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March 20, 2025
Senate Panel To Weigh NTIA Nom Next Week
A U.S. Senate panel next week will consider President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Commerce branch that oversees federal spectrum policy.
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March 20, 2025
Samsung's Phone Screen Patent Case Dies At ITC
Samsung has failed to convince the U.S. International Trade Commission to second-guess an administrative law judge who decided last year that the smartphone giant could not bring a patent case at the agency against a major Chinese rival that makes replacement screens for smartphones.
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March 20, 2025
South Korea Can't Nix $32M Award To US Hedge Fund
South Korea on Thursday lost its bid to set aside an arbitral award ordering it to pay some $32 million to a U.S. hedge fund following a dispute over a government bribery scandal that allegedly underpinned the $8 billion merger of two Samsung affiliates in 2015.
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March 20, 2025
2nd Circ. Appears Open To Restarting IBM Pension Fight
The Second Circuit on Thursday seemed to lean toward reviving a proposed class action alleging IBM shorted retirees on pension payments through the use of outdated mortality data, with two judges asking questions about possible summary judgment proceedings in the case.
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March 20, 2025
FCC Eases Regs To Hasten Switch From Copper Lines
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday waived several longstanding rules in an effort to clear what FCC Chair Brendan Carr characterized as "red tape" delaying telecoms from putting legacy copper lines out to pasture.
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March 20, 2025
Investor Sues For Real Estate AI Co. Shares Under $100M Deal
A Luxembourg-based investment firm sued artificial intelligence homebuying platform ReAlpha in New York federal court, seeking to enforce a $100 million share purchase agreement a week after a federal judge rejected the platform's attempt to escape the deal.
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March 20, 2025
Ex-Cognizant CLO Seeks Trial Delay After Hiring New Counsel
After hiring new trial counsel Wednesday, a former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executive facing bribery charges asked a New Jersey federal judge on Thursday for an adjournment of the April 7 trial date so his new attorney can review the evidence and the history of the case, which has been pending for more than six years.
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March 20, 2025
Oracle Eyes Stake In TikTok's US Entity, And More Rumors
Oracle is considering acquiring a stake in TikTok's U.S. operations that would allow the social media giant to continue doing business here under certain security assurances. Meanwhile, Brookfield Asset Management has emerged as the top contender to acquire Colonial Pipeline, and German drugmaker Stada is delaying its IPO until at least September because of market volatility. Here, Law360 breaks down the notable deal rumors from the past week.
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March 20, 2025
Sprinklr Execs Sued Over Revenue Projections, Biz Transition
Executives and directors of customer experience software company Sprinklr Inc. have been hit with a shareholder derivative suit alleging that they concealed issues the company was facing with scaling new service technology products.
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March 20, 2025
SoftBank Paying $6.5B For Ampere In AI Infrastructure Push
SoftBank Group Corp. said Thursday it has agreed to acquire Ampere Computing, an independent silicon design company, in an all-cash transaction valued at $6.5 billion, representing a significant expansion of SoftBank's investments in AI infrastructure and computing technologies.
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March 20, 2025
AI Startup CoreWeave Launches Plans For $2.5B IPO
Artificial intelligence-focused startup CoreWeave Inc. on Thursday set plans for an estimated $2.5 billion initial public offering, represented by Fenwick & West LLP and underwriters' counsel Latham & Watkins LLP, likely launching the largest IPO of 2025.
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March 20, 2025
4 Firms Help Seal $11B QXO, Beacon Deal After Buyout Battle
QXO Inc. said Thursday it has agreed to acquire Beacon Roofing Supply Inc. for $11 billion following an at-times contentious takeover attempt that included Beacon's rejection of a prior QXO buyout proposal, in a deal guided by four law firms.
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March 19, 2025
Software Co. Smart ERP Failed To Prevent Breach, Suit Says
California software company Smart ERP Solutions Inc. failed to protect social security numbers and other sensitive personal information during a summer 2024 data breach, leaving more than 78,700 customers at risk of fraud and identity theft, one man has alleged in a putative class action in California federal court.
