A California federal judge on Monday declined to let Google immediately appeal his earlier ruling leaving intact allegations the search giant surreptitiously tracks children's web activity, finding Google hasn't shown that the issues underlying that ruling warrant an appeal at this stage in the litigation.
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Google Can't Yet Appeal Ruling Preserving Kids Tracking Suit

By Hailey Konnath

A California federal judge on Monday declined to let Google immediately appeal his earlier ruling leaving intact allegations the search giant surreptitiously tracks children's web activity, finding Google hasn't shown that the issues underlying that ruling warrant an appeal at this stage in the litigation.

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Musk Asks Court To Halt OpenAI's Conversion To For-Profit

By Craig Clough

Elon Musk sought a preliminary injunction asking a California federal court to stop OpenAI from transitioning into a for-profit enterprise, arguing the plaintiffs and the public would be harmed whether as competitors, donors, investors, consumers, taxpayers, citizens or "simply as people" worried about AI rushing unsafe products into the marketplace.  

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Analysis

Biden's Pardon Is Another Blow To Special Counsel Probes

By Phillip Bantz

President Joe Biden's pardon of his son over the weekend marks the latest example of a special counsel investigation fizzling and raises doubts over the future use of such probes, which can drag on for years and cost taxpayers millions of dollars.

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Apple Accused Of Gagging Workers, Spying On Their IPhones

By Lauren Berg

A manager at Apple claims the tech giant is stomping on employees' rights by forbidding discussion of coworkers' compensation and encouraging the use of personal iPhones at work so that it can snoop on workers, according to a lawsuit lodged Monday in California state court.

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ByteDance Says Ex-Worker Can't Avoid Counterclaims

By Adam Lidgett

TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, says a former engineer shouldn't be able to dodge its counterclaims in a dispute stemming from his termination, arguing that just because he wants to drop his allegations doesn't mean those counterclaims are moot.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Bipartisan Bill Calls For AI Studies From Financial Regulators

By Aislinn Keely

Leaders of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee want to codify their commitment to regulating and cultivating the use of artificial intelligence in the financial services industry with legislation introduced Monday that directs financial and housing regulators to produce reports on the use of AI in their respective sectors.

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ENFORCEMENT

GoodRx Inks $25M Deal With Users Over Alleged Data-Sharing

By Craig Clough

A proposed class alleging GoodRx breached privacy laws by sharing users' sensitive health data with advertisers asked a California federal judge Friday for preliminary approval of a proposed $25 million settlement with the company, saying it still leaves the potential for additional recoveries from co-defendants Meta Platforms, Google and Criteo Corp.

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LITIGATION

X Escapes Former Twitter Security Head's Firing Suit

By George Woolston

A New Jersey federal judge has sent a former Twitter security chief's suit claiming he was fired for protesting massive budget cuts to arbitration, ruling that the claims fail under the provisions of the company's arbitration agreement.

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Consulting Firm Says Insurer On Hook For $7.6M Deal

By Jennifer Mandato

A consulting firm told an Illinois federal court that its insurer must reimburse it for a $7.6 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice relating to a lawsuit accusing the firm of allowing personal information to be compromised, maintaining that the litigation fell within its policy's scope.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Implementing Human Rights Due Diligence

The Bureau of Industry and Security’s recent removal of a Canadian surveillance provider from its export blacklist, after just eight months, illustrates the importance of integrating human rights due diligence into the vetting process by asking a few targeted questions, say attorneys at Cravath.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Bonus Spotlight

Mid-Law Firm Seward & Kissel Matching Milbank Bonus Scale

By Tracey Read

Seward & Kissel LLP, a Mid-Law firm with offices in New York and Washington, D.C., has joined the bonus bandwagon for associates by matching the year-end and special cash rewards set by Milbank LLP, according to media reports.

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The Top In-House Hires Of November

By Sue Reisinger

Legal department moves in the last month included high-profile announcements at CSX Corp., Cohen & Steers Inc. and Pershing Square Holdings Ltd., including two general counsel joining boards of directors. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house appointments from November.

