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March 14, 2025
Brooklyn Man Gets 45 Months For 'Seinfeld'-Themed Fraud
A Brooklyn federal judge sentenced a podcaster and purported cryptocurrency guru to 45 months in prison after he pled guilty to scamming investors out of more than $2 million using fictitious businesses, including one apparently named after "Seinfeld" character George Costanza's fake prospective employer Vandelay Industries.
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March 13, 2025
Brave Software Claims 'Bullying' By News Corp. In IP Row
Internet browser company Brave Software on Wednesday hauled News Corp. into California federal court, accusing the media company of trying to "bully" it out of the search engine market by crying copyright infringement and threatening legal action over Brave's use of its website content.
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March 13, 2025
Calif. Kids' Privacy Law Again Fails Constitutional Challenge
A California federal judge on Thursday again blocked the state from enforcing a landmark law requiring tech giants to bolster privacy protections for children, finding that a second review of the dispute didn't change the conclusion that tech trade group NetChoice was likely to succeed with its First Amendment challenge.
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March 13, 2025
Springer Nature Planning 'Bait-And-Switch,' Court Hears
Independent scientific journal publisher Pleiades Publishing is urging a New York federal court to bar Springer Nature from trying to use a "bait-and-switch" tactic with customers allegedly aimed at undermining Pleiades' reputation while the two companies arbitrate a dispute over a soured distribution deal.
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March 13, 2025
Public Broadcasting Sues FEMA Over Emergency Alert Funds
The nonprofit responsible for providing funding to more than 1,500 U.S. public radio and television stations filed suit Thursday in D.C. federal court, accusing the Federal Emergency Management Agency of placing an unlawful hold on $40 million in grant funds meant to bolster the national's emergency alert system.
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March 13, 2025
Soulja Boy Beat And Raped Assistant, Jury Told As Trial Starts
The artist known as Soulja Boy physically and sexually abused a live-in personal assistant for nearly two years, jurors in California state court heard on the first day of a civil assault and employment trial against the "Crank That" rapper on Thursday.
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March 13, 2025
Karol G Producer Admitted To Stealing Beat, Suit Claims
Two music producers on Wednesday accused star Colombian singer Karol G and Universal Music Group of lifting the beat from their track "Punto G" for her hit song "Gatúbela," claiming that one of the song's producers even admitted to the theft.
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March 13, 2025
Golden Globe Nominee Settles Conn. Feud With Talent Agent
Golden Globe nominee Cynthia Gibb and her Connecticut acting school have settled a lawsuit against a talent agent, the agent's acting instructor husband and a school they founded by allegedly interfering with a lease and swiping photos and student lists from Gibb's own academy.
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March 13, 2025
Seminole Say Minn. Order Backs Bid To Nix Gaming Ad Suit
The Seminole Tribe of Florida says a recent federal court order that dismissed a Minnesota casino and horse racetrack operator's claims that tribal entities' Class III gaming operations are illegal supports its bid to nix a proposed class action over allegedly misleading advertisements by its Hard Rock Digital gaming vendor.
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March 13, 2025
Ex-FCC Chief Ajit Pai Named Wireless Group's CEO
President Donald Trump's first Federal Communications Commission chief Ajit Pai, who led the charge to repeal net neutrality during his first term, has been tapped as the new head of wireless trade group CTIA.
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March 13, 2025
Tampa Bay Rays Halt Plans For New $1.3B MLB Stadium
Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays announced Thursday that it will stop developing a $1.3 billion stadium that's connected to a larger $6.5 billion redevelopment plan for the Historic Gas Plant District in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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March 13, 2025
Ga. Judge Slams 'Meaningless' Reading Of Open Records Act
A Georgia appellate judge took his colleagues to task Thursday for not backing a local newspaper publisher's effort to force a city to hand over its police records, writing that a majority opinion that declined to fully resolve the dispute "substitute[s] our policy preferences for the policy choices of the legislature."
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March 13, 2025
FCC Creates New Nat'l Security Arm Focused On China
The Federal Communications Commission will operate a new organization within the agency focused solely on national security, particularly cybersecurity threats emerging from the Chinese government.
