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March 17, 2025
Fox Mischaracterizes Philly License Controversy, Critics Say
A public interest group has urged the Federal Communications Commission to restore an inquiry into whether Fox TV's Philadelphia station should have been denied a broadcast license renewal for airing election falsehoods in 2020 from Fox's cable news channel.
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March 17, 2025
Singaporean Tech Co. Inks $46M Investor Settlement
Singaporean tech conglomerate Sea Ltd. has reached a $46 million settlement to end a putative securities class action over investor statements that allegedly downplayed massive losses to its video game and e-commerce divisions, according to a filing in Arizona federal court.
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March 17, 2025
DJI Says DOD Chinese Military Co. Listing Was Irrational
Drone manufacturer SZ DJI Technology Co. Ltd. has urged a D.C. federal judge to order the U.S. Department of Defense to take the company off a list of Chinese military companies, saying the listing was based on faulty reasoning and a failure to consider relevant evidence.
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March 17, 2025
ITC Hears Strong Views On Import Bans For Essential Patents
As the U.S. International Trade Commission reviews a case where a judge said Amazon infringed Nokia standard-essential patents, tech giants told the ITC that import bans should rarely be issued for such patents, while patent advocates said such orders are "unquestionably" allowed.
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March 17, 2025
AT&T Can't Get EDTX To Ship Wireless Tech IP Case To Calif.
A Texas federal magistrate judge has refused to send a lawsuit accusing AT&T of infringing patents related to wireless technology like DSL to California, finding that part of an agreement signed by the telecom giant and the patent owner requiring any fight be litigated in the Golden State doesn't apply.
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March 17, 2025
IPRs Are Going Too Far, Fed. Circ. Told In Samsung Dispute
A late 1990s tech developer suing Samsung over LED patent claims wants the full Federal Circuit to "confirm the limits Congress placed" on patent challenges, after a panel decided that the patent board could accept patent applications that are not publicly accessible as prior art.
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March 17, 2025
SpaceX Hopes For Faster Commercial Launch Coordination
SpaceX has asked the Federal Communications Commission to set up spectrum coordination among commercial space launches on tighter time frames to make it easier to avoid signal interference between users.
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March 17, 2025
Ex-Flooring Co. Exec Gets 7½ Years For $1.8M Fraud Scheme
Flooring manufacturer Mohawk Industries Inc.'s former head of information technology has been hit with a 7½-year prison sentence after admitting to masterminding a $1.8 million scheme to rip off the company, taking a guilty plea just days before a trial where his co-conspirators were set to testify against him.
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March 17, 2025
X Says Nonprofit Is Using Calif. Court To Evade Texas Suit
X Corp. told a Texas federal judge a left-leaning media watchdog was trying to use a California court to weasel out of a suit accusing the nonprofit of running defamatory articles, saying Monday it was first to file and that the suit should stay in the Lone Star State.
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March 17, 2025
Colo. Justices Reject Bid To Toss Election Defamation Suit
Colorado's justices have rejected petitions from President Donald Trump's campaign and conservative media personalities arguing that a former Dominion Voting executive's defamation suit should be tossed under a state anti-SLAPP law, according to an en banc order Monday declining to review the case.
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March 17, 2025
X Corp. Says Dismissal, Sanctions Go Together In Bonus Suit
A former X Corp. senior director of compensation engaged in "vexatious conduct" that should not allow him to drop his suit claiming unpaid bonuses without sanctions, the social media platform told a California federal judge.
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March 17, 2025
$4.4B Alteryx Sale Was Lowball Offer, Investors Tell Del. Court
Former stockholders of cloud-based enterprise analytics platform Alteryx Inc. have challenged the venture's allegedly lowball, $4.4 billion sale in 2024 to two private equity buyers, claiming breaches of fiduciary duty in Delaware Chancery Court that include undisclosed conflicts among directors and key officers.
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March 17, 2025
NC AG Fights TikTok's Early Exit From Addiction Suit
North Carolina is pushing back on TikTok's bid to sidestep a lawsuit accusing it of knowingly addicting young users to its platform, arguing that the state court has jurisdiction because the company has engaged directly with "over a million children and teens" within its borders.
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March 17, 2025
Samsung Wins Dismissal Of Touch Screen Patent Suit
A Michigan federal judge has tossed a lawsuit claiming certain Samsung tablets infringe a touch screen patent, finding that the company that brought the lawsuit didn't have any interest in the patent at the time the case was launched.
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March 17, 2025
Rippling Accuses HR Rival Of 'Brazen' Corporate Espionage
Human resources service provider Rippling hit rival Deel Inc. with a trade secret theft lawsuit in California federal court Monday, accusing Deel of placing a spy in Rippling's Dublin office in a "brazen," calculated and illegal corporate espionage scheme to steal its confidential intellectual property.
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March 17, 2025
Wright Looked To 'Bankrupt' Accusers With Suit, Filing Claims
Former Federal Trade Commission member and ex-law professor Joshua Wright sought to "bankrupt" two women who publicly accused him of sexual misconduct and "make their lives hell" by filing a since-dropped $108 million defamation lawsuit against them, according to a filing Friday by one defendant seeking sanctions against Wright.
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March 14, 2025
Sensor Tech Co. Sees PTAB Ax 2 Patents, Uphold Another
A Chinese company has swayed patent board judges to invalidate all the challenged claims in two patents covering real-time "camera-like" mapping technology — but the board upheld claims in a third patent — developed by San Francisco-based sensor technology rival Ouster.
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March 14, 2025
Looming Virginia AI Bill Likely Just Start Of State Law Flood
Virginia is on the brink of becoming the second state to regulate high-risk uses of artificial intelligence, a move that would kick-start the formation of a patchwork that is similar to the one emerging in the data privacy realm and that is expected to rapidly expand in the wake of the federal government's disavowal of stringent rules in the AI space.
