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June 10, 2025
States Sue To Block 23andMe From Selling DNA Data In Ch. 11
A bipartisan coalition of 28 attorneys general has sued 23andMe Inc. in Missouri bankruptcy court seeking to block the genetic-testing company from auctioning off its 15 million customers' personal genetic information without their explicit consent in its ongoing Chapter 11 proceeding.
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June 10, 2025
IT Co. Urges 1st Circ. To Affirm It's Blameless For Data Breach
An information security technology company urged the First Circuit on Tuesday to affirm that it isn't liable for a 2018 data breach that exposed confidential information of more than 277,000 of the medical device maker's patients, arguing that the insurer assignee of the device maker had no valid points.
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June 10, 2025
Alphabet Investor Sues Company For TikTok Docs
An Alphabet Inc. shareholder filed suit on Tuesday against the Google parent company in Delaware Chancery Court, seeking access to the company's books and records to investigate its compliance with a ban on the distribution of the TikTok mobile app under the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act.
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June 10, 2025
Key Insights On Looming Fair Use Rulings In AI Cases
Two California federal judges have indicated they are inclined to find that using copyrighted material to train artificial intelligence systems is transformative, which usually means that copying a work is fair, but that may not let Meta Platforms and Anthropic off the hook in separate lawsuits.
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June 10, 2025
Space Exploration Co. Voyager Prices Upsized $383M IPO
Defense and space exploration firm Voyager on Tuesday priced a larger-than-projected $383 million initial public offering above its marketed range, guided by Latham & Watkins LLP and underwriters' counsel Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.
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June 10, 2025
Electric Truck Co. Lordstown Wants Investors' Suit Tossed
Electric truck startup Lordstown Motors Corp. has asked an Ohio federal judge to dismiss consolidated class claims from investors alleging the company misrepresented its production capacity and demand, saying it made no misleading representations about pre-orders.
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June 10, 2025
Relax Power Limits, But Don't Move CBRS Users, FCC Told
Federated Wireless is urging the Federal Communications Commission to reject a proposal to relocate the Citizens Broadband Radio Service band, telling the agency Monday that despite AT&T's claims that the band sees "low demand," it is actually home to "the largest ecosystem of any commercial band in the world."
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June 10, 2025
Guo Trustee Eyes Litigation As Clawbacks Stall In Mediation
The Chapter 11 trustee handling Chinese exile Miles Guo's $374 million Connecticut bankruptcy estate on Tuesday previewed a forthcoming request to terminate clawback mediations and move those proceedings into litigation, saying several defendants have used alternative dispute resolution to stall, rather than settle, his claims.
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June 10, 2025
EU Says OK To $3.1B Intelsat-SES Merger
Satellite titan SES SA's $3.1 billion plan to buy rival satellite operator Intelsat Holdings has won the approval of the European Commission, which has waved the merger through with no conditions.
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June 10, 2025
Healthcare, Tech-Focused SPAC Prices $220M IPO
Special purpose acquisition company Blue Water Acquisition Corp. III began trading on the Nasdaq on Tuesday after pricing its $220 million initial public offering.
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June 10, 2025
Deere & Co. Must Face FTC Suit Over Repair Restrictions
An Illinois federal judge compared John Deere's second attempt at beating a right-to-repair suit to Steve Martin's Pink Panther II reboot, calling it "predictable" and "derivative" as he again rejected the farm equipment giant's motion for judgment on the pleadings and allowed the Federal Trade Commission's case against it to proceed.
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June 10, 2025
FCC Temporarily Blocks Co.'s Equipment Authorization
The U.S. leg of a Taiwanese infrastructure company hasn't been up front about who makes some of the equipment it has been selling inside the country, the Federal Communications Commission has said, so the agency is temporarily yanking its equipment authorization.
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June 10, 2025
Match.com Settles Reverse Spinoff Suit For $30M In Del.
A mediator-recommended, $30 million settlement proposal has tentatively ended a five-year Delaware Court of Chancery stockholder challenge to the fairness of Match.com's 2019 reverse spinoff from the Barry Diller-controlled IAC/Interactive.
