Technology

  • March 03, 2025

    TikTok And Reddit Face UK Probes Over Kids' Data Handling

    Britain's data protection watchdog on Monday stepped up its efforts to ensure that children are being protected online, launching investigations into how popular digital platforms TikTok, Reddit and Imgur gather and use minors' personal information.

  • March 03, 2025

    Fenwick-Led AI Startup Coreweave Files For IPO

    Artificial intelligence-focused startup CoreWeave Inc. filed plans for an initial public offering Monday, represented by Fenwick & West LLP and underwriters' counsel Latham & Watkins LLP, marking what could become the first major technology IPO of 2025.

  • March 03, 2025

    9th Circ. Rejects Redo Of Antitrust Case Against Zillow, NAR

    The Ninth Circuit on Monday said it would not revive a defunct brokerage platform's case accusing Zillow and the National Association of Realtors of deception related to the online real estate company's website, saying there was no conspiracy in the way changes were made to how listings were displayed.

  • March 03, 2025

    Staffing Company Says Data Co. Dynata Stiffed It On $8M Bill

    Connecticut-based market research company Dynata LLC stiffed a staffing company to the tune of $8 million after the staffing company refused to foot the bill for a wage and hour class action against Dynata, a Dallas jury heard Monday.

  • March 03, 2025

    Ex-McKool Smith Atty Opts For Reichman Jorgensen In Austin

    Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP has hired a former longtime McKool Smith patent litigator to run its office in Austin, Texas. 

  • March 03, 2025

    Apple Gets ICloud Monopoly Suit Tossed For Now

    Apple has convinced a California federal judge to toss a proposed class action accusing it of flouting federal antitrust laws by blocking third-party cloud storage services from accessing and storing certain files on its smartphones, at least temporarily.

  • March 03, 2025

    Wrongful Death Claims Go Ahead In Social Media MDL

    A California federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation over claims Facebook and other social media companies purposefully addict minors to their platforms has allowed certain allegations, including negligence and wrongful death claims, to go forward in a final ruling.

  • March 03, 2025

    Ramey Dodges Fees After Losing Virtual Payment Patent Suit

    A Texas federal judge has thrown out a patent infringement lawsuit against a San Antonio bank after finding "no plausible allegation of infringement of any type," while rejecting a request to make William Ramey III of Ramey LLP, the prolific plaintiffs patent lawyer, pay the bank's legal fees.

  • March 03, 2025

    Credit Bureaus Look To Duck Renewed Medical Debt Claims

    Equifax, Experian and TransUnion asked a California federal judge Monday to toss an updated case accusing the credit reporting agencies of violating antitrust law by agreeing to exclude medical debt under $500 from consumer credit reports.

  • March 03, 2025

    VLSI Maintains Intel Doesn't Have A Free License To Its IP

    VLSI Technology has urged U.S. District Judge Alan Albright to reinstate his 2022 decision that Intel Corp. doesn't have a license to its patents, saying no facts impacting a potential license have changed in the interim.

  • March 03, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Tosses Appeal In Card Payment Patent Dispute

    The Federal Circuit on Monday threw out a patent holder's challenge of an order clarifying that motions for sanctions by gift card company Blackhawk Networks and shopping mall owner Simon Property Group remained live after a Texas federal court's non-infringement judgment.

  • March 03, 2025

    ParkMobile Offers $9M, App Credits To End Data Breach Suit

    ParkMobile customers who alleged their personal information was compromised in a 2021 data breach have asked a Georgia federal judge to give final approval to a settlement that would set aside a $9 million cash fund and up to $21 million in parking credits to end their class action.

  • March 03, 2025

    DOJ Opposes Anthropic's Amicus Bid In Google Search Case

    The U.S. Department of Justice is telling a D.C. federal judge to keep Anthropic PBC out of the remedies phase of its search antitrust case against Google, arguing that the artificial intelligence company is trying to backdoor its way to intervenor privileges through an amicus curiae request.

