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September 12, 2024
FCC Tells 6th Circ To Affirm Net Neutrality
The Federal Communications Commission told the Sixth Circuit the agency acted well within the law when it reimposed net neutrality limits on broadband providers and urged the court to reject industry claims that the commission's authority to regulate high-speed internet service is a "major question" that only Congress may address.
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September 12, 2024
RealPage Win On Phishing Recovery A Policyholder Boon
A federal judge's holding that an AIG unit cannot lay claim to RealPage's recoveries of phishing losses that it did not originally insure is a win for policyholders as disputes over cyber loss coverage and related subrogation become more common, experts told Law360.
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September 12, 2024
Del. Justices Uphold Chancery Toss Of $1.2B NCino Deal Suit
The Delaware Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Chancery's court's decision to throw out nCino investor claims against company directors and investment firm Insight Venture Partners challenging the financial technology company's $1.2 billion acquisition of mortgage loan platform SimpleNexus.
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September 12, 2024
Google Hit With 'Gemini' TM Suit Over AI Program Name
Google LLC is facing a trademark infringement suit in California federal court by a small business that claims the tech giant made "the calculated decision to bulldoze over" its intellectual property rights by rebranding Google's large language model artificial intelligence program to Gemini.
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September 12, 2024
Wilson Sonsini Hires Tax Pro From Slaughter and May
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC has recruited a tax specialist from Slaughter and May to its office in London to boost its strengths representing U.K. and European technology and life sciences companies that are expanding in the U.S. and globally.
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September 12, 2024
Employment Firm GQ Littler Hires Pro From Baker McKenzie
GQ Littler has hired a long-serving employment lawyer at Baker McKenzie to its office in London to represent U.K. and international clients, particularly in the financial services, technology and media sectors.
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September 12, 2024
Google Facing Data Privacy Probe In Ireland Over AI System
Ireland's data protection watchdog said Thursday that it has launched a probe into whether Google has breached data privacy rules while developing its artificial intelligence system.
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September 12, 2024
Italian Watchdog Probing Swisscom's €8B Vodafone Deal
Swisscom said Thursday that the Italian Competition Authority has launched an in-depth probe into its proposed €8 billion ($8.8 billion) cash purchase of Vodafone Italia, a transaction the Swiss telecoms company said is on track to complete.
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September 12, 2024
Marlowe To Spin Off Health Unit For £225M AIM Listing
Regulatory compliance firm Marlowe PLC said Thursday that it intends to spin off its occupational health division to form an independent company, Optima Health PLC, and list it on the junior market of the London Stock Exchange at a valuation of £225 million ($294 million).
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September 12, 2024
Digital Media Solutions Hits Ch. 11 With Plans To Sell
Digital advertising firm Digital Media Solutions filed for Chapter 11 protection in a Texas bankruptcy court with eyes toward a sale process that would have its prepetition lenders acting as lead bidders for a proposed auction.
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September 12, 2024
Stites & Harbison Eyes Conn. Office With Patent Team Pickup
Stites & Harbison PLLC is stretching beyond its established offices in the South and Midwest with a planned Connecticut location, thanks to the pickup of three patent attorneys and three patent agents formerly with Cantor Colburn LLP.
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September 12, 2024
Mastercard To Buy Recorded Future Security Co. For $2.65B
Mastercard Inc. said Thursday that it plans to buy global threat intelligence company Recorded Future from software investor Insight Partners for $2.65 billion to bolster its cybersecurity offering.
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September 12, 2024
LG, Vodafone Join Sisvel's 'Internet Of Things' Patent Pool
Telecommunication giants LG Electronics, Vodafone and KT Corp. of Korea have joined Sisvel's patent pool for cellular "Internet of Things" technology.
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September 12, 2024
Sanofi Sets €320M Licensing Deal With US, French Biotechs
Pharmaceutical giant Sanofi SA said Thursday that it will pay up to €320 million ($353 million) to U.S. biotechnology group RadioMedix Inc. and French medicine developer Orano Med for an exclusive license for a radiation treatment for rare cancers.
