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August 01, 2024
9th Circ. Says Vegas Casino Pilots Are Exempt From OT
Five corporate pilots for a Las Vegas casino performed non-manual labor and are therefore exempt from overtime requirements under federal law, the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday, upholding a Nevada federal court's decision.
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August 01, 2024
Locke Lord Adds Insurance, Privacy Partners In Chicago
Locke Lord LLP announced on Wednesday that two partners formerly of Sidley Austin LLP and Thompson Coburn LLP have joined the firm's insurance and cybersecurity practices out of Chicago.
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August 01, 2024
Calif. Tribe Can't Toss Casino Card Check Award, For Now
A California tribe's bid to nix an arbitration award over an authorization card check process with UNITE HERE can't proceed for now, a federal judge ruled, saying the tribe's counsel didn't discuss the motion with the union's attorney before submitting it.
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August 01, 2024
NY Appeals Court Upholds Trump Gag Order
A New York appeals court on Thursday rejected Donald Trump's bid to strike down a gag order that bars him from threatening court and district attorney staff in his criminal hush money case ahead of his scheduled sentencing next month, as the former president renewed his bid to vacate his conviction following the U.S. Supreme Court's immunity ruling.
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August 01, 2024
Outbrain Buys Video Platform Teads From Altice In $1B Deal
Advertising platform Outbrain, advised by three law firms, on Thursday revealed plans to acquire global omnichannel video advertising platform Teads from telecommunications company Altice, led by two law firms, in a $1 billion deal meant to create an open internet advertising platform giant.
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August 01, 2024
Bipartisan Senator Team Reintroduces Anti-Deepfake Bill
Four senators introduced an updated version of the Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act of 2024, or the NO FAKES Act, to combat the creation and distribution of fake replicas of people without their consent, drawing major industry support and some backlash.
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August 01, 2024
Rock Music Fans Pull Class Suit Over Collapsed Festival
Ticket buyers who claimed they were ripped off when a three-day rock and metal music festival in Connecticut was suddenly shortened and moved to a new venue have withdrawn a proposed class action from federal court, days after the judge questioned whether he could hear the case.
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July 31, 2024
IRL App Cofounder Hit With SEC Suit Alleging $170M Fraud
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued the cofounder of media app In Real Life in California federal court on Wednesday, alleging a scheme to sell $170 million in company stock to investors while omitting that the app's growth was fueled by bot-generated traffic, and using company credit cards on personal expenses.
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July 31, 2024
Live Nation Says In-House Attys Can't Access DOJ Docs
As it warned would be the case, Live Nation is telling a New York federal judge that it has no in-house counsel that will be able to meet his rules on counsel access to highly confidential material in the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust suit against the live events company.
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July 31, 2024
11th Circ. Affirms Trim Of Ex-Ala. Judge's Defamation Suit
The Eleventh Circuit held Wednesday that an Alabama federal court was correct to toss some of the claims in a defamation suit from Roy Moore, the embattled former Alabama Supreme Court leader, ruling that the court lacked jurisdiction over some claims and others were conclusory.
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July 31, 2024
UFC Fighters' $335M Wage Deal Rejected Amid Scrutiny
A Nevada federal court has rejected a $335 million deal that would end claims from mixed martial arts fighters accusing Ultimate Fighting Championship of suppressing their wages, setting up a potential trial later this year.
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July 31, 2024
Pa. Panel Upholds Post-Gazette Strikers' Win
The Pennsylvania Superior Court on Wednesday delivered a win for striking unions picketing outside the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's warehouse, upholding a county court's decision that the newspaper's claims that the unions disrupted deliveries were out of its jurisdiction.
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July 31, 2024
Netflix's Culture Created A 'Sexual' Workplace, Suit Says
Netflix has been hit with a wrongful firing suit in California state court by a former employee who accused it of fostering a workplace environment that's "very sexual in nature," requiring that employees engage in one-on-one meetings that are "nothing more than speed dating" and that subjected her to unwanted advances.
