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August 13, 2024 | National Law Journal

Judge Whittles Down Artists' Landmark AI Copyright Suit, Keeps Core Infringement Claims Alive

Judge William Orrick found that the cartoonists, painters and illustrators who filed the case have plausibly shown their works were used in AI training, which he said was sufficient to allow the case testing whether the fair use doctrine applies to AI-powered image generation tools to move forward.
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August 13, 2024 | National Law Journal

Manatt Adds 3 Partners to Health Care, Life Sciences Practices Amid 'Huge Demand'

"We have huge demand" for life sciences lawyers, Manatt Health leader Bill Bernstein said.
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August 13, 2024 | National Law Journal

Cahill Recruits Wilmer Partner to Lead New Congressional Investigations Practice

The New York firm aims to offer the investigations service for financial services clients, "to keep those matters and make sure we can have that offering for the clients who need them," said Edward O'Callaghan.
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August 12, 2024 | National Law Journal

Justices Face Mounting Calls to Nix 89-Year-Old Precedent Upholding Agency Independence

After the court's June ruling overturning 40 years of deference to regulatory agencies, the "Humphrey's Executor" precedent has emerged as public enemy No. 1 of the anti-administrativist legal movement.
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August 12, 2024 | National Law Journal

Budding Circuit Consensus: SPAC Investors Can't Sue Over Acquired Company's Pre-Merger Misstatements

"At the time of [Lucid's] alleged misrepresentations, CCIV and Lucid were two entirely separate companies," the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held. "Lucid's alleged misrepresentations made about itself cannot be imputed to another company that later acquired it."
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August 12, 2024 | National Law Journal

'Inflated Prices for Games'?: Steam PC Gaming Operator Valve Faces Antitrust Complaint

According to the allegations in the complaint, Valve creates "inflated prices for games and in-game products" by charging a 30% platform fee on in-game purchases of video games distributed through the Steam PC gaming platform.
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August 12, 2024 | National Law Journal

Split 9th Circuit Rejects Anti-Vaccine Group's Suit Alleging Censorship on Facebook

Children's Health Defense, founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., failed to allege the government coerced the social media platform's owner to censor the group's message, the appeals court said.
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August 12, 2024 | National Law Journal

Coinbase Slams SEC's Proposal to Amend Definition of Term 'Exchange'

"Further, the SEC starts from an assumption that there is some problem with the industry in need of correction, yet fails to prove that problem's existence," said Paul Grewal, the chief legal officer of Coinbase Inc.
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August 12, 2024 | National Law Journal

Hundreds of Oral Arguments: Law Firms' Merger Will Create Strong Appellate Practice

"We have a skill set that we can apply to an environmental case one day, a civil rights case the next day, a commercial case the day after that and a tax case the day after that," Brian Ginsberg said. "It's really a have-case, will-travel model, and I think that's what makes our respective appellate groups so dynamic now, and what will make Harris Beach Murtha Appellate Group a real force to be reckoned with."
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August 12, 2024 | Corporate Counsel

AI Tools Creating Digital Paper Trails That Could Haunt Companies in Court

"A lot of the risk comes from extremely well-meaning employees that just want the tools to do their job better," said Dera Nevin, managing director at the consulting firm FTI.
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