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March 13, 2025
Karen Read Loses Double Jeopardy Bid In Federal Court
Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman who stands accused of killing her boyfriend with her SUV, will not be able to avoid a retrial in state court after a federal judge on Thursday denied her bid to escape two charges that jurors supposedly rejected during deliberations.
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March 13, 2025
Smartmatic Wants MyPillow CEO Held In Contempt
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell hasn't paid the sanctions he owes to Smartmatic for filing "frivolous claims" against the voting systems company, Smartmatic told a D.C. federal judge in an effort to hold him in civil contempt.
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March 13, 2025
Russell Simmons Accuser Refiles Suit After Jurisdiction Issue
A Jane Doe plaintiff whose New York federal court suit alleging Def Jam Recordings co-founder Russell Simmons raped her in his apartment in the 1990s was dismissed on jurisdictional grounds on Thursday refiled the claims in state court.
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March 13, 2025
Who Is FCC Nominee Olivia Trusty? Here's What We Know
Republicans on the five-seat Federal Communications Commission need a critical third vote to push through many of the changes they envision for the nation's telecom policies, and the White House has chosen longtime Capitol Hill aide Olivia Trusty for the role.
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March 13, 2025
Sony Sues USC Over Music Used In Social Media Ads
Sony Music has accused the University of Southern California of infringing more than 170 of its songs to advertise the university's sports program on social media, according to a copyright suit filed in New York federal court.
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March 13, 2025
Sandy Hook Families Oppose Revived Infowars Sale Bid
Families of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have urged a Texas bankruptcy judge to block an Alex Jones-affiliated company's revived bid to buy his Infowars platform, saying it will cause delays in the more than three-year-old related bankruptcy cases.
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March 13, 2025
StubHub, Figma Pursue IPOs, And More Deal Rumors
StubHub and Figma are pursuing IPOs, Granicus' owners are exploring a $4 billion sale, and deals tied to Reese Witherspoon and Eminem could be in the pipeline. Here, Law360 breaks down these and other notable deal rumors from the past week.
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March 13, 2025
Swimsuit Pics App Maker Can't Revive Suit Against Facebook
California appellate justices on Wednesday refused to revive an app developer's contract breach suit alleging Facebook rescinded its commitment to provide third-party developers with access to user data, rendering his app for finding users' swimsuit photos unworkable, after concluding Facebook's terms expressly said it could limit developers' access to data.
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March 13, 2025
Meta Blocks Ex-Exec From Promoting Tell-All Memoir
An international arbitrator issued an emergency ruling Wednesday blocking former Meta executive Sarah Wynn-Williams from promoting her recently released tell-all memoir "Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed and Lost Idealism," finding that Meta has shown it'll likely win its nondisparagement claim against the author.
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March 13, 2025
Alex Jones' Sandy Hook Atty Suspended Over Info Release
Former Alex Jones attorney Norm Pattis will be suspended from practicing law for two weeks, a Connecticut judge has ruled, capping a three-year ethics saga that started when Pattis asked an associate to send Sandy Hook families' medical records to the Infowars host's Texas bankruptcy lawyer.
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March 12, 2025
Fox News Cleared Of Sex Assault Claims, But Anchor Isn't
A New York federal judge on Wednesday agreed to free Fox News from a suit alleging that former host Ed Henry sexually harassed and raped a former producer but held that Henry must face the bulk of her claims before a jury trial set for May.
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March 12, 2025
Phish Fans' Mellow Vibe Undercuts Injury Claims, Judge Hints
A Washington state appeals court expressed skepticism Wednesday that Phish and Live Nation could have seen foreseen assaults that injured two concertgoers at an outdoor show, with one judge suggesting the jam band's vibes are more in tune with the mellow atmosphere of a Grateful Dead show than a raucous rock concert.
Expert Analysis
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Justices' TikTok Ruling May Pose Threat To Online Expression
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent landmark ruling upholding a federal law mandating TikTok's forced divestiture in the name of data security may embolden digital censorship agendas worldwide, says IP lawyer Bahram Jafari.
