Technology

  • October 03, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Paul Weiss, Cravath

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, video game maker Electronic Arts agrees to be acquired by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners; online mortgage giant Rocket closes its acquisition of rival Mr. Cooper Group; and Berkshire Hathaway acquires international energy company Occidental's chemical business.

  • October 03, 2025

    2 SPACs Hit Public Markets After Raising Combined $320M

    Two special purpose acquisition companies began trading publicly Friday after raising a combined $320 million in their initial public offerings, marking the latest in a wave of SPACs to make their public debuts over the recent weeks.

  • October 03, 2025

    $1T Tesla Pay Proposal Sets Ambitious Goals For Musk

    A massive pay proposal for Tesla CEO Elon Musk contains performance metrics that would make it tough for Musk to pull in the maximum pay available, even if the deal gets a green light from shareholders in November. Here are four things about the $1 trillion pitch that have caught attorneys' attention.

  • October 03, 2025

    3 Firms Build $1.75B Sale Of Insurance Platform Bamboo

    White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. on Friday unveiled plans to sell a majority stake in insurance distribution platform Bamboo to private equity giant CVC Capital Partners in a deal built by three law firms that values Bamboo at $1.75 billion.

  • October 02, 2025

    Landlords Will Pay $141M To Exit RealPage Rent Pricing Case

    Renters have struck over $141 million in deals with landlord companies that were accused of using property management software RealPage's algorithms to fix rent prices and are now asking a Tennessee federal court to give those settlements its blessing.

  • October 02, 2025

    Biz Org Says DC Circ. Must Rethink T-Mobile's Privacy Fine

    The Chamber of Commerce is throwing its weight behind T-Mobile and Sprint as they ask the full D.C. Circuit to rethink the appellate court's decision not to knock out $92 million in fines the telecoms were slapped with for selling users' sensitive location data even after they knew it was being used inappropriately.

  • October 02, 2025

    Google Fights Push To Get Reports From Gov't Monopoly Suit

    Google on Thursday pushed back against a software development company's bid to make the tech giant produce expert reports used in the federal government's lawsuit that resulted in Google being deemed a monopolist in the general search market, saying the reports had no relevance to the present case.

  • October 02, 2025

    Ad Tech Judge Sees 'Tension' In Google's Economist

    A Virginia federal judge told Google's economics expert Thursday that there's "tension" in his assertions that remedies for the company's advertising placement technology monopolies must be narrowly tailored to block the particular anticompetitive findings won by the U.S. Justice Department.

  • October 02, 2025

    Disability Group To Pay At Least $1M For Misleading Calls

    A disability advocacy group will pay at least $1 million to the Federal Trade Commission to wash its hands of claims that it made "tens of millions of illegal calls" to people in order to solicit their business and weren't upfront about why they were calling.

  • October 02, 2025

    Del. Chancellor Advances Pruned $75B Activision Merger Suit

    Delaware's chancellor kept in play late Thursday much of an Activision Blizzard stockholder suit challenging the company's $75.4 billion merger with Microsoft, rejecting multiple dismissal motions, approving others and writing that a "slimmed-down" version of the complaint can go forward — adding, "Game on."

  • October 02, 2025

    Roblox Faces 2 More Suits Claiming It Lets Predators Slide

    Roblox has been hit with two more lawsuits alleging that it fails to stop online predators from using its gaming platform to groom and sexually exploit children, with one brought by a minor who says she was lured to a motel room where she was raped by five men.

  • October 02, 2025

    Debt Collector's $2.6M Data Breach Deal Gets Final Nod

    Debt collection agency and buyer NCB Management Services Inc. and its investors have gotten the final nod to their $2.63 million deal to end consolidated proposed class action claims that NCB failed to protect more than a million consumers after a trove of their personal information was compromised in a ransomware attack.

  • October 02, 2025

    Tesla Can't Nix Battery Maker's Arbitration Award, Judge Rules

    A California federal judge has confirmed an arbitration award that guarantees a battery maker's right to sell its dry battery electrode equipment to parties other than Tesla, rejecting Tesla's contention that an arbitrator disregarded the law when interpreting the companies' intellectual property rights in the equipment.

