Podcast · Episode 10
Daily Brief: A San Diego jury awards Taction 5.72 billion dollars against Apple, the Sixth Circuit lets states regulate Kalshi's sports contracts
A jury awards Taction 5.72 billion dollars against Apple over haptics patents, the Sixth Circuit lets Ohio and Tennessee enforce gambling laws against Kalshi, and the Justice Department backs X Corp's challenge to a 120 million euro EU fine.
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 San Diego jury awards Taction about 5.72 billion dollars against Apple
A federal jury in San Diego found on September 25 that Apple infringed two Taction Technology haptics patents covering its Taptic Engine and awarded about 5.72 billion dollars, finding the infringement not willful, Bloomberg Law and Reuters reported. Apple says it does not use Taction’s technology and will appeal.
2. The Sixth Circuit lets Ohio and Tennessee regulate Kalshi’s sports contracts
A unanimous Sixth Circuit panel, in an opinion by Judge Gibbons, held that Ohio and Tennessee regulators can enforce gambling laws against Kalshi’s sports prediction markets, finding the event contracts are not statutory swaps and, alternatively, that the Commodity Exchange Act does not preempt state gaming statutes.
3. The Justice Department moves to back X Corp against a 120 million euro EU fine
The U.S. Justice Department applied to intervene in the General Court of the European Union on the side of X Corp and Elon Musk against a 120 million euro Digital Services Act fine, with Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate arguing the European Commission exceeded its extraterritorial authority and improperly pierced corporate veils.
4. The Supreme Court stays the order against DHS’s SAVE voter citizenship program
The Supreme Court on September 25 stayed a D.C. federal court order that had vacated DHS’s modified SAVE voter citizenship verification program, with Justices Jackson, Sotomayor, and Kagan dissenting.
5. An Education Department panel makes no recommendation on the ABA’s accreditor status
The Education Department’s National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity voted September 24 to make no recommendation on renewing the ABA council’s recognition as a law school accreditor, sending the decision to Under Secretary Nicholas Kent, who has up to 90 days.
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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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