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March 07, 2025
California Bar Orders Investigation Of Flawed Exam
The State Bar of California is bringing on an independent investigator to look into the problem-plagued administration of the February bar exam, which left scores of test-takers feeling cheated.
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March 07, 2025
Workday Decries 'Staggeringly Broad' Age Bias Collective Bid
A lawsuit accusing Workday of using automated hiring tools to unlawfully screen out applicants over 40 should not be given collective action status, the human resources platform told a California federal court, arguing the group would contain millions of dissimilar workers and innumerable employers.
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March 07, 2025
Accused $31M Tech Support Fraudster Extradited From Spain
A Dubai resident has been extradited from Spain to appear in North Carolina federal court for allegedly running a $31.2 million scam using fake error screens on victims' computers to trick them into paying for needless tech support services, acting U.S. Attorney Lawrence J. Cameron announced Friday.
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March 07, 2025
DC Judge Declines To Block DOGE From Treasury Systems
A D.C. federal judge on Friday declined to wall off access to the federal government's payment systems from employees of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency during a lawsuit brought by retirees and union groups, determining the alleged privacy risks were not enough to warrant the court's intervention.
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March 06, 2025
Ex-GMU Prof Ends Defamation Suit Against Former Students
Former George Mason University Law professor Joshua Wright has ended his $108 million defamation lawsuit against two former students who accused him of sexual misconduct, dropping the suit late Thursday just four days before a jury trial in the case was set to begin.
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March 06, 2025
Apria Healthcare To Pay $6.4M To End Data Breach Litigation
Apria Healthcare LLC has agreed to pay $6.375 million to resolve a proposed class action over a pair of data breaches that affected more than 1.8 million individuals' personal data, according to documents filed in Indiana federal court, on the heels of the medical equipment provider reaching a separate deal with the state's attorney general over the incident.
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March 06, 2025
MyPillow CEO Found In Contempt For Failing To Give Up Docs
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was found in contempt of court by a Minnesota federal judge on Thursday for failing to produce documents in voting machine company Smartmatic's defamation suit claiming that he lied about its operations during the 2020 presidential election.
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March 06, 2025
ASUSTeK, HTC, Others Sued Over Media Patent
A New York-based patent-holding company has launched a series of lawsuits in Texas federal court accusing 13 companies of infringing its patent covering a media keying system used to upload content to users.
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March 06, 2025
AppLovin Hit With Suit Over 'Forced Shadow Downloads'
Technology company AppLovin faces a proposed investor class action alleging it invoked "cutting-edge AI technologies" in touting growth that allegedly resulted from manipulative practices triggering forced shadow downloads of its apps.
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March 06, 2025
Del. Chancery Fast-Tracks Review Of $8B Paramount Merger
Delaware's chancellor on Thursday rejected Paramount shareholders' bid for a temporary restraining order that sought to block its proposed $8.2 billion sale to Skydance Media, but she agreed to expedite the proceeding at a "break-neck pace" over breach of fiduciary duty claims involving Paramount's response to an alternative $13.5 billion offer.
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March 06, 2025
9th Circ. Shreds 'Muddled' Argument In Amazon Antitrust Case
A panel of the Ninth Circuit on Thursday picked apart arguments from consumers in their lawsuit alleging Amazon violated antitrust law through the e-commerce giant's fulfillment services, with the judges saying an amended complaint was "extraordinarily light on any actual evidence" and the arguments appeared "muddled."
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March 06, 2025
Fed. Circ. Judge Stresses Unknown Software To Fintiv, Apple
A Federal Circuit panel expressed frustration Thursday as it struggled to get straight answers regarding whether Apple's products have a "widget" that would infringe Fintiv's contactless payment patent, with one judge ending arguments by saying that "after 45 minutes here, I'm still not clear what the widget does."
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March 06, 2025
Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action
Believe it or not, there's still important litigation happening that doesn't involve President Donald Trump, and the proof exists in this month's circuit court calendars. During the remaining weeks of March, arguments will explore numerous high-profile topics, including a law firm's severe punishment for alleged misconduct in 9/11 litigation and a judicial rebuke of Trader Joe's for "an attempt to weaponize the legal system."
