23andMe’s data-breach exposure grew again this week, as a coalition of more than 40 state attorneys general announced they will share in an additional $18 million resolution over alleged unreasonable security practices. The state deal follows a bankruptcy court’s approval of a separate $46.75 million settlement with private claimants, bringing the combined fallout to $64.75 million and underscoring how cyber…
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Meta Platforms has asked the Ninth Circuit to halt proceedings in the trial court while its appeal moves forward, a procedural step that can have outsized strategic consequences in high-stakes litigation. The filing—“Motion to Stay Underlying Proceedings”—signals that Meta believes continued district court activity would undermine the value of the appellate process or impose burdens that cannot be effectively remedied…
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A new inter partes review, IPR2026-00401, was filed on July 22, 2026, at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board against Zhuhai CosMX Battery Co., Ltd., putting another battery-related patent dispute on the radar for companies operating in the energy storage and electronics supply chain. For patent professionals tracking PTAB activity in advanced manufacturing and battery technology, this case is one…
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A California-led coalition of 12 states has filed a federal antitrust suit in the Northern District of California seeking to block Paramount’s proposed $110 billion deal involving Warner Bros. Discovery, making the matter one of the most significant newly filed competition cases of the week. Even setting aside the reported temporary pause order, the complaint itself is notable for its…
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Foleon Inc. has launched a new inter partes review at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, filing IPR2026-00403 on July 16, 2026. The proceeding puts at issue a patent that appears tied to digital publishing, online content creation, or related software-driven presentation technology—an area where PTAB challenges often turn on how broadly the patent owner framed routine web-based functionality and…
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Amgen has agreed to pay $74 million to resolve a shareholder class action in the Southern District of New York alleging the company waited too long to disclose a potential IRS tax exposure that plaintiffs said totaled $10.7 billion. The settlement is preliminary and still must be approved by the court, but it is already notable as a significant recent…
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A federal judge in South Dakota has preliminarily enjoined enforcement of a state abortion-advertising restriction against a reproductive-health education nonprofit and an attorney, concluding the challengers are likely to succeed on their First Amendment claims. The ruling is another important entry in the growing body of post-Dobbs litigation testing how far states can go when regulating not just abortion procedures,…
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The Justice Department has filed a proposed consent decree in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas to resolve alleged Clean Water Act violations arising from the 2022 Keystone Pipeline rupture in Kansas. The case targets the owner and operator of the pipeline system, now associated with South Bow, and centers on one of the most closely watched…
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The Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s July 14, 2026 institution decision in IPR2026-00276 granted inter partes review, finding that the petitioner made the required threshold showing that at least one challenged claim is reasonably likely to be unpatentable. While institution rulings are preliminary and do not resolve the merits, this decision is still important for practitioners because it shows how…
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The Justice Department has agreed to pay $180 million to the Municipality of Anchorage to resolve a long-running dispute over the Port of Anchorage expansion project, bringing an end to litigation that began in 2014. The resolution closes out one of the more notable federal-liability infrastructure cases in recent years, both because of the size of the payment and because…
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The Justice Department’s sentencing of a former adviser to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors is one of the clearest recent reminders that insider-trading exposure is not limited to public-company executives, bankers, or hedge funds. It also reaches government and quasi-government insiders who misuse market-sensitive information obtained through positions of trust.

According to the government’s announcement, the former Fed adviser…
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A federal judge in the Southern District of Florida has blocked a proposed settlement in President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS and the Treasury Department, finding the case was pursued for an “improper purpose” and referring the lawyers involved for possible disciplinary review. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams stands out not just because of the parties…
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A federal judge in Miami has thrown out a purported settlement between President Donald Trump and the IRS, finding that the underlying lawsuit was brought in bad faith and that the agreement cannot be relied on in future proceedings. In the same order, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams reportedly referred the lawyers involved to disciplinary authorities—an unusually sharp response that…
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