Cybersecurity & Privacy

  • January 02, 2025

    6th Circ. Overturns FCC Net Neutrality Rules

    The Sixth Circuit upended the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules Thursday, holding that commercial broadband providers cannot be regulated as telecommunications common carriers.

  • January 01, 2025

    The Top 5 High Court Cases To Watch This Spring

    The U.S. Supreme Court justices will return from the winter holidays to tackle major First Amendment questions and several administrative law disputes — all arising from the Fifth Circuit — that could further change how federal agencies promulgate rules and defend them.

  • January 01, 2025

    Trump Begins 2nd Term With At Least 45 Judge Seats To Fill

    Incoming President Donald Trump will take office Jan. 20 with 45 seats on the federal bench to fill. Currently, there are 39 empty seats on U.S. district and circuit courts and 6 pending vacancies due to announced retirements and plans to take senior status, three of which opened on Dec. 31 and another that opened Jan. 2.

  • January 01, 2025

    Copyright & Trademark Policy And Trends To Watch In 2025

    Congress has its sights set on cracking down on deepfakes this year with a pair of proposals aimed at establishing uniform protections for individuals nationally, and intellectual property attorneys are watching Illinois, which has become a go-to place to pursue online counterfeiters. Here are Law360's picks for the copyright and trademark policies and trends to watch this year.

  • January 02, 2025

    D&O, Cyber Issues Top Specialty Line Cases To Watch In 2025

    2025 promises to usher in significant developments in ongoing litigation fights over crucial specialty line insurance issues, including directors and officers and cyber risk policies. Here, Law360 speaks to experts for carriers and policyholders on the top cases to watch in the new year.

  • January 01, 2025

    Federal Rules Impacted Tribes In 2024, With More To Come

    U.S. federal agencies issued a slew of final rules that impacted Indigenous communities in 2024, giving their members greater autonomy over healthcare, environmental and energy regulations and land trust decisions.

  • January 01, 2025

    Illinois Cases To Watch In 2025

    Jurors will decide the fate of one of Illinois' most powerful politicians after a monthslong criminal racketeering trial and appellate courts could settle the debate over the retroactivity of damage limits to the state's much-litigated biometric privacy law, in just a few of the Illinois cases to watch in 2025.

  • January 01, 2025

    California Legislation And Regulations To Watch In 2025

    California legal experts anticipate a busy 2025 in regulatory and legislative affairs, particularly as lawmakers and regulators ready the Golden State for potential attacks from the incoming Trump administration on a number of issues including reproductive care, LGBTQ rights and environmental protections.

  • January 01, 2025

    Trump's Regulatory Agenda Looms Over Compliance In 2025

    The world of financial regulatory compliance will be keeping an eye on how Donald Trump's return to the White House will live up to his campaign promises of deregulation, new tariffs and more in the new year, while preparing for the end of various Biden administration priorities.

  • January 01, 2025

    DC Circuit Cases To Watch in 2025

    The D.C. Circuit's 2025 docket is stacked with challenges to alleged misbehavior by federal regulatory agencies, with the behavior including the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's bid to ban wagering on elections and the Federal Trade Commission's efforts to crack down on Meta's privacy practices.

  • January 01, 2025

    NJ Cases To Watch In 2025: Power Broker, Pollution Cleanup

    This year, litigators in New Jersey and beyond will be watching the state's prosecution of power broker George Norcross and his close associates for the alleged wide-ranging RICO conspiracy to obtain Camden waterfront properties and the millions of tax credits that come with the lots.

  • January 01, 2025

    Privacy & Cybersecurity Policy To Watch In 2025

    States are expected to again take the legislative and regulatory lead in the data privacy and cybersecurity arenas in 2025, filling in the gaps that are likely to be left by new Republican leaders at the federal level who are poised to flip the script on a range of hot-button issues, including artificial intelligence.

  • January 01, 2025

    Privacy & Cybersecurity Litigation To Watch In 2025

    The crush of litigation accusing a wide range of website operators of unlawfully monitoring visitors' activities will continue to wind its way through the legal system in 2025, while the U.S. Supreme Court is gearing up to consider a pair of challenges that could further erode federal agencies' power to interpret laws and may decide the fate of the popular app TikTok. Here, Law360 looks at the privacy litigation and trends that will bear watching this year.