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March 19, 2025
Ticketmaster Baits With 'Deceptively' Low Prices, Suit Says
Ticketmaster has allegedly been luring consumers into buying event tickets by advertising "deceptively" low prices before surprising them with high hidden fees at checkout after pressuring them with pop-up warnings and a countdown clock, according to a putative class action filed Tuesday in California federal court.
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March 19, 2025
DC Circ.'s Copyright Denial Of AI Art Is A Sign Of Future Fights
A computer scientist's quest to register artwork made by his artificial intelligence system hit another roadblock this week when the D.C. Circuit concluded that only human authors qualify for copyright protection, but his case foreshadows complex questions that courts and perhaps Congress will have to grapple with as the technology evolves.
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March 19, 2025
Netlist, Samsung Contract Fight Gets New Judge Mid-Retrial
The third trial in a dispute over whether Samsung Electronics Co. breached a patent licensing agreement with chipmaker Netlist Inc. was reassigned to a new California federal judge Wednesday on its second day, after the long-running case's previous overseer recused due to concerns about his impartiality being questioned.
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March 19, 2025
Ex-Managers, New Boss Want Out Of Tech Co.'s Defection Suit
Three former managers of a Georgia-based payroll software company, along with their new employer, asked a federal judge Wednesday to dispatch with allegations that they engineered a "mass defection" of employees, with the former workers saying they haven't conducted enough business in the Peach State for its courts to touch them.
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March 19, 2025
Russian Gotbit Crypto Operator Gets Plea Deal, Forfeits $23M
A Russian national accused of manipulating crypto markets through a market-making service he founded called Gotbit has struck a plea deal with Massachusetts federal prosecutors in which he copped to charges of conspiracy to commit market manipulation and wire fraud and agreed to forfeit about $23 million in cryptocurrency.
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March 19, 2025
Fired FTC Dem Warns Of Billionaire Influence On Trump
A Democrat who was terminated by President Donald Trump from the Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday that the public should be concerned about "which billionaire has the president's ear" when the next "mega-merger" is proposed, in remarks to a Colorado legislative committee the day after his firing.
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March 19, 2025
DOJ Says Anthropic View Of Google Search Fix Is Now Moot
The U.S. Department of Justice is urging a D.C. federal judge to dismiss Anthropic's bid to submit witness declarations in the remedies phase of the government's search antitrust case against Google, arguing that it already dropped the proposed remedy that drew Anthropic's input in the first place.
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March 19, 2025
AI Chatbot Co. LivePerson Beats Shareholder Suit For Good
A New York federal judge on Wednesday tossed for good a consolidated shareholder class action alleging that chatbot developer LivePerson Inc. misled investors about its post-COVID financial performance and the purported success of WildHealth, a health-focused company it acquired.
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March 19, 2025
ACLU Says Biased AI Tech Boxed Out Deaf Intuit Applicant
Intuit and a human resources technology vendor violated federal and state law by turning away a deaf job applicant after interviewing her using artificial intelligence-based video technology that puts disabled and nonwhite applicants at a disadvantage, the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday.
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March 19, 2025
Broadband Pole Upgrades Depend On States, Pew Says
States need to make sure their pole attachment process is running smoothly, or it could be the cause for a lot of broadband deployment holdups, according to a new study released by Pew Charitable Trusts.
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March 19, 2025
USPTO Acting Head Tells PTAB To Rethink Part Of Tesla Win
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's acting director has told the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to reconsider part of a decision backing Tesla's challenge to a patent on artificial intelligence in self-driving vehicles, and sent two more unrelated cases for review by board officials.
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March 19, 2025
Samsung, LA Resident Settle Galaxy Wristband PFAS Suit
A California federal judge Wednesday closed the book on a Los Angeles resident's proposed class action alleging Samsung Electronics America Inc. uses "forever chemicals" in the wristbands it sells for its smartwatches and fitness trackers, the same day the parties reported reaching a resolution.
Expert Analysis
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Opinion
CPSC's Amazon Ruling Is A Win For Safety, Accountability
A recent U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission order classifying Amazon.com as a distributor, and requiring it to comply with notice, recall, refund and remediation obligations for defective products, is a major victory for consumer safety — and for attorneys pursuing product liability claims against major online retailers, says Donald Fountain at Clark Fountain.
