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  Social Media Cos. Must Face School In 1st Addiction MDL Trial

  By Dorothy Atkins

  A California federal judge denied social media companies' bid for a summary judgment win on a bellwether school ...(read more)

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  Freshfields, Kirkland Steer $6.2B Clear Channel Outdoor Deal

  By Al Barbarino

  Advertising company Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. has agreed to be acquired by Mubadala Capital in partner...(read more)

• 7th Circ. Mulls Taking Sides In Arbitration Enforcement Split

  By Jeff Overley

  Seventh Circuit judges Tuesday debated a nationwide circuit split over who decides whether disputes belong in arbitration, seemingly leaning toward joining circuits that leave the question to courts instead of arbitrators.

• Social Media App Plaintiff 'Not Addicted To YouTube,' Jury Told

  By Craig Clough

  An attorney for Google told a California state jury Tuesday during his opening remarks in the first bellwether trial over social media companies allegedly harming young people's mental health that the plaintiff's extensive medical records, own words and user history show she is not addicted to YouTube.

• Tom Goldstein To Testify At Tax Trial Wednesday

  By Jared Foretek

  SCOTUSblog co-founder Thomas Goldstein will take the stand in his tax fraud trial Wednesday, after the government rested its case with an IRS agent tallying up $3.6 million that she said went unreported on his 2016 tax return.

• Broadcasters Fight 39% Media Ownership Cap In Hill Hearing

  By Christopher Cole

  TV broadcasters told the U.S. Senate Tuesday that lawmakers never meant to permanently cap national audience share controlled by a single station owner at 39%, as conservative outlet Newsmax argued there's support from both the left and right for keeping the limit in place.

• 2nd Circ. Revives Photographer's Case Against Shutterstock

  By Elliot Weld

  The Second Circuit revived some of a landscape photographer's case against photo licensing database Shutterstock Inc. on Tuesday, finding that while there was nothing in evidence showing Shutterstock intended to change copyright management information, the company's "right and ability to control" the infringing activity should be litigated further.

• Judge Questions Timing Of Case Against Harvard Researcher

  By Julie Manganis

  A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday ordered the U.S. Attorney's Office to turn over materials related to its decision to prosecute a Harvard Medical School researcher and Russian national found with inert frog embryo specimens last year at Logan Airport, calling the timing of the case "a red flag."

• AI Docs Sent By Exec To Attys Not Privileged, Judge Says

  By Pete Brush

  A Manhattan federal judge said Tuesday that a Texas financial services executive accused of a $150 million fraud cannot claim privilege over documents that he prepared using an artificial intelligence service and sent to his attorneys — but suggested the materials could be problematic if used at trial.

• Ex-Morgan Stanley Pro Scorns Key NBA Witness In Fraud Trial

  By Stewart Bishop

  Counsel for an ex-Morgan Stanley investment adviser accused of defrauding pro athletes out of millions of dollars leaned hard on former NBA player Chandler Parsons in cross-examination after he testified against his onetime friend and go-to money man as the defense sought to discredit one of the government's key witnesses.

• Jury Seated For Texas Business Court's First Trial

  By José Luis Martínez

  The first-ever jury in the Texas Business Court was seated Monday evening, setting the stage for a trial in which an investor seeks to enforce his purported ownership in an oil export terminal project on the Gulf Coast.

• Fed. Circ. Mulls Whether Digital Ad Patent Can Survive Alice

  By Dani Kass

  An advertising management system company tried to persuade the Federal Circuit on Monday to revive its infringement suit against Google and YouTube, saying its patent was wrongly found to cover an abstract idea.

• Meta 'Lies' Hid Risk To Kids, New Mexico AG Says

  By Cara Salvatore

  New Mexico's attorney general went to trial Monday over Facebook and Instagram's alleged harms to young users, saying parent company Meta has long known of mental health and sexual exploitation risks but has obscured the truth, sometimes with "outright lies."

• LRN Shareholder To Pay $18M To End Del. Defamation Suit

  By Bonnie Eslinger

  Activision founder Howard Marks will pay $18 million to LRN Corp. Chairman Dov Seidman and two others to exit a Delaware Superior Court defamation lawsuit over statements he made as class representative in a separate Delaware Court of Chancery shareholder case, a Monday filing states.