Cybersecurity & Privacy

  • June 02, 2026

    Costco Wants Sanctions Over Missing Devices In Pixel Suit

    Costco has asked a federal judge in Seattle to sanction a group of customers leading a proposed class action that accuses it of disclosing their personal health information by installing Meta Pixel and other Facebook web analytics tools on its pharmacy website.

  • June 02, 2026

    FCC Overstepping Authority In Device Denials, Hikvision Says

    Congress didn't give the Federal Communications Commission the power to pull already authorized equipment off the market by placing it on the so-called covered list of equipment deemed to be a national security risk, Hikvision has told the D.C. Circuit.

  • June 02, 2026

    DOJ Won't Move Forward With $1.8B Fund, Blanche Confirms

    Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told lawmakers Tuesday, "we're not moving forward" with the controversial $1.8 billion settlement fund.

  • June 02, 2026

    Ga. Law Firm Says Wells Fargo Has Info On $1.3M Wire Fraud

    A Georgia-based personal injury law firm said it was defrauded into wiring more than $1.3 million to a Wells Fargo Bank NA account and has asked a Texas state court to require the bank to divulge details about the transfer as the firm investigates possible civil claims.

  • June 01, 2026

    23andMe Says California Data Breach Suit Evades Ch. 11 Plan

    The bankruptcy plan administrator for the genetic testing company formerly known as 23andMe is urging a Missouri bankruptcy court to shut down a lawsuit recently lodged by California's attorney general that seeks to recoup potentially millions of dollars in statutory penalties for the company's alleged security and disclosure failings stemming from a 2023 data breach. 

  • June 01, 2026

    7-Eleven Sued After Data Breach Exposes 600,000 Records

    A data breach victim hit 7-Eleven Inc. with a putative class action on Monday, following a cyberattack by the notorious hacking group known as ShinyHunters, saying 7-Eleven's negligence led to the leak of personal data.

  • June 01, 2026

    GAO Flags Risks After Corporate Transparency Act Rollback

    The Treasury Department's retreat from the Corporate Transparency Act and its requirements for shell companies to disclose their beneficial owners may perpetuate illicit finance risks, according to a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office, which recommended the Treasury take steps to address such risks.

  • June 01, 2026

    Charter Communications Faces 5 Suits Over Alleged Hack

    Charter Communications, which provides telecommunications services in 41 states, has been hit with five Connecticut federal court lawsuits alleging that hackers stole more than 40 million private records through a cyberattack that infiltrated an employee's computer access account.

  • June 01, 2026

    ESPN Wins Arbitration Of Disney+ User's Meta Privacy Claims

    A Disney+ user must arbitrate his claim that ESPN Inc. gave his viewing data to Facebook's parent company Meta without his permission, a Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled, saying federal arbitration law preempts a Pennsylvania Superior Court decision that applied higher standards to private dispute resolution contracts.

  • June 01, 2026

    Judge Limits Google's Access To Search Rival's Data

    A D.C. federal judge imposed limits on the data Google can access from would-be rivals seeking its search data and syndicated search results, agreeing with the U.S. Department of Justice that the company can't access every piece of information submitted to a technical committee overseeing its monopolization remedies.

  • June 01, 2026

    Court Botched Scammer Restitution Process, 6th Circ. Says

    A Romanian man convicted of running multimillion-dollar online schemes has, for now, upended a court order requiring him to pay $850,000 to his alleged victims, the Sixth Circuit ruled, saying in a published opinion that the trial court violated federal law by imposing the prosecution's requested restitution sum without explaining how it got to that number.

  • June 01, 2026

    Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Labaton Keller's Michael Canty

    When Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP partner and general counsel Michael Canty decided to pursue a legal career, he had no doubt about what type of lawyer he wanted to be. 

  • June 01, 2026

    ITC Launches Digital Transmission Of Confidential Docs

    Lead counsel in investigations conducted by the U.S. International Trade Commission will be able to receive confidential documents through the commission's online portal starting Monday, the ITC announced. 

  • May 29, 2026

    5th Circ. Lets Texas Enforce App Age-Check Law

    The Fifth Circuit has temporarily allowed enforcement of a state law that restricts app downloads by age and requires app stores to display age ratings in Texas, lifting a court order blocking the law while an appellate panel considers the litigation on its merits.

