Technology

  • June 12, 2026

    Deluge Of Video Evidence Overwhelms Criminal Cases

    Surveillance cameras and police body cameras are creating a flood of video evidence that can help prosecutors and defense attorneys build strong cases. But many have been struggling with the technical and logistical challenges that come with the sheer volume of footage.

  • June 12, 2026

    PTAB Cites Oscar, Emmy In Upholding Zaxcom Recording IP

    The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has declined to invalidate claims in Zaxcom Inc.'s patents covering technology for wireless recording audio, finding that Academy and Emmy awards that Zaxcom received for the technology defeat the challenges to them. 

  • June 12, 2026

    Eutelsat Seeks 'Relative' Payments For Upper C-Band Moves

    The FCC ought to stick with its plan of paying companies who agreed to quickly clear out of the upper C-band "relative" to their contribution, but that doesn't mean using the same percentages it did to dole out payments for clearing out of the lower C-band, one satellite company said.

  • June 12, 2026

    AutoNation Beats Wiretap Suit Over AI Customer Service Calls

    AutoNation permanently beat a proposed class action on Thursday, alleging it used third-party software to illegally record and transcribe customer service phone calls, after a California federal judge found he lacked personal jurisdiction over the automotive retailer, since its activities were not directed to California customers or tailored to the California market.

  • June 12, 2026

    'Demonstrably Untrue' Claim Ends Google Teen‑Harm Fee Bid

    A Florida federal judge has shut down an Orlando firm's bid to get a cut of a pending settlement in a suit alleging Google LLC and a chatbot company caused a teen's suicide, rejecting the firm's "demonstrably untrue" statement supporting its bid.

  • June 12, 2026

    Jane Street Used Tips To Dodge Losses, Terraform Says

    The administrator for bankrupt cryptocurrency company Terraform Labs has urged a New York federal court not to dismiss his suit against trading firm Jane Street over claims the firm used confidential information to profit from Terraform's collapse, arguing that it is liable as an insider and a tippee.

  • June 12, 2026

    Data Center Tax Fight Spurs Va. House Study Proposal

    Trying to move forward Virginia's budget, which has been snarled for weeks amid an intraparty fight over continuing tax breaks for data centers, state House Democrats proposed what they called a compromise plan Friday that would create a commission to study the centers.

  • June 12, 2026

    ACLU Of Pa. Sues DHS, CBP Over Probe Into Online Critics

    The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania sued U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Pennsylvania federal court on Friday, saying they failed to respond to a records request seeking copies of subpoenas for the identities of anonymous social media users who criticized the agencies.

  • June 12, 2026

    Ex-Gov't Contractor Cops To $510K IT Kickback Scheme

    A former intelligence agency contractor pled guilty Thursday in Maryland federal court to accepting $510,000 in kickbacks in exchange for using his access to sensitive government systems to influence the procurement process for IT products in favor of his co-conspirators, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

  • June 12, 2026

    InterDigital Patent Suit Against Disney Paused For Dolby Feud

    A California federal judge has paused a patent infringement suit brought by wireless technology outfit InterDigital Inc. against The Walt Disney Co. while letting play out a dispute involving a request from Dolby to declare one InterDigital patent invalid, as well as Disney's challenges over two other patents at the patent office.

  • June 12, 2026

    9th Circ. Judge Doubts Google Rival's 'Broad' Antitrust Suit

    A Ninth Circuit judge appeared skeptical Friday of efforts to revive allegations that Google harmed market competition for digital advertising by booting a now-defunct advertising app from its Play Store, saying Google has many rivals in the "very broad" proposed market and asking the plaintiff: "So what's the injury?"

  • June 12, 2026

    OpenAI, Google Workers Back Anthropic In DOD Usage Feud

    Employees of Google and OpenAI employees told a California federal court that autonomous lethal weapons systems used without human oversight pose several risks, backing rival artificial intelligence company Anthropic's bid to show the government acted arbitrarily in determining Anthropic posed national security risks.

  • June 12, 2026

    Insider Trading Defense May Draw On 'Varsity Blues' Playbook

    After enlisting a crew of experienced attorneys, defendants charged in an insider trading case allegedly involving deal information stolen from huge law firms are preparing to use a strategy that could take some cues from the "Varsity Blues" case in the same Boston courthouse.

