Technology

  • July 29, 2026

    4 Firms Steer Grant Thornton's $5B Agreement To Buy CBIZ

    New Mountain Capital-backed Grant Thornton Advisors said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire CBIZ Inc. in a deal worth $5 billion, including debt, that would create a top-five U.S. provider of professional, tax and advisory services. 

  • July 28, 2026

     XAI, SpaceX Say Power Plant Noise Suit Claims Are 'Flawed'

    XAI and SpaceX urged a Mississippi federal court to throw out several claims in a proposed class action filed over allegedly intrusive noises coming out of a power plant the companies operate in a suburban neighborhood, saying the claims rest on "flawed legal theories" and don't warrant discovery.

  • July 28, 2026

    FCC Pulls Major Provider From Lifeline, Citing Violations

    The Federal Communications Commission says it has banned one of the nation's biggest Lifeline providers from participating in the subsidy program after uncovering widespread violations of the program's rules, including a practice of transferring people back after they switched their service to another provider.

  • July 28, 2026

    Activists Shift Focus To M&A, AI In Quieter Proxy Season

    A surge in mergers and acquisitions-focused activist campaigns in the first half of 2026 came as companies adjusted to the universal proxy regime and activists increasingly turned to artificial intelligence to identify targets, according to a Diligent Market Intelligence report released on Tuesday.

  • July 28, 2026

    Amazon To Pay $2M To End Suit Over Rest Breaks In Wash.

    Amazon will pay $2 million to resolve Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go store workers' accusations that the e-commerce giant failed to provide them with meal and rest breaks required under Washington state law, according to a settlement given final approval by a Pierce County judge.

  • July 28, 2026

    FCC Says Starlink Routers Exempt From Nat'l Security Ban

    The Federal Communications Commission has banned virtually all foreign-made routers from the United States, citing national security concerns, but it isn't worried about ones made by billionaire Elon Musk's satellite internet company Starlink.

  • July 28, 2026

    Digital Ad Co. Beats Investor Suit Over Client Loss Claims

    Digital advertising firm PubMatic has escaped a shareholder's suit accusing it of concealing the loss of a key customer for its digital marketing business, with a California federal court ruling that the suit's claims are too vague as-is.

  • July 28, 2026

    HR Giant Rippling Stole Startup's AI Trade Secrets, Suit Says

    Human resources services provider Rippling stole confidential information about Runlayer's artificial intelligence platform technology to develop its own competing product, the startup claims in litigation filed Tuesday in New York federal court.

  • July 28, 2026

    Split PTAB Upholds Fiber Optics Component Patent

    A divided panel of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board has decided that Cambridge Industries USA Inc. failed to show that any challenged claims are invalid in an Applied Optoelectronics Inc. patent on technology used in fiber optic networks.

  • July 28, 2026

    Musk's XAI Wants Minn. Ban On Image 'Nudification' Blocked

    Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI asked a federal court to shut down Minnesota's ban on image "nudification" technology, claiming the new law is an "overbroad, content-based ban on free speech" that runs afoul of the First Amendment.

  • July 28, 2026

    Albright Preserves Verdict Clearing Roku On Streaming Patents

    A Texas federal judge on Tuesday said he wouldn't grant a new trial or a favorable judgment to a company that asserted two patents against Roku after a jury cleared the streaming device maker in 2024.

  • July 28, 2026

    4 Firms Guide Meta, BlackRock's $14B Data Center Project

    Meta and BlackRock are teaming up to develop a $14 billion, 1-gigawatt data center campus in El Paso, Texas, with guidance from Latham, Eversheds Sutherland, Kirkland and Milbank, the companies announced Tuesday.

  • July 28, 2026

    Humanoids, Other Robotics Added To FCC's Nat'l Security List

    The Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday that humanoids and other advanced robotics newly produced in foreign countries will be included on the "covered list" of products restricted from U.S. importation and marketing.

  • July 28, 2026

    Papaya Owes $719M, Atty Fees In Gaming False Ad Case

    A New York federal judge has granted Firy Inc.'s request to order Papaya Gaming Ltd. to disgorge $719 million and pay $10.1 million in attorney fees to Firy on top of a $420 million jury verdict in April for alleged misrepresentations about its mobile games being based on skill and not using bots.

