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  • June 22, 2026

    Valve Gamers Queue Up Bid To Beat Antitrust Arbitration Fight

    Hundreds of PC gamers have called on a Washington federal judge to extinguish Valve's lawsuit seeking to bar them from arbitrating antitrust claims, saying the judge has already rejected the video game developer's central argument that arbitrations cannot proceed under the updated user agreement for its Steam digital storefront.

  • June 22, 2026

    Moving Earth Stations Need More Access To 28 GHz, FCC Told

    The Federal Communications Commission needs to expand the frequencies set aside for vehicle-mounted earth stations used by satellites and one way to do that is by dedicating spectrum on the 28 gigahertz band for that despite mobile carriers' resistance to the idea, a satellite industry group said.

  • June 22, 2026

    States Defend Live Nation Jury Verdict In Antitrust Case

    State enforcers have urged a New York federal court to reject Live Nation's bid to upend a jury verdict finding the company monopolized key parts of the live entertainment industry, telling the court the jury carefully considered ample evidence and should not be second-guessed.

  • June 22, 2026

    Carriers Praise Senate Passage Of Broadband Map Bill

    High-speed carriers lauded the U.S. Senate on Monday for approving bipartisan legislation pushing the government to improve maps of broadband service so that federal funding can be more precisely targeted.

  • June 22, 2026

    Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

    The Delaware Chancery Court this past week handled disputes involving executive compensation, take-private transactions, books and records demands, tender offers and alleged insider misconduct.

  • June 22, 2026

    No Need For Promises That $1.8B Fund Is Dead, DOJ Says

    The U.S. Department of Justice refused to file a declaration stating it won't create a $1.8 billion settlement fund as part of the deal to close President Donald Trump's tax leak suit against the Internal Revenue Service, telling a Virginia federal judge it is "unnecessary."

  • June 22, 2026

    High Court Won't Hear Dolby's PTAB Interested Party Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal in which Dolby sought to require Unified Patents to name the interested parties in an unsuccessful patent challenge, leaving intact a Federal Circuit decision that Dolby cannot appeal a validity decision in its favor.

  • June 22, 2026

    Justices Decline To Hear 'More Than An Athlete' TM Fight

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a Federal Circuit ruling that allowed a company affiliated with LeBron James to cancel a Maryland youth nonprofit's "I Am More Than An Athlete" trademark registration based on common law rights acquired during the dispute.

  • June 18, 2026

    Split 6th Circ. Revives Ohio's Social Media Age Limit Law

    A divided Sixth Circuit panel Thursday wiped out a lower court's order blocking an Ohio law barring social media companies from allowing children under 16 to create accounts without parental consent, ruling that the measure does not run afoul of the Constitution.

  • June 18, 2026

    Comedian Carlos Mencia Charged In Calif. Tax Evasion Case

    Comedian Carlos Mencia is facing felony tax evasion charges after California prosecutors say he failed to report $8.7 million in personal and corporate income, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced Thursday.

  • June 18, 2026

    Express Scripts Can't Ditch Meta Wiretap Suit Yet

    A California federal judge refused to dismiss a proposed class action alleging Express Scripts lets Meta secretly read consumers' communications, saying a consumer sufficiently claimed the online pharmacy allowed Meta's unauthorized collection of personal health information.

  • June 18, 2026

    Meta Can't Undo $35M Political Ad Penalty, Wash. Justices Say

    Most of the Washington State Supreme Court justices rejected Meta's First Amendment challenge to a state political advertising disclosure law in a divided opinion, while also spurning the social media giant's argument that a $35 million penalty against it violates the Constitution's prohibition on excessive fines.

  • June 18, 2026

    Microsoft Joins Fight To Preserve EU-US Data Transfer Pact

    Microsoft Corp. has secured permission to support the European Commission in its effort to shield a vital agreement that enables personal data to flow freely from the European Union to the U.S. from a French lawmaker's attempt to convince the bloc's highest court to strike down the transfer mechanism.

