Technology

  • March 04, 2024

    Apple Inks Deal To End Derivative Suit Over Slow IPhones

    Apple investors are urging a California federal judge to approve a noncash settlement of their derivative shareholder suit claiming the tech giant's top brass secretly slowed older iPhones, saying the deal will bring needed board committee reforms and notify consumers about battery options when their phones' performance degrades.

  • March 04, 2024

    Ex-Google Employee Says Sanctions Bid Is Just Spiteful

    A former Google LLC employee who accuses the tech giant of age and gender discrimination told a Texas federal judge Friday his former employer filed a cross-motion for sanctions out of spite and was pursuing sanctions for purely tactical reasons.

  • March 04, 2024

    No 'Major Questions' Dispute In Net Neutrality, FCC Told

    Despite what Republicans say, the FCC's decision to resurrect Obama-era net neutrality rules that were thrown out by former President Donald Trump's administration does not trigger the major questions doctrine, open internet advocate Public Knowledge told the agency recently.

  • March 04, 2024

    Advocacy Group Pushes FCC For Hearing On Fox License

    The FCC should order Fox Television Stations to turn over the documents that an advocacy group says it needs to build its case that the company's Philadelphia affiliate should lose its license for hawking election conspiracy theories, that group told the agency.

  • March 04, 2024

    Snapchat Lures Victims As Bitmoji 'Co-Publisher,' Suit Says

    Two weeks after a state court judge shredded the case, two parents and a minor renewed a lawsuit against Snapchat alleging the girl was sexually assaulted by two men she met online, arguing that their case targets the platform's own cartoon-like content and not third-party posts falling under federal immunity law.

  • March 04, 2024

    OpenAI Judge Denies Writers' Calif. IP Case 'First-To-File' Bid

    A California federal judge ruled Friday that a group of authors suing OpenAI for alleged copyright infringement cannot bar the Microsoft-backed company from defending itself against a similar suit in New York federal court, saying the plaintiffs' argument that the artificial intelligence startup engaged in forum shopping "holds no sway."

  • March 04, 2024

    Musk Fired Twitter Execs To Avoid $200M Bill, Suit Says

    Elon Musk fired four top Twitter executives just minutes after he closed on his deal to buy the company, now called X Corp., to avoid paying them $200 million in severance benefits, they told a California federal court Monday.

  • March 04, 2024

    DOJ Worried Binance Founder's Travel May 'Become An Issue'

    Binance founder Changpeng Zhao should have to notify the government of any travel as he awaits sentencing, prosecutors have said, telling a federal court in Washington they remain concerned he could be a flight risk.

  • March 04, 2024

    Feds Urged Not To Let Mobile Cos. 'Centralize' Airwaves

    Mobile networks should not be allowed to amass so much of the airwaves that they inadvertently crowd out national security technologies or sideline shared spectrum models, a group of experts told the U.S. Commerce Department.

  • March 04, 2024

    8 Banks Targeted In ATM Patent Campaign

    A patent-holding company has accused JPMorgan Chase Bank NA and other banks of infringing a pair of patents covering things like ATM circuitry memory.

  • March 04, 2024

    FCC Inks Anti-Scam Partnership With UK Counterpart

    The Federal Communications Commission said Monday it will work formally with its U.K. counterpart to combat scam robocalls and robotexts, an announcement that came days after reaching a similar agreement with Britain's data privacy enforcer.

  • March 04, 2024

    Auto Repair Website's Indicted VP Wants Co. To Pay Legal Bill

    The former finance vice president of RepairPal is suing the auto repair website in Delaware Chancery Court for an advancement of legal fees to help him fight accusations he directed $2.7 million in bonuses and extra pay to himself, saying the company is contractually obligated to foot the bill.

  • March 04, 2024

    Regal Cinemas Must Face Ex-Worker's BIPA Suit

    Regal Cinemas can't ditch a lawsuit alleging the movie theater chain violated a worker's rights under Illinois' biometric privacy law by collecting fingerprint scans without informed consent, an Illinois federal judge ruled Friday, rejecting the company's argument the plaintiff needed to show it was negligent, recklessness or intentional in its data collection.

