Technology

  • October 06, 2025

    High Court Turns Down 6 Patent Cases At Start Of Term

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected six petitions in patent-related cases, taking some of its first actions on intellectual property matters this term.

  • October 06, 2025

    Justices Won't Review Blacklisting Case Against LegitScript

    The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to review a bid from LegitScript to duck an antitrust case accusing it of blacklisting a drug price checking website despite contentions that it facilitates illegal imports of prescription drugs.

  • October 06, 2025

    High Court Rejects USAA Appeal Over Patent Invalidations

    The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to review the invalidation of two USAA patents in litigation against PNC Bank after USAA argued the Federal Circuit blessed a contradictory ruling in a nearly identical patent review.

  • October 06, 2025

    Slack Investor Won't Get 2nd Shot Before High Court

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a Slack Technologies investor's petition for the justices to hear his fraud dispute for the second time in two years, leaving intact a Ninth Circuit ruling that the case against the messaging software company was impossible to salvage under the 2023 high court ruling.

  • October 03, 2025

    Up First At High Court: Election Laws & Conversion Therapy

    The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in six cases during the first week of its October 2025 term, including in disputes over federal candidates' ability to challenge state election laws, Colorado's ban on conversion therapy, and the ability of a landlord to sue the U.S. Postal Service for allegedly refusing to deliver mail. 

  • October 03, 2025

    'Self-Inflicted' Harm Can't Prop Up Ill. Publicity Suit

    An Illinois federal judge has tossed a proposed class action accusing people search site InfoTracer of illegally using individuals' names and likenesses to advertise its products, finding that the only harm alleged was "self-inflicted" because the plaintiff had failed to show that anyone other than her own counsel had searched for her information.

  • October 03, 2025

    Google Ad Tech Judge: 'We Don't Know' Breakup Buyer

    A Virginia federal judge questioned Friday whether the breakup of Google's advertising placement technology business sought by the U.S. Department of Justice would benefit website publishers as a government witness asserted.

  • October 03, 2025

    UiPath Beats Investor Suit Over Robot Competition Claims

    Automation software company UiPath Inc. has shed investor claims it misrepresented the competitive risks it faced after a Manhattan federal judge rejected in its entirety a lengthy revised suit that the judge said reintroduced claims she'd tossed earlier.

  • October 03, 2025

    4 Firms Steer Avalanche Treasury's $675M SPAC Merger

    Blank check company Mountain Lake Acquisition Corp. will combine with a crypto treasury company focused on the Avalanche ecosystem in a $675 million deal steered by four law firms.

  • October 03, 2025

    Meta Gets Facebook Ad Overcharging Suit Tossed, For Now

    A California federal judge on Friday dismissed a proposed class action from Iron Tribe Fitness claiming Meta Platforms Inc. secretly overcharged Facebook advertisers $4 billion by using an undisclosed auction system, but gave the fitness company the opportunity to submit a bolstered complaint.

  • October 03, 2025

    10th Circ. Rules Modoc Nation's Ex-AG Not Immune From Suit

    The Tenth Circuit said Friday that the Modoc Nation's former attorney general isn't entitled to immunity in the Oklahoma tribe's $14.6 million racketeering lawsuit against a computer management company, ruling the ex-official "is the real party in interest."

  • October 03, 2025

    Calif. Gov. Newsom Inks Bill To Let Lyft, Uber Drivers Unionize

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Oct. 3 signed into law legislation giving gig drivers the right to unionize and negotiate certain job terms and conditions, after state leaders reached a deal with Uber and Lyft to facilitate its passage.

  • October 03, 2025

    4 Top Supreme Court Cases To Watch This Term

    After a busy summer of emergency rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court will kick off its October 2025 term Monday with only a few big-ticket cases on its docket — over presidential authorities, transgender athletes and election law — in what might be a strategically slow start to a potentially momentous term. Here, Law360 looks at four of the most important cases on the court's docket so far.

  • October 03, 2025

    Few Petitions Move Forward In Newest Discretion Reviews

    Deputy U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart rejected 15 Patent Trial and Appeal Board petitions Friday night, but allowed five challenges to proceed.

  • October 03, 2025

    FCC Hears Prison Phone Companies' Calls To Drop Rate Caps

    The Federal Communications Commission wants to drop the rate caps that the previous administration's FCC set for prison phone services, according to an announcement Friday from the agency.

  • October 03, 2025

    Paltalk Urges Albright To Revive $65.7M Cisco Patent Verdict

    Paltalk Holdings wants U.S. District Judge Alan Albright to revisit his decision wiping out an over $65.7 million verdict in its favor against Cisco Systems Inc. and ordering a new trial on damages in the patent infringement case, saying the verdict was backed by enough evidence.

  • October 03, 2025

    Video Platform Rumble Defends Claims In Google Ad Tech MDL

    Video-sharing site Rumble Inc. urged a New York federal court on Friday not to toss its claims in the multidistrict litigation over Google's advertising technology, saying the allegations are similar to those being brought by federal and state enforcers and others that all survived dismissal.