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June 10, 2025
Stability AI, Others Fear Artists' Expert Might Use Their Info
Stability AI and other artificial intelligence art platforms urged a California federal magistrate judge Tuesday to block an artists' expert in a proposed copyright infringement class action from having access to their confidential information, their lawyer arguing the professor is a "functional competitor" who created software to "sabotage" his clients' products.
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June 10, 2025
Apple Faces Class Cert. Bid Over AirTag Stalking Risks
Victims stalked by abusers of Apple's AirTag asked a California federal judge to certify their proposed class action, arguing their negligence and product liability claims can be adjudicated in one fell-swoop since they rest on the same question of whether the tag's design unreasonably put them at risk of harm.
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June 10, 2025
Sezzle Claims Shopify Is Stifling 'Buy Now, Pay Later' Services
Digital payment platform Sezzle Inc. has hauled Shopify Inc. into Minnesota federal court, accusing the Canadian e-commerce giant of abusing its market power in customizable online storefronts to further stifle competition for "buy-now, pay-later" services.
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June 10, 2025
Insurer Exposed Drivers' Personal Information, Court Told
An auto-population feature of tech-forward insurer Lemonade's online quote platform negligently disclosed about 190,000 drivers' license numbers to cybercriminals over 17 months, and the website still hasn't been fixed, according to a proposed class action in New York federal court.
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June 10, 2025
T-Mobile Worker Can't Upend Arbitration Order In OT Suit
A T-Mobile technician cannot keep his unpaid overtime lawsuit in court, a Washington federal judge ruled Tuesday, saying he failed to show that he was duped into signing a delegation clause that mandated issues surrounding the arbitrability of his claims be decided outside court.
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June 10, 2025
Thune Touts GOP's Spectrum Plan On Senate Floor
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., promoted the Republicans' legislative plan to open more federal spectrum to private companies during a floor speech Tuesday.
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June 10, 2025
OpenAI Hit With Trademark Suit Over IO Co. Name
Technology company IYO Inc. has accused OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman of knowingly infringing its trademark when the company acquired competitor IO Products Inc. last month.
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June 10, 2025
Most M&A Dealmakers Are Targeting AI Acquisitions
Corporate and private equity dealmakers are rapidly integrating artificial intelligence into their mergers and acquisitions strategies, with 51% having acquired an AI business and 46% planning to do so soon, according to a new Norton Rose Fulbright report.
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June 10, 2025
Orrick-Led AI Time Tracking Co. Nabs $100M In Funding
Artificial intelligence time tracking company Laurel, advised by Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, has raised $100 million in Series C funding, the company announced Tuesday.
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June 10, 2025
Ex-GC Accused Of Stealing IP Amid Ownership Stake Dispute
E-commerce company Storehouse In A Box sued its former general counsel and chief operating officer in Michigan federal court Monday, alleging he misappropriated trade secrets and confidential information, while also engaging in outside ventures that conflicted with his duties, after a dispute arose over his ownership claim in the business.
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June 10, 2025
Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
Delaware's Court of Chancery showed new resistance to suits alleging corporate weaponizing of advance notice bylaws, and a new report highlighted the high fees that attorneys are cashing in on in Delaware courts compared to the federal court system. Several new suits were also filed concerning allegedly under- or overvalued sales and acquisitions being pushed through.
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June 10, 2025
Reed Smith Int'l Arbitration Pro Jumps To Bracewell In NYC
Bracewell LLP has added an international arbitration practitioner with more than two decades of BigLaw experience across a range of industries and locations, including most recently as a partner at Reed Smith LLP, to its New York roster, as the firm looks to grow the practice area.
Expert Analysis
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Digital Equity Act Grant Terminations Raise Key Legal Issues
The Trump administration's move to cancel grant programs created under the Digital Equity Act yields key legal and policy questions facing the executive branch, Congress and the courts, including how the administration plans to implement the cancellation of the Digital Equity Act's appropriations in the first place, say attorneys at Akin.
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GAO Report Reveals How Banks And Regulators Are Using AI
A U.S. Government Accountability Office report published last month makes clear that while both federal regulators and regulated entities like banks and credit unions are employing artificial intelligence to improve efficiency, they're maintaining some skepticism, say attorneys at Orrick.
