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October 09, 2024
Ousted AI Engineer Took Trade Secrets, Auto Service Co. Says
A software engineer who was fired from auto services company Agero after just three months took hundreds of confidential files and other materials, according to a suit filed on Wednesday in Massachusetts state court.
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October 09, 2024
Marriott Inks $52M Deal With States Over Guest Data Breach
Marriott International Inc. has agreed to pay $52 million to nearly every U.S. state and bolster its data security practices to resolve parallel investigations by state attorneys general and the Federal Trade Commission over a massive data breach at the hotel's Starwood-branded properties.
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October 09, 2024
Settlement Ends Suit Over 'Unwanted' Insurance Agency Calls
A Georgia-based insurance agency has reached a settlement with a proposed class that accused it of making "aggressive" telemarketing calls to seniors advertising final expense and life insurance products despite the seniors' requests that the calls stop or their status on the national do-not-call list.
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October 08, 2024
Western Digital Owes $334M Over Data Security IP, Jury Told
Hard disk drive behemoth Western Digital owes up to $334 million for selling portable data security storage devices that infringe a SPEX Technologies patent, SPEX's attorney told California federal jurors during opening statements Tuesday, while defense counsel said the claimed invention has been in the public domain for years.
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October 08, 2024
Apple Loses Bid For Jury Trial In Masimo Trade Secrets Fight
A California federal judge on Monday granted Masimo's request for a bench trial to address its trade secrets claims against Apple, noting that bench trials are almost always granted in situations where the plaintiff is seeking only equitable relief, and Apple hasn't convinced the court to deviate from that norm.
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October 08, 2024
'Alarming' AI Might Aid Research In Patent Fights, Judge Says
A Federal Circuit judge on Tuesday told law school students at the University of California, Berkeley that while he finds artificial intelligence tools "a little alarming and frightening," he could see how they might be useful for finding prior art in patent disputes.
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October 08, 2024
Ex-Uber Exec's Actions Smell Like Cover-Up, 9th Circ. Judge Says
A Ninth Circuit panel appeared skeptical Tuesday of Uber's ex-security chief's effort to overturn his convictions for obstructing an investigation into an Uber data breach, with one judge saying the defendant's abrupt changes to Uber's policies "does smell to me like a cover-up."
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October 08, 2024
Adobe Slams FTC, DOJ For 'Rewrite' Of Subscription Law
Adobe Inc. blasted a federal government lawsuit over its annual subscription plan and early termination fees on Monday, saying the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice are improperly attempting to "rewrite existing law" with the case.
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October 08, 2024
ITC Erred With Oil Drilling Tech IP Ruling, Fed. Circ. Told
US Synthetic Corp. on Tuesday urged the Federal Circuit to reverse a U.S. International Trade Commission decision that allows rivals to import a diamond oil drilling tool material the Utah-based company says infringes its intellectual property, arguing the agency wrongly found its drilling technology invention is abstract and patent-ineligible.
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October 08, 2024
AI Software Co. Touted Inflated Revenue, Investor Claims
Artificial intelligence software company iLearningEngines has been hit with a proposed class action alleging investors were damaged when a short seller report revealed that the company was overstating its Indian revenue by nearly 99% by contracting with a related party to inflate sales.
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October 08, 2024
Jackson, Kagan Target Loper Bright In Ghost Gun Case
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was uncharacteristically quiet during initial arguments Tuesday over the federal government's authority to regulate ghost guns. While her colleagues debated whether kits of unassembled parts qualify as firearms, she waited patiently to post a different question: Can courts now toss agency interpretations they don't like?
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October 08, 2024
FCC Chair Denounces Fla. Officials' Threat Over Abortion Ads
The head of the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday blasted Florida officials for suggesting broadcast stations could be unlawfully airing ad claims by an abortion rights group.
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October 08, 2024
House Panel Probes FCC's Revoking Starlink's $885M Subsidy
The Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee is investigating the Federal Communications Commission's 2022 decision to pull an $885.5 million broadband subsidy for SpaceX's Starlink, calling the Elon Musk-owned satellite internet company an asset in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene and accusing the agency of "partisanship," in a new letter Monday.
