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June 02, 2025
Defamation Litigation Roundup: Cheetos, NASCAR, OpenAI
In this month's review of ongoing defamation fights, 麻豆传媒360 looks back on developments in a man's case against Frito-Lay Inc. over what he called the company's defamatory statements disputing his role in the invention of a flavor of Cheetos.
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June 02, 2025
1st Circ. Partially Revives 'Varsity Blues' Conviction
The First Circuit has reinstated one of the two convictions against a former University of Southern California coach in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions case, saying a federal district court "did not explain" its decision to wipe out the entire verdict.
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May 30, 2025
'Not Sure It Fits': Google Judge Challenges DOJ AI Boost Idea
Generative artificial intelligence may be the future of online search, but a D.C. federal judge cast doubt Friday on the Justice Department's bid to force Google to share and syndicate its search results with companies like OpenAI as he mulls what remedies to impose against Google's search monopoly.
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May 30, 2025
Plaintiffs Appeal AI Sales Platform's Win In Identity Misuse Suit
A group claiming to be part of a database maintained by 6Sense, which uses artificial intelligence to help businesses with sales and marketing, are appealing to the Ninth Circuit the dismissal of their proposed class action accusing the company of unlawfully using their identities to promote its products and services.
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May 30, 2025
Broadband Rate Regs Hurt Competition, Report Says
Capping broadband rates for low-income families is a bad idea, according to a new study backed by cable trade group ACA Connects, which found that such caps negatively impacts competition.
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May 30, 2025
Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action
Saying that June's circuit court calendars include important arguments in all practice areas would be hyperbolic 鈥 but just slightly. That's because significant showdowns are imminent involving appellate procedure principles, "click-to-cancel" rules, government procurement protests, judiciary employment protections and litigation risk insurance 鈥 as well as President Donald Trump's felony convictions and extraordinary deportation measures.
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May 30, 2025
4th Circ. Says Possession Decides Rockwell Drawings Feud
A split Fourth Circuit panel Friday said Norman Rockwell illustrations gifted to Franklin D. Roosevelt's press secretary belonged to the grandchild of the presidential aide who possessed the drawings, evoking the Bible as well as "Beauty & The Beast" in saying inheritance fights are "a tale as old as time."
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May 30, 2025
Meta Looks To Nix FTC's Lead Econ Expert After Antitrust Trial
Meta Platforms asked a D.C. federal judge Friday to strike testimony the Federal Trade Commission's lead economics expert gave during a bench trial in the antitrust case over Meta's purchase of Instagram and WhatsApp, saying the "biased witness" 鈥 a New York University School of 麻豆传媒 professor 鈥 "advocated" for the case.
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May 30, 2025
NSO Wants New WhatsApp Hack Trial After Meta's $168M Win
Israeli spyware developer NSO Group has asked a California federal judge for a new trial to determine damages for installing spyware on 1,400 phones using Meta-owned WhatsApp, saying the punitive damages portion of a roughly $168 million award was egregious and revealed the jury's "general hostility" toward the company.
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May 30, 2025
NBA Star Zion Williamson Sued For Sexual Assault In Calif.
A woman is accusing NBA All-Star Zion Williamson of raping her twice in 2020 and sexually and physically assaulting her multiple times over a three-year period, in a suit filed in California state court.
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May 30, 2025
Crowdfunding, Reg A Deals Grow Slowly As SEC Weighs Ideas
Equity crowdfunding and expanded Regulation A offerings have grown slowly since going live over the past decade, according to new data, leaving open questions on whether regulators will ease rules to bolster these alternatives to traditional capital raising.
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May 30, 2025
Taylor Swift Says She Bought Masters Of Her First Albums
Taylor Swift said Friday she is now the owner of the master recordings of all her music, after a yearslong public dispute with music industry executive Scooter Braun that led her to re-record four of her albums.
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May 30, 2025
FCC Moves To Revoke Radio Licenses For Unpaid Fees
The Federal Communications Commission is revoking two Texas radio stations' licenses and threatening the same for another in Tennessee over unpaid regulatory fees, the agency said in two orders issued this week.
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May 30, 2025
Calif. Fire Chiefs Favor Earth-Based GPS Backup Plan
A group of California fire chiefs told the Federal Communications Commission that a tech firm's proposal to deploy an Earth-based navigation and broadband network would be the best way to backstop the Global Positioning System.
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May 30, 2025
Wash. Judge Doubts Valve's Suit Alleging Arbitration Scheme
A Washington state appellate judge pushed back Friday against Valve Corp.'s stance that it could sue an attorney over an alleged scheme to manipulate arbitration pacts between the gaming giant and its customers, suggesting the company opened the door for such conduct by previously forcing gamers to arbitrate antitrust claims individually.
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May 30, 2025
'Spinning Wheels': Judge Laments 'No Progress' In Meta Case
A California federal judge indicated Friday that she'd order a Chinese information company to pay Meta's contempt motion fees after it failed to pay a $5.5 million default judgment for cybersquatting, but she complained that all involved are "spinning wheels here and spending attorneys fees and making no progress at all."
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May 30, 2025
Colo. Judge Won't Halt $14M Wage Fines Against Strip Clubs
A group of strip clubs made "conclusory assertions" in their bid to dodge $14 million in fines the city of Denver lodged against them for pay practice allegations, a Colorado federal judge ruled, saying that the entities didn't prove a constitutional violation.
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May 30, 2025
Google Nears Class Deal In Privacy Suit Over Recording Users
Google and a 30 million-strong consumer class have told a California federal judge they've made "substantial progress" in reaching a potential settlement that would "fully and finally" resolve a years-old action alleging Google Assistant-enabled devices surreptitiously recorded conversations to fuel its advertisement business and train machine-learning models.