  • June 12, 2026

    Motorola Sued Again Over Vehicle-Tracking Camera Data

    A putative class action filed Thursday in Illinois federal court claims that Motorola Solutions operates a nationwide network of license plate recognition cameras and surveillance software that allows law enforcement agencies to track drivers' movements without their consent and in violation of their privacy rights.

  • June 12, 2026

    CoStar Slams Zillow's Injunction Bid In Compass Antitrust Suit

    Commercial real estate information company CoStar asked an Illinois federal court to let it fight Zillow's preliminary injunction bid in the property listing giant's antitrust suit against Compass and others, arguing that it can combat claims about anticompetitive collusion.

  • June 12, 2026

    Salesforce Dodges Full Fed. Circ. Review Of IP Win

    Consulting firm Applications in Internet Time LLC has failed to persuade the full Federal Circuit to revive its patent infringement suit against Salesforce Inc.

  • June 12, 2026

    Ex-Honeywell China GC Can't Bring US Bias Suit, Judge Says

    Honeywell International Inc. defeated a lawsuit alleging it unlawfully fired the vice president and general counsel at a Chinese subsidiary because she turned 55, with a North Carolina federal judge saying her employment contract requires the dispute to be handled in China.

  • June 12, 2026

    Taxation With Representation: Gibson Dunn, Davis Polk, S&C

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, SpaceX prices a $75 billion initial public offering at its designated price range, Apollo Global Management leads a capital commitment for a Broadcom initiative to build artificial intelligence infrastructure for companies including Anthropic, and pharma giant GSK acquires cancer therapy specialist Nuvalent.

  • June 12, 2026

    SVB, Insurers Spar Over Policy Language In $73M Fraud Row

    Insurers for the failed Silicon Valley Bank are not entitled to a quick win in a $73 million fraud coverage dispute, the bank and its receiver told a North Carolina federal court, saying the carriers' interpretation of the financial institution bonds' extended forgery provision is not supported by policy language.

  • June 12, 2026

    Jury Rejects Nielsen's TV Audience IP Case Against TVision

    A Delaware federal jury has cleared TVision Insights Inc. from claims by The Nielsen Co. that it infringed a patent covering audio recognition software with its products for getting data on TV audiences.

  • June 12, 2026

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    The past week in London has seen the FCA bring a claim against a fund manager it accused of providing investment services despite having been banned, an Ardmore unit sue a contractor two days before the construction group's collapse, and shipping and cruise giant MSC hit back at an entertainment company following separate intellectual property litigation in the U.S. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • June 12, 2026

    Akin Recruits Corporate Pro In Dallas From Katten

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has expanded its corporate practice with a former Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP attorney in Dallas.

  • June 11, 2026

    Meta Must Face Porn Studio's IP Suit Over AI Training

    Meta Platforms Inc. can't toss a porn studio's copyright infringement suit accusing the social media giant of downloading the studio's films to train generative artificial intelligence models, a California federal judge ruled Thursday, saying the studio's allegations suffice to infer a "coordinated effort" by Meta to gather data.

  • June 11, 2026

    OpenAI Hit With Another Suit Claiming ChatGPT Aided Suicide

    A Canadian mother on Thursday sued ChatGPT maker OpenAI over her daughter's suicide in California state court, adding to mounting litigation accusing the artificial intelligence tool of encouraging or aiding users in self-harm and suicide.

  • June 11, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Won't Trade Detailed Verdicts For Efficiency

    The Federal Circuit has again faulted U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap's use of jury verdict forms that collapse all infringement allegations down to checking simply "yes" or "no," a decision attorneys say complicates how to present more individualized patent information without additional trial time.

Expert Analysis

  • Patent Ruling Highlights Risks Of Late Inventorship Fixes

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    The Federal Circuit's recent decision in Implicit v. Sonos demonstrates the risk of forfeiture with retroactive correction of inventorship in inter partes review proceedings, with a clear message to the patent community that potential inventorship issues should be considered at every stage of a patent's life cycle, say attorneys at BCLP.

  • Using Past Tech Transitions As A Lens For Calif. Worker AI Bill

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    Examining previous workplace automation battles reveals the goals of a California bill that would impose obligations on employers for layoffs and hiring cessations caused by artificial intelligence, and illustrates where it may prove difficult to administer and how to prepare for its enactment, say attorneys at Skadden.