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Jackson Walker 'Extinguished' Privilege Over Judge Romance

By Lynn LaRowe

An Oregon federal judge has said Holland & Knight LLP lawyers must turn over documents regarding their advice to Jackson Walker LLP on how to handle the "debacle" of a former firm partner's intimate relationship with a former bankruptcy judge, finding Jackson Walker has "utterly extinguished" any claim to attorney-client privilege.

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NC Judge Is 2nd To Reverse Senior Status Plans After Election

By Courtney Bublé

A second federal judge appointed by a Democratic president has reversed his decision to take senior status in the wake of former President Donald Trump's win in the 2024 presidential election.

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Senate Sends Calif. Judge To Federal Bench

By Courtney Bublé

The U.S. Senate voted 48-43 on Monday evening to confirm California Superior Court Judge Anne Hwang to a federal judgeship in the Central District of California.

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Girardi Won't Get New Fraud Trial Despite Memory Claims

By Rae Ann Varona

A California federal judge on Monday denied Tom Girardi's bid for a new trial after a jury found he misappropriated $15 million worth of client settlement funds, standing by a prior assessment that the disbarred attorney was "exaggerating" symptoms of mild cognitive impairment.

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Hagens Berman Sued For Slice Of Atty Fee From Effexor Deal

By Rae Ann Varona

A pharmaceutical reseller's in-house counsel and founder lodged a breach of contract suit against Hagens Berman in Mississippi federal court, accusing the law firm of refusing to pay him his share of a $13 million attorney fees award stemming from an antitrust class settlement with Pfizer Inc. unit Wyeth.

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Ex-BigLaw Atty Who Killed Wife Faces Depo Over Settlement

By Jack Karp

Former Fisher Phillips partner Claud "Tex" McIver, who is serving a prison sentence for killing his wife, is set to be deposed as soon as Tuesday as part of the legal battle in Georgia state court over who is entitled to the settlement of the wrongful death suit brought by his wife's estate.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Abell Eskew

Barrett Law Group

Bursor & Fisher

Cheeley Law Group

Cravath Swaine

Dechert LLP

Delahunty & Edelman

Deutsch Atkins

Fish & Richardson

Fisher & Phillips

Gaslowitz Frankel

Gibson Dunn

Greenberg Traurig

Hagens Berman

Holland & Knight

Jackson Walker LLP

Jones Day

Kirkland & Ellis

Lexington Law Group

Lowey Dannenberg

Mayer Brown

McGovern Weems

Milbank LLP

Morgan Lewis

Morrison Foerster

Nassiri & Jung

Norton Rose

Outten & Golden

Quinn Emanuel

Robin Frazer Clark PC

Rusty Hardin & Associates

Schulte Roth

Seward & Kissel

Silver Golub

Thompson Hine

Toberoff & Associates

Wachtell Lipton

Wilson Sonsini

Windels Marx

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Bar Association

Ameriprise Financial Inc.

Apple Inc.

ByteDance Ltd.

CNA Financial Corp.

CSX Corp.

Cohen & Steers, Inc.

Corporate Legal Operations Consortium

Criteo SA

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

General Mills Inc.

GoodRx Holdings Inc.

Google LLC

Guidehouse Inc.

Hawaiian Holdings Inc.

Instagram Inc.

JAMS Inc.

LPL Financial Holdings Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

New York University

PG&E Corp.

Pershing Square Capital Management LP

Pfizer Inc.

Photronics, Inc.

Snap Inc.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

TerrAscend Corp.

Tesla Inc.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

TikTok Inc.

Twitter Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Industry and Security

California Attorney General's Office

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Housing Finance Agency

Federal Judicial Center

Federal Trade Commission

Georgia Court of Appeals

Georgia Supreme Court

New Mexico Attorney General's Office

Rural Housing Service

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of State

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court