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July 16, 2026
Washington, D.C.'s highest court refused to make a trial court vacate discovery orders requiring Meta to disclose certain communications concerning internal research related to the well-being of young social media users, saying Thursday that Meta failed to show it had a "clear and indisputable" right to such relief.
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July 16, 2026
Federal regulators said Thursday that they are stepping up their protocols for handling bank data and documents during supervisory examinations, outlining a new policy that will allow banks to designate certain "highly sensitive" information for stricter access control measures.
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July 16, 2026
A company that touts itself as Verizon's largest retailer is accused of failing to protect employees' and customers' sensitive information, resulting in a "massive and preventable" data breach.
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July 16, 2026
Online tax return filers who alleged Google's tracking tool effectively eavesdropped on their confidential tax information asked a California federal judge to certify several classes in their suit against the search giant.
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July 16, 2026
Pressure is mounting on law firm leaders to dive into the AI waters or watch competitors swim away, but figuring out responsible, cost-effective methods to use high-priced legal tech remains tricky, experts say.
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July 16, 2026
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., urged the Trump administration Thursday to protect national security and American citizens from a proposed backdoor surveillance bill from Canada.
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July 16, 2026
Cooley LLP has further bolstered its cyber, data and privacy group, announcing the hiring of a former Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP partner in its New York office.
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July 15, 2026
Federal appeals courts had wide-ranging successes and struggles during the U.S. Supreme Court's recently completed term: One had its best showing in years following its worst showing in years; one felt déjà vu after recently starting to find favor with the justices; and one saw its reputation for independence occupy a rare role in the Supreme Court spotlight.
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July 15, 2026
While Apple Inc. assures consumers it prioritizes their privacy with its "Hide My Email" feature, which purports to shield users' email addresses from third parties, the feature doesn't actually work as promised, according to a proposed class action filed Wednesday in California federal court.
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July 15, 2026
The Pentagon's decision to halt the next phase of its cybersecurity compliance program for defense contractors is likely motivated in part by businesses' difficulties to meet the already existing standards.
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July 15, 2026
During a Wednesday confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump's pick for national intelligence director, Democratic lawmakers pressed Jay Clayton to explain whether predecessor Tulsi Gabbard should have traveled to Georgia to oversee a search warrant executed at a Fulton County election facility, which she testified the president asked for.
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July 15, 2026
Elon Musk's xAI is suing a man who faces criminal charges of sexually exploiting children, saying in a Texas federal lawsuit that he abused and circumvented the safeguards of the company's generative artificial intelligence chatbot Grok to create child sexual abuse material in violation of the terms of service.
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July 15, 2026
Meta on Wednesday took a second stab at nixing an amended consolidated litigation alleging it matched users' browsing activities to their Facebook accounts for targeted advertising purposes and personalizing content, telling a California federal judge the plaintiffs consented to the conduct, which was disclosed in Meta's privacy policy.
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July 15, 2026
A lawsuit accusing a Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. director and his associates of improperly accessing confidential files to help remove the former head of the special purpose acquisition company that merged with Trump Media has ended in a confidential settlement, according to a notice filed Tuesday in Florida federal court.
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July 15, 2026
As midsummer approaches, Massachusetts attorneys are focused on much more than just the Red Sox winning streak and the fallout from the Jaylen Brown trade; from a headline-grabbing federal prosecution to the midterm elections to cases that could shape the state's noncompete laws, practitioners have plenty on their radar in the latter half of the year.
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July 15, 2026
Frontier Airlines' negligence led to a preventable cyber intrusion carried out by a notorious ransomware gang, which was able to secure a "treasure trove" of personal information of current and former employees and customers, according to a proposed class action filed Wednesday in Colorado federal court.
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July 15, 2026
A trial in a suit brought by 29 states accusing Meta's Facebook and Instagram of causing young people to become addicted and a third bellwether trial in the Uber sexual assault multidistrict litigation are among the cases injury and malpractice attorneys will be following closely in the second half of 2026.
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July 15, 2026
A Florida man who admitted to playing a role in scams that stole nearly $660,000 from victims including Zelle users has been sentenced to 32 months in prison.
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July 15, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a major opinion that limited contributory copyright liability for internet service providers, while a major verdict in a Digital Millennium Copyright Act case could hint at what's to come in artificial intelligence litigation. Here are Law360's picks for the top copyright rulings for the first half of 2026.
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July 15, 2026
Assa Abloy lost its bid to reinstate challenges to a pair of biometric sensor patents Wednesday when the Federal Circuit backed Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions that the Swedish manufacturing company failed to show claims in the patents were invalid.
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July 15, 2026
WilmerHale has been hit with a putative class action over a May data breach that claims "thousands" or "millions" of clients' "highly sensitive" information was compromised due to the firm's alleged negligence.
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July 15, 2026
A California federal judge has allowed Apple to impose conditions on the withdrawal of a Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP client as a named plaintiff from an iCloud antitrust case, concluding that the consumer's information could be "relevant to spoliation sanctions" or Hagens Berman's adequacy as class counsel.
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July 15, 2026
A Connecticut state judge said Wednesday he would personally suggest language to notify potential class members that a preparatory school IT worker may have accessed their intimate photos and videos, seeking to strike a balance between providing broad notice and avoiding unnecessary panic among former students.
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July 14, 2026
The White House has launched a clearinghouse for both the government and the private sector that's aimed at identifying and patching cyber vulnerabilities using artificial intelligence, according to an announcement made Tuesday.
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July 14, 2026
A retired New Jersey federal judge Tuesday denied the federal government's bid to quash subpoenas Apple is seeking in the government's smartphone monopolization lawsuit against the tech giant, finding the government's justifications for withholding the discovery unpersuasive.