  • Adjusting IPR Tactics As Google Fights 'Settled Expectations'

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    Google’s petition for the U.S. Supreme Court to scrutinize the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's so-called settled expectations practice underscores why accused infringers facing older asserted patents should treat discretionary denial as a case-dispositive risk from day one, says attorney Abdul Abdullahi.

  • 3 Misconceptions About Justices' FCC Fines Ruling

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's June 4 Federal Communications Commission v. AT&T decision rejecting AT&T’s and Verizon’s argument that the commission's forfeiture process violates the Seventh Amendment has yielded three common reactions that misunderstand the decision as a matter of law and how the FCC actually operates, says Samuel Feder at Jenner & Block.

  • How A Founder's AI Pitch Deck Can Become A Crime Scene

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    As recent indictments and prosecutions against tech executives illustrate, AI washing is a criminal enforcement priority, not a regulatory formality, highlighting the importance of ensuring that founders don't overstate what their artificial intelligence does, particularly in the initial pitch deck to investors, says attorney Alan Walter.

  • Direct Fed Payment Access Finally In Sight For Fintechs

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    A recent executive order and a Federal Reserve proposal could finally allow direct payment system access for fintechs and other nonbanks, potentially reducing reliance on sponsor banks and reshaping competition, as well as prompting organizations to reassess partnership strategies as litigation and rulemaking unfold, say attorneys at Freshfields.

  • New State AI Laws Create Dual Misrepresentation Risk

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    As artificial intelligence transparency laws are enacted across the country and the volume and specificity of compliance records increase, companies will be required to speak more often, more precisely and to more audiences about the same systems, compounding the risk of litigation, say attorneys at Cooley.

  • Series

    Cow Horse Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Moving an unwilling 800-pound cow while riding a horse at high speed is exhilarating, a little unhinged and, at least for me, a surprisingly effective training ground for litigation — both demand focus, preparation over rigid planning and the willingness to act despite fear, says Ashley Zitrin at Glenn Agre.

  • Fla. Driver Ruling Shows Renewed Focus On Privacy Standing

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    A Florida federal court's recent dismissal of a class action alleging that private driving records had been improperly used in violation of the Driver's Privacy Protection Act suggests that companies defending against privacy class actions in Florida may reconsider Article III challenges at the dismissal stage, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • PowerSchool Data Breach Ruling Underscores PE Liability

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    The recent California federal court decision in PowerSchool, where Bain Capital was unable to dismiss claims relating to a data breach based in part on Bain's preinvestment activities, is an important addition to the line of cases addressing investor liability for acts of a portfolio company, says Mark Kelley at MoloLamken.

  • O Brother, Where Art DAO? Jurisdiction Issues Abound

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    While there is a dearth of decisions examining a decentralized autonomous organization's citizenship for diversity jurisdiction purposes, Second Circuit case law has defined citizenship for other unincorporated entities, which may guide how courts evaluate an increasing number of cases involving DAOs, says Michael Mix at Morrison Cohen.

  • Unpacking The Take It Down Act's Compliance Ambiguities

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    The Federal Trade Commission’s recent guidance concerning the Take It Down Act suggests that covered platforms should build removal systems immediately and prioritize compliance, but until courts or regulators provide additional clarity, companies will be navigating a statutory framework that is urgent and uncertain, says Laura-Kate Bernstein at ZwillGen.

  • Protecting AI-Driven Innovation In Life Sciences IP

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    Recent developments, including the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's evolving inventorship standards, and the impact of artificial intelligence on the "person of ordinary skill in the art" standard demand that life sciences companies elevate AI patent strategy to a top priority, says Sandra Haberny at Quinn Emanuel.

  • Opinion

    Agentic AI And Securities Law: Steps Congress Should Take

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    Agentic artificial intelligence technology doesn't fit comfortably into the existing securities regulatory landscape, so Congress should avoid repeating the mistakes that led to the legal uncertainty crypto companies and investors have faced over the past decade-plus by providing a legislative framework before AI fully matures, says Joseph A. Hall at Davis Polk.

  • What Colorado AI Law's Major Rewrite Means For Employers

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    Colorado's landmark law regulating employers' use of artificial intelligence tools was recently replaced with a narrower regime that eliminates many burdensome obligations, but still imposes a host of requirements focused on transparency and accountability, say attorneys at Proskauer.

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