  • March 04, 2024

    Deported Man Seeks Mass. Justices' OK For Remote Retrial

    A man deported to the Dominican Republic due to convictions that were later vacated asked Massachusetts' high court on Monday for permission to join the government's retrial of the same charges via videoconference because there's no legal way for him to attend the trial physically.

  • March 04, 2024

    Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

    A Swedish music producer's takeover, a proposed award payable in Tesla shares, Truth Social stock squabbles, and an unusually blunt slap-down from the bench added up to an especially colorful week in Delaware's famous court of equity. On top of that came new cases about alleged power struggles, board entrenchment, consumer schemes and merger disputes.

  • March 04, 2024

    Storage Users Accuse Apple Of ICloud Monopoly

    A California iPhone buyer is bringing a proposed class action claiming that the limits Apple places on third-party cloud storage services violate anti-tying laws and drive up prices through an illegal monopoly.

  • March 04, 2024

    Simpson Thacher Adds Paul Hastings M&A Deal-Maker In LA

    Simpson Thacher is expanding its corporate team, announcing Monday it is bringing in a Paul Hastings mergers and acquisitions expert as a partner in its Los Angeles office.

  • March 04, 2024

    Gilstrap Backs Trial In Samsung, Ex-Attys' Trade Secret Fight

    Chief U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap has signed off on a magistrate judge's recommendation to send a Texas trade secrets fight between Samsung and two tech companies operated by former Samsung attorneys to court, denying bids for an early win brought by counterclaim defendants Staton Techiya and Synergy IP.

  • March 04, 2024

    Technology Group Of The Year: Irell

    Irell & Manella LLP won a $303 million judgment for a company that designs circuit boards in a patent lawsuit against Samsung, a ruling a Texas federal judge upheld later in the year, earning the firm a spot among Law360's 2023 Technology Groups of the Year.

  • March 04, 2024

    Pentagon Leaker Faces Lengthy Prison Term After Plea

    Jack Teixeira, the 22-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman charged with one of the most significant military intelligence leaks in U.S. history, is facing more than a decade in prison after pleading guilty Monday to multiple violations of the Espionage Act.

  • March 04, 2024

    Paul Hastings Hires 6-Partner IP Team From Allen & Overy

    Paul Hastings LLP has hired a six-partner litigation team from Allen & Overy LLP to boost the firm's intellectual property practice across the country as its clients look to tackle increasingly intricate IP matters, according to a Monday announcement.

  • March 04, 2024

    Apple Fined €1.8B For Restricting Music Streaming Developers

    The European Union's antitrust authority said Monday that it has fined tech giant Apple €1.8 billion ($1.95 billion) for abusing its dominant position in the market for music streaming apps by preventing developers from letting iPhone users know about cheaper subscriptions.

  • March 01, 2024

    Google Gets Ad Tech Monopolization MDL Trimmed

    A New York federal judge on Friday threw out a number of claims in sprawling multidistrict litigation over Google's alleged monopoly in digital advertising, although the judge held that Google must continue to face limited claims from publishers and advertisers in several cases.

  • March 01, 2024

    Gov't Says AI Patent Gap Between US And China Is Growing

    A report by a U.S. federal agency says that people living in China have been granted more patents than people living in the U.S., and the latest figures suggest an especially widening gap in patents issued over artificial intelligence.

  • March 01, 2024

    EV Maker Rivian Rips Investors' Class Cert. Bid In Fraud Suit

    Investors alleging Rivian Automotive Inc. underpriced its electric vehicles and misrepresented its profitability ahead of a blockbuster 2021 initial public offering cannot certify their class with zero evidence, weak fraud-on-the-market theories and troubling litigation tactics, Rivian argued in a California federal court filing Thursday.

Expert Analysis

  • When Courts Engage In Fact-Finding At The Pleading Stage

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    It remains to be seen whether the Ninth Circuit's pleading-stage factual determination in a securities class action against Nvidia was sui generis or part of a trend, but the court has created a template for district courts to follow, says Jared Kopel at Alto Litigation.

  • AI Can Help Lawyers Overcome The Programming Barrier

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    Legal professionals without programming expertise can use generative artificial intelligence to harness the power of automation and other technology solutions to streamline their work, without the steep learning curve traditionally associated with coding, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.