  • June 18, 2026

    Musk Fights Uphill To Toss Fraud Verdict Of Twitter Buyout

    A California federal judge considering Elon Musk's bid to toss a jury's verdict that he defrauded Twitter investors during his $44 billion buyout said it's "readily apparent to the court that Mr. Musk is liable" for making two false statements that were material to the trading public.

  • June 18, 2026

    Louisiana Asks 5th Circ. To Lift Block Of Social Media Law

    Louisiana is asking a federal appellate court to lift its block on a state law that requires social media platforms to verify users' ages and bans them from allowing minors to create or maintain accounts without parental permission.

  • June 18, 2026

    Tort Suit Marketing Co. Says It Must Keep Firm's $9M Payment

    A marketing company that specializes in advertising mass tort litigation lodged a suit against a lender in Texas state court, claiming the lender wrongfully demanded $6 million that came from a judgment finding that a law firm failed to make payments for a $42 million contract.

  • June 18, 2026

    Pornhub Makes Deal With Child Sex Crime Victim Class In Calif.

    The entities behind Pornhub have reached a settlement with a certified class of child sex trafficking and sexual abuse material survivors who allege the website profited from the crimes committed against them, an attorney for the class told a California federal judge Thursday.

  • June 18, 2026

    Free Speech Fight Over Fla. Social Media Law Goes To Trial

    A Florida federal judge refused to hand a decisive win just yet to either the state or technology groups challenging a law punishing social media websites for blocking political candidates, sending the dispute — which has already made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court — to a September bench trial instead.

  • June 18, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Again Revives Valve Bid To Ax Patent In $4M Verdict

    The Federal Circuit on Thursday gave Valve Corp. yet another chance to try to invalidate rival SCUF's video game controller patent underlying a $4 million verdict, ruling that, after the appeals court revived the effort, the trial judge wrongly said Valve's arguments are barred by a prior challenge.

  • June 18, 2026

    Mayweather Accused Of Flouting Deal To Box Tyson, Pacquiao

    Floyd Mayweather violated his agreement to fight Mike Tyson before facing off against Manny Pacquiao after formally coming out of retirement for these once-in-a-lifetime events that cannot be replicated or replaced, a global multimedia broadcasting company alleged.

  • June 18, 2026

    Anthropic Faces New Copyright Suit From Authors

    A group of authors sued Anthropic, the company behind the artificial intelligence large language model Claude, accusing the firm of ingesting the authors' works illegally via online shadow libraries to use as material to train Anthropic's models.

  • June 18, 2026

    5 Questions For NTIA Chief Arielle Roth

    Heading into her second year running the federal agency that manages spectrum and a $42 billion push to expand broadband deployment, Arielle Roth has her hands full.

  • June 18, 2026

    DirecTV, AGs Tell 9th Circ. Not To Curb Nexstar-Tegna Block

    DirecTV and a coalition of state attorneys general urged the Ninth Circuit not to narrow a district court preliminary injunction blocking Nexstar's purchase of Tegna, arguing the only way to preserve competition while the case proceeds is a full block, not one restricted to 31 overlapping broadcast markets.

  • June 18, 2026

    Ex-CEO Cites Mexico Ruling For Ch. 11 Dismissal In Delaware

    The former CEO of marine park company Dolphin Co. has asked the Delaware Bankruptcy Court to either dismiss the Chapter 11 case of Leisure Investments Holdings LLC or halt parts of the proceedings, arguing that a Mexican appellate court has reinstated an earlier insolvency case and restored his authority over the company's parent entity.

  • June 18, 2026

    Senate Panel Advances Revised College Sports Reform Bill

    The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee approved a bill to codify federal protections for college sports and for athletes' earning abilities, sending it to the full Senate for a possible vote.

Expert Analysis

  • The Video Privacy Protection Act's Future In 2026

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent denial of certiorari petitions in two Video Privacy Protection Act cases, Salazar v. National Basketball Association and Solomon v. Flipps Media, deepens a circuit split on how to apply the decades-old statute to modern technology, but the underlying interest in privacy protection hasn't changed, say attorneys at Janove.