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March 14, 2025
9th Circ. Axes Dershowitz Sanction, Clarifies 'Of Counsel' Law
The Ninth Circuit on Friday rejected Alan Dershowitz's arguments that his First Amendment rights shield him from being sanctioned for filing frivolous election-related litigation as "for counsel" representing Republican Arizona candidates, but the panel nevertheless reversed sanctions against Dershowitz since it's the first time the circuit has clarified the law.
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March 14, 2025
Meta Digs Into Co.'s Asset Selloff As $5.5M Win Goes Unpaid
A California federal judge Friday agreed with Meta that a Chinese information company that hasn't paid a $5.5 million default judgment in a cybersquatting case should provide details about the sale of its domain name business just days before she issued an asset freeze.
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March 14, 2025
Newsmax Says It Shelled Out $40M To End Smartmatic Suit
Newsmax Media Inc. paid $40 million in last year's settlement with Smartmatic USA Corp. to put to rest the election technology company defamation suit ahead of trial, according to a disclosure recently filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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March 14, 2025
'Pig Butchering' Crypto Site Must Pay $2.5M, Judge Says
A purported crypto trading platform has been ordered to pay nearly $2.5 million after failing to respond to U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission claims that it was at the heart of a so-called pig-butchering scheme — or a scam that sees victims fleeced by fictitious, chatty social media users.
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March 14, 2025
Fed. Circ. OKs Apple's Patent Board Win In Beacon Dispute
The Federal Circuit on Friday signed off on a ruling from the patent board that wiped out all of the claims Apple challenged in a patent covering location-tracking beacons that was asserted against a software protocol developed for iPhones and iPads.
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March 14, 2025
Market Turbulence Threatens To Stall IPO Recovery
Stock market volatility is impeding a recovery in initial public offerings that market dealmakers hoped would begin by spring, prompting many IPO lawyers and advisers to defer hopes of a rebound until at least the second half of 2025.
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March 14, 2025
LG Unit Must Face Ga. Jury Over Exploding Battery Claims
LG Chem America Inc., a subsidiary of Korea's LG Chem Ltd., can't toss a suit from a man who claims one of its lithium ion batteries exploded in his pocket, after a Georgia state court judge ruled the company may not have done enough to prevent its batteries being misused for vapes.
Expert Analysis
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Biden-Era M&A Data Shows Continuity, Not Revolution
While the federal antitrust agencies under former President Joe Biden made broad claims about increasing merger enforcement activity, the data tells a different story, with key claims under Biden coming in at the lowest levels in decades, say attorneys at Covington.
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What Travis Hill's Vision For FDIC Could Portend For Banks
If selected to lead the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in a permanent capacity, acting Chairman Travis Hill is likely to prioritize removing barriers to innovation and institution-level growth, emphasizing the idea that eliminating rules, relaxing standards and reducing scrutiny will reinvigorate the industry, say attorneys at Mitchell Sandler.
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10 Issues To Watch In Aerospace And Defense Contracting
This year, in addition to evergreen developments driven by national security priorities, disruptive new technologies and competition with rival powers, federal contractors will see significant disruptions driven by the new administration’s efforts to reduce government spending, regulation and the size of the federal workforce, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.
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5 Major Crypto Developments From The Trump Admin So Far
The early weeks of the Trump administration have set the stage for a significant transformation in U.S. digital asset policy by prioritizing regulatory clarity, innovation and a shift away from enforcement-heavy tactics, but many of these changes will require congressional support and progress may be gradual, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.
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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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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: February Lessons
In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses five federal appellate court class certification decisions and identifies practice tips from cases involving breach of life insurance contracts, constitutional violations of inmates and more.
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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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4 Do's And Don'ts For Trial Lawyers Using Generative AI
Trial attorneys who use artificial intelligence tools should review a few key reminders, from the likelihood that prompts are discoverable to the rapid evolution of court rules, to safeguard against embarrassing missteps, says Nate Sabri at Perkins Coie.
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Defense Strategies For Politically Charged Prosecutions
Politically charged prosecutions have captured the headlines in recent years, providing lessons for defense counsel on how to navigate the distinct challenges, and seize the unique opportunities, such cases present, says Kenneth Notter at MoloLamken.
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Series
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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11th Circ. TCPA Ruling Signals Erosion Of Judicial Deference
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently came to the rescue of the lead generation industry, striking down new regulations that were set to go into effect on Jan. 27, a decision consistent with federal courts' recent willingness to review administrative decisions, say attorneys at Troutman.
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The Pros And Cons Of A 2nd Trump Term For UK Tech Sector
While U.S. President Donald Trump’s protectionist stance on trade could disrupt global supply chains on which many U.K. tech firms are reliant, anticipated deregulation could provide fertile ground for investment and growth, and the U.K. tech sector is bracing for a mix of opportunities, say lawyers at Shoosmiths.
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Employer Tips For Wise Use Of Workers' Biometrics And Tech
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Employers that collect employee biometric data and operate bring-your-own-device policies, which respectively offer better corporate security and more flexibility for workers, should prioritize certain best practices to protect the privacy and rights of employees and safeguard sensitive internal information, says Douglas Yang at Sheppard Mullin.
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Expect To Feel Aftershocks Of Chopra's CFPB Shake-Up
Publications released by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau personnel in the last days of the Biden administration outline former Director Rohit Chopra's long-term vision for aggressive state-level enforcement of federal consumer financial laws, opening the doors for states to launch investigations and pursue actions, say attorneys at Hudson Cook.
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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.