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February 14, 2025
Texas 911 Agencies Back GPS Alternative At FCC
A coalition of emergency response agencies in Texas is urging the Federal Communications Commission to look beyond traditional GPS technology and explore ways to improve indoor location signaling for emergency calls, supporting a tech company's bid for an exclusive spectrum license to roll out next-generation navigation and positioning technology.
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February 14, 2025
Fat Joe Gets Revised Lawsuit Over Hit Song Credit Trimmed
Rapper Fat Joe managed to get the New York state law claims brought against him in a copyright suit over his 2016 hit single "All The Way Up" dismissed Friday but must continue facing the federal claims brought by fellow artist and purported song co-author Fly Havana.
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February 14, 2025
Illinois Vs. The Internet: IP Suits Over Online Sales Stir Debate
Brands have unleashed a torrent of lawsuits across the U.S. that group dozens of online sellers into a single complaint for allegedly peddling counterfeit products, with Chicago emerging as the preferred venue for the litigation and inspiring a local federal judge to declare it has become "Illinois vs. The Internet."
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February 14, 2025
7th Circ. Affirms Ill. City Win Against Tribal Casino
The Seventh Circuit on Friday ruled that an Illinois city didn't intentionally discriminate against a proposed tribal casino when the city chose three other competitors to operate casinos, saying that even if the city's review process was flawed, "the absence of perfection in a process does not prove intentional discrimination."
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February 14, 2025
Adams Case Careens Toward 'Messy' Hearing, Experts Say
The Manhattan federal judge overseeing the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams is unlikely to rubber stamp a request from the U.S. Department of Justice to toss the case and may instead hold a hearing on the matter, which could get "messy" and "embarrassing," experts say.
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February 14, 2025
Adams Case Fiasco 'Unparalleled' In Modern US History
The mass resignation of federal prosecutors refusing to obey a Trump administration directive to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams is "unprecedented," "crazy" and "very troubling," according to law professors and former prosecutors.
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February 14, 2025
Off The Bench: Trans EO, Cards Arbitration, NASCAR Revs Up
In this week's Off The Bench, litigation begins over President Donald Trump's executive order banning transgender individuals from competing in women's sports, a former Arizona Cardinals executive's defamation suit against the team is shuffled to arbitration, and NASCAR asks an appeals panel to reverse wins handed to two teams in their antitrust suit.
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February 14, 2025
DOJ Files Motion To Drop Adams Case After Prosecutors Exit
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion to dismiss the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, following a flood of resignations by government lawyers who defied a top DOJ official's orders to drop the charges for political reasons.
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February 14, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Spice Girls star Mel B's ex-husband bring a defamation claim against the publisher of The Sun, a hotel sue a former director convicted of embezzling its funds for breach of fiduciary duty, and comedian Russell Brand face a sexual abuse claim. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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February 14, 2025
Womble Bond Adds BakerHostetler Business Partner In Irvine
Womble Bond Dickinson has hired a former BakerHostetler partner, who joined the firm's business litigation practice group as a partner in Irvine, California.
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February 13, 2025
4 Takeaways From 1st Opinion On AI Training And Fair Use
A Delaware federal court's rejection of a company's fair use defense for using copyrighted material to train an artificial intelligence program is a key moment in the clash between copyright law and AI development, as both intellectual property owners and tech companies seek favorable judicial guidance.
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February 13, 2025
9th Circ. Panel Doubts SEC's 'Gag Rule' Violates Free Speech
A Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday appeared to doubt a First Amendment challenge to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's "gag rule" that settling parties cannot deny allegations against them, as each judge noted that the agreements are voluntary.
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February 13, 2025
DeepSeek's Rapid Rise Adds Fuel To AI Policy Push
Chinese startup DeepSeek has made waves globally with an artificial intelligence chatbot app that it claims to have made more efficiently than its competitors, but experts say its quick ascent is likely to accelerate efforts to broadly regulate data privacy and national security risks presented by the emerging technology.