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March 06, 2025
USPTO's AI Strategy Doc From Biden Era Gets Scrubbed
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has seemingly withdrawn its artificial intelligence strategy issued in the last days of the Biden administration, scrubbing from the internet a report that emphasized the safe and responsible development of the technology.
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March 06, 2025
Fed. Circ. Won't Force Director Review Of Freight Patent App
The Federal Circuit on Thursday rejected a company's bid to get the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director to review a decision denying it a freight logistics patent, saying the company took too long to make a constitutional challenge in its case.
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March 06, 2025
Staffing Co. Forced Dynata To Increase Prices, Jury Hears
An attorney representing Dynata LLC grilled an executive for a staffing company during a trial in a Texas state court Thursday, saying the staffing company "put a gun" to Dynata's head to get it to agree to price increases.
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March 06, 2025
Atlanta Bread Supplier Wants Data Breach Suit Tossed
An Atlanta-based company that produces and distributes custom breads to national food chains and food service companies moved Wednesday to dismiss a class action lawsuit brought against it for a 2024 data breach that allegedly exposed the personal information of more than 10,000 people.
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March 06, 2025
Coinbase Investors Ask Court To Lead Direct Listing Suit
Two new contenders have filed to lead a shareholder class action over crypto exchange Coinbase's direct listing hours after its original lead plaintiff dropped out following the Ninth Circuit's dismissal of a similar case brought against Slack Technologies.
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March 06, 2025
FTC Challenges PE Firm's Medical Device Coatings Deal
The Federal Trade Commission moved Thursday to block private equity firm GTCR BC Holdings LLC's planned $627 million acquisition of Surmodics Inc. over concerns about competition for medical device coatings.
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March 06, 2025
Dems Tell DOJ Musk May Be Strong-Arming X Advertisers
Democratic lawmakers led by Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., have warned the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission that billionaire Elon Musk might be using his position in the Trump administration to bully companies that advertise on his social media platform, X.
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March 06, 2025
Hunter Biden Seeks To Drop Data Hack Suit Over Money Woes
Hunter Biden on Wednesday requested that a California federal court let him dismiss his lawsuit accusing a former Trump White House aide of hacking his data as part of a campaign targeting the Biden family, saying "significant debt in the millions of dollars range" has left him unable to continue litigation.
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March 06, 2025
Top Groups Lobbying The FCC
The Federal Communications Commission heard from advocates more than 50 times in February about their priorities, including opening valuable airwaves for 5G, clearing hurdles to rural broadband, and pushing T-Mobile's $4.4 billion deal to take over UScellular's wireless operations.
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March 06, 2025
Democrats Seek Clampdown On FCC 'Weaponization'
House and Senate Democrats are going after what they're calling President Donald Trump's "weaponization of the FCC" with a pair of bills that would prevent the agency from revoking the licenses of television or radio stations based on the viewpoints they air.
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March 06, 2025
Insurers Seek Toss Of Meta's Social Media MDL Coverage Suit
A group of insurers urged a California federal court to either toss or stay Meta's suit seeking to pause all coverage litigation regarding underlying claims that the company deliberately designed its platforms to be addictive to adolescents, saying the first-to-file rule applies to the carriers' Delaware state court suit.
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March 06, 2025
Music Streaming Lyrics Co. Hits Rival With $1B Antitrust Suit
LyricFind Inc. slapped Musixmatch SpA with a $1 billion antitrust lawsuit in California federal court, calling the rival a monopolist in the market for providing lyrics to digital services companies like Spotify and saying Musixmatch inked a deal with Warner Chappell Music Inc. that essentially pushes LyricFind and others out of the market.
Expert Analysis
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Mentorship Resolutions For The New Year
Attorneys tend to focus on personal achievements or career milestones when they set yearly goals, but one important area often gets overlooked in this process — mentoring relationships, which are some of the most effective tools for professional growth, say Kelly Galligan at Rutan & Tucker and Andra Greene at Phillips ADR.
