Technology

  • October 16, 2025

    Unions Challenge Feds' AI Surveillance Of Noncitizens' Views

    Three labor unions sued the Trump administration in New York federal court Thursday to stop a surveillance program they allege scours online activity for viewpoints the administration doesn't like and leverages the threat of immigration enforcement to coerce silence.

  • October 16, 2025

    Fed. Judge Keeps X's Suit Against Apple, OpenAI In Texas

    A Texas federal judge told X Corp, Apple and OpenAI that they ought to move their headquarters to Fort Worth if they like litigating in Cowtown so much, opting Thursday to keep X and xAI's sweeping antitrust suit against Apple and OpenAI in the Lone Star State.

  • October 16, 2025

    Tech Group Aims To Ax Texas' App Store Age Verification Law

    A new Texas law that requires app store owners to verify users' ages and block minors from downloading apps or making in-app purchases without parental consent unconstitutionally imposes a "broad censorship regime" on the entire mobile app ecosystem, a tech industry trade group argued in a lawsuit Thursday seeking to strike down the measure.

  • October 16, 2025

    Privacy Compliance Needs 'Kindergarten Rules,' Atty Says

    Panelists at a Los Angeles conference on the intersection of technology and entertainment tackled the issue of privacy and data laws Thursday, with one participant telling the crowd that helping clients avoid legal entanglements in those areas involves applying "kindergarten rules."

  • October 16, 2025

    Fans Drop Biometric Privacy Suit Against Chicago Cubs

    Baseball game attendees who accused the Chicago Cubs of collecting, without consent, the biometric data of millions of fans at Wrigley Field have agreed to drop their proposed class action claims against the team and others.

  • October 16, 2025

    Macy's, Discount Tire Co. Hit With Wash. Anti-Spam Suits

    Macy's and Discount Tire Co. are the latest businesses targeted by a wave of proposed class actions in which consumers claim the companies broke a Washington state law outlawing commercial emails with false or misleading subject lines.

  • October 16, 2025

    Songwriters Claim Udio AI Was Trained On Copyrighted Music

    A group of songwriters is suing artificial intelligence company Udio AI, claiming its music-generating AI models were trained using copyrighted music scraped from the internet.

  • October 16, 2025

    NetChoice Fights Colo. 'Cigarette-Style' Social Media Law

    A lawyer for an internet trade association urged a federal judge Thursday to block a Colorado law set to take effect next year, comparing its requirement for social media platforms to display warnings for minors to the mandated warning labels on tobacco products.

  • October 16, 2025

    US Chamber Sues To Block Trump's $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce sued the Trump administration on Thursday to block a planned increase in the cost of highly coveted H-1B visas, saying the proposed $100,000 fee would have a "devastating effect" on American businesses, particularly those in the tech, healthcare, higher education and manufacturing sectors.

  • October 16, 2025

    FCC Republican Calls Upper C-Band Rework Critical To 6G

    The Federal Communications Commission is wasting no time gearing up for a potential spectrum overhaul in the upper C-Band, with the approach of 6G wireless being a big motivator, according to an agency Republican.

  • October 16, 2025

    Amazon Claims Calif. Lawyer, Chinese Firms Pulled IP Scheme

    Amazon is suing a California lawyer and four Chinese companies, among others, over an alleged scheme to fraudulently register thousands of trademarks with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and then wrongfully report infringement by other Amazon sellers.

  • October 16, 2025

    USPTO Says Fed. Circ. Should Skip 'Settled Expectations' Case

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office wants the Federal Circuit to reject a challenge to the way the agency has denied review of patents based on the owner's "settled expectations," saying Thursday it has full discretion on whether to review patents or not.

  • October 16, 2025

    Authors Say Salesforce Used Pirated Books To Train Its AI

    A pair of authors accused Salesforce of improperly training its artificial intelligence models on copyrighted works, telling a California federal court Wednesday that the cloud-based software company used their pirated books in "its acts of massive copyright infringement."

  • October 16, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Won't Revive Gesture Patent After Reexam

    The Federal Circuit on Thursday backed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision that tossed claims in a motion sensor patent owned by Gesture Technology Partners LLC, the latest development in a larger patent dispute involving the company.

