Apple

Shouts out to Japan!

The partners on this case are at the top of their game. Will they secure a win big for the top tech company?

Great news for folks with blue chat bubbles!

We can expect, however, that other unsuccessful IPR litigants will continue to push for a narrower estoppel application in terms of their validity defenses at trial.

* Trump sues Bob Woodward claiming copyright on all the stuff he told Woodward during interviews Trump granted for the purpose of letting Woodward write a book. This is not going in the magical “Trump keeps winning cases” bucket his lawyer talks about. [Courthouse News Service]

* Johnson & Johnson tried the “Monopoly Man turns out his pockets” routine and failed. [Law360]

* Hey Siri, explain labor law. [MacRumors]

* Speaking of labor law, a look at the upcoming Supreme Court labor showdown from the perspective of the service workers are preparing. [Eater]

* Jones Day facing sanctions request citing harassment as the motivation for the earlier sanctions request Jones Day made against former associates in discrimination case. You may remember this one as the case that brought attention to Jones Day’s… questionable photoshop decisions. [Reuters]

* The pandemic may have broken lawyers. I mean, lawyers were always broken, but it broke them in a new way. [American Lawyer]

* Justice Alito thinks that the timing of the Dobbs leak, rather than the opinions therein, is the real problem. [Wa Po]

* Despite being in legal limbo, you should still Pokémon Go do the student loan debt forgiveness application. [ABC News]

* Does anyone else find it weird that it is easier to get arrested for feeding the homeless than it is to impose any accountability on Supreme Court justices? [AZ Family]

* Due to an EU law, Apple will be switching over to USB-C charging cables. Take that, lighting cable! [CNBC]

* Quick, is this a Simpson’s gag or an American Tuesday?: Trump steals classified documents and inadvertently leaks another country’s highly classified nuclear arms information. [Wa Po]

* Do fetuses have standing? [Law and Crime]

* Cowboys for Trump co-founder got hit with the 14th. Not to laugh at one’s misfortunes, but teehee. [CitizensForEthics]

* Apple just evaded a class action being bit from it. [Bloomberg Law]

* Anti WOKE act accused of preventing teachers from doing their job because of how hard it restricts free speech. [Newsweek]

If you are reading this in Opera, this is me calling you a nerd.

This is why I always go with the carry on option.

* If Roe is overturned, the prosecutor’s veto may be the last saving grace. [NYT]

* The DOJ will be reviewing how police failed to respond to the Uvalde, Texas, mass shooting. [Reuters]

* Thinking about reapplying to law school? Maybe don’t? But also, read this first. [US News]

* Apple is getting bit by another antitrust suit. [Engadget]

* Maryland is being super serial with gun purchases. [NBC Washington]

* Texan student who was threatened with being given a failing grade for not reciting the Pledge of Allegiance earns a lot of lunch money. Gotta love the 1st Amendment. [Chron]

* Facebook and Apple were so deferential to cops that they gave sensitive information to kids pretending to be them. What happened to two-factor authentication? [Dudes Code]

* Loan company hit with a million-dollar fine for misleading its clients about loan forgiveness. Stop playing with people’s money! [Business Insider]

* Pentagon drops a 700+ list of places named after members of the Confederacy they’re considering renaming. About time we stopped handing out participation trophies to the pro-slavery people. [Military]

* Tennessee is trying to overturn Obergefell. See what you’ve started now, Texas? [LBGTQNation]

* Bad Blood: Apple is facing antitrust litigation because of its heart monitoring capabilities. [9to5Mac]

* Idaho’s governor just yolo signed a bill that flouts Roe. [NYT]

* All hands on deck: students are putting books on hold to support Ukraine. [Reuters]

* No Cuomo: NY passed laws that will strengthen harassment and discrimination protections. [National Law Review]

* According to the judge, you’re gonna need some paperwork for that. [Tennessee Lookout]

And on the eighth day, God said, 'Let their jobs suck.'

* Scott Perry has some ‘splaining to do about Jan. 6th. Its always fun to see co-workers grill each other. [NPR]

* Alex Jones deploys the coveted “No U” defense and sues the Jan. 6th committee for doing their job. [Business Insider]

* Minimum sentencing draws out maximum solidarity. If one of them could get 110 years for an accident out of their control, all of them could. [ABC 7]

* If Manchin wants to avoid the naughty list, he’d better heed coal miners’ warnings about the Build Back Better bill. [The Hill]

* An Apple a day keeps the labor and employment law attorneys nearby: Apple whistleblower talks working conditions and company spying. [Truthout]

* A lawyer for an accused Capitol riot claims his client had “Foxitis.” Don’t think penicillin can cure that… [Hill]

* Melinda Gates was apparently meeting with divorce lawyers for the past few years before announcing her divorce from Bill Gates. [Wall Street Journal]

* The Daily Mail is asking a judge to “smother” a lawsuit filed by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell over his alleged romantic involvement with an actress. [Yahoo News]

* SpaceX is facing a lawsuit over a deadly car crash that occurred close to a SpaceX facility. [NBC News]

* A Pennsylvania district attorney has resigned after he allegedly pressured women into prostitution. [Patriot News]

* Sony is facing a class action lawsuit alleging it monopolizes downloadable PlayStation games. Guess Sony is allegedly acting a little like Apple… [Ars Technica]

This is why we can't have nice things.

* The Florida Supreme Court won’t let voters legalize recreational marijuana in the Sunshine State. At least the Court didn’t break the bad news on 4/20… [Slate]

* A Brooklyn man’s murder conviction has been overturned because his lawyer was reportedly “atrocious” and committed inexcusable mistakes. [New York Daily News]

* A new lawsuit claims that Florida’s so-called anti-riot law is unconstitutional. [AP]

* Rob Bonta has been confirmed as California’s Attorney General. [Los Angeles Times]

* Apple must face a lawsuit over telling customers they can “buy” a movie even though access can later be revoked. [Hollywood Reporter]

* Tesla’s top lawyer has left the company for a self-driving startup. Wonder who will “take the wheel” of Tesla’s legal department after his departure… [Business Insider]

* A new lawsuit alleges that marijuana was mixed with salads from Whole Foods and transported interstate to help another weed business. Gives new meaning to the term “Devil’s lettuce”… [Crain’s Chicago Business]

* A former doctor has been sentenced to prison for attempted murder against a California lawyer. [Mercury News]

* A judge has certified a class action against Apple over claims that MacBook keyboards were defective. Hope the class members read the terms and conditions. [Verge]

* Biglaw associates are seemingly sitting pretty when compared to some analysts at Goldman Sachs. [Law and More]

* Another lawyer is leaving the criminal defense legal team of the former NXIVM leader. [ABC News]

* Check out this article about who owns the moon. Guess finders keepers, losers weepers does not apply to space law… [Yahoo News]