  • May 29, 2026

    Skechers Seeks To Boot Wash. Anti-Spam Suit To Arbitration

    Two Washington shoppers behind a proposed class action accusing Skechers USA Inc. of sending false and misleading marketing emails must take their claims to arbitration, the footwear brand told a Seattle federal court Friday.

  • May 29, 2026

    Motorola Solutions' Plate Readers Violate Calif. Law, Suit Says

    Chicago-based Motorola Solutions Inc. operates an automatic license plate reader system in California without implementing state-required security measures that promote data usage transparency and prevent unauthorized information disclosure to federal and other non-state agencies, two Golden State residents claim in Illinois state court.

  • May 29, 2026

    Chime Can't Dodge Class Action Over 'Refer-A-Friend' Texts

    A Washington federal judge on Friday declined to throw out a proposed class action accusing online banking company Chime Financial Inc. of violating state law through its refer-a-friend text messages, ruling that the marketing texts don't fall under an exception to Washington's Commercial Electronic Mail Act.

  • May 29, 2026

    Vermont Data Privacy Bill Poised For Signing Despite Doubts

    Vermont is poised to become the latest state to enact comprehensive consumer data privacy legislation, after the legislature on Friday approved a framework that consumer advocates have criticized for being significantly weaker than a proposal for regulating companies' handling of personal information that the governor vetoed two years ago.

  • May 29, 2026

    Megan Thee Stallion Wins Back $75K Defamation Verdict

    A Florida federal judge reinstated a $75,000 verdict for Megan Thee Stallion, finding Friday that a Texas-based blogger wasn't entitled to a presuit notice required for media defendants because she engaged in a financially motivated campaign to defame the rapper. 

  • May 29, 2026

    Suirui And Jupiter Systems Appeal Injunction, Receiver Order

    Suirui Group, Suirui International and Jupiter Systems have appealed a D.C. federal court order granting the government's motion for a preliminary injunction in an ongoing battle to force it to divest itself of Jupiter Systems.

  • May 29, 2026

    SeatGeek Ditches Site User's Data Tracking Suit, For Now

    A California federal judge shut down a proposed class action alleging that SeatGeek deployed tracking pixels that share information about website users for targeted advertising, ruling Thursday that it didn't plead that the information was embarrassing or that its disclosure would be highly offensive, but she gave the plaintiff the opportunity to try again.

  • May 29, 2026

    1st Circ. Says Mass. Police Head Immune Over Recording App

    The First Circuit has ruled that the superintendent of the Massachusetts state police is immune from civil rights claims in a proposed class action over the use of a Motorola app that secretly records phone conversations.

  • May 29, 2026

    Weil Hit By Cyberattack Impacting Client Files

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP was recently hacked and had a "limited number" of client documents uploaded to an external cloud storage site, Law360 Pulse confirmed Friday.

  • May 29, 2026

    Trump Ordered To Respond To Claims IRS Deal Was Fraud

    President Donald Trump must respond to allegations made by a group of former federal judges that his settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice resolving his $10 billion suit against the Internal Revenue Service defrauded the court, the Florida federal judge who presided over the case said Friday.

  • May 28, 2026

    Ex-Prosecutor Wants Trump 'Slush Fund' Payments Blocked

    A former federal prosecutor who worked on Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection cases was among a handful of individuals and groups Thursday who pressed federal courts to issue temporary restraining orders blocking payouts from President Donald Trump's $1.8 billion "slush fund," according to motions filed in Virginia and Washington, D.C.

Expert Analysis

  • Justices' Geofence Ruling May Test 4th Amendment's Future

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    When the U.S. Supreme Court decides in Chatrie v. U.S. whether law enforcement may use geofence warrants to compel Google to disclose location history data, the ruling is likely to become an important statement about the future of Fourth Amendment law in data-driven investigations, says Duncan Levin at Levin & Associates.

  • Legal Theories In Social Media Verdicts Hold Clues On Impact

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    Although the two verdicts in cases in New Mexico and California involving Meta and Google are being lumped together, they rest on fundamentally different legal theories, and that distinction determines how their effects may be felt in other jurisdictions, says Mark Morgan at Day Pitney.

