Cybersecurity & Privacy

  • April 30, 2026

    Gov't Pauses Medicaid Data Use For ICE Amid Injunction Fight

    The Trump administration agreed at a hearing Thursday to temporarily halt the use of 22 states' Medicaid data for immigration enforcement purposes until a San Francisco federal judge clarifies the boundaries of an injunction that the largely Democratic-controlled states had accused the government of flouting.

  • April 30, 2026

    Medtronic User Says Data Hack Exposed 9M Client Records

    A Medtronic customer filed a proposed class action Thursday accusing the medical device company of failing to safeguard more than 9 million records containing personally identifiable information — including health information — exposed in a data breach earlier this month.

  • April 30, 2026

    FCC Advances Plan To Clamp Down On Robocall Campaigns

    Calling illegal robocalls the No. 1 customer service issue facing the agency, the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday floated new rules that would require voice call providers to familiarize themselves with customers ahead of carrying their call traffic.

  • April 30, 2026

    XAI's Suit Is 'Jurisdictional Bullying,' Musk Child's Mom Says

    The mother of one of Elon Musk's children is urging a Texas federal court to throw out a suit from his artificial intelligence company alleging she breached its terms of service by suing it in New York, saying the case is "jurisdictional bullying" and trying to weaponize a forum selection clause to preempt her own case.

  • April 30, 2026

    NC Biz Court Bulletin: Corporate Raid, MV Realty Settlement

    A major case settled in the North Carolina Business Court in April as new lawsuits emerged, including a complaint by health information technology company IQVIA Holdings Inc. accusing its former top brass of orchestrating a corporate raid and defecting to a competitor. In case you missed this story and others, here are the highlights.

  • April 29, 2026

    DOGE Unmasking Order Won't Be Reconsidered, Judge Says

    A New York federal judge Wednesday refused to reconsider ordering Department of Government Efficiency agents to identify themselves in a lawsuit claiming DOGE unlawfully gained access to millions of federal employees' personal information, ruling that the government hasn't offered any new reason for her to rethink her opinion.

  • April 29, 2026

    Tech Group Aims To Halt Minn. Social Media Warning Mandate

    A Minnesota law that requires social media platforms to prominently display mental health warning labels to all users has become the target of the latest First Amendment challenge being pressed by tech trade group NetChoice, which argued in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that the state is using public health concerns to create an unlawful "backdoor" to regulate protected speech. 

  • April 29, 2026

    Bipartisan Bill Would Give Parents Control Over Kids' AI Use

    A group of Democratic and Republican senators introduced legislation that would allow parents to keep a better eye on their children's use of chatbots by requiring artificial intelligence companies to establish safeguards the lawmakers say will help protect kids' mental health and social development.

  • April 29, 2026

    WordPress Judge Calls Deleted Message Claims 'Concerning'

    A federal magistrate judge overseeing discovery in an antitrust lawsuit against WordPress parent Automattic Inc. and its CEO Matthew Mullenweg said plaintiff WPEngine Inc. "plausibly contends" Mullenweg "deleted relevant documents or allowed such documents to be deleted after an obligation to preserve was triggered."

  • April 29, 2026

    Kemper Catches More Legal Heat Over Data Hack

    Kemper Corp. has been hit with more proposed class data privacy claims from customers who say the insurance giant's "egregiously inadequate" data security protocols allowed unauthorized hackers to obtain more than 13 million private records and post them for sale on the dark web.

  • April 29, 2026

    Texas Couple Drops Data Suit Against Personal Injury Firm

    A Houston couple who accused a law firm and a since-dismissed Progressive unit of conspiring to share the private information of car crash victims has dropped federal claims against the firm after reportedly finding no evidence that it engaged in the conduct they alleged. 

  • April 29, 2026

    9th Circ. Reverses Stay In App Store Commissions Case

    The Ninth Circuit has reversed its own order that stayed a ruling on an injunction barring Apple from charging developers high commissions on in-app purchases until a district court judge sets up narrower guardrails, saying Epic Games had persuaded it that Apple was unlikely to get the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its appeal.

