Technology

  • September 19, 2025

    Judge Overturns Maxell's $112M Patent Win Against Samsung

    A Texas federal judge has cleared Samsung in Maxell's suit accusing it of infringing personal electronics patents, overriding a jury's May verdict that the South Korean company owed $112 million.

  • September 19, 2025

    MongoDB Directors, Officers Sued In Del. Over Trading

    A stockholder of software venture MongoDB sued a dozen company directors and key officers in Delaware's Court of Chancery late Thursday, seeking to recover more than $240 million allegedly lost in part to trading by insiders after the release of what the complaint said were unsupported, upbeat growth forecasts and business model changes.

  • September 19, 2025

    Off The Bench: Briefings On Trans Ban, New Kalshi Conflicts

    In this week's Off The Bench, the U.S. Supreme Court receives initial briefs from West Virginia and Idaho regarding their bans on gender identity-based participation in school sports, Kalshi is taken to court by another state over its event contract offerings, and Washington, D.C.'s National Football League team takes a major step toward returning to its namesake city.

  • September 19, 2025

    Greenberg Traurig Adds Venture Capital Atty From O'Melveny

    Greenberg Traurig LLP has brought on an O'Melveny & Myers LLP partner in its Los Angeles office, strengthening its venture capital practice with an attorney who has guided clients on hundreds of transactions that total over $10 billion.

  • September 19, 2025

    Google Must Face Suit Over Mideast Protest Firings

    Google managed to narrow, but couldn't knock out, a proposed class action challenging the firings of employees who protested the company's connections to the Israeli military, as a California federal court said it's too soon to decide if the in-office dissent lost the protection of federal anti-retaliation law.

  • September 19, 2025

    Maine County Can Use Business Channel For Public Safety

    Maine's northernmost county will be able to draw from a pool of industrial channels to use for internal public safety and first responder communications.

  • September 19, 2025

    Ellenoff-Led SPAC Among 3 IPOs Seeking Total $450M

    Galata Acquisition Corp. II, a special purpose acquisition company formed by Callaway Capital Management, began trading Friday after raising $150 million by offering 15 million units at $10.

  • September 19, 2025

    SEC Wins 'Scalping' Trial Against Penny Stock Trader

    A Manhattan federal jury held an Ohio man liable on Friday in a case brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleging he fraudulently earned over $2.5 million by buying up penny stocks, hyping them online and then selling for gains in a "scalping" scheme.

  • September 19, 2025

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen brokerage firm ADS Securities file a fresh claim against German entrepreneur Lars Windhorst, AmTrust and Endurance Worldwide Insurance tackle an ongoing £50 million ($67 million) dispute over a failed litigation and insurance scheme, and Howard Kennedy LLP sue the son of a diamond tycoon over a £3.1 million legal bill. 

  • September 18, 2025

    MrBeast Ads, Kids' Privacy Practices Draw Watchdog Scrutiny

    An industry self-regulatory body has urged the media company created by YouTube personality MrBeast to revamp the way it advertises to and collects personal information from children, after identifying several issues with how the company presented ads on YouTube videos and promoted its Feastables chocolate brand.

  • September 18, 2025

    'My Life Ended In That Car,' Uber Assault Accuser Says

    A woman suing Uber over claims a driver sexually assaulted her told a San Francisco jury Thursday that "my life ended in that car" because of the lasting effects of the traumatic attack, and explained tearfully that she gave the driver a five-star review out of fear he'd come after her.

  • September 18, 2025

    Kimmel Controversy Sidetracks Broadband Permitting Hearing

    A U.S. House subcommittee looking into how to expedite broadband permitting struggled to stay on topic Thursday afternoon due to Democrats being hopping mad about late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel being pulled off the air.

  • September 18, 2025

    FCC Should Follow Exec Branch Policy, Commissioner Says

    As President Donald Trump continues to get more involved in the operations of independent federal agencies, a member of the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday the FCC needs to remain accountable to the executive branch.

  • September 18, 2025

    Fed. Circ.'s PTAB Prior Art Ruling Risks Havoc, Justices Told

    The Federal Circuit created a "jumbled mess" when it ruled that the filing date of a patent application dictates whether it can be used as prior art to invalidate a later patent, rather than the date the application was published, Lynk Labs Inc. has told the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • September 18, 2025

    'Virtual CFO' To Internet Scammers Gets 4 Years

    A Rhode Island man who copped to money laundering and obstructing justice in connection with claims his "virtual CFO" business helped internet fraudsters launder over $35 million was sentenced to four years behind bars, Boston prosecutors have announced.

  • September 18, 2025

    Amazon Must Face Buyers' Antitrust Suit Over Pricing Policy

    A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday allowed consumers' lawsuit targeting a policy Amazon had in place until March 2019 that restricted sellers from offering cheaper prices elsewhere to proceed under antitrust and consumer protection laws in 25 states, but tossed claims brought under Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee laws.

  • September 18, 2025

    Atlassian To Buy DX For $1B In AI Productivity Push

    Collaboration software company Atlassian announced Thursday it agreed to buy DX, a developer intelligence firm, for about $1 billion, in a deal that Atlassian said will help large enterprises gauge the impact of artificial intelligence on engineering productivity.

  • September 18, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Hears 'Settled Expectations' Are 'Lawless' In IP Feud

    SanDisk Technologies Inc. and its former parent have become the latest challengers at the Federal Circuit to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's discretionary denial practices, taking aim at its acting director's holdings that patent owners eventually have the right to assume their patents won't be challenged.