  • October 02, 2025

    7th Circ. Bucks SEC Request To Pause Cboe Case

    The Seventh Circuit has rejected a bid by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Cboe Exchange Inc. to postpone upcoming oral arguments in a case challenging the SEC's ability to regulate certain Cboe software, telling the parties the arguments will go forward as planned while they discuss a possible deal to end the suit. 

  • October 02, 2025

    Zillow Seeks Info On Compass' Anywhere Deal In Antitrust Suit

    Compass Inc. and Zillow Inc., which are battling each other in an antitrust case brought by Compass, have both asked a New York federal judge to rule on Zillow's bid to obtain documents related to Compass' $1.6 billion all-stock acquisition of Anywhere Real Estate Inc.

  • October 02, 2025

    Top Groups Lobbying The FCC

    Lobbying at the Federal Communications Commission slowed in September, continuing a late-summer lag, but several groups kept busy on several issues. Here's a look at a few groups that contacted the FCC at least three times during September and a sampling of what they care about.

  • October 02, 2025

    Flagstar Customers Want OK On $31M Data Breach Deal

    A proposed class alleging Flagstar Bank didn't protect customer and employee information from two data breaches asked a Michigan federal judge Wednesday to give the initial approval for a $31.5 million settlement to resolve the case.

  • October 02, 2025

    IRS Data-Sharing Case Won't Be Paused For Gov't Shutdown

    The U.S. Department of Justice must still submit court-ordered information in a lawsuit challenging the Internal Revenue Service's sharing of tax data with immigration authorities by Oct. 24, a D.C. federal judge ruled, despite the federal government shutdown that began Wednesday.

  • October 02, 2025

    Merrill Lynch Raid Suit Paused For FINRA Arbitration

    A Georgia federal judge stayed Merrill Lynch's case alleging Dynasty Financial Partners, Charles Schwab and a dozen former employees conspired to start a new firm with Merrill's staff and confidential information one day after denying the company's bid for an injunction.

  • October 02, 2025

    Apple IP Suit Stayed As Appeal In Samsung Case Plays Out

    A California federal judge on Thursday stayed litigation claiming certain Apple touchscreen products infringe a Michigan company's patent, while the same company appeals a separate case against Samsung, but the judge tipped his hand by saying the Samsung judge's opinion tossing that dispute "made perfect sense to me."

  • October 02, 2025

    LinkedIn Sues Over Alleged 'Industrial-Scale' Data Scraping

    LinkedIn Corp. sued ProAPIs, Netswift and its co-founder Rehmat Alam in California federal court Thursday, alleging the software-makers operate "industrial-scale" data scraping mills that violate LinkedIn's terms and numerous other laws by continuously creating fake accounts to extract LinkedIn's member data, which they then sell without permission.

  • October 02, 2025

    Honeywell, Rival End 4th Circ. Barcode Royalty Clash

    A Japanese laser technology company and rival Honeywell International Inc. together concluded one chapter in a long-running patent and royalty battle over barcodes, just weeks before the case was slated for oral arguments at the Fourth Circuit.

  • October 02, 2025

    Healthcare AI Co. Says Biz Partner Holding IP 'Hostage'

    A company creating artificial intelligence-powered tools meant for skin image analysis has alleged in Massachusetts federal court that another firm it entered into a business deal with was holding data and intellectual property "hostage" after its CEO ordered his staff to cease a planned data migration.

  • October 02, 2025

    Cisco Gets PTAB To Ax Claims Of Network Patent

    The Patent Trial and Appeal Board said that Cisco has been able to show that all the challenged claims are invalid as obvious in a Portsmouth Network Corp. patent on delivering content over a network.

  • October 02, 2025

    Many Cos. Not Ready For National Security Risks, Report Says

    At least a third of U.S. companies aren't fully prepared to address key national security compliance risks they face, and the C-suite often isn't aligned with its in-house counsel as to who is primarily responsible for those efforts, according to a new survey from Eversheds Sutherland.

Expert Analysis

  • Nuclear Stakeholders Must Prepare For Cyber Threats

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    As the White House signals its support for a revival of nuclear power to supply the power needs of data centers and the artificial intelligence industry, investors and operators must keep in mind that safeguarding nuclear infrastructure from evolving cyber threats will be essential, say attorneys at A&O Shearman.