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October 08, 2024
Chancery OKs $9.75M In Atty Fees For SPAC Stock Drop Suits
Settlements and attorney fee rulings closed the book Tuesday on two GigCapital-related blank check deals that settled before trial in Delaware's Court of Chancery, with a vice chancellor approving combined public stockholder payouts and fee awards of $7.25 million and $2.5 million.
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October 08, 2024
Uber Tells 9th Circ. JPML Can't Consolidate Assault Cases
Uber Technologies Inc. urged the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday to find that the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation and a district judge erred in refusing to enforce Uber's "non-consolidation" clause with passengers, arguing the contractual provision binds federal courts and prohibits the JPML from the centralization of sexual-assault litigation before a single judge.
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October 08, 2024
2nd Circ. Won't Revive 1-800 Contacts, Warby Parker Row
A Second Circuit panel affirmed a ruling Tuesday that found eyewear retailer Warby Parker did not infringe 1-800 Contacts Inc.'s trademarks by purchasing ads on search engines using its competitor's keywords.
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October 08, 2024
Congress Urged To Prevent Stalking Via Smart Car
An auto technology trade group asked congressional leaders Tuesday to push through legislation that would allow car connectivity services to cut access to domestic abusers.
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October 08, 2024
Underwriter Says Freight Co. Not Covered For Missing Cargo
An underwriter urged a Washington federal court to relieve it of any coverage obligations it may owe under a commercial auto policy to a freight company that is potentially on the hook for over $580,000 after a cargo broker claimed that a shipment of computer parts wasn't delivered.
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October 08, 2024
Broadband Study No Longer Justifies New Rules, Group Says
The end of Chevron deference to agencies means the Federal Communications Commission can no longer use an annual report on the state of broadband deployment to claim new regulatory powers, a free-market group has argued.
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October 08, 2024
Exporting Chips To China Doesn't Merit 7 Years, 9th Circ. Told
Counsel for a former UCLA electrical engineering professor urged the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday to reduce his seven-year prison sentence for illegally exporting high-powered semiconductor chips to China, saying the conduct did not amount to an evasion of national security controls.
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October 08, 2024
Google Says Rumble Suit Too Late To Join Ad Tech MDL
Google wants to keep Rumble away from the consolidated litigation targeting the company's advertising placement technology dominance, telling the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation that the Canadian video-sharing service's May antitrust lawsuit comes too late and is too different to join in.
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October 08, 2024
US Airways Renews $139M Sabre Fee Bid For $1 Antitrust Win
US Airways has renewed its bid for more than $139 million in costs for a long-running case accusing Sabre of monopolizing ticket distribution systems after a jury awarded the airline just $1 in damages following a second trial on antitrust claims.
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October 08, 2024
9th Circ. Affirms Atty Fee Reduction In Cathode Suit
A three-judge Ninth Circuit panel on Monday upheld a lower court's decision to cut more than $2 million from plaintiff's firm Cooper & Kirkham's $3.45 million fee award in a multidistrict litigation settlement over alleged cathode ray tube price-fixing litigation.
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October 08, 2024
In-House Attys Urged To Spearhead Creation Of AI Policies
In-house lawyers should craft a single artificial intelligence governance policy for their organizations, build cross-functional teams to assess AI needs and risks and audit and update their AI policy frequently to keep pace with the technology's rapid evolution, according to experts on an Association of Corporate Counsel conference panel.
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October 08, 2024
Renovus Capital Clinches 4th PE Fund With $875M In Tow
Philadelphia-area-based private equity firm Renovus Capital Partners, advised by Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP and Winston & Strawn LLP, on Tuesday revealed that it closed its fourth private equity fund with $875 million in tow.
Expert Analysis
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8 Issues AI Firms May Encounter As M&A Action Accelerates
As the AI merger climate heats up, potential complications may arise, including antitrust scrutiny, talent retention agreements, and aggressive and protective deal terms intended to compensate for lofty valuations, say Scott Schwartz and Kishan Barot at Manatt.