  • October 03, 2025

    Megadeals Spur Jump In Global M&A Deal Values Through Q3

    A flurry of megadeals in transportation, technology and infrastructure has propelled global mergers and acquisitions to their strongest showing since 2021, even as the number of transactions languishes at levels not seen since the financial crisis.

  • October 03, 2025

    Amazon Union Seeks To Defend New York's NLRB Fill-In Law

    The Amazon Labor Union has asked a New York federal judge to let it defend a New York law empowering state enforcers to fill in for the beleaguered National Labor Relations Board, saying Amazon's bid to nullify the new law imperils an unfair firing charge it filed with the state.

  • October 03, 2025

    Roush's NASCAR Team Accused Of Exposing Employee Data

    Professional stock car racing team Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing LLC has been hit with a putative class action in North Carolina federal court accusing it of failing to safeguard employees' sensitive information, resulting in a data breach.

  • October 03, 2025

    Google Beats Search Engine Patent Suit For Good

    A California federal judge on Friday permanently dismissed LookSmart Group Inc.'s suit accusing Google of infringing a search engine patent, saying LookSmart had failed to amend the claims so that they didn't only describe an unpatentable abstract idea.

  • October 03, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Sinks Advocacy Groups' Bid For PTAB 'Veto' Rule

    The Federal Circuit on Friday affirmed a lower court's rejection of efforts by advocacy groups to create a "veto" for small-business patent owners defending themselves at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, saying in a precedential decision that the groups lacked standing.

  • October 03, 2025

    'Clean Slate' For Broadcast Rules Needed, Think Tank Says

    An economics think tank suggested the Federal Communications Commission go back to the drawing board with rules governing radio and TV ownership, suggesting that the existing rules would not be envisioned in the current competitive, multimedia environment.

  • October 03, 2025

    Linqto's Private Stock Deal Clears Bankruptcy Court Hurdle

    Investment platform Linqto received a Texas bankruptcy judge's approval for a novel Chapter 11 settlement with customers that would offer them a version of the exposure to private startups the company purported to sell before seeking Chapter 11 protection in July.

  • October 03, 2025

    Biz Can't Sue Bank Over Patent It Didn't Own, Judge Suggests

    A Western District of Texas magistrate judge recommended Friday that a suit accusing a Canadian bank of patent infringement be tossed, finding that the business that brought the suit didn't actually own the virtual payment methods patent.

Expert Analysis

  • Unpacking Notable Details From FTC's 'AI Washing' Cases

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    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.

  • Opinion

    Calif. Must Amend Trade Secret Civil Procedure

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    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.

  • Previewing State Efforts To Regulate Mental Health Chatbots

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    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.

  • What Dismissal Rulings May Mean For ERISA Forfeiture Cases

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    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.

  • Justices' Age Verification Ruling May Lead To More State Laws

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    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.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Relevance Redactions

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    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.

  • How DOJ's New Data Security Rules Leave HIPAA In The Dust

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    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.

  • Opinion

    Section 1983 Has Promise After End Of Nationwide Injunctions

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    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.

  • Courts Redefining Software As Product Generates New Risks

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    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.

  • Trump's 2nd Term Puts Merger Remedies Back On The Table

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    In contrast with the Biden administration, the second Trump administration has signaled a renewed willingness to resolve merger enforcement concerns through remedies from the outset, particularly when the proposed fix is structural, clearly addresses the harm and does not require burdensome oversight, say attorneys at Cooley.

  • Patent Ambiguity Persists After Justices Nix Eligibility Appeal

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    The Supreme Court recently declined to revisit the contentious framework governing patent eligibility by denying certiorari in Audio Evolution Diagnostics v. U.S., suggesting a necessary recalibration of both patent application and litigation strategies, say attorneys at Skadden.

  • How Banks Can Harness New Customer ID Rule's Flexibility

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    Banking regulators' update to the customer identification process, allowing banks to collect some information from third parties rather than directly from customers, helps modernize anti-money laundering compliance and carries advantages for financial institutions that embrace the new approach, say attorneys at Bradley Arant.

  • Series

    Playing Soccer Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Soccer has become a key contributor to how I approach my work, and the lessons I’ve learned on the pitch about leadership, adaptability, resilience and communication make me better at what I do every day in my legal career, says Whitney O’Byrne at MoFo.

  • How Trump Cybersecurity EO Narrows Biden-Era Standards

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    President Donald Trump recently signed Executive Order No. 14306, which significantly narrows the scope and ambition of a Biden executive order focused on raising federal cybersecurity standards among federal vendors, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.

  • Opinion

    The SEC Should Embrace Tokenized Equity, Not Strangle It

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission should grant no-action relief to firms ready to pilot tokenized equity trading, not delay innovation by heeding protectionist industry arguments, says J.W. Verret at George Mason University.

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