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  Meta Settles With Mental Harm Plaintiff On Eve Of LA Trial

  By Craig Clough

  Meta Platforms Inc. has reached a settlement during jury selection in the second Los Angeles bellwether trial ov...(read more)

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  Binance Suspends Withdrawals After $6.3B Crypto Heist

  By Tom Fish

  Cryptocurrency giant Binance said Friday that $6.3 billion in digital assets had been stolen in a suspected hack...(read more)

• Fed. Judge A No-Show Amid Inquiry Into Her Mental Health

  By Craig Clough

  U.S. District Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of Texas failed to appear Friday before a judicial investigative committee examining allegations that she abandoned her post and concerns that a mental condition may be interfering with her ability to perform her duties.

• 'I Can't Get An Answer': Fair Use Fight Irks Anthropic Judge

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A California federal judge overseeing music publishers' high-stakes copyright fight with Anthropic over song lyrics expressed frustration during a hearing Friday, calling Anthropic's fair use arguments "slippery" and citing an "overarching concern" that she can't get clear answers about the categories of AI outputs at issue.

• The SEC Is Reading Your Corporate AI Disclosures

  By Jessica Corso

  The top cop at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission says agency attorneys are on the lookout for at least two types of artificial intelligence-related fraud: those that use AI to dupe social media users and those committed by companies that fail to properly disclose their use of the new technology.

• 9th Circ. Backs Meta In Publisher's Appeal Over Account Ban

  By Hailey Konnath

  The Ninth Circuit Friday affirmed a lower court's dismissal of a Canadian news site's claim that Meta breached their agreement when it canceled the site's Facebook account, finding that Meta was acting in its capacity as a publisher and is therefore shielded by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

• Mich. AG Challenges Google Data Center Power Deal Approval

  By Tom Lotshaw

  Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel asked a state utility regulator Friday to reconsider its recent approval of DTE Electric Co.'s application to service a 1-gigawatt Google data center near Detroit, asserting that it should impose stronger ratepayer protections or vote the deal down.

• 2nd Circ. Rejects Reed Smith's Bid To Halt File Turnover

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  The Second Circuit denied Reed Smith LLP's emergency stay request to pause lower court decisions requiring it to turn over client files related to shipping company Eletson on Friday, saying in a succinct order the same day that the bid didn't meet requirements outlined by the U.S. Supreme Court.

• Kalshi Taps Clement For High Court Sports Contracts Fight

  By Elaine Briseño

  Kalshi has hired appellate heavyweight Paul D. Clement of Clement & Murphy PLLC to represent the company in its potential U.S. Supreme Court battle over whether the prediction markets platform's sports wagering is subject to state or federal oversight.

• 9th Circ. Revives NFL Sunday Ticket Antitrust Verdict

  By Matthew Perlman

  The Ninth Circuit ruled Friday that a lower court was wrong to scrap a $4.7 billion jury verdict against the National Football League in a class action over the price of its Sunday Ticket broadcast package, but ordered a new trial on the damages.

• Fed. Circ. Backs Sonos In Google Encryption Patent Fight

  By Adam Lidgett

  The Federal Circuit on Friday said it won't reinstate Google's allegations that Sonos infringed a wireless technology patent, agreeing with how a California federal judge interpreted key language in the patent when looking at two of the search engine giant's infringement theories.

• Up Next At High Court: Religious Liberty & Unpled Defenses

  By Katie Buehler

  The U.S. Supreme Court will begin its November sitting by hearing oral arguments in a case challenging the constitutionality of Colorado's universal preschool program and a dispute asking the justices to settle a circuit split over whether defendants in civil lawsuits can seek summary judgment based on unpled affirmative defenses.

• 4th Circ. Probes Class Cert. In Utility Group 401(k) Fee Suit

  By Kellie Mejdrich

  The Fourth Circuit on Friday wrestled with an electric utility trade group's bid to undo class certification of a suit alleging excessive fees were charged to a 401(k) plan comprising workers from hundreds of employers, weighing the impact of recent precedent that revoked certification in another retirement plan suit.

• $9.1M Fee Award Against ChromaDex Erased By Fed. Circ.

  By Elliot Weld

  The Federal Circuit Friday overturned a $9.1 million attorney fee award issued to Elysium Health Inc. stemming from a patent infringement case brought by ChromaDex and Dartmouth College, ruling that a district judge had not gone far enough in his patent eligibility analysis.