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February 13, 2025
9th Circ. Won't Undo Meta's $725M Privacy Suit
The Ninth Circuit on Thursday affirmed Meta Platforms Inc.'s $725 million settlement resolving privacy claims over the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal, finding that the California district court conducted a full review of the deal's terms before approving it.
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February 13, 2025
Apple Pushes DC Circ. To Intervene In Google Remedies Case
Apple has urged the D.C. Circuit to undo a district court order barring the company from intervening in the U.S. Justice Department's remedies case against Google, arguing it moved with all speed to step in when it saw a government proposal "designed to force Apple to develop its own general search engine."
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February 13, 2025
Senate Dems Say FCC Looking To 'Punish' Broadcasters
A trio of Senate Democrats wrote to Republican leaders on the Federal Communications Commission questioning recent agency decisions they said "appear politically motivated and designed to punish, censor or intimidate" broadcasters.
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February 13, 2025
Artists, AI Image Cos. At Odds Over Scale Of Depositions
Artists in a proposed artificial intelligence copyright infringement class action against four companies that make or distribute software creating images with text prompts are at odds with the defendants over how many of their witnesses they should be allowed to depose, according to a filing in California federal court.
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February 13, 2025
NASCAR Asks 4th Circ. To Quash Injunctions In Antitrust Row
NASCAR urged the Fourth Circuit in an opening brief to reverse injunctions that forced the organization to offer charter contracts to two teams suing the organization for alleged antitrust violations, arguing that any of the lower court's "many errors warrants reversal" and could have broader implications.
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February 13, 2025
Sens. Hope To Clear Up Delays In Broadband Supply Chain
A bipartisan group of senators has renewed legislation to more quickly identify issues that could cause delays in the flow of equipment needed to build out U.S. broadband networks.
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February 13, 2025
Creative Services Co. Hits Ch. 11 With $54M In Debt
Splashlight, a New York City-based company that provides media production and creative services to brands such as Target and Nike, has filed for Chapter 11 protection, listing $39 million of assets and $53.5 million in liabilities.
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February 13, 2025
Punchbowl Inc. Drops Appeal In Punchbowl News TM Feud
Massachusetts-based greeting card and event planning business Punchbowl Inc. has dropped its Ninth Circuit appeal of a California federal judge's August decision tossing the trademark infringement claims it leveled against the publication Punchbowl News.
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February 13, 2025
Conde Nast, Politico Are Latest To Bring AI Copyright Fight
Conde Nast, Politico LLC and other publishers and news organizations on Thursday hit artificial intelligence company Cohere Inc. with a copyright infringement lawsuit in New York federal court, the latest salvo in the high-stakes battle over AI companies' use of published materials to train their models.
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February 13, 2025
'Life's Smaller' After Universal Ride Injury, LA Jury Hears
A woman testified in Los Angeles federal court Thursday that she suffers from debilitating back pain after falling from a "Harry Potter" ride at Universal Studios Hollywood, telling jurors she can no longer comfortably do household chores, travel or experience amusement park attractions with her grandson.
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February 13, 2025
Sandy Hook Families Seek To Enforce Alex Jones Judgment
Infowars founder Alex Jones should be forced to pay the judgment that Sandy Hook families won in their long-running defamation case, even though he lodged a "baseless" appeal with the Connecticut Supreme Court in an effort to create further delays, the plaintiffs said.
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February 13, 2025
Musk Says He'll Drop OpenAI Bid If It Scraps 'For Profit' Plans
Elon Musk has hit back at OpenAI's claim that his $97.375 billion takeover bid is improper, noting if the ChatGPT maker agrees to nix plans to become a for-profit business, his offer will be dropped.
Expert Analysis
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5 Tips To Succeed In A Master Of Laws Program And Beyond
As lawyers and recent law school graduates begin their Master of Laws coursework across the country, they should keep a few pointers in mind to get the most out of their programs and kick-start successful careers in their practice areas, says Kelley Miller at Reed Smith.
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Series
Being An Opera Singer Made Me A Better Lawyer
My journey from the stage to the courtroom has shown that the skills I honed as an opera singer – punctuality, memorization, creativity and more – have all played a vital role in my success as an attorney, says Gerard D'Emilio at GableGotwals.
