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Friday, May 22, 2026

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Meta, Google, Snap and TikTok Settle Kentucky School District Addiction Lawsuit

The platforms settled a case brought by Breathitt County School District alleging they designed addictive services that harmed students' mental health. The district said it spent over $62,000 on monitoring tools, $2,100 in damages from a TikTok challenge, and $2.2‑3 million diverting staff to address social‑media‑related issues.

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Major Publishers Challenge AI Training Practices in Landmark Copyright Suit Against Meta

Major Publishers Challenge AI Training Practices in Landmark Copyright Suit Against Meta

On May 5, 2026, five leading publishers—Elsevier, Cengage, Hachette, Macmillan and McGraw Hill—joined bestselling author Scott Turow in filing a putative class action against Meta Platforms and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The complaint alleges Meta torrented millions of copyrighted books and journal articles from pirate sites to train its Llama large‑language models and stripped copyright‑management information to conceal the sources. Plaintiffs seek statutory damages, injunctive relief and destruction of the infringing copies. The case builds on recent fair‑use rulings, arguing that unauthorized data sourcing and demonstrable market harm should outweigh any transformative use defense.

Source: JD Supra – Legal Tech

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Revolutionizing Compliance: AML Regulations in the Era of DeFi

Revolutionizing Compliance: AML Regulations in the Era of DeFi

Explore the future of AML regulations in DeFi and strategies for robust compliance in the era of DeFi.

Financial Crime Academy – Blog

FTC Fines Cox Media Group

FTC Fines Cox Media Group

Cox Media Group , which owns broadcast and radio stations, got a fine from the FTC for its marketing and advertising agency. The FTC levied a $880,000 penalty to settle allegations it deceived customers by The post FTC Fines Cox Media Group appeared first on Cablefax.

Cablefax

The Paradoxes of Stablecoin Regulation

The Paradoxes of Stablecoin Regulation

Stablecoins are marketed as a “killer app” that can perform three roles simultaneously.[1] They aspire to operate as a money-market instrument with a state-of-the-art holding system.[2] They not only bridge real-world accounts and blockchain wallets but aim to …

CLS Blue Sky Blog (Columbia Law School)

Winning Strategies for IP Enforcement at the U.S. International Trade Commission

Winning Strategies for IP Enforcement at the U.S. International Trade Commission

In this episode of Knobbe IP+, Knobbe Martens’ ITC Litigation Co-Chairs Jonathan Bachand and Sheila Swaroop answer some of the most asked questions about IP enforcement and Section 337 investigations at the International Trade Commission: Who should consider the ITC when enforcing intellectual property rights, and why? What are exclusion orders, and how do they compare to district court injunctions? What is the domestic industry requirement, and how has the Federal Circuit's Lashify decision...By: Knobbe Martens

JD Supra – Legal Tech

Federal Circuit Affirms $42 Million Damages Award Where Expert Sufficiently Apportioned Damages to the Value of the Patented Feature

Federal Circuit Affirms $42 Million Damages Award Where Expert Sufficiently Apportioned Damages to the Value of the Patented Feature

A common bone of contention in reasonable royalty damages is apportionment of the patented feature or improvement with respect to the infringing product as a whole. See generally Garretson v. Clark, 111 U.S. 120, 121 (1884). The Federal Circuit’s recent affirmance of a $42 million reasonable royalty award in Willis Electric Co. v. Polygroup Ltd., 166 F.4th 1363 (Fed. Cir. 2026) provides an instructive example—by demonstrating the profits attributable to products having the patented features...By: Saul Ewing LLP

JD Supra – Legal Tech

💬 Top Legal Social Posts

Thread by @currykhoo

Thread by @Currykhoo

SC just increase the capital needed for Crypto exchanges in Malaysia. Good to flush out those small player that are not serious and also stopping the potential bad player into the scene. I like.

by Curry Khoo
Tweet by @DavidBeckworth

Tweet by @DavidBeckworth

Really enjoyed their paper that shows all the legal architecture required to turn an asset into money. Stablecoins still lack parts of this architecture, even after the GENIUS Act. An important paper: https://t.co/09hp6XDF8l

by David Beckworth