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What SDNY Judge Can And Can't Do In Adams Case
The federal judge in the Southern District of New York overseeing the criminal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams deferred making a decision on the government's motion to dismiss the indictment, and while he does have limited authority to deny the motion, that would ultimately be a futile gesture, says Ethan Greenberg at Anderson Kill.
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What Reuters Ruling Means For AI Fair Use And Copyright
A Delaware federal court's recent decision in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence is not likely to have lasting effect in view of the avalanche of artificial intelligence decisions to come, but the court made two points that will resonate with copyright owners who are disputing technology companies' unlicensed use of copyright-protected materials to train generative AI models, says David Ben-Meir at Ben-Meir Law Group.
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Opinion
NFT Bill Needs Refining To Effectively Regulate Digital Assets
A recent bill in the U.S. House proposing to regulate nonfungible tokens as digital assets would leave key concepts undefined until the U.S. comptroller general completes an after-the-fact study of NFTs, showing it needs more work before it is comprehensive enough to meaningfully protect the market, say attorneys at Duane Morris.
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McMahon SEC Settlement Warns Of Nondisclosure's Price
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent financial nondisclosure settlement with former WWE CEO Vince McMahon illustrates the breadth of executives' reimbursement obligations under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and highlights the importance of building robust internal corporate reporting processes, say attorneys at BCLP.
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Series
Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The skills I use when racing Corvettes have enhanced my legal practice in several ways, because driving, like practicing law, requires precision, awareness and a good set of brakes — complete with the wisdom to know how and when to use them, says Kat Mateo at Olshan Frome.
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Questions Remain After Justices' Narrow E-Rate FCA Ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Wisconsin Bell, holding that requests for reimbursement from the Federal Communications Commission's E-Rate program are subject to False Claims Act liability, resolves one important question but leaves several others open, says Jason Neal at HWG.
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Opinion
Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence
Given the Trump administration's recent moves threatening the independence of the judiciary, including efforts to impeach judges who ruled against executive actions, lawyers must protect the rule of law and resist attempts to dilute the judicial branch’s authority, says attorney Bhavleen Sabharwal.
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Colo. Anti-SLAPP Cases Highlight Dismiss Standard Disparity
A pair of recent decisions from the Colorado Court of Appeals highlights two disparate standards for courts evaluating anti-SLAPP motions: one that requires a court to accept the plaintiff's evidence as true and another that allows the court to assess its merits, says Jacob Hollars at Spencer Fane.
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Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
“No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.
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How Design Thinking Can Help Lawyers Find Purpose In Work
Lawyers everywhere are feeling overwhelmed amid mass government layoffs, increasing political instability and a justice system stretched to its limits — but a design-thinking framework can help attorneys navigate this uncertainty and find meaning in their work, say law professors at the University of Michigan.
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Compliance Pointers For DOJ's Sweeping Data Security Rule
A new Justice Department rule broadly restricts many common data transactions with the goal of preventing access by countries of concern, and with an effective date of April 8, U.S. companies must quickly assess practices related to employee, customer and vendor data, says Sam Castic at Hintze Law.
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What To Expect From The New FCC Chair
As a vocal critic of the Federal Communications Commission's recent priorities, newly appointed chair Brendan Carr has described a vision for the agency that would bring significant changes to telecommunication regulation and Telephone Consumer Protection Act enforcement in the U.S., say attorneys at BCLP.
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Competitive Weightlifting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The parallels between the core principles required for competitive weightlifting and practicing law have helped me to excel in both endeavors, with each holding important lessons about discipline, dedication, drive and failure, says Damien Bielli at VF Law.
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Opinion
Inconsistent Injury-In-Fact Rules Hinder Federal Practice
A recent Third Circuit decision, contradicting a previous ruling about whether consumers of contaminated products have suffered an injury in fact, illustrates the deep confusion this U.S. Supreme Court standard creates among federal judges and practitioners, who deserve a simpler method of determining which cases have federal standing, says Eric Dwoskin at Dwoskin Wasdin.