Technology

  • September 18, 2026

    Keeping Google Ad Tech Biz Intact 'Not A Close Call'

    The Justice Department Antitrust Division and Federal Trade Commission are now 0-3 in their efforts to break up major technology companies, and with monopolization trials still ahead against Amazon.com and Apple, observers say a Virginia federal judge's newly unsealed ruling underscores the legal and practical difficulties of those efforts.

  • September 18, 2026

    AI 'Brainrot' Fight Tests Copyright, TM Reach Of Viral Memes

    A bat-wielding wooden drum named Tung Tung Sahur is raising questions Mickey Mouse, Godzilla and James Bond never posed: Can a "brainrot" character created using artificial intelligence be protected by copyright, and can it later function as a trademark if it went viral before anyone used it as a brand?

  • September 18, 2026

    Lenovo Drops Laptop IP Suit Against Asus After ITC Loss

    Lenovo has voluntarily dismissed its patent infringement suit against Asus, more than a year after the U.S. International Trade Commission held that ASUS' Zenbook laptop imports don't infringe many of the same patents.

  • September 18, 2026

    Newsom Convenes AI Safety Panel To Mull 'Kill Switch' Law

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday ordered the prompt creation of an artificial intelligence safety panel to hasten the implementation of various potential AI safety and security laws, including a proposed measure that would require companies to develop a "kill switch" for their AI models.

  • September 18, 2026

    DoorDash Incentivizes Speeding Drivers, Ind. Panel Says

    An Indiana appeals court on Friday revived a negligence claim accusing DoorDash of fostering unsafe driving through its delivery platform, holding that the company may owe a duty of care to motorists allegedly harmed by business practices that incentivize speed and app use behind the wheel.

  • September 18, 2026

    Employers See Moving Targets With H-1B Fee, And New Limits

    The Trump administration on Friday ordered federal agencies to scrutinize H-1B employers that have laid off U.S. workers, adding another layer of uncertainty for employers seeking to recruit highly skilled foreign workers.

  • September 18, 2026

    Roblox, Fortnite Not Actually Classroom-Safe, Student Says

    A Florida teenager has sued online gaming platforms Roblox and Fortnite in California federal court, alleging that although the games are marketed as educational and safe for children — even in classrooms — his gaming addiction harmed his academic performance.

  • September 18, 2026

    FTC Chair Defends Overlapping Antitrust Authorities

    Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson on Friday defended his agency's continuing role as an antitrust enforcer despite a U.S. Supreme Court decision that weakened the agency's independence and left it as beholden to the White House as its counterpart at the U.S. Department of Justice.

  • September 18, 2026

    DraftKings' Owner Urges PTAB To Invalidate Lutnick's Patent

    The owner of DraftKings has asked the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to invalidate a mobile wagering system patent that lists U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick as its lead inventor.

  • September 18, 2026

    Stratasys Secures $27.6M After Printing Tech Patent Trial

    American-Israeli 3D printing company Stratasys has won a $27.6 million verdict after a Texas federal jury found that a group of Chinese companies infringed a series of patents covering technology relating to 3D printing.

  • September 18, 2026

    FTC's Meador Touts Right-To-Repair Progress After Deere Case

    Federal Trade Commissioner Mark Meador has hailed the commission's "progress" in right-to-repair enforcement during recent remarks before the National Farmers Union, touting the agency's July settlement in its case against John Deere.

  • September 18, 2026

    4th Circ. Punts Decision On Forcing FCC Political Ad Ruling

    The Fourth Circuit deferred action Friday on a request from Democrats to force a Federal Communications Commission ruling on whether broadcasters have to charge the lowest broadcast ad rates for political committees tied to candidates.

  • September 18, 2026

    Apple Says Ex-Worker Took 33 Files, Wiped Mac For OpenAI

    Apple has told a California federal judge that a former engineer now at OpenAI downloaded at least 33 confidential files from Apple's Box repository after his departure, wiped an Apple-owned computer before returning it, and later told another former Apple employee who had joined OpenAI to erase her device.

  • September 18, 2026

    Nike Drops Fitness Mirror Patent Case Against Lululemon

    Nike has agreed to drop its suit alleging Lululemon's smart fitness mirror infringed six patents, a move that follows Patent Trial and Appeal Board rulings that invalidated claims across the patents.