  • October 16, 2025

    6 Firms To Lead Aflac Data Breach Suit In Georgia

    A Georgia federal judge said Wednesday he's tapping six attorneys from as many firms to lead a proposed class action that was consolidated this summer out of nearly two dozen suits filed over an alleged data breach at Aflac Inc.

  • October 16, 2025

    Research Exec Faked Data, Worked For Rivals, $10M Suit Says

    A Massachusetts marketing and political research firm that has done work for Snapchat, Paramount and the government says its co-founder and former chief analytics officer falsified data and used its resources on projects for competitors, and is seeking at least $10 million in damages in a recently launched lawsuit.

  • October 16, 2025

    Consumer Group Seeks Role In Nationals' Hidden Fees Suit

    A national consumers group asked a Washington, D.C., federal court for permission to intervene as a plaintiff in what it called a "copycat" proposed class action against the MLB's Washington Nationals over hidden ticket fees so it can request a stay and protect the progress it has made in its own state court lawsuit.

  • October 16, 2025

    Wall Street Giants Sued Over Alleged Stock Manipulation

    An investor in Israeli chipmaker Eltek Ltd. has sued Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and Interactive Brokers Group Inc., alleging they had a role in a complex stock price manipulation scheme that played out over years, causing trading prices for the tech company's shares to be "irrationally depressed."

  • October 16, 2025

    Insurer Didn't Owe Coverage To IT Co. In BIPA Violation Suit

    An insurer had no duty to defend or indemnify an information technology company in a class action alleging violations of Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act, a state appeals court affirmed, finding that underlying events occurred before the claims-made policy's retroactive date.

  • October 16, 2025

    High Court's FCC Broadcast Rulings Criticized As 'Outdated'

    A think tank called for overturning two U.S. Supreme Court rulings from decades ago that gave the Federal Communications Commission authority to regulate broadcast speech, saying the decisions don't match the realities of today's economy.

  • October 16, 2025

    Chubb Unit Challenges Tech CEO's Claim For Living Expenses

    A Chubb unit urged a California federal court to rule that it needn't pay a software company CEO and his wife millions of dollars for living expenses related to a 2017 water damage claim, saying the couple made misrepresentations regarding the habitability of their Beverly Hills estate.

  • October 16, 2025

    Musk, Twitter Investors Denied Early Wins In Fraud Suit

    Elon Musk and investors of X, formerly known as Twitter, are headed toward trial in a class action suit accusing the billionaire of intentionally tanking the social media platform's stock price, after a California federal judge denied the parties' cross-motions for an early win in the case.

  • October 16, 2025

    Electric Aircraft Startup Beta Technologies Targets $750M IPO

    Electric aircraft and propulsion system manufacturer Beta Technologies has unveiled plans for an estimated $750 million initial public offering, with Kirkland & Ellis LLP advising the company and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP advising the underwriters.

  • October 16, 2025

    US Bank Wants Out Of Ex-AI Chief's Race Bias Suit

    U.S. Bank has doubled down on its efforts to escape a race bias suit brought by the former head of its artificial intelligence efforts, saying he waited more than 100 days too long to file a charge of discrimination with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

  • October 16, 2025

    ADNOC's Covestro Buy To Get EU Nod, Plus More Rumors

    Abu Dhabi oil giant ADNOC is expected to get a stamp of approval from European regulators for its €14.7 takeover of German chemicals company Covestro; Spanish grid operator Enagas is debating buying a minority stake in French gas operator Terega; and private equity giant Apollo has submitted another bid to acquire pizza chain Papa John's.

Expert Analysis

  • FTC's Consumer Finance Pivot Brings Industry Pros And Cons

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    An active Federal Trade Commission against the backdrop of a leashed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will be welcomed by most in the consumer finance industry, but the incremental expansion of the FTC's authority via enforcement actions remains a risk, say attorneys at Hudson Cook.