  • Cos. Must Adapt To Calif. Immigration Data Privacy Law

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    California’s recently signed A.B. 947 expands the California Consumer Privacy Act and brings the state in line with other comprehensive privacy laws that address immigration status, meaning companies should make any necessary updates to their processes and disclosures, say Kate Lucente and Matt Dhaiti at DLA Piper.

  • How AI 'Cultural Fit' Assessments Can Be Analyzed For Bias

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    Attorneys at Sanford Heisler explore how the use of artificial intelligence to assess workplace cultural fit may provide employees with increased opportunities to challenge biased hiring practices, and employers with more potential to mitigate against bias in algorithmic evaluations.

  • How Legal Teams Can Prep For Life Sciences' Tech Revolution

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    The life sciences and health care industries are uniquely positioned to take advantage of new efficiencies created by cloud computing and generative artificial intelligence, but the sensitivity of their data also demands careful navigation of an expanding legislative and regulatory landscape, say Kristi Gedid, Zack Laplante and Lisa LaMotta at Ernst & Young.

  • Looking For Defense Contract Appeal Trends In Annual Report

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    A deep dive into the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals annual report for the 2023 fiscal year reveals increases in the number of cases filed, pending motions and expedited or accelerated cases, while the board disposed of fewer cases than in prior fiscal years, say Scott Flesch and Alexandra Prime at Miller & Chevalier.

  • Key Takeaways From CFPB's Proposed Data-Sharing Rules

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    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's recently announced proposed rule for regulating personal financial data rights sheds light on the bureau's stance regarding practices like screen-scraping and may presage further activity that could involve more concrete enforcement actions, say attorneys at Wilson Sonsini.

  • 2nd Circ. Holding Could Disrupt SEC Disgorgement Methods

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    A recent Second Circuit decision in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Govil that held disgorgement to be an equitable remedy has the potential to substantially disrupt the SEC's long-standing approach to monetary remedies in many of the cases the agency brings, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • Why The Effect Of Vivint Has Been Minimal

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    A survey of recent ex parte reexamination decisions since the Federal Circuit’s 2021 In re: Vivint decision appears to support the court’s conclusion that the ruling was limited in scope and would have limited impact, says Yao Wang at Fish & Richardson.

  • Transparency And Explainability Are Critical To AI Compliance

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    Although there is not yet a comprehensive law governing artificial intelligence, regulators have tools to hold businesses accountable, and companies need to focus on ensuring that consumers and key stakeholders understand how their AI systems operate and make decisions, say Chanley Howell and Lauren Hudon at Foley & Lardner.

  • Preparing Law Students For A New, AI-Assisted Legal World

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    As artificial intelligence rapidly transforms the legal landscape, law schools must integrate technology and curricula that address AI’s innate challenges — from ethics to data security — to help students stay ahead of the curve, say Daniel Garrie at Law & Forensics, Ryan Abbott at JAMS and Karen Silverman at Cantellus Group.

  • Series

    ESG Around The World: South Korea

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    Numerous ESG trends have materialized in South Korea in the past three years, with impacts ranging from greenwashing prevention and carbon neutrality measures to workplace harassment and board diversity initiatives, say Chang Wook Min and Hyun Chan Jung at Jipyong.

  • General Counsel Need Data Literacy To Keep Up With AI

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    With the rise of accessible and powerful generative artificial intelligence solutions, it is imperative for general counsel to understand the use and application of data for myriad important activities, from evaluating the e-discovery process to monitoring compliance analytics and more, says Colin Levy at Malbek.

  • Competition Considerations From Biden's AI Executive Order

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    In light of President Joe Biden's recent executive order on artificial intelligence and the antitrust agencies' expansive enforcement posture, businesses in the technology and related industries should expect scrutiny, and avoid interactions that could be perceived as unlawful collaborations or exchange of competitively sensitive information, say attorneys at Hogan Lovells.

  • A Look At Healthcare Timelines Set By Biden's AI Order

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    President Joe Biden's artificial intelligence executive order establishes standards for using AI in the healthcare industry, including a number of staggered deadlines that should help coordinate a more unified federal approach to AI governance, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

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