  • September 18, 2026

    OpenAI Can't See SpaceXAI, Apple Antitrust Settlement Terms

    OpenAI cannot access a confidential settlement between Elon Musk's SpaceXAI and Apple Inc. over SpaceXAI's antitrust lawsuit challenging Apple's integration of OpenAI's ChatGPT into its devices, a Texas federal court has ruled, finding the settlement isn't relevant to the case against OpenAI.

  • September 18, 2026

    Mall, Gift Card Cos. Can Get Fees In Payment IP Suit

    Shopping mall owner Simon Property Group and gift card company Blackhawk Network are entitled to fees from a patent-holding company after that company pursued an unreasonable infringement case over a card payment patent, a Texas federal magistrate judge has found.

  • September 18, 2026

    Universal, Sony Expand IP Battle With AI Music Startup

    Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group launched a new suit against artificial intelligence company Suno Inc. on Friday after they discovered "millions" of copyrighted songs in the training data for an AI song generator, but were not permitted by a judge to add the works to an existing lawsuit.

  • September 18, 2026

    Varnum Adds IP Atty From Hueston Hennigan

    Varnum LLP has added an intellectual property attorney from Hueston Hennigan LLP with prior in-house experience to bolster its litigation and alternative dispute resolution practice team.

  • September 18, 2026

    3rd Circ. Refuses To Pause Daniel's Law Cases Amid Appeal

    The Third Circuit on Friday refused to pause discovery in consolidated litigation accusing data brokers of violating New Jersey's judicial privacy statute, known as Daniel's Law, while it considers a First Amendment challenge to the statute.

  • September 18, 2026

    Spokeo Says Conn. Privacy Law Targets Protected Speech

    A "first-of-its-kind" law allowing consumers to delete any online profile that contains their personal information singles out companies that publish publicly available material and imposes "draconian penalties" for speech, Spokeo Inc. and a slew of other people-search platforms said in a federal lawsuit against Connecticut's attorney general.

  • September 18, 2026

    Holland & Knight Adds Aviation Policy Adviser From Airbus

    Holland & Knight LLP is growing its federal government affairs practice, specifically its transportation policy practices, with the addition of a senior policy adviser from Airbus Americas Inc.

  • September 18, 2026

    Attys 'Itching' To Join Congressional Probes Of Trump Admin

    Efforts to recruit high-powered lawyers to Capitol Hill to potentially lead congressional committee probes into the various dealings of President Donald Trump's administration are gaining momentum as Democrats push to retake control of Congress in the quickly approaching midterm elections.

  • September 18, 2026

    FCC OKs Swedish Lawnmower Robots Amid Foreign Ban

    For the first time since banning all foreign-made robots from being imported into the country, the Federal Communications Commission is making an exception for certain Swedish-made robotic lawnmowers.

  • September 18, 2026

    Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Latham, Sullivan

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, a group backed by Michael Dell's family office and Sequence Holdings acquires a majority interest in The Baldwin Group, May Mobility merges with a blank check company, and Infineon Technologies sells its memory chip business to Winbond Electronics.

  • September 18, 2026

    Claims In Tech Exec's Stock Theft Suit Sent To Arbitration

    A New York federal judge has sent claims against a manager of lender W Management Services and agent SRT Capital SPC Ltd. to arbitration in a wide-ranging suit brought by an Aeva Technologies co-founder who alleges Credit Suisse provided "institutional cover" to conspirators who stole tens of millions of dollars.

Expert Analysis

  • Unpacking The Take It Down Act's Compliance Ambiguities

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    The Federal Trade Commission’s recent guidance concerning the Take It Down Act suggests that covered platforms should build removal systems immediately and prioritize compliance, but until courts or regulators provide additional clarity, companies will be navigating a statutory framework that is urgent and uncertain, says Laura-Kate Bernstein at ZwillGen.

  • Protecting AI-Driven Innovation In Life Sciences IP

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    Recent developments, including the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's evolving inventorship standards, and the impact of artificial intelligence on the "person of ordinary skill in the art" standard demand that life sciences companies elevate AI patent strategy to a top priority, says Sandra Haberny at Quinn Emanuel.