  • Amazon Ruling Marks New Era Of Personal Liability For Execs

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    A Washington federal court's recent decision in FTC v. Amazon extended personal liability to senior executives for design-driven violations of broad consumer protection statutes, signaling a fundamental shift in how consumer protection laws may be enforced against large public companies, say attorneys at Orrick.

  • 3 New Cyberinsurance Rulings Aid In Policy Interpretation

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    Although the cyberinsurance market has exploded, there is no standardized cyber language or form and only a few court decisions thus far interpreting cyberinsurance policy language, making these three recent rulings key for guiding policyholders, insurers and brokers, say attorneys at Haynes Boone.

  • USPTO Panel's Reversal Signals A Shift On AI Patents

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    A recent patent ruling from a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office panel shows that artificial intelligence technologies remain patent-eligible when properly framed as technical solutions, and provides valuable drafting lessons for counsel, say attorneys at Butzel Long.

  • Series

    Traveling Solo Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Traveling by myself has taught me to assess risk, understand tone and stay calm in high-pressure situations, which are not only useful life skills, but the foundation of how I support my clients, says Lacey Gutierrez at Group Five Legal.

  • Latest PTAB Moves Suggest A Subtle Recalibration

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    Recent decisions from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, as U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires transitions into his new role, offer new procedural and substantive tools for patent owners in procuring patent rights and enforcing them against would-be petitioners, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • NY Zelle Suit Highlights Fraud Risks Of Electronic Payments

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    The New York attorney general's recent action against Zelle's parent company, filed several months after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau abandoned a similar suit, demonstrates the fraud risks that electronic payment platforms can present and the need for providers to carefully balance accessibility and consumer protection, say attorneys at Weiner Brodsky.

  • Opinion

    Courts Must Continue Protecting Plaintiffs In Mass Arbitration

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    In recent years, many companies have imposed onerous protocols that function to frustrate plaintiffs' ability to seek justice through mass arbitration, but a series of welcome court decisions in recent months indicate that the pendulum might be swinging back toward plaintiffs, say Raphael Janove and Sasha Jones at Janove Law.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Client Service

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    Law school teaches you how to interpret the law, but it doesn't teach you some of the key ways to keeping clients satisfied, lessons that I've learned in the most unexpected of places: a book on how to be a butler, says Gregory Ramos at Armstrong Teasdale.

  • How Occasional Activists Have Reshaped Proxy Fights

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    The sophistication and breadth of first-time activist engagement continue to shape corporate governance and strategic outcomes, as evidenced across corporate annual meetings this summer, meaning advisers should anticipate continued innovation in tactics, increased regulatory complexity, and a persistent focus on board accountability, say attorneys at MoFo.

  • How The FTC Is Stepping Up Subscription Enforcement

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    Despite the demise of the Federal Trade Commission's click-to-cancel rule in July, the commission has not only maintained its regulatory momentum, but also set new compliance benchmarks through recent high-profile settlements with Match.com, Chegg and Amazon, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

  • Enter The Wu-Tang Ruling That May Change Trade Secret Law

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    A New York federal court's recent holding that a Wu-Tang Clan album qualifies as a trade secret provides the first federal framework for analyzing trade secret claims involving assets valued primarily for exclusivity, potentially reshaping Defend Trade Secrets Act jurisprudence for the digital economy, says Jason Bradford at Jenner & Block.

  • Opinion

    New US-UK Tech Deal Offers Opportunities To Boost Growth

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    The recently announced U.S. and U.K. Technology Prosperity Deal, encouraging businesses on both sides of the Atlantic to work together toward technological advance, will drive both investment in U.K. capabilities and returns for U.S. investors, says Peter Watts at Hogan Lovells.

  • ConvergeOne Ruling May Disrupt Backstop Fee Approach

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    A Texas federal court's recent ruling in ConvergeOne has the potential to seriously disrupt previously accepted market practice when it comes to sourcing new capital for a restructuring, while offering a nebulous market test for a new approach, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

  • Shutdown May Stall Hearings, But Gov't Probes Quietly Go On

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    Thanks to staff assurances under the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act, the core work of congressional investigations continues during the shutdown that began Oct. 1 — and so does the investigative work that is performed behind closed doors on Capitol Hill, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.

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