Cybersecurity & Privacy

  • June 23, 2026

    Nvidia Seeks To Toss 3D Artist's 'Copycat' Copyright AI Suit

    Nvidia Corp. urged a California federal court to throw out a Los Angeles-based 3D artist's proposed class action claiming violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, saying the way Nvidia's artificial intelligence models are trained and used puts the company outside the scope of the federal copyright law.

  • June 23, 2026

    Wash. Says T-Mobile Broke Data Breach Law

    There's enough evidence for a judge to find that T-Mobile failed to meet Washington's data breach notification requirements following a 2021 breach, the state said Monday, arguing that text messages the company sent to customers about the incident left out critical information.

  • June 23, 2026

    SEC Urged To Adopt CAT To Fix Market Surveillance Tool

    The national stock exchanges that run a key market surveillance tool have told the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission there is "no realistic fallback" that could replace the tool as the SEC looks for ways to trim the tool's budget, but some are urging the agency to take over funding and ownership of the database known as the consolidated audit trail. 

  • June 23, 2026

    WhatsApp Users Fight Uphill To Keep Calif. Privacy Suit Intact

    A California federal judge overseeing WhatsApp users' allegations that Meta violated their privacy rights appeared open Tuesday to tossing some of the claims, at least for now, saying the proposed class complaint appears to make fraud claims that need to be backed by particularized allegations.

  • June 23, 2026

    Planned Parenthood Sent Patient Data To Google, Suit Says

    Planned Parenthood and regional affiliates were hit with a proposed class action alleging they use hidden tracking tools on their website and patient portals to transmit sensitive sexual and reproductive health information to third-party companies such as Google and Meta without consent. 

  • June 23, 2026

    Stryker Says Data Breach Suit Built On Speculation

    Michigan-based medical technology company Stryker Corp. has asked a federal judge to toss a proposed class action over a March cyberattack, arguing the former and current employees suing the company cannot show their personal information was accessed or that they suffered any injury tied to the incident.

  • June 23, 2026

    Google And Adult Website Defeat Data Sharing Suit, For Now

    A California federal judge on Tuesday again tossed a proposed class action alleging that an adult website illegally shares customers' private sexual information with third parties like Google, noting that the amended complaint made "perplexing" changes that don't fix the original suit's issues, but allowed the plaintiff to rework some allegations.

  • June 23, 2026

    SSA Says Court Has No Jurisdiction Over FOIA Fee Dispute

    The Social Security Administration told the D.C. federal court that the Freedom of Information Act does not authorize the court to override the fee determinations the agency made when producing public records related to its involvement with technology company Palantir.

  • June 23, 2026

    DC Judge Pulls Plug On Feds' Voter Citizenship Database

    A D.C. federal judge blocked the Trump administration's expansion of a database that allows states to screen voters, saying it "haphazardly combined and repurposed" information on millions of Americans, including unreliable citizenship information, and violated multiple laws.

  • June 23, 2026

    CrowdStrike Continues Push To End GoSecure Patent Suit

    Austin-based CrowdStrike has told a Texas federal court that a magistrate judge got it wrong when she recommended against tossing a lawsuit accusing the company of infringing a computer system monitoring patent.

  • June 23, 2026

    Orchestrator Of DraftKings Cyberattack Gets 18 Months

    A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Minnesota man to 18 months in prison for breaking into 60,000 accounts on the DraftKings sports betting site and selling the information, saying he was central to the planning and execution of the attack.

  • June 23, 2026

    UK Seeks Input On Potential Customs Updates

    HM Revenue & Customs is considering a plan to require customs intermediaries to register with the agency for the purposes of raising standards, it said Tuesday while also looking for general input on modernizing the U.K. customs regime.

  • June 23, 2026

    Justices Say Cisco Can't Be Sued Under Alien Tort Statute

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the Ninth Circuit was wrong to reinstate an Alien Tort Statute suit alleging that Cisco helped the Chinese government's allegedly unlawful crackdown on the Falun Gong religious movement, saying federal courts lack authority to create causes of action for alleged violations of international law.