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Cross-Border Lessons In Using Hague Evidence Convention
Recent case law demonstrates that securing evidence located abroad requires a strategic approach, including utilization of the Hague Evidence Convention and preparation to justify your chosen evidence-gathering path, say attorneys at Fish & Richardson.
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4 Ways Women Attorneys Can Build A Legal Legacy
This Women’s History Month, women attorneys should consider what small, day-to-day actions they can take to help leave a lasting impact for future generations, even if it means mentoring one person or taking 10 minutes to make a plan, says Jackie Prester, a former shareholder at Baker Donelson.
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Navigating The Growing Thicket Of 'Right To Repair' Laws
An emerging patchwork of state laws on the right to repair creates tensions with traditional intellectual property and competition principles, so manufacturers should plan proactively for legal disputes and minimize potential for rival third-party repairs to weaponize state laws, say attorneys at Reed Smith.
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Unpacking First Consumer Claim Under Wash. Health Data Act
The first consumer class action claim filed under Washington's My Health My Data Act, Maxwell v. Amazon.com, may answer questions counsel have been contending with since the law was introduced almost a year ago, if the court takes the opportunity to interpret some of more opaque language, say attorneys at Polsinelli.
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Deficiency Trends In National Futures Association Exams
A recent notice from the National Futures Association outlining the most common deficiencies uncovered during exams gives member firms an opportunity to review prior guidance, particularly regarding the hot topic of implementing procedures governing the use of outsourced service providers, say attorneys at Akin.
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A Judge's Pointers For Adding Spice To Dry Legal Writing
U.S. District Judge Fred Biery shares a few key lessons about how to go against the grain of the legal writing tradition by adding color to bland judicial opinions, such as by telling a human story and injecting literary devices where possible.
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Preparing For Disruptions To Life Sciences Supply Chains
Life sciences companies must assess how new and escalating tariffs — combined with other restrictions on cross-border activity singling out pharmaceutical products and medical devices — will affect supply chains, and they should proactively prepare for antitrust and foreign direct investment regulatory review processes, say attorneys at Weil.
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Beware Risks Of Arguing Multiple Constructions In IP Cases
Defendants accused of patent infringement often argue for different, potentially contradictory, claim constructions before district courts and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, but the board may be clamping down on this strategy, say attorneys at Dechert.
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Unpacking Liability When AI Makes A Faulty Decision
As artificial intelligence systems become more autonomous and influential in decision-making, concerns about AI-related harms and problematic decisions are growing, raising the pressing question of who bears the liability, says Megha Kumar at CyXcel.
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A Close-Up Look At DOJ's Challenge To HPE-Juniper Deal
The outcome of the Justice Department's challenge to Hewlett Packard Enterprise's proposed $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks will likely hinge on several key issues, including market dynamics and shares, internal documents, and questions about innovation and customer harm, say attorneys at McDermott.
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9 Considerations For Orgs Using AI Meeting Assistants
When deciding to use artificial intelligence meeting assistants, organizations must create and implement a written corporate policy that establishes the do's and don'ts for these assistants, taking into account individualized business operations, industry standards and legal and regulatory requirements, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.
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AG Watch: Texas Is Entering New Privacy Enforcement Era
The state of Texas' recent suit against Allstate is the culmination of a long-standing commitment to vigorously enforcing privacy laws in the state, and while still in the early stages, it offers several important insights for companies and privacy practitioners, says Paul Singer at Kelley Drye.
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6th Circ. Ruling Paves Path Out Of Loper Bright 'Twilight Zone'
The U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright ruling created a twilight zone between express statutory delegations that trigger agency deference and implicit ones that do not, but the Sixth Circuit’s recent ruling in Moctezuma-Reyes v. Garland crafted a two-part test for resolving cases within this gray area, say attorneys at Wiley.
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A Reminder On Avoiding Improper Venues In Patent Cases
A Texas federal court's recent decision in the Symbology and Quantum cases shows that baseless patent venue allegations may be subject to serious Rule 11 sanctions, providing venue-vetting takeaways for plaintiffs and defendants.