  • Reviewing 2025's Artificial Intelligence Disputes Over IP

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    2025 brought the first major fair use rulings involving generative artificial intelligence, and in 2026 courts will weigh in on more discovery disputes, renewed motions to dismiss, class certification challenges and fair use defenses that could shape the course of future AI litigation, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • Preparing For Congressional Investigations In A Midterm Year

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    2026 will be a consequential year for congressional oversight as the upcoming midterm elections may yield bolder investigations and more aggressive state attorneys general coalitions, so companies should consider adopting risk management measures to get ahead of potential changes, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • 3 Securities Litigation Trends To Watch In 2026

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    Pending federal appellate cases suggest that 2026 will be a significant year for securities litigation, with long-standing debates about class certification, new questions about the risks and value of artificial intelligence features, and private plaintiffs' growing role in cryptocurrency enforcement likely to be major themes, say attorneys at Willkie.

  • Top 5 Antitrust Issues For In-House Counsel To Watch In 2026

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    With Trump administration enforcement policy having largely taken shape last year, antitrust issues that in-house counsel should have on the radar range from scrutiny of technology-assisted pricing to the return of merger remedies, say attorneys at Squire Patton.

  • 4 Developments That Defined The 2025 Ethics Landscape

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    The legal profession spent 2025 at the edge of its ethical comfort zone as courts, firms and regulators confronted how fast-moving technologies and new business models collide with long-standing professional duties, signaling that the profession is entering a period of sustained disruption that will continue into 2026, says Hilary Gerzhoy at HWG Law.

  • Navigating AI In The Legal Industry

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    As artificial intelligence becomes an increasingly integral part of legal practice, Law360 guest commentary this year examined evolving ethical obligations, how the plaintiffs bar is using AI to level the playing field against corporate defense teams, and the attendant risks of adoption.

  • The Major Securities Litigation Rulings And Trends Of 2025

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    The past 12 months saw increased regulator focus on disclosures concerning artificial intelligence, signs of growing judicial scrutiny at the class certification stage, and shifting regulatory priorities at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — all major developments that may significantly affect securities litigation strategy in 2026 and beyond, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • A 6th Circ. Snapshot: 3 Cases That Defined 2025

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    With more than a thousand opinions issued this year, three rulings from the Sixth Circuit stood out for the impact they'll have on the practice of civil procedure, including a net neutrality decision, a class certification standards ruling and an opinion about vulgarity in school, say attorneys at Ice Miller.

  • How Fractional GCs Can Manage Risks Of Engagement

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    As more organizations eliminate their in-house legal departments in favor of outsourcing legal work, fractional general counsel roles offer practitioners an engaging and flexible way to practice at a high level, but they can also present legal, ethical and operational risks that must be proactively managed, say attorneys at Boies Schiller.

  • Reviewing 2025's Most Pertinent Wiretap Developments

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    2025 was a remarkable year in the world of web tracking wiretapping litigation, not only for the increased caseload but also because of numerous developing theories of liability, with disputes expected to continue unabated in 2026, say attorneys at Squire Patton.

  • 7 Strategies To Optimize Impact Of Direct Examination

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    Direct examination is a make-or-break opportunity to build a witness’s credibility, so attorneys should adopt a few tactics — from asking so-called trust-fall questions to preemptively addressing weaknesses — to drive impact and retention with the fact-finder, says Allison Rocker at Baker McKenzie.

  • Del. Dispatch: Key 2025 Corporate Cases And Trends To Know

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    The Delaware corporate legal landscape saw notable changes in 2025, spurred by amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law, ubiquitous artificial intelligence fervor, boardroom discussion around DExit, record shareholder activism activity and an arguably more expansive view of potential Caremark liability, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

  • Series

    Nature Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Nature photography reminds me to focus on what is in front of me and to slow down to achieve success, and, in embracing the value of viewing situations through different lenses, offers skills transferable to the practice of law, says Brian Willett at Saul Ewing.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Practical Problem Solving

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    Issue-spotting skills are well honed in law school, but practicing attorneys must also identify clients’ problems and true goals, and then be able to provide solutions, says Mary Kate Hogan at Quarles & Brady.

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