  • June 22, 2026

    YouTube Seeks To Exit Wash. Driver's Viral Dashcam Clip Suit

    YouTube has urged a Seattle federal judge to free it from a woman's lawsuit alleging she was bullied online over a secretly recorded viral video of her texting while driving, saying she cannot circumvent the platform's protection under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act by leveling a baseless wiretapping claim.

  • June 22, 2026

    House Floats Revised Kids' Safety Bill After Bipartisan Deal

    A pair of influential House lawmakers on Monday introduced a revamped bipartisan version of proposed legislation to boost online safety protections for children and teens, although they drew an immediate rebuke from a U.S. senator leading a similar effort in the upper chamber, who slammed the House proposal as a "toothless and tepid capitulation" to major tech companies.

  • June 22, 2026

    Texas Asks Justices To Keep App Store Law In Force

    The Texas attorney general urged the U.S. Supreme Court to allow a state law requiring app stores to block minors from downloading apps without parental consent to remain in effect, arguing Monday that a lower court "committed several errors" in pausing the measure.

  • June 22, 2026

    7th Circ. Clears Hartford In Wire Fraud Coverage Fight

    An Illinois agency that administers financially distressed insurers' estates was correctly denied coverage of its own insurance claim stemming from fraudulent emails that caused employees to wire nearly $7 million away from the agency purportedly at the financial chief's direction, the Seventh Circuit ruled.

  • June 22, 2026

    NJ Medical Center Sued Over Alleged Patient Data Tracking

    A New Jersey medical center deployed third-party tracking tools on its website to collect sensitive information about users' searches for doctors and medical conditions, appointment requests and patient portal activity without users' knowledge or consent, two patients claimed in a proposed federal class action.

  • June 22, 2026

    Navy Contractor Settles FCA Claims Over Lax Cybersecurity

    The U.S. Department of Justice said an Alabama-based government contractor has agreed to pay over $500,000 to resolve claims that it knowingly failed to abide by cybersecurity requirements in support contracts for the U.S. Navy.

  • June 22, 2026

    Wellstar Reaches Deal In Patient Data-Sharing Suit

    Georgia's largest healthcare system has reached a settlement with a group of anonymous patients who alleged that the confidential health information of "millions" was shared with Meta Platform Inc. without consent using tracking and collection tools, according to a joint notice Monday.

  • June 22, 2026

    Oracle Sued Over Sale Of Coloradans' Cellphone Numbers

    Oracle Corp. has been hit with a proposed class action in Colorado state court accusing the software giant of violating a Colorado telemarketing privacy law by allegedly listing residents' cellphone numbers in a database without their consent and selling them to marketers.

  • June 22, 2026

    High Court Leaves Intact Mich. Drone Hunting Restrictions

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to Michigan's ban on using drones to locate downed game animals, leaving in place a Sixth Circuit ruling finding the restriction does not violate the First Amendment.

  • June 18, 2026

    Split 6th Circ. Revives Ohio's Social Media Age Limit Law

    A divided Sixth Circuit panel Thursday wiped out a lower court's order blocking an Ohio law barring social media companies from allowing children under 16 to create accounts without parental consent, ruling that the measure does not run afoul of the Constitution.

  • June 18, 2026

    Express Scripts Can't Ditch Meta Wiretap Suit Yet

    A California federal judge refused to dismiss a proposed class action alleging Express Scripts lets Meta secretly read consumers' communications, saying a consumer sufficiently claimed the online pharmacy allowed Meta's unauthorized collection of personal health information.

  • June 18, 2026

    Microsoft Joins Fight To Preserve EU-US Data Transfer Pact

    Microsoft Corp. has secured permission to support the European Commission in its effort to shield a vital agreement that enables personal data to flow freely from the European Union to the U.S. from a French lawmaker's attempt to convince the bloc's highest court to strike down the transfer mechanism.

Expert Analysis

  • Defense Contractor Tips For Commercial Solutions Openings

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    Defense contractors interested in participating in the Army’s recently announced commercial solutions opening should familiarize themselves with the process, which promotes flexibility but requires prudence in preparing proposals, negotiating award terms, and crafting supporting documents such as teaming agreements and subcontracts, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

  • Opinion

    Apple Discovery Fight Could Revive DOJ's Antitrust Appetite

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    Winning discovery disputes in the ongoing federal antitrust litigation over Apple’s