  • March 03, 2025

    Ligado Says It's Time To Share Weather Satellite Band

    It's time for the government to start sharing a slice of spectrum previously set aside for weather instruments, Ligado Networks and a host of other industry players are telling the Federal Communications Commission after the agency signaled it was open to considering the idea.

  • March 03, 2025

    Pa. Supreme Court Snapshot: Negligence Damages Caps

    The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will start and end its March session examining long-standing precedents, beginning Tuesday with an argument that will spotlight damages against government entities, and wrapping up Wednesday with a matter hinging on a rule that lets general contractors share their subcontractors' immunity under the workers' compensation law.

  • March 03, 2025

    Blank Rome Expands With IP Litigator From Houston Boutique

    Blank Rome LLP announced Monday that it has bolstered its intellectual property litigation group and technology industry team by hiring a patent litigator who helped launch a Houston-based IP, corporate and business law boutique.

  • March 03, 2025

    Colo. Says 1933 Dictionary Supports Netflix Subscription Tax

    The plain meaning of tangible personal property has long encompassed Netflix streaming video subscriptions, Colorado's tax department told a state appeals court, urging it to allow a sales tax on the company's products.

  • March 03, 2025

    $21M Gallagher Data Breach Deal Approved

    An Illinois federal judge gave final approval to insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s $21 million deal resolving lawsuits claiming it failed to protect the personal information of more than 3 million customers from a data breach.

  • March 03, 2025

    Justices Decline Data Breach Suit Against SC Medical Center

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a Fourth Circuit decision that a health center cannot use federal immunity as a shield against a data breach lawsuit even though it received public funds, despite the company's warning that the ruling has created a circuit split.

  • March 03, 2025

    Justices Deny Google Foe's Bid For Patent Eligibility Clarity

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a patent owner's appeal arguing that the Federal Circuit has a "broken approach to patent eligibility" and that the justices must clarify the law, in a case where advertising patents asserted against Google were found to cover abstract ideas.

  • February 28, 2025

    9th Circ. Keeps Mass Starz Privacy Arbitration Consolidated

    The Ninth Circuit on Friday refused to allow a consumer whose video privacy arbitration claims against Starz Entertainment LLC have been merged with more than 7,000 similar allegations to break off from the pack, finding that the television network couldn't be blamed for the current "procedural stalemate" in the consolidated arbitration proceedings. 

  • February 28, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Orders Interest Recalculation In Hardware IP Row

    Halo Electronics' nearly two-decades-old dispute with a rival completed its fifth trip to the Federal Circuit, with the appeals court on Friday ordering a Nevada federal court to recalculate the amount of interest Halo could collect on a jury verdict.

  • February 28, 2025

    Judge Denies OpenAI's Bid For Discovery In Meta's IP Fight

    A California federal judge rejected OpenAI's request to see discovery produced in Meta Platforms Inc.'s copyright battle with authors over its artificial intelligence tool, writing Thursday that the "broad swath of information" it requested is not proportional to the company's needs in its own case.

  • February 28, 2025

    Intel Wants License Question Settled Before VLSI Trial In May

    Intel Corp. is asking U.S. District Judge Alan Albright to hold that a license it has with Finjan Holdings also covers patents owned by its affiliates, meaning a jury would only decide whether its litigation foe VLSI Technology is one of those affiliates.

  • February 28, 2025

    T-Mobile Touts Broadband Benefits Of US Cellular Deal

    T-Mobile continues to make its case to the Federal Communications Commission in the hopes of earning the agency's blessing on the mobile behemoth's $4.4 billion plan to pick up rival UScellular's wireless business since it holds the key to the transfer of all the latter company's licenses.

Expert Analysis

  • Where Payments Law And Regulation Are Headed In 2025

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    The Trump administration will likely bring significant changes to payments regulations in 2025, but maintaining internal compliance efforts in the absence of robust federal oversight will remain key as state authorities and private plaintiffs step into the breach, say attorneys at Stinson.