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May 30, 2025
DC Circ. Keeps Block On Texas AG's Media Matters Probe
A D.C. Circuit panel on Friday upheld an order barring the Texas attorney general from demanding internal records from Media Matters about the left-leaning media watchdog's reporting on the social media platform X.
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May 30, 2025
Prosecutors Bet On Diddy's Ex-Workers To Build RICO Case
Witnesses who worked for Sean "Diddy" Combs and saw his alleged abuses are a crucial component of federal prosecutors' racketeering case against the music icon, legal experts told 麻豆传媒360, as testimony from another anguished former worker came into the high-profile trial on Friday.聽
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May 30, 2025
Diaz Reus Sued For Fraud, Conflict In Failed Miami Water Park
A Florida consultant has sued law firm Diaz Reus & Targ LLP over allegations it created an adverse conflict of interest in ownership over a failed Miami water park when the firm's managing partner and his brother, another firm member, attempted to "strong-arm" him into reducing his interest in the venture.
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May 30, 2025
Off The Bench: NASCAR V. Crypto, Puig Doc, NCAA Eligibility
In this week's Off The Bench, NASCAR beats defamation claims from a cryptocurrency founder regarding the spurious value of the coin, former MLB star Yasiel Puig sues the media companies behind a series documenting his entanglements in a federal gambling probe, and a Seventh Circuit panel appears receptive to the NCAA's defense of its eligibility rules.
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May 30, 2025
Trump Opposes Quick Ruling In Copyright Chief's Firing Suit
The Trump administration on Friday asked a D.C. federal judge to deny Shira Perlmutter's request for expedited briefing in her lawsuit challenging her firing as head of the U.S. Copyright Office, saying she has not shown there is an urgency to resolve the matter.
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May 30, 2025
Congressional Caucus Aims To Fix Rural Broadband Delays
麻豆传媒makers are again pushing to fix broadband gaps around the country by forming a bipartisan congressional caucus focused on high-speed connectivity in rural areas, a move praised by telecom carriers.
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May 30, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Cravath, Latham
In this week's Taxation With Representation, WiseTech completes a $2.1 billion merger with E2open, Acrisure buys a payroll management company for $1.1 billion and Hailey Bieber sells her Rhode skincare and makeup company to e.l.f. beauty for $1 billion.
Expert Analysis
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5 Notable Information Security Events In 2024
B. Stephanie Siegmann at Hinckley Allen discusses 2024's largest and most destructive data breaches seen yet, ranging from ransomware disrupting U.S. healthcare systems on a massive scale, to tensions increasing between the U.S. and China over cyberespionage and the control of U.S. data.
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Series
Playing Rugby Makes Me A Better 麻豆传媒yer
My experience playing rugby, including a near-fatal accident, has influenced my legal practice on a professional, organizational and personal level by showing me the importance of maintaining empathy, fostering team empowerment and embracing the art of preparation, says James Gillenwater at Greenberg Traurig.
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Looking Back At 2024's Noteworthy State AG Litigation
State attorneys general across the U.S. took bold steps in 2024 to address unlawful activities by corporations in several areas, including privacy and data security, financial transparency, children's internet safety, and other overall consumer protection claims, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.
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Opinion
No, Litigation Funders Are Not 'Fleeing' The District Of Del.
A recent study claimed that litigation funders have 鈥渇led鈥 Delaware federal court due to a standing order requiring disclosure of third-party financing, but responsible funders have no problem litigating in this jurisdiction, and many other factors could explain the decline in filings, say Will Freeman and Sarah Tsou at Omni Bridgeway.
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5 Advertising 麻豆传媒 Trends To Watch In 2025
Although advertisers are encouraged by the incoming Trump administration's focus on deregulation, this year could feel like wading through uncharted waters, and decreased federal government regulation may mean increased state regulation, say attorneys at Reed Smith.
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5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2025 And Beyond
In the year to come, e-discovery will be shaped by new and emerging trends, from the adoption of artificial intelligence provisions in protective orders, to the proliferation of emojis as a source of evidence in contemporary litigation, say attorneys at Littler.
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Celebs' Suits Show Limits Of Calif. Anti-SLAPP 麻豆传媒s
Two recent cases including Amanda Ghost v. Rebel Wilson and Leviss v. Sandoval highlight the delicate balancing act courts must perform in weighing free speech against privacy and reputational harm under California's robust anti-strategic lawsuit against public participation laws, say attorneys at Nixon Peabody.
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What To Expect From Federal Cybersecurity Policy In 2025
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.
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2024 Was A Banner Year For Shareholder Activism
Shareholder activism campaigns in 2024 continued at an elevated pace globally, with activist investors exploiting valuation gaps and pushing aggressively for corporate governance reforms, including the ouster of many companies' chief executives, a trend that could continue once President-elect Donald Trump takes office, say attorneys at Sidley.
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6 Predictions For Cyber Risk And Insurance In 2025
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.
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7 Ways 2nd Trump Administration May Affect Partner Hiring
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.
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4 Novel Issues From The Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni Suits
A series of lawsuits arising from actress Blake Lively's sexual harassment and retaliation complaint against her "It Ends With Us" co-star, Justin Baldoni, present novel legal issues that employment and defamation practitioners alike should follow as the litigation progresses, say attorneys at Dorsey & Whitney.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Custodian Selection
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.
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Opinion
Section 230 Debates Will Continue, With Or Without TikTok
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.
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Series
Exercising On My Peloton Bike Makes Me A Better 麻豆传媒yer
While I originally came to the Peloton bike for exercise, one cycling instructor鈥檚 teachings have come to serve as a road map for practicing law thoughtfully and mindfully, which has opened opportunities for growth and change in my career, says Andrea Kirshenbaum at Littler.