  • September 18, 2025

    FTC Greenlights Amazon Prime Trial For Next Week

    A Seattle federal judge has cleared the Federal Trade Commission's consumer protection case against Amazon to go to trial on Monday, finding the company violated at least one requirement of an e-commerce law, yet jurors must still decide if it clearly disclosed Prime subscription terms to users and offered simple cancellation methods.

  • September 18, 2025

    NPE Asks To Drop Samsung Patent Suit Watched By Gov't

    A nonpracticing entity has moved to drop a patent infringement suit against Samsung in light of new testimony in a case where the federal government had taken the rare step of showing interest.

  • September 18, 2025

    Circuit Board Maker Fights $7.6M Trial Loss At 11th Circ.

    A Chinese circuit board manufacturer asked the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday to reverse a ruling in its U.S. distributor's favor, arguing that the lower court improperly held it to a heightened pleading standard in their contract dispute, paving the way to a $7.6 million loss at trial.

  • September 18, 2025

    IRS Discloses Details On ICE Agreement In Data Sharing Row

    The U.S. government disclosed additional details Thursday on the agreement between the IRS and immigration enforcement authorities to share confidential tax return information, including who had necessary permissions to access the disclosures, following a D.C. federal judge's order in a lawsuit seeking to end the interagency data sharing.

  • September 18, 2025

    Gov't Told GPS Signal Jamming Growing Far Worse

    More than a dozen trade groups banded together to tell federal agencies that GPS signal jamming is a growing concern to U.S. industries in international waters and airspace.

  • September 18, 2025

    Jury Mulls Claims Man Duped Penny Stock Traders On Twitter

    A Manhattan federal jury on Thursday weighed fraud claims against an Ohio salesman from securities regulators who say he duped other traders as he took in over $2.5 million buying penny stocks, hyping shares on Twitter before selling in a "scalping" scheme.

  • September 18, 2025

    AI Firm's Ex-CTO Barred From Using Trade Secrets

    A Washington federal judge has barred an artificial intelligence startup's former chief technology officer from using trade secrets to hurt the company, making disparaging statements about it or contacting the company's current or prospective customers.

Expert Analysis

  • 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.

  • Identifying Data Center Investment Challenges, Opportunities

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    The role of data centers is expanding, as are new opportunities for private capital investors, but there are issues to consider, including finance models and contract complexity, as well as power supply, cyber threat resilience and data sovereignty, say lawyers at Ropes & Gray.

  • IP Due Diligence Tips For AI Assets In M&A Transactions

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    Artificial intelligence systems' integration into business operations creates new considerations for intellectual property due diligence in mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions, and implementing a practical approach to identifying AI assets can help avoid litigation and losses, say Armin Ghiam and Senna Hahn at Hunton.

  • How McKesson Ruling Will Inform Interpretations Of The TCPA

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    Amid the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates v. McKesson, we can expect to see both plaintiffs and defendants utilizing the decision to revisit the Federal Communications Commission's past Telephone Consumer Protection Act interpretations and decisions they did not like, says Jason McElroy at Saul Ewing.

  • Navigating Court Concerns About QR Codes In FLSA Notices

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    As plaintiffs attorneys increasingly seek to include QR codes as a method of notice in Fair Labor Standards Act collective actions, counsel should be prepared to address judicial concerns about their use, including their potential to be duplicative and circumvent court-approved language, say attorneys at Shook Hardy.

  • Opinion

    New USPTO Leadership Must Address Low-Quality Patents

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    With John Squires in line to become the new director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the agency has an opportunity to refocus its mission on prioritizing quality in patent examination and taking a harsher stance against low-quality patents and patent trolls, says Jill Crosby at Engine Advocacy & Foundation.

  • Opinion

    High Court Must Overrule Outdated Patent Eligibility Doctrine

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    A certiorari petition should directly ask the U.S. Supreme Court to correct its 1972 patent decision in Gottschalk v. Benson, the critical point where patent eligibility law veered from the statutory text toward judicial policymaking, says Robert Greenspoon at Dunlap Bennett.

  • Harmonized Int'l Framework May Boost Advanced Aircraft

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    International differences in the certification process for advanced air mobility aircraft make the current framework insufficient — but U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy's recent announcement of a standards harmonization effort may help promote these innovative aviation technologies, while maintaining safety, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Examining TCPA Jurisprudence A Year After Loper Bright

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    One year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Chevron deference in Loper Bright v. Raimondo, lower court decisions demonstrate that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act will continue to evolve as long-standing interpretations of the act are analyzed with a fresh lens, says Aaron Gallardo at Kilpatrick.

  • Gauging The Risky Business Of Business Risk Disclosures

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    With the recent rise of securities fraud actions based on external events — like a data breach or environmental disaster — that drive down stock prices, risk disclosures have become more of a sword for the plaintiffs bar than a shield for public companies, now the subject of a growing circuit split, say attorneys at A&O Shearman.

  • Series

    Playing The Violin Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Playing violin in a string quartet reminds me that flexibility, ambition, strong listening skills, thoughtful leadership and intentional collaboration are all keys to a successful legal practice, says Julie Park at MoFo.

  • DOJ Enforcement Trends To Watch In 2nd Half Of 2025

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    Recent investigations, settlements and a declination to prosecute suggest that controlling the flow of goods into and out of the country, and redressing what the administration sees as reverse discrimination, are likely to be at the forefront of the U.S. Department of Justice's enforcement agenda the rest of this year, say attorneys at Baker Botts.

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