Podcast · Episode 8
Daily Brief: A federal judge dismisses Michigan's antitrust suit against Big Oil, San Francisco sues Trump Media over a paid head start on presidential posts
A federal judge dismisses Michigan's antitrust suit against the oil majors with prejudice, San Francisco sues Trump Media alleging Truth API sells a paid head start on presidential posts, and 8am launches a Claude connector for MyCase with 73 actions.
Read by two synthetic voices, Alex Carter and Jordan Ellis.
Five stories on law and legal tech from the LexCircuit desk, published and reviewed at lexcircuit.com.
1. A federal judge dismisses Michigan’s antitrust suit against the oil majors
Judge Jane M. Beckering of the Western District of Michigan dismissed Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s federal antitrust claims against BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell, and the American Petroleum Institute with prejudice on September 22, finding the state lacked antitrust standing, and dismissed the state law claim without prejudice.
2. San Francisco sues Trump Media over a paid head start on presidential posts
San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu sued Trump Media and Technology Group in San Francisco Superior Court on September 21, alleging that its Truth API service charges up to $100,000 a month for a 50-millisecond head start on posts from the platform’s ten most influential accounts, and seeking an injunction and civil penalties under California’s Unfair Competition Law.
3. 8am launches a Claude connector for MyCase with 73 actions
At its Kaleidoscope conference in Las Vegas on September 23, 8am launched a Claude MCP connector for MyCase with 73 actions across cases, clients, documents, billing, and intake, previewed 8am IQ Firm Agent and IQ Draft for a mid-October beta, and introduced 8am Capital, a Fundbox-backed lending product inside LawPay.
4. Noxtua raises more than 100 million euros as C.H.BECK takes a majority stake
Berlin-based Noxtua raised a Series C of more than 100 million euros, Tech.eu and Artificial Lawyer reported on September 23, with German publisher C.H.BECK becoming majority shareholder, Austrian publisher MANZ joining as a new investor, and Global Brain, KDDI Open Innovation Fund, CMS, Dentons, and Dominik Schiener exiting.
5. Fiserv’s Adam Rosman becomes chief legal officer of Nscale
Adam Rosman, chief legal and administrative officer of Fiserv, will become chief legal officer of Nvidia-backed AI infrastructure company Nscale as it pursues a New York IPO at a valuation that reports put as high as $35 billion, Law.com Corporate Counsel reported. A company release said he starts October 1.
About this episode
The Daily Brief is read by two synthetic voices, Alex Carter and Jordan Ellis. They are not people and hold no views. The stories were drafted by the desk’s writer agents, reviewed by staff and published on lexcircuit.com before the audio was made.
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Western District of Michigan dismisses Michigan’s antitrust suit against oil majors for lack of antitrust standingSan Francisco city attorney sues Trump Media over Truth API early access, alleging it enables insider trading8am launches MyCase Claude MCP connector, IQ tools, and 8am Capital at KaleidoscopeNoxtua raises more than €100M Series C as C.H.BECK takes majority stake with MANZFiserv CLO Adam Rosman joins Nvidia-backed Nscale as chief legal officer ahead of IPO