  • January 01, 2025

    Gov't Contracts Cases To Watch In 2025

    Federal courts in 2025 are expected to rehear a finding underpinning a high-profile commercial item contracting dispute, to determine the allowability of contentious labor-related clauses in federal contracts, and to decide whether to back the government's aggressive enforcement of cybersecurity regulations.

  • January 01, 2025

    Gov't Contracts Policies To Watch In 2025

    There are several planned and potential changes to federal procurement policy that government contractors need to be on watch for in 2025, from pending recommendations of a proposed Elon Musk-led advisory body on government efficiency, to key definitions underpinning cybersecurity and domestic sourcing rules.

  • January 01, 2025

    NC Cases To Watch In 2025: NASCAR Fight, Healthcare Rows

    NASCAR is fighting antitrust claims in North Carolina even after removing a controversial exclusivity clause from its race team contracts, and the Tar Heel State's medical industry could see massive shake-ups from a challenge to a healthcare competition law and alleged impropriety in a major hospital system acquisition.

  • December 28, 2024

    Trump Seeks High Court's Pause Of TikTok Sale-Or-Ban Law

    President-elect Donald Trump has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to freeze the impending deadline for TikTok to divest from its Chinese parent company or face a nationwide ban, suggesting his new administration could negotiate a deal that would end the need for the congressional mandate.

  • December 23, 2024

    Anti-Laundering Law Is Likely Constitutional, 5th Circ. Rules

    The Fifth Circuit on Monday lifted a lower court's nationwide block of a federal corporate transparency law, ruling in an unpublished order that the federal government made a "strong showing" that it could successfully defend the law's constitutionality.

  • December 23, 2024

    HHS Can't Enforce Abortion Privacy Rule Against Texas Doctor

    A Texas federal judge has granted a Lone Star State doctor a reprieve from a new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services rule that aims to protect the privacy of abortion providers and patients, saying that the rule likely exceeds the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's statutory authority.

  • December 23, 2024

    Blake Lively Accuses 'It Ends With Us' Star Of Sex Harassment

    Blake Lively has filed a legal complaint in California against her "It Ends With Us" co-star and director, Justin Baldoni, accusing him of sexual harassment on set and trying to orchestrate a public relations campaign to "destroy" her reputation.

  • December 23, 2024

    Ex-Lifeguard Says Ga. YMCA Fired Her Over Doxing Report

    The YMCA of Metropolitan Atlanta Inc. has been sued by a former lifeguard who alleges she was fired after reporting that another YMCA employee doxed and shared doctored photos of her and other female YMCA lifeguards on a pornographic website.

  • December 23, 2024

    Thompson Coburn Data Breach Plaintiffs Aim To Consolidate

    Plaintiffs seeking restitution from Thompson Coburn LLP over a data breach filled a motion Friday to consolidate the group's eight proposed class actions, as well as appoint three attorneys to interim class counsel over the potential master case.

  • December 23, 2024

    Attys Get A Third Of $1.3M Settlement With Legal Data Co.

    A Kansas federal judge has awarded counsel one-third of a $1.3 million settlement in a class action against data and professional services company UnitedLex Corp. that allegedly exposed 200 gigabytes of sensitive information during a March 2023 data breach.

  • December 23, 2024

    House Report Says Gaetz Paid For Sex, Accepted Gifts

    Former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz regularly paid women for sex, including with one 17-year-old girl, used illicit drugs and accepted a trip to the Bahamas in excess of permissible gift amounts, according to a report released Monday morning by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ethics.

  • December 20, 2024

    Israel's NSO Liable For Hacking WhatsApp, Judge Finds

    Israeli spyware maker NSO Group is liable for hacking into 1,400 WhatsApp users' devices, a California federal judge ruled Friday when granting WhatsApp's bid for a partial summary judgment win, leaving damages as the only issue to be probed during trial.