  • Opinion

    Agentic AI And Securities Law: Steps Congress Should Take

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    Agentic artificial intelligence technology doesn't fit comfortably into the existing securities regulatory landscape, so Congress should avoid repeating the mistakes that led to the legal uncertainty crypto companies and investors have faced over the past decade-plus by providing a legislative framework before AI fully matures, says Joseph A. Hall at Davis Polk.

  • What Colorado AI Law's Major Rewrite Means For Employers

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    Colorado's landmark law regulating employers' use of artificial intelligence tools was recently replaced with a narrower regime that eliminates many burdensome obligations, but still imposes a host of requirements focused on transparency and accountability, say attorneys at Proskauer.

  • Operational AI Washing: The Next Frontier Of Fiduciary Risk

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    While there are still no final Delaware decisions applying Caremark specifically to artificial intelligence governance failures, previous case law provides a blueprint, so the question for boards is whether their governance architectures will satisfy Caremark when the first cases are decided, say attorneys at Akerman.

  • A Look At The Court's Next Steps In Live Nation Antitrust Case

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    Following a recent jury verdict that Live Nation and Ticketmaster operated as a monopoly to fix ticket prices, a New York federal court stands to weigh Live Nation's bid for a new trial, approve the U.S. Department of Justice's March settlement with the defendants, and impose remedies that include full structural separation, say attorneys at Crowell.

  • Checking For AI Errors Is Now A Two-Way Street

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    A handful of recent federal and state cases demonstrate the importance of checking for errors generated by artificial intelligence not only in your own court submissions, but also your opponent's, as well as when catching opposing counsel's AI mistakes could result in an award for attorney fees, says Tamara Barago at Hollingsworth.

  • Green Card Memo Warps Long-Standing Adjustment Process

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    A recent policy memorandum that treats a nonimmigrant visa holder’s decision to seek adjustment of status in the U.S., rather than at a U.S. consulate, as an adverse factor reinterprets existing discretionary frameworks, compounds risks for applicants required to apply abroad and changes practitioner approaches to application preparation, says attorney Jack Jrada.

  • Tips For Protecting Privilege On Multinational IP Teams

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    As recent court rulings illustrate how fact-specific privilege determinations have become in modern legal workflows, corporations with multinational intellectual property teams must take steps to deliberately preserve attorney-client privilege through clear roles, confidentiality controls and disciplined communication practices, say Taylor Stemler and Grace Neumann at Merchant & Gould.

  • Series

    The Biz Court Digest: Shoring Up Corporate Law In Maryland

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    Launched more than 20 years ago to improve complex corporate adjudication, Maryland's Business and Technology Case Management Program has been a solid success in some areas, but there always is room for improvement, says Bill Krulak at Miles & Stockbridge.

  • 2nd Circ.'s Embedded Video Ruling May Protect Publishers

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    The Second Circuit's recent decision in Richardson v. Townsquare, dismissing an infringement claim arising from an embedding of a YouTube-hosted interview, reaffirms a potent defense for publishers who regularly use social media platforms' embed functionality, says Amanda Harris at Jassy Vick.

  • Product-Or-Content Question Is Pivotal In AI Litigation

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    A growing range of civil cases against OpenAI address the question of whether the output of a generative artificial intelligence system is a product, subject to traditional tort doctrine, or third-party content — and the framing courts adopt will shape software liability well beyond AI, says David Meldofsky at Lawsuit Informer.

  • Citron Founder Verdict Tests Reach Of 'Half-Truth' Fraud

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    A California federal jury's conviction this week of Citron founder Andrew Left may be remembered less as a conventional manipulation prosecution than as a case about how far the "half-truth" doctrine can reach when applied to modern market speech, says Elisha Kobre at Sheppard.

  • Series

    Competing At Poker Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Playing poker in male-dominated rooms taught me to treat skepticism as background noise when my opponents seem to underestimate me, to apply pressure when it matters and to adapt without losing strategic discipline — skills that are all indispensable in restructuring and insolvency matters, says Alexis Gambale at Pashman Stein.

  • FTC Sweep Signals Increased 'Made In USA' Claim Scrutiny

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    After the Federal Trade Commission's recent enforcement sweep targeting allegedly deceptive "Made in USA" claims, companies should expect continued scrutiny of both traditional and digital marketing channels, coupled with sustained focus on supply chain transparency and claim substantiation, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

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