  • Series

    Playing Mah-Jongg Makes Me A Better Mediator

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    Mah-jongg rewards patience, pattern recognition, adaptability and keen observation, all skills that are invaluable to my role as a mediator, and to all mediating parties, says Marina Corodemus.

  • Does Research Tool Safe Harbor Cover AI Drug Development?

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    As artificial intelligence increasingly takes root in drug development, many questions may emerge regarding current gaps in courts' application of the research tool exception to the safe harbor defense against patent infringement, and whether that defense applies to AI-based tools, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

  • Tips For Business Users After 2 Key AI Copyright Decisions

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    Because two recent artificial intelligence copyright decisions from the Northern District of California — Bartz v. Anthropic and Kadrey v. Meta — came out mostly in favor of the developers using the plaintiffs' works to train large language models, business users should proceed with care, says Chris Wlach at Acxiom.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Navigating Client Trauma

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    Law schools don't train students to handle repeated exposure to clients' traumatic experiences, but for litigators practicing in areas like civil rights and personal injury, success depends on the ability to view cases clinically and to recognize when you may need to seek help, says Katie Bennett at Robins Kaplan.

  • Copyright Takeaways From 2 Calif. GenAI Rulings

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    Two California federal court decisions suggest that the fair use defense may protect generative artificial intelligence output, but given the ongoing war between copyright holders and AI platforms, developers should still consider taking steps to reduce legal risk, says Lincoln Essig at Knobbe Martens.

  • 5 Things Manufacturing GCs Should Know About Cyber Risk

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    Following a recent government report underscoring the growing cyber threat landscape for manufacturers, general counsel in the sector should be aware of the potentially broad consequences of a cyberattack, evolving notification systems and the need for incident response plans, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.

  • Challenging A Class Representative's Adequacy And Typicality

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    Recent cases highlight that a named plaintiff cannot certify a putative class action unless they can meet all the applicable requirements of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, so defendants should consider challenging a plaintiff's ability to meet typicality and adequacy requirements early and often, say attorneys at Womble Bond.

  • Lawsuit, Exec Orders Should Boost Small Modular Reactors

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    A lawsuit in Texas federal court and a set of new executive orders from the White House may finally push the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to allow for accelerated deployment of small modular reactors — a technology that could change the country's energy future, says Aleksey Shtivelman at Shutts & Bowen.

  • Opinion

    4 Former Justices Would Likely Frown On Litigation Funding

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    As courts increasingly confront cases involving hidden litigation finance contracts, the jurisprudence of four former U.S. Supreme Court justices establishes a constitutional framework that risks erosion by undisclosed financial interests, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.

  • Congress Crypto Movement Could Bring CFTC 'Clarity' At Last

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    The Clarity Act's arrival at the House floor during "Crypto Week" in Congress demonstrates enduring bipartisan support for legislation addressing digital assets and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's important role in a future regulatory structure, say attorneys at DLA Piper.

  • What To Know About Bill Aiming To Curb CIPA

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    A bill pending in the California Assembly would amend the California Invasion of Privacy Act to allow for the use of website tracking technologies for commercial business purposes, limiting class actions seeking damages under the act for industry standard practices, say Katherine Alphonso and Avazeh Pourhamzeh at Kaufman Dolowich.

  • Practical Implications Of SEC's New Crypto Staking Guidance

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent staff guidance that protocol staking does not constitute securities offerings provides a workable compliance blueprint for crypto developers, validators and custodial platforms willing to keep staking strictly limited to protocol-driven rewards, say attorneys at Cahill.

  • Brand Protection Takeaways From OpenAI Trademark Case

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    The ongoing battle between IYO and OpenAI offers critical lessons on diligent trademark enforcement and proactive risk management for startups and established players alike navigating branding in the rapidly evolving artificial intelligence sector, say attorneys at Dykema.

  • How Attys Can Use AI To Surface Narratives In E-Discovery

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    E-discovery has reached a turning point where document review is no longer just about procedural tasks like identifying relevance and redacting privilege — rather, generative artificial intelligence tools now allow attorneys to draw connections, extract meaning and tell a coherent story, says Rose Jones at Hilgers Graben.

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