  • April 29, 2026

    GrayRobinson Faces More Suits Over 2025 Data Breach

    After being hit with a proposed class action accusing GrayRobinson PA of negligence following the revelation of a March 2025 data breach, the Florida-based firm is now facing two further suits regarding the same incident.

  • April 29, 2026

    Cisco Keeps Win In Cybersecurity Patent Fight At Fed. Circ.

    The Federal Circuit on Wednesday said it won't revive Centripetal Networks' case alleging Cisco infringed a trio of its cybersecurity patents, backing a Virginia federal judge's finding that Cisco's products didn't meet all the elements of the patent claims.

  • April 29, 2026

    EU Finds Meta Failing To Protect Children On Social Media

    The European Union's enforcement arm said on Wednesday that Meta breached the bloc's digital safety rules by failing to prevent children under 13 from using Facebook and Instagram.

  • April 29, 2026

    Justices Rule NJ Info Demand Chilled Anti-Abortion Speech

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously revived an anti‑abortion pregnancy center network's constitutional challenge to a New Jersey subpoena seeking years of donor information, holding that the state's demand infringed free speech.

  • April 28, 2026

    Colo. Fertility Clinic Must Face Trimmed Data Breach Suit

    A Colorado federal judge on Tuesday narrowed a proposed class accusing a fertility clinic of failing to adequately protect patients' health and other personal information swept up in a 2024 data breach, preserving the plaintiffs' breach of contract and fiduciary claims while tossing, for now, several negligence, privacy and state consumer protection law allegations.

  • April 28, 2026

    Illinois Panel Limits BIPA Exemption For Gov't Contractors

    The Biometric Information Privacy Act's government contractor exclusion is not a categorical exemption and applies only to violations that occur within the scope of a vendor's government-contracted work, an Illinois state appellate panel said Tuesday.

  • April 28, 2026

    Justices Wary Of Cisco's Bid To Avoid Aiding Torture Claims

    The U.S. Supreme Court seemed skeptical Tuesday of Cisco Systems Inc.'s argument that the Alien Tort Statute categorically bars claims for aiding and abetting alleged human rights violations, with several justices suggesting the viability of such claims should turn on the facts of each specific case. 

  • April 28, 2026

    DOD Scoffs At Clement & Murphy, Jenner & Block Fee Ask

    The U.S. Department of Defense took aim at Clement & Murphy PLLC and Jenner & Block LLP's request for "inflated" attorney fees in their successful challenge to a DOD cap on indirect research costs, urging a federal judge to reject the request or, in the alternative, award about a quarter of the firms' $530,000 ask.

  • April 28, 2026

    Pa. Justices Rule Voting Data Isn't Protected From Sharing

    An electronic database showing the outcome of a Pennsylvania county's vote is a report generated by tabulating equipment, not the "contents" of a ballot box or voting machine protected from public disclosure, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

  • April 28, 2026

    FCC Floats 'Know Your Customer' Regs Against Robocalls

    The Federal Communications Commission will vote next month on a plan to require telecoms that originate voice traffic to follow "know your customer" standards before allowing robocall campaigns on their networks.

  • April 28, 2026

    9th Circ. Finds Section 230 Blocks Meta Genocide Claims

    The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed the dismissal of claims by two women who allege that Facebook's algorithms contributed to their villages being attacked as part of the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, saying that under circuit precedent, those claims are blocked by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

  • April 28, 2026

    GrayRobinson Sued Over 'Reckless' Data Security Measures

    GrayRobinson PA has been hit with a proposed class action accusing the Florida-based firm of negligence following the revelation of a March 2025 data breach that exposed the personal data of around 65,000 people.

  • April 28, 2026

    Google Says EU's Android Measures Undermine Privacy

    European enforcers are calling on Google to give competing artificial intelligence services open access to key Android features and functions, but the tech giant said the changes are unnecessary and would undermine privacy and security protections.

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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