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2 High Court Securities Cases Could Clarify Pleading Rules
In granting certiorari in a pair of securities fraud cases against Facebook and Nvidia, respectively, the U.S. Supreme Court has signaled its intention to align interpretations of the heightened pleading standard under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act amid its uneven application among the circuit courts, say attorneys at V&E.
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What 2 Key Rulings Mean For Solicitation Under TCPA
Two recent rulings from federal district courts in New York and California — each of which came to a different conclusion — bring to light courts' continued focus on and analysis of when an alleged communication constitutes a solicitation under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, say Felix Shipkevich and Jessica Livingston at Shipkevich.
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Series
NY Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q3
In a relatively light few months for banking legal updates in New York, the state Department of Financial Services previewed its views on banking sector artificial intelligence use via insurer guidance, and an anti-money laundering enforcement action underscored the importance of international monitoring processes, say Eric McLaughlin and Dana Bayersdorfer at Davis Polk.
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Series
Collecting Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The therapeutic aspects of appreciating and collecting art improve my legal practice by enhancing my observation skills, empathy, creativity and cultural awareness, says attorney Michael McCready.
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Del. Dispatch: Cautionary Tales Of 2 Earnout Effort Breaches
The Delaware Court of Chancery's tendency to interpret earnout provisions precisely as written, highlighted in two September rulings that found buyers breached their shareholder obligations when they failed to make reasonable efforts to hit certain product development milestones, demonstrates the paramount importance of precisely wording these agreements, say attorneys at Fried Frank.
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Series
A Day In The In-House Life: Best Egg CLO Talks Power Of Prep
On a typical Monday in her life, Best Egg Chief Legal Officer Amy Thoreson Long chronicles a remote workday in which she makes time for everything from getting ahead on regulatory issues and researching recent Supreme Court decisions to dog walks and podcast breaks.
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Navigating The Complexities Of Cyber Incident Reporting
When it comes to cybersecurity incident response plans, the uptick in the number and targets of legal and regulatory actions emphasizes the necessity for businesses to document the facts underlying the assumptions, complexities and obstacles of their decisions during the incident response, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.
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The Trade And Tax Issues Behind US-Canada Digital Tax Clash
The new Canadian digital services tax recently went into effect despite objections from the U.S., a controversy that represents an unusual mix of trade and tax policy, and many companies have been pondering how it will affect their e-commerce businesses, says Damon Pike at BDO.
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Secret Service Failures Offer Lessons For Private Sector GCs
The Secret Service’s problematic response to two assassination attempts against former President Donald Trump this summer provides a crash course for general counsel on how not to handle crisis communications, says Keith Nahigian at Nahigian Strategies.
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Opinion
Bill Is Key To Protecting US Economy From Patent Piracy
It is critical that Congress pass a recently introduced bill that would protect U.S. investors from intellectual property theft by restoring court-ordered injunctions as the default remedy in patent infringement cases to ensure inventors get the justice they deserve, says Andrei Iancu at Sullivan & Cromwell.
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Managing Sanctions Defense Across Multiple Jurisdictions
Companies called before multiple regulators to account for the same conduct in this era of increased global sanctions and import-control enforcement should consider national differences in law and policy, and proactively coordinate their responses in certain key areas, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.
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Defending AI, Machine Learning Patents In Life Sciences
Ten years after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Alice v. CLS Bank, artificial intelligence and machine learning technology remain at risk for Alice challenges, but reviewing recent cases can help life sciences companies avoid common pitfalls and successfully defend their patents, say attorneys at Mintz.
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Litigation Inspiration: Honoring Your Learned Profession
About 30,000 people who took the bar exam in July will learn they passed this fall, marking a fitting time for all attorneys to remember that they are members in a specialty club of learned professionals — and the more they can keep this in mind, the more benefits they will see, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.
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From Concept To Capital: 5 Stages Of Evolving IP Needs
Companies must understand the shifting intellectual property needs throughout an organization’s life cycle in order to protect innovation, which can be done by fortifying the IP portfolio, expanding and leveraging IP assets, and more, says Keegan Caldwell at Caldwell Law.