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September 11, 2024
Litigation Spending To Rise As Cases Grow More Aggressive
A substantial number of large companies are expecting to increase their litigation spending by double digits next year in the face of more complex and hard-fought cases — and they are more open to bringing in new legal talent to navigate the matters, according to a report released Thursday.
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September 11, 2024
Utah Social Media Law Blocked Amid 1st Amendment Fight
A Utah federal judge has blocked the state from enforcing a new law requiring social media companies to verify the ages of minor users and impose restrictions on their accounts, saying the state law likely violates tech companies' First Amendment rights.
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September 11, 2024
Fed. Circ. Lets Roku IP Dispute Move From Texas To Calif.
The Federal Circuit on Wednesday declined to reverse a Texas district court's transfer of a suit accusing Roku of infringing patents on automatic content recognition technology for commercial advertising, holding the Texas court wasn't wrong to find California had a stronger local interest in the dispute.
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September 11, 2024
Gov't Spent $236B In Fraud And Improper Payments In 2023
Federal agencies made $236 billion in improper payments in fiscal 2023, a drop of about $11 billion from the prior year, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
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September 11, 2024
Top Calif. Biz Bills Sitting On Gov. Newsom's Desk
Among the hundreds of bills awaiting California Governor Gavin Newsom's signature are a number that would create new guidelines for Golden State employers, healthcare industry players, as well as artificial intelligence labeling, textile recycling and increasing criminal penalties for corporate malfeasance by tens of millions of dollars.
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September 11, 2024
AGIS Accuses General Dynamics Stole Comms System Tech
AGIS Inc. hit General Dynamics Corporation with a patent infringement suit in Texas federal court on Tuesday, accusing the global defense company of ripping off technology for a handheld communications device utilized by first responders.
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September 11, 2024
Full Fed. Circ. Snubs Google's Fight Over ITC's Powers
The full Federal Circuit has shot down Google LLC's bid for review of a ruling that it infringed Sonos audio patents in light of a U.S. Supreme Court case that abolished deference to government agencies.
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September 11, 2024
Education Tech Co. Settles EEOC Pay Bias Probe
Boxlight Inc. agreed to change its policies and have a third-party auditor examine its pay practices after a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation found the education technology company willfully underpaid a female manager, the EEOC said.
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September 11, 2024
Star Witness In Bankman-Fried Trial Seeks No Prison Time
Former FTX insider Caroline Ellison urged a Manhattan federal judge not to sentence her to prison for her part in the crypto exchange's massive fraud scheme, citing her remorse and the "devastating" trial testimony she gave against onetime romantic partner and company founder Sam Bankman-Fried.
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September 11, 2024
Trademarks Surge As UKIPO Transforms Digital Platform
The U.K. Intellectual Property Office said Wednesday it has shown "continued high performance" amid accelerating demand over the past year as its digital transformation marches on.
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September 11, 2024
Lenovo Pushes For Its Own SEP Ban In Global Ericsson Fight
Lawyers for Lenovo urged a London appeals court on Wednesday to prevent Ericsson from infringing one of its wireless patents while their dispute rumbles on, as the electronics giants wage a global battle over a cross-licensing deal for intellectual property deemed essential to 5G technology.
Expert Analysis
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Navigating A Potpourri Of Possible Transparency Act Pitfalls
Despite the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's continued release of guidance for complying with the Corporate Transparency Act, its interpretation remains in flux, making it important for companies to understand potentially problematic areas of ambiguity in the practical application of the law, say attorneys at Sidley.
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A Preview Of AI Priorities Under The Next President
For the first time in a presidential election, both of the leading candidates and their parties have been vocal about artificial intelligence policy, offering clues on the future of regulation as AI continues to advance and congressional action continues to stall, say attorneys at Mintz.