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Strategies For Litigating In The Unified Patent Court
Since opening its gates two years ago, the European Unified Patent Court has transformed the patent litigation landscape and global litigation strategies, but parties seeking to take advantage of the court's robust processes must be prepared for the front-loaded character of UPC proceedings, say attorneys at McDermott.
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Running Marathons Makes Me A Better Lawyer
After almost five years of running marathons, I’ve learned that both the race itself and the training process sharpen skills that directly translate to the practice of law, including discipline, dedication, endurance, problem-solving and mental toughness, says Lauren Meadows at Swift Currie.
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Tips To Avoid Consumer Tracking Tech Class Actions
Recent class actions alleging Trade Desk illegally tracked millions of consumers through its advertising platform highlight growing data privacy compliance concerns over digital tracking practices, but there are disclosure best practices businesses can take to reduce litigation risk, says David Wheeler at Neal Gerber.
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3 Mistakes To Avoid In Service Provider AI Terms
Every service provider contract doesn't need extensive artificial intelligence provisions, because when poorly drafted, they create impracticable obligations, miss important distinctions and may reflect wrong understanding of the law, says Chris Wlach at Huge Inc.
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DOJ Policy Shifts May Resurrect De Facto 'China Initiative'
The U.S. Department of Justice's recently unveiled white collar enforcement strategy seemingly marks a return to a now-defunct 2018 policy aimed at combating national security concerns with China, and likely foretells aggressive scrutiny of trade and customs fraud, sanctions evasion, and money laundering, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Supporting A Trial Team
While students often practice as lead trial attorneys in law school, such an opportunity likely won’t arise until a few years into practice, so junior associates should focus on honing skills that are essential to supporting a trial team, including organization, adaptability and humility, says Lucy Zelina at Tucker Ellis.
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Recent Complex Global Deals Reveal Regulatory Trends
An analysis of six complex global deals that were completed or abandoned in the last year suggests that, while such deals continue to face significant and lengthy scrutiny across the U.S, U.K. and European Union, the path to closing may have eased slightly compared to recent years, say attorneys at Weil.
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Google Damages Ruling May Spur Income Approach Usage
The Federal Circuit's recent decision in EcoFactor v. Google may affect the extent to which damages experts apply the market approach in patent infringement matters, and income approach techniques may assume greater importance, says Erin Crockett at Charles River Associates.
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Lessons From FTC Action On Dark Patterns In User Interfaces
The Federal Trade Commission's recent complaint against Uber for its billing and cancellation practices comes amid other actions addressing consumer confusion and deception, so it is paramount to deploy tools that assess customers' cognitive states of mind to separate lawful marketing from misconduct, says Ceren Canal Aruoba at Berkeley Research Group.
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FAR Rewrite May Cloud Key Gov't Contract Doctrine
The Trump administration's government procurement overhaul, under which sections of the Federal Acquisition Regulation are eliminated by default, is bound to collide with a doctrine that allows courts to read omitted clauses into government contracts if they represent long-standing pillars of federal procurement law, say attorneys at Rogers Joseph.
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Compliance Essentials To Mitigate AI Crime Enforcement Risk
As artificial intelligence systems move closer to accurately mimicking human decision-making, companies must understand how the U.S. Department of Justice might prosecute them for crimes committed by AI tools — and how to mitigate enforcement risks, say attorneys at Paul Hastings.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From US Attorney To BigLaw
When I transitioned to private practice after government service — most recently as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia — I learned there are more similarities between the two jobs than many realize, with both disciplines requiring resourcefulness, zealous advocacy and foresight, says Zach Terwilliger at V&E.
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2nd Circ. Limits VPPA Liability, But Caveats Remain
The Second Circuit's narrowed scope of the Video Privacy Protection Act in Solomon v. Flipps Media, in which the court adopted the ordinary person standard, will help shield businesses from VPPA liability, but the decision hardly provides a free pass to streamers and digital media companies utilizing website pixels, say attorneys at Frankfurt Kurnit.