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How Law Firms Can Avoid 'Collaboration Drag'
Law firm decision making can be stifled by “collaboration drag” — characterized by too many pointless meetings, too much peer feedback and too little dissent — but a few strategies can help stakeholders improve decision-making processes and build consensus, says Steve Groom at Miles Mediation.
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Election Outlook: A Precedent Primer On Content Moderation
With the 2024 election season now in full swing, online platforms will face difficult and politically sensitive decisions about content moderation, but U.S. Supreme Court decisions from last term offer much-needed certainty about their rights, say Jonathan Blavin and Helen White at Munger Tolles.
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What BIPA Reform Law Means For Biometrics Litigation
A recently signed Illinois law amending the Biometric Information Privacy Act limits defendants' liability exposure on a per-scan basis and clarifies that electronic signatures constitute a valid written release, establishing additional issues that courts will need to address in future BIPA litigation, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.
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Opinion
Litigation Funding Disclosure Key To Open, Impartial Process
Blanket investor and funding agreement disclosures should be required in all civil cases where the investor has a financial interest in the outcome in order to address issues ranging from potential conflicts of interest to national security concerns, says Bob Goodlatte, former U.S. House Representative for Virginia.
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Playing The Odds: Tackling Athlete Gambling Investigations
The rapid rise of sports gambling presents new and unique challenges, so it's important for attorneys to be able to navigate a dynamic web of complex, high-stakes relationships between athletes, the betting public, athletic organizations, sportsbooks and law enforcement — all while under intense public scrutiny, say attorneys at Steptoe.
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What NFL Draft Picks Have In Common With Lateral Law Hires
Nearly half of law firm lateral hires leave within a few years — a failure rate that is strikingly similar to the performance of NFL quarterbacks drafted in the first round — in part because evaluators focus too heavily on quantifiable metrics and not enough on a prospect's character traits, says Howard Rosenberg at Baretz+Brunelle.
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Open Questions 3 Years After 2nd Circ.'s Fugitive Ruling
The Second Circuit’s 2021 decision in U.S. v. Bescond, holding that a French resident indicted abroad did not meet the legal definition of a fugitive, deepened a circuit split on the fugitive disentitlement doctrine, and courts continue to grapple with the doctrine’s reach and applicability, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert.
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Replacing The Stigma Of Menopause With Law Firm Support
A large proportion of the workforce is forced to pull the brakes on their career aspirations because of the taboo surrounding menopause and a lack of consistent support, but law firms can initiate the cultural shift needed by formulating thoughtful workplace policies, says Barbara Hamilton-Bruce at Simmons & Simmons.
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Series
After Chevron: The Future Of AI And Copyright Law
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to overrule the Chevron doctrine, leaders in the artificial intelligence industry may seek to shift the balance of power to courts to exercise more independent statutory interpretation without constraints from the U.S. Copyright Office, says Greg Derin at Signature Resolution.
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Planning Law Firm Content Calendars: What, When, Where
During the slower month of August, law firms should begin working on their 2025 content calendars, planning out a content creation and distribution framework that aligns with the firm’s objectives and maintains audience engagement throughout the year, says Jessica Kaplan at Legally Penned.
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Series
Playing Golf Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Golf can positively affect your personal and professional life well beyond the final putt, and it’s helped enrich my legal practice by improving my ability to build lasting relationships, study and apply the rules, face adversity with grace, and maintain my mental and physical well-being, says Adam Kelly at Venable.
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Law Firms Should Move From Reactive To Proactive Marketing
Most law firm marketing and business development teams operate in silos, leading to an ad hoc, reactive approach, but shifting to a culture of proactive planning — beginning with comprehensive campaigns — can help firms effectively execute their broader business strategy, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
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Remedy May Be Google's Biggest Hurdle Yet In Antitrust Case
There are difficulties ahead in the remedies phase of the antitrust case against Google in District of Columbia federal court, including the search engine giant's scale advantage and the fast-moving nature of the tech industry, setting the stage for the most challenging of the proceedings so far, says Jonathan Rubin at MoginRubin.