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DOJ Must Overcome Hurdles In RealPage Antitrust Case
The U.S. Department of Justice's recent claims that RealPage's pricing software violates the Sherman Act mark a creative, and apparently contradictory, shift in the agency's approach to algorithmic price-fixing that will face several key challenges, say attorneys at Clifford Chance.
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How Companies Are Approaching Insider Trading Policies
An analysis of insider trading policies recently disclosed by 49 S&P 500 companies under a new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule reveals that while specific provisions vary from company to company, certain common themes are emerging, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.
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11 Patent Cases To Watch At Fed. Circ. And High Court
As we head into fall, there are 11 patent cases to monitor, touching on a range of issues that could affect patent strategy, such as biotech innovation, administrative rulemaking and patent eligibility, say Edward Lanquist and Wesley Barbee at Baker Donelson.
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Why India May Become A Major Patent Litigation Forum
India is reinventing itself with the goal of becoming a global hot spot for patent litigation, with recent developments at the Delhi High Court creating incentives for plaintiffs to assert patent rights in India, say Ranganath Sudarshan at Covington and IP litigator Udit Sood.
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Increased IPOs In '24 Shows Importance Of Strategic Planning
Initial public offerings, debt issuances and M&A activity so far in 2024 have shown substantial increases over comparable periods in 2023, highlighting why counsel should educate clients on market trends and financing alternatives to proactively prepare them to be ready to take advantage of opportunities, say attorneys at Skadden.
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How Methods Are Evolving In Textualist Interpretations
Textualists at the U.S. Supreme Court are increasingly considering new methods such as corpus linguistics and surveys to evaluate what a statute's text communicates to an ordinary reader, while lower courts even mull large language models like ChatGPT as supplements, says Kevin Tobia at Georgetown Law.
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Bid Protest Spotlight: Rule Of Two, Post Award, Cost Request
In this month's bid protest roundup, Alissandra McCann at MoFo examines three recent decisions from the U.S. Government Accountability Office, offering distinct reminders for contractors challenging solicitations while an agency takes corrective action, pursuing post-award bid protests and filing timely cost reimbursement requests.
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Finding Coverage For Online Retail Privacy Class Actions
Following recent court rulings interpreting state invasion of privacy and electronic surveillance statutes triggering a surge in the filing of privacy class actions against online retailers, companies should examine their various insurance policies, including E&O and D&O, for defense coverage of these claims, says Alison Gaske at Gilbert LLP.
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The Fed. Circ. In August: Secret Sales And Public Disclosures
Two recent Federal Circuit rulings — Sanho v. Kaijet and Celanese International v. ITC — highlight that inventors should publicly and promptly disclose their inventions, as a secret sale will not suffice as a disclosure, and file their patent applications within a year of public disclosure, say Sean Murray and Jeremiah Helm at Knobbe Martens.
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The State Law Landscape After Justices' Social Media Ruling
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent NetChoice ruling on social media platforms’ First Amendment rights, it’s still unclear if state content moderation laws are constitutional, leaving online operators to face a patchwork of regulation, and the potential for the issue to return to the high court, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.
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Old Employment Law Principles Can Answer New AI Concerns
Despite growing legal and regulatory concerns about how artificial intelligence tools may affect employment decisions and worker rights, companies should take comfort in knowing that familiar principles of employment law and established compliance regimes can still largely address these new twists on old questions, say attorneys at Foley & Lardner.
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Navigating New Enforcement Scrutiny Of 'AI Washing'
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent lawsuit against Joonko Diversity, its first public AI-focused enforcement action against a private company, underscores the importance of applying the same internal legal and compliance rigor to AI-related claims as other market-facing statements, say attorneys at Fried Frank.
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Increased Scrutiny Raises Int'l Real Estate Transaction Risks
Recently proposed regulations expanding the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States' oversight, a White House divestment order and state-level legislative efforts signal increasing scrutiny of real estate transactions that may trigger national security concerns, say Luciano Racco and Aleksis Fernández Caballero at Foley Hoag.