset employer contributions, recent motion to dismiss rulings and a U.S. Department of Labor amicus brief may encourage more courts to reject plaintiffs' forfeiture theories, say attorneys at Mayer Brown.
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Justices' Age Verification Ruling May Lead To More State Laws
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton ruling, permitting a Texas law requiring certain websites to verify users’ ages, significantly expands states' ability to regulate minors’ social media access, further complicating the patchwork of internet privacy laws, say attorneys at Troutman.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Relevance Redactions
In recent cases addressing redactions that parties sought to apply based on the relevance of information — as opposed to considerations of privilege — courts have generally limited a party’s ability to withhold nonresponsive or irrelevant material, providing a few lessons for discovery strategy, say attorneys at Sidley.
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How DOJ's New Data Security Rules Leave HIPAA In The Dust
The U.S. Department of Justice's recently effective data security requirements carry profound implications for how healthcare providers collect, store, share and use data — and approach vendor oversight — that go far beyond the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, say attorneys at Nelson Mullins.
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Opinion
Section 1983 Has Promise After End Of Nationwide Injunctions
After the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down the practice of nationwide injunctions in Trump v. Casa, Section 1983 civil rights suits can provide a better pathway to hold the government accountable — but this will require reforms to qualified immunity, says Marc Levin at the Council on Criminal Justice.
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Courts Redefining Software As Product Generates New Risks
A recent wave of litigation against social media platforms, chatbot developers and ride-hailing companies has some courts straying from the traditional view of software as a service to redefining software as a product, with significant implications for strict liability exposure, say attorneys at Reed Smith.