  • AI Recruiting Suit Shows Old Laws May Implicate New Tools

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    The Fair Credit Reporting Act allegations recently filed in Kistler v. Eightfold AI, are the latest example of broad definitional language in legacy statutes proving far more dangerous to companies deploying artificial intelligence – particularly in hiring – than any purpose-built artificial intelligence regulation, say attorneys at Ogletree.

  • A Check-Up On HHS' Push To Implement AI Infrastructure

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    The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has made some headway in its efforts to implement artificial intelligence across its agencies, but will have to overcome a number of near-term tests in order to be successful, says Theodore Thompson at Stinson.

  • What A Court Doc Audit Reveals About Erroneous Filings

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    My audit of 1,522 court documents from last month found that over 95% contained at least one verifiable error, with fewer than 1% showing clear indicators of artificial intelligence use — highlighting above all else that lawyers may want to focus most on strengthening their review processes, says Elliott Ash at ETH Zurich.

  • How Cos. Can Navigate The Patchwork Of AI Safety Bills

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    In the first few months of 2026, state and federal lawmakers introduced hundreds of bills to address the perceived safety risks of artificial intelligence, so companies should assess whether existing or planned services could be scoped into AI safety legislation across jurisdictions, say attorneys at Hogan Lovells.

  • Unpacking FCC's Proposed Rules For Offshore Call Centers

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    The Federal Communications Commission recently proposed rules that would restrict the use of offshore customer service operations, citing consumer frustration, data security risks and fraud as core reasons for the sweeping regulatory move, say attorneys at Eversheds Sutherland.

  • Series

    Ultramarathons Make Me A Better Lawyer

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    Completing a 100-mile ultramarathon was tougher, more humbling and more rewarding than I ever imagined, and the experience highlighted how long-distance running has sharpened my ability to adapt to the evolving nature of antitrust law and strengthened my resolve to handle demanding, unforeseen challenges, says Dan Oakes at Axinn.

  • When AI Puffery Becomes Actionable Securities Fraud

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    Though courts usually hold that vague but optimistic corporate statements don’t constitute securities fraud, signs suggest that investors may give enough economic weight to references to artificial intelligence in public company disclosures that broad feel-good statements could cross into actionable misrepresentation, says Christine Polek at Keystone Strategy.

  • In First For DOJ, Action Signals New CFIUS Enforcement Era

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    The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking judicial enforcement of a divestment order, an unprecedented action for the agency that ushers in a new phase for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, one in which judicial proceedings complement administrative oversight and presidential divestment orders may be enforced through litigation, says attorney Sohan Dasgupta.

  • Verdicts Signal Product Liability's Expansion To Digital Realm

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    Last week's landmark verdict in K.G.M. v. Meta Platforms Inc., along with other recent verdicts that apply product liability theories to online services that rely on algorithmic design and user engagement features, make it clear that companies must evaluate digital product design through a litigation lens, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

  • Getting The Most Out Of Learning And Development Programs

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    Junior associates can better develop the legal, business and interpersonal skills they need for long-term success by approaching their firms’ learning and development programs armed with five tips for getting the most out of these resources, says Lauren Hakala at Reed Smith.

  • AI And Threats To Privilege In Financial Sector Probes

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    The recent spotlight on the potential for artificial intelligence platforms to serve as a source for discoverable information is especially important for financial institutions to understand, as the industry navigates increasingly complex regulatory expectations and AI tools become embedded in investigative efforts, say attorneys at Jackson Lewis.

  • Del. Blackbaud Ruling Signals A New Era For Cyberinsurance

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    The recent Delaware Supreme Court ruling in Travelers v. Blackbaud shows that cyberinsurance is moving into a second maturity phase, in which insurers will increasingly attempt to recover their payments from vendors and insureds will face new pressure to justify cyber incident reimbursements, say Steven Teppler at Mandelbaum Barrett and Jade Davis at Shumaker.

  • How A High Court Music Piracy Ruling Shrinks ISP Liability

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent opinion in Cox Communications Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment, which concerned the boundaries of contributory copyright infringement for internet service providers, dramatically lessens both the risk that an ISP will be held contributorily liable and, relatedly, the incentives an ISP may have to help combat online copyright infringement, say attorneys at Debevoise.

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