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  NFL Found To Fumble Arbitration Over Bias, Must Go To Court

  By Emily Sawicki

  A class of National Football League coaches will have their day in court after a New York federal judge on Frida...(read more)

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  MoFo, Paul Hastings Build $4.5B Tri Pointe Homes Sale

  By Jade Martinez-Pogue

  Morrison Foerster LLP-advised Sumitomo Forestry Co. Ltd. announced plans Friday to acquire Tri Pointe Homes, adv...(read more)

• Stanford Prof Tells Jury Studies Confirm Social Media Addiction

  By Craig Clough

  A Stanford University professor of psychiatry and addiction returned to the witness stand Friday in a California bellwether trial over claims that social media companies harm young people's mental health, saying studies have concluded that addiction to platforms such as YouTube and Instagram is real and can hurt mental health.

• Novel Calif. Data Deletion Tool Off To Hot Start, Director Says

  By Allison Grande

  Despite a relatively quiet rollout, more than 170,000 California residents have signed up for a first-of-its-kind system that allows them to ask all registered data brokers to delete their personal information in a single request, positioning the tool as a strong model for other states similarly looking to boost consumer protections, the executive director of the state's privacy regulator told Law360.  

• MLB Pitcher Sent 'Coded' Texts For Rigged Pitches, Feds Say

  By Rae Ann Varona

  New details in a case accusing two Cleveland Guardians pitchers of rigging pitches in exchange for bribes reveal poultry-themed "coded" messages ahead of pitches by All-Star closer Emmanuel Clase, including with an associate who prosecutors claim later lied to FBI agents about his knowledge.

• 100% 'Buy America' Push May Stall EV Charging Supply Chain

  By Linda Chiem

  A Trump administration proposal that only electric-vehicle charging stations built with 100% American-made components be eligible for federal funds would create compliance land mines and costly logjams in project planning, potentially stalling future investments in the U.S. electric-vehicle supply chain, many experts say.

• Diving Into Syntax, Fed. Circ. Saves Netflix Patent Challenge

  By Theresa Schliep

  The Federal Circuit on Friday revived for the second time a Netflix Inc. challenge to a patent owned by DivX LLC, faulting the Patent and Trial Appeal Board for its interpretation of a key claim limitation that, lacking commas, had two "syntactically and semantically available" constructions.

• ICE's Surveillance Tech Raises 4th Amendment Concerns

  By Britain Eakin

  The Trump administration's use of surveillance technology in immigration enforcement is raising Fourth Amendment concerns among civil liberties experts, but challenging its use in court could be tricky, experts told Law360.

• Big Tech Loses Fintiv APA Challenge At Fed. Circ.

  By Dani Kass

  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office precedent allowing Patent Trial and Appeal Board petitions to be denied based on the timing of related litigation falls well within the director's discretionary authority, the Federal Circuit said Friday in rejecting an appeal from Apple, Cisco, Google and Intel.

• How Cooley Steered The Boston Celtics' Multistep $6.1B+ Sale

  By Al Barbarino

  More than two decades after an investment group led by the Grousbeck family acquired the Boston Celtics for $360 million, the family focused on stewardship as much as economics as they sought a buyer worthy of the storied franchise. In an interview with Law360, David Silverman, a Cooley LLP mergers and acquisitions partner who was part of the team representing the family, described how those goals were achieved through a multistep transaction that commanded a valuation of up to $7.3 billion.

• Feds Ordered To Return Mass. Student Deported To Honduras

  By Chris Villani

  A Massachusetts college student who was deported to Honduras in violation of a court order must be returned to the United States within two weeks, a federal judge ruled Friday, directing the government to "make amends."

• How Attorneys Are Handling A Patent Review 'Sea Change'

  By Ryan Davis

  Major changes to the America Invents Act patent review system over the past year have put limits on challenges, requiring patent challengers and owners to rethink their strategies. Here's how attorneys on both sides are calibrating their arguments to have the best chance of success in the new landscape.

• Texas Justices Says Tornadoes Are Windstorms Under Policy

  By Hope Patti

  The Texas Supreme Court on Friday held that the ordinary meaning of the term "windstorm" in a homeowners policy unambiguously encompasses a tornado, confirming that a higher windstorm deductible applied to a Dallas couple's claim for property damage following a tornado.

• J&J Hit With $250K Verdict In 2nd Philly Talc Trial

  By P.J. D'Annunzio

  A Philadelphia jury hit Johnson & Johnson with a $250,000 verdict on Friday, finding the company liable in the case of a woman whose family claimed that using the company's once-famous talcum powder contributed to her fatal ovarian cancer.