  • July 28, 2026

    Judge Calls Off IP Trial, Threatens Sanctions Against Apple

    A Texas federal judge has vacated an impending trial date for a patent infringement suit against Apple, saying he needed time to resolve outstanding jurisdictional issues, but ordered Apple to explain why it shouldn't be sanctioned for raising those issues so close to trial.

  • July 28, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Won't Rethink Expert Decision In Microsoft Case

    The Federal Circuit has turned down Microsoft's request that it revisit a panel's decision that reopened the damages amount issue in a patent infringement case brought against the tech giant by Israeli company Exafer Ltd.

  • July 28, 2026

    Ex-FCC Officials Call Agency's ABC Station Probe 'Retaliatory'

    Several former top officials at the Federal Communications Commission called on FCC Chair Brendan Carr on Tuesday to abandon an early review of eight Disney-owned ABC stations' licenses, calling the action a "grave violation" of federal law and free speech protections.

  • July 28, 2026

    High Court Asked To Take Another Settled Expectations Case

    E-learning company Kahoot Inc. is pushing the U.S. Supreme Court to take up its challenge to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's practice of using settled expectations as a reason to deny patent reviews, marking the second petition before the high court on the issue.

  • July 28, 2026

    OpenAI Settles TM Dispute Over 'IO' Hardware Branding

    OpenAI and startup IYO have reached a settlement in principle in their trademark dispute over the "IO" name for AI hardware, the parties told a California federal court.

  • July 28, 2026

    Fish & Richardson Slams IP DQ Bid As Possibly Manufactured

    LVMH urged a Texas federal court to reject a bid to boot Fish & Richardson PC from defending the luxury goods business against an infringement lawsuit over patents for nonfungible token display technology, saying the company behind the suit may have tried to "manufacture" a conflict to disqualify the firm.

  • July 28, 2026

    Watchdog Org. Asks Court For Trump-IRS Deal Docs

    A watchdog organization asked a D.C. federal court to order the government to disclose communications relating to the settlement between President Donald Trump and the Internal Revenue Service over leaks of his tax information.

  • July 28, 2026

    Zillow Judge Tosses Home Loan Claims, Leaves Door Open

    A Washington federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing Zillow of paying kickbacks to brokers that directed homebuyers to use the company's mortgage services, in a scheme that plaintiffs argued inflated the overall cost of home purchases and loans.

  • July 28, 2026

    LG Can't Arbitrate Stockholder Suit, Chancery Says

    The Delaware Chancery Court has refused to send fiduciary duty claims against LG, its U.S. subsidiary and several executives to arbitration, ruling that an investor's derivative lawsuit over the governance of advertising technology company Alphonso must remain in the Delaware court.

  • July 28, 2026

    Trader In BigLaw Deal-Tipping Scheme To Plead Guilty

    A Florida resident is set to plead guilty to his alleged role in a sweeping scheme to trade on insider information about impending acquisitions that was stolen from major law firms, according to a court filing Tuesday.

  • July 28, 2026

    In-House Legal Operations' Stubborn 'Shadow AI' Problem

    As in-house legal departments adopt artificial intelligence tools, legal operations pros say that unauthorized use of AI by employees, known as “shadow AI,” raises security and governance concerns.

Expert Analysis

  • 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.

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    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.

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    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.

  • Why IPR Slowdown Has Not Led To More Patent Litigation

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    Despite sustained strength in patent application filings and a decline in inter partes review and post-grant review, 2026 has not seen the anticipated surge in patent litigation in district courts and at the U.S. International Trade Commission, potentially due to four reasons, say attorneys at Sterne Kessler.

  • Revisiting TransUnion's Underused Standing Rule, 5 Years On

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    The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' recent use of the U.S. Supreme Court’s now five-year-old TransUnion v. Ramirez rule specifying that the "mere risk of future harm" isn't concrete enough to support a damages claim presents an opportunity to revisit this underutilized standing rule, say attorneys at Horvitz & Levy.

  • 5 Things Associates Must Ask About Their Firm's Merger Plan

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    The associates who navigate law firm mergers best ask the right questions early, such as inquiring about partners' plans, to assess how the merger could affect their workflow and career path, says Jackie Bokser-LeFebvre at Major Lindsey.

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