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July 31, 2024
Bill To Revive FCC's Broadband Subsidy Clears Senate Panel
A Democratic bill to restart the Federal Communications Commission's defunct broadband subsidy passed a Senate committee Wednesday after a debate over how to pay for FCC-related spending priorities, as well as agency authority to start new spectrum auctions.
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July 31, 2024
NFL Finds Judge Open To Tossing $4.7B Sunday Ticket Award
A California federal judge appeared open Wednesday to the NFL's argument that he should throw out a jury's stunning $4.7 billion antitrust verdict over the league's Sunday Ticket television package, saying he has "trouble" with the jury's damages award and suggesting that jurors may have disregarded his instructions.
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July 31, 2024
GoDaddy Asks To Have Tech Co.'s Antitrust Suit Culled
Domain registrar GoDaddy is asking a Virginia federal court to knock out half of a lawsuit accusing it of blackballing a tech company from its platform, saying that after failing to secure a licensing deal, the suing company "has now turned to antitrust law to try to compel a result it could not obtain through arms-length negotiation."
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July 31, 2024
Apple, Google Dropped From IP Suit Over PUBG Knockoffs
A California federal judge has agreed to dismiss video game publisher Krafton's copyright suit accusing Google and Apple of distributing infringing versions of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds on their respective platforms, while Krafton and YouTube said they're close to resolving claims over an infringing film containing game footage.
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July 31, 2024
Include Satellites In Broadband Updates, SpaceX Tells FCC
SpaceX urged the Federal Communications Commission to include provisions for gateway earth station satellite hubs like its own in proposed regulations to expand broadband access within certain spectrum bands, telling the regulator that doing so would be a "win-win-win" for stakeholders.
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July 31, 2024
GOP Senate Bill To Bar FCC's AI Disclosure Rule Blocked
A Republican effort in the U.S. Senate aiming to prevent the Federal Communications Commission from requiring broadcasters to disclose the use of artificial intelligence in political ads lost traction at the committee level Wednesday.
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July 31, 2024
Doc 'Muddle' Stalls Trump Media SPAC Figure's Ouster Suit
Pointing to multiple, conflicting operating agreement versions, a Delaware vice chancellor said she was unable to rule Wednesday on a suit to uphold dismissal of the managing member of a blank check company sponsor for the deal that took former President Donald Trump's social media company public.
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July 31, 2024
NBCUniversal Worker Says HIV Status Got Him Fired
NBCUniversal reprimanded an HIV+ employee for missing work due to illness and then fired him two days after he submitted paperwork for intermittent leave, a former animation technician said in a lawsuit filed in California Superior Court.
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July 31, 2024
Where Trump's 4 Criminal Cases Could Stand On Election Day
A landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity, a dismissal order from a trial judge in Florida and scandal in Georgia threaten to derail state and federal criminal cases that had been moving full steam ahead against Donald Trump just a few months ago.
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July 31, 2024
Copyright Office Warns Of 'Urgent Need' For Deepfakes Law
The U.S. Copyright Office said Wednesday that "there is an urgent need" for new federal legislation to tackle the proliferation of deepfakes created through artificial intelligence, saying in a long-awaited report with recommendations to Congress that "an era of sophisticated digital replicas has arrived."
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July 31, 2024
5 Trials To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2024
Upcoming high-profile trials over star lawyer Tom Girardi's alleged fraud, Hunter Biden's taxes and Washington state's "patent troll" law are among the cases to watch in the latter half of the year.
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July 31, 2024
UPDATE: Paramount Global Bid Called Into Question After Announcement Pulled
The validity of a purported $43 billion takeover offer for Paramount Global from Apex Capital is being called into question, after the press release service that published the announcement removed it.
Expert Analysis
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The Section 230 Immunity Provision Debate Continues
The Fifth Circuit last month voted in Doe v. Snap Inc. not to reconsider en banc its decade-old interpretation of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which generally allows websites to police objectionable content as they see fit — but a growing number of judges appear motivated to further limit the scope of its immunity, say Jordan Rice and Caleb Hayes-Deats at MoloLamken.
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5 AI Risks For Corporate Boards To Examine
Whether companies are building their own artificial intelligence technology or leveraging third-party tools, their directors should get educated on certain legal issues and business risks to ensure the adoption of policies that foster responsible use of generative AI, say James Gatto and Tiana Garbett at Sheppard Mullin.
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What To Keep Tabs On In The NIL Arena This Year
The past year brought significant developments to name, image and likeness in the realm of college sports, making it increasingly important for lawyers to be well-versed in contracts, intellectual property and litigation as the new year unfolds, says Janet Moreira at Caldera Law.
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Companies Should Beware Greater Scrutiny Of Subscriptions
The New York Attorney General's Office has been utilizing a severe interpretation of the law in enforcement against subscription services, as demonstrated in last month's Sirius XM complaint and Cerebral settlement — and this focus is representative of heightened subscription scrutiny in other states and at the federal level, say attorneys at Venable.
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Takeaways From FTC Children's Privacy Rule Proposal
The Federal Trade Commission’s recently issued and long-awaited proposed revisions to its Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule are not as seismic as might have been expected under current leadership, and show that the agency's COPPA rulemaking is far from over, says Phyllis Marcus at Hunton.
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Baking Bread Makes Me A Better Lawyer
After many years practicing law, and a few years baking bread, I have learned that there are a few keys to success in both endeavors, including the assembly of a nourishing and resilient culture, and the ability to learn from failure and exercise patience, says Rick Robinson at Reed Smith.
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3 Key Class Action Trends To Use As Guidance In 2024
Telephone Consumer Protection Act, privacy and false advertising class actions saw significant shifts last year — including a trend toward expanding the application of preexisting laws to current technologies — that businesses should keep in mind to navigate the class action landscape in 2024, say attorneys at Mintz.
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Federal Courts And AI Standing Orders: Safety Or Overkill?
Several district court judges have issued standing orders regulating the use of artificial intelligence in their courts, but courts should consider following ordinary notice and comment procedures before implementing sweeping mandates that could be unnecessarily burdensome and counterproductive, say attorneys at Curtis.
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7 E-Discovery Predictions For 2024 And Beyond
The legal and technical issues of e-discovery now affect virtually every lawsuit, and in the year to come, practitioners can expect practices and policies to evolve in a number of ways, from the expanded use of relevancy redactions to mandated information security provisions in protective orders, say attorneys at Littler.
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Securities Class Actions Show No Signs of Slowing In 2024
Plaintiffs asserted securities class actions at elevated levels in 2023 — a sign that filings will remain high in the year ahead — as they switched gears to target companies that allegedly have failed to anticipate supply chain disruptions, persistent inflation, rising interest rates and other macroeconomic headwinds, say attorneys at Skadden.
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5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2024
Over the next year and beyond, litigation funding will continue to evolve in ways that affect attorneys and the larger litigation landscape, from the growth of a secondary market for funded claims, to rising interest rates restricting the availability of capital, says Jeffery Lula at GLS Capital.
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8 Privacy Law Predictions For 2024
As the new year begins, looking back to several of last year's privacy law developments may help companies forecast what to focus on when updating their privacy programs, including children's privacy, so-called dark patterns and the collection of data by connected cars, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.
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ESG Around The World: South Africa
While South Africa has yet to mandate the reporting of nonfinancial and environmental, social, and corporate governance issues, policy documents and recent legislative developments are likely to have a material impact in the country's transition to a low-carbon economy and in meeting its international obligations, say Glynn Kent at Eversheds Sutherland.
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Lessons In Navigating Collateral Estoppel Of Similar Patents
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board's recent holding in Google v. Parus that rehearing was appropriate under collateral estoppel illustrates best arguments in inter partes review for any issue that could arise in a later proceeding, including dependent claim limitations, say attorneys at Akin.
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4 Legal Ethics Considerations For The New Year
As attorneys and clients reset for a new year, now is a good time to take a step back and review some core ethical issues that attorneys should keep front of mind in 2024, including approaching generative artificial intelligence with caution and care, and avoiding pitfalls in outside counsel guidelines, say attorneys at HWG.