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What Nearshoring Growth In Americas Means For Patents
With the new U.S. administration potentially focused on implementing draconian trade restrictions, nearshoring in the Americas is expected to grow, and patent prosecution attorneys will be kept on their toes as the patent landscape from country to country continues to evolve, says Ernest Huang at Procopio.
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Inside New Commerce Tech Restrictions: Key Risk Takeaways
While there are a few limitations on the scope of a new final rule restricting certain foreign adversary products and technologies, the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security retains sweeping authority to regulate an array of risk areas, says Peter Jeydel at Troutman.
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Algorithm Price-Fixing Ruling May Lower Antitrust Claims Bar
A Washington federal court's refusal to dismiss Duffy v. Yardi Systems, an antitrust case over rent prices allegedly inflated by revenue management software, creates an apparent split in the lower courts over how to assess such claims, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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What Insurers Should Know About AI Use In Litigation
As the use of artificial intelligence in litigation evolves, insurers should note standing court orders, instances of judges utilizing AI to determine policy definitions and the application of evidentiary standards to expert evidence that incorporates AI, says Sarah Abrams at Baleen Specialty.
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Coaching Little League Makes Me A Better Lawyer
While coaching poorly played Little League Baseball early in the morning doesn't sound like a good time, I love it — and the experience has taught me valuable lessons about imperfection, compassion and acceptance that have helped me grow as a person and as a lawyer, says Alex Barnett at DiCello Levitt.
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How Fintechs Can Respond To New CFPB Supervisory Rule
Even though a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule pulling large payment apps into supervision faces an uncertain fate in the new administration, providers should still examine the rule's definitions and prepare for increased compliance costs and more consumer-friendly practices, say attorneys at DLA Piper.
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Courts Must Stick To The Science On Digital Addiction Claims
A number of pending personal injury and product liability lawsuits allege that plaintiffs have developed behavioral addictions to the use of social media and video games — but this is not yet recognized by relevant authorities as an addiction, so courts must carefully scrutinize such claims, say attorneys at DLA Piper.
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Influencer IP Case Risks Judges Becoming Arbiters Of 'Vibes'
The case of Gifford v. Sheil, pending in Texas federal court, involves an influencer alleging that distinctive social media aesthetics constitute protectable property, and reflects a troubling trend: the overreach of intellectual property law in areas better left for creative freedom, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
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5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2025
Lawyers and their clients must be prepared to navigate an evolving litigation funding market in 2025, made more complicated by a new administration and the increasing overall cost of litigation, says Jeffery Lula at GLS Capital.
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Despite Political Divide, FEC Found Common Ground In '24
The Federal Election Commission, although evenly split between Republicans and Democrats, reached consensus in consequential advisory opinions, enforcement actions and regulations last year, offering welcome clarity on some key questions facing campaigns, PACs and parties, say attorneys at Covington.
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3 Noteworthy Effects Of The 2025 NDAA
The 2025 defense budget includes further restrictions on semiconductor sales to Huawei, requiring companies to rethink customer-base oversight, but other provisions are likely to broaden procurement contract opportunities, say attorneys at Miles & Stockbridge.
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The Blueprint For A National Bitcoin Reserve
The new administration has the opportunity to pave the way for a U.S.-backed crypto reserve, which could conceptually function as a strategic asset akin to traditional reserves like gold markets, hedge against economic instability, and influence global crypto adoption, say attorneys at Duane Morris.
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FTC Privacy Enforcement Takeaways From 2024
In 2024, the Federal Trade Commission distinguished three prominent trends in its privacy-related enforcement actions: geolocation data protections, data minimization practices, and artificial intelligence use and marketing, say Cobun Zweifel-Keegan at IAPP and James Smith at Dechert.
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The Fed. Circ. In 2024: 5 Major Rulings To Know
In 2024, the Federal Circuit provided a number of important clarifications to distinct areas of patent law – including design patent obviousness, expert testimony admissions and patent term adjustments – all of which are poised to have an influence going forward, say attorneys at Knobbe Martens.