Expert Analysis

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On Metadata

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    Several recent rulings reflect the competing considerations that arise when parties dispute the form of production for electronically stored information, underscoring that counsel must carefully consider how to produce and request reasonably usable data, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • What FTC's 'Bitcoin ATM' Report Tells Us About Crypto Scams

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    The Federal Trade Commission's recent insights into bitcoin ATM scams highlight the technical evolution of fraudsters, the application of old scams to new technology, and the persistent financial impact on victims, say attorneys at DLA Piper.

  • Striking A Balance Between AI Use And Attorney Well-Being

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    As the legal industry increasingly adopts generative artificial intelligence tools to boost efficiency, leaders must note the hidden costs of increased productivity, and work to protect attorneys’ well-being while unlocking AI’s full potential, says Ed Sohn at Factor.

  • 6 Steps To Ready Defense Contractors For Cybersecurity Rule

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    Following the U.S. Department of Defense's final rule establishing the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program in federal regulations, Sandeep Kathuria at Ice Miller provides a refresher on CMMC and identifies best practices for defense contractors awaiting full implementation of CMMC.

  • Takeaways From The IRS' Crypto Doc Summons Win

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    A recent First Circuit decision holding that taxpayers do not have a Fourth Amendment reasonable expectation of privacy in cryptocurrency transaction records should prompt both taxpayers and exchanges to take stock of past transactions and future plans, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.

  • A Novel Expansion Of Alien Tort Statute In 9th Circ.

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    The Ninth Circuit's Doe v. Cisco rehearing denial allows a new invocation of the Alien Tort Statute to proceed, which could capture the U.S. Supreme Court's attention, and has potentially dramatic consequences for U.S. companies doing business with foreign governments, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

  • Empathy In Mediation Offers A Soft Landing For Disputes

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    Experiencing a crash-landing on a recent flight underscored to me how much difference empathy makes in times of crisis or stress, including during mediation, says Eydith Kaufman at Alternative Resolution Centers.

  • Series

    Being An Artist Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My work as an artist has highlighted how using creativity and precision together — qualities that are equally essential in both art and law — not only improves outcomes, but also leads to more innovative and thoughtful work, says Sarah La Pearl at Segal McCambridge.

  • How Judiciary Can Minimize AI Risks In Secondary Sources

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    Because courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence and other safeguards do not address the risk of hallucinations in secondary source materials, the judiciary should consider enlisting legal publishers and database hosts to protect against AI-generated inaccuracies, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.

  • 3 Steps For Companies To Combat Task Scams

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    On the rise in the U.S., the task scam — when scammers offer a victim a fake work-from-home job — hurts impersonated businesses by tarnishing their name and brand, but companies have a few ways to fight back against these cons, says Chris Wlach at Huge.

  • How Attorneys Can Break Free From Career Enmeshment

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    Ambitious attorneys can sometimes experience career enmeshment — when your sense of self-worth becomes unhealthily tangled up in your legal vocation — but taking the time to discover and realign with your core personal values can help you recover your identity, says Janna Koretz at Azimuth Psychological.

  • Where Can Privacy Plaintiffs Sue When Injury Is Online?

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    Website owners need to understand wiretapping laws to understand whether they may be sued for activity tracking in California or Pennsylvania courts, where the statutory damages for violations of half-century-old laws can be substantial — and a recent Third Circuit decision suggests establishing specific jurisdiction is not as easy as 1-2-3, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • UCC Article 12 Offers Banks A Chance To Dive Into 'DePINs'

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    The 2022 update to Article 12 of the Uniform Commercial Code, which provides a legal framework for decentralized physical infrastructure networks, could offer trade and commodity finance banks attractive opportunities, like the energy-related DePIN projects that have recently made headlines, says Chris McDermott at Cadwalader.

  • Lawyers With Disabilities Are Seeking Equity, Not Pity

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    Attorneys living with disabilities face extra challenges — including the need for special accommodations, the fear of stigmatization and the risk of being tokenized — but if given equitable opportunities, they can still rise to the top of their field, says Kate Reder Sheikh, a former attorney and legal recruiter at Major Lindsey & Africa.

  • Lessons For Municipalities Facing Cyberattacks

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    With municipal IT teams facing the daunting task of keeping agencies operational while safeguarding sensitive government data, including residents' and employees' personally identifiable information, there are steps a municipality can take to guard against a major cyberattack, say attorneys at Pillsbury.

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