  • What To Expect From Federal Cybersecurity Policy In 2025

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    There are 12 cyber policy questions to keep an eye on as the new administration and Republican control of Congress present an opportunity to advance less regulatory approaches and revisit some choices from the prior administration, say attorneys at Wiley.

  • 4 Trade Secret Developments To Follow This Year

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    Significant developments in trade secret law are likely in 2025, and areas to watch include protection of AI-related innovations, the fate of the Federal Trade Commission's noncompete ban, and questions of the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act's extraterritorial reach, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.

  • Republican Trifecta Amplifies Risks For Cos. In 3 Key Areas

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    Expected coordination between a Republican Congress and presidential administration may expose companies to simultaneous criminal, civil and congressional investigations, particularly with regard to supply chain risks in certain industries, government contracting and cross-border investment, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Bid Protest Spotlight: Certification, Lateness, SBA Eligibility

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    In this month's bid protest roundup, Cody Fisher at MoFo examines three recent decisions from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Government Accountability Office that address the treatment of a proposal that was timely submitted but received late, and highlight nuances of certification and small business eligibility requirements.

  • 6 Predictions For Cyber Risk And Insurance In 2025

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    This year is likely to bring with it some thorny and expensive cyber challenges, including increased ransomware activity, more data breach class actions and continued efforts to define business interruption loss calculations, say attorneys at Wiley.

  • Series

    Illinois Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q4

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    While the last quarter of 2024 didn't bring any notable state financial legislation, Illinois banks did see developments in the challenge to the Interchange Fee Prohibition Act, and received some awaited guidance on credit line disclosures and bank-fintech relationships, say attorneys at Dykema.

  • 7 Ways 2nd Trump Administration May Affect Partner Hiring

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    President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House will likely have a number of downstream effects on partner hiring in the legal industry, from accelerated hiring timelines to increased vetting of prospective employees, say recruiters at Macrae.

  • How Trump 2.0 May Change Business In Latin America

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    Companies in Latin America should expect to face more trade restrictions, tighter economic sanctions and enhanced corruption risks, as the incoming administration shifts focus to certain non-U.S. actors, most notably China, says Matteson Ellis at Miller & Chevalier.

  • Reviewing 2024's AI Patent And Copyright Developments

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    Attorneys at Rothwell Figg provide highlights on procedural and substantive intellectual property issues pertaining to AI in 2024 from the Copyright Office and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, followed by what to expect in 2025.

  • Trump, Tariffs And Tech: The Right To Repair In 2025

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    The "right-to-repair" movement has helped make it easier for independent repair shops and consumers to repair their devices and vehicles — but President-elect Donald Trump's complicated relationship with Big Tech, and his advocacy for increased tariffs, make the immediate future of the movement uncertain, say attorneys at Carter Ledyard.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Custodian Selection

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    Several recent rulings make clear that the proportionality of additional proposed custodians will depend on whether the custodians have unique relevant documents, and producing parties should consider whether information already in the record will show that they have relevant documents that otherwise might not be produced, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Opinion

    Section 230 Debates Will Continue, With Or Without TikTok

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    Regardless of whether TikTok is forced to shut down in the U.S. in the coming weeks, legal disputes will continue over social media platforms' responsibility under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act for harms allegedly caused by content shared on their apps, says Carla Varriale-Barker at Segal McCambridge.

  • Impact Of Successful Challenges To SEC's Rulemaking Ability

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    In 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission faced significant legal challenges to its aggressive rulemaking agenda as several of its rules were vacated by the Fifth Circuit, which could hinder the SEC's ability to enact rules extending beyond express statutory authority in the future, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • 5 Privacy Law Trends That Will Continue In 2025

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    While preparing privacy programs for the year, companies should keep in mind several developments from 2024 that will carry over — namely, in the realm of artificial intelligence, passive data collection, combining data from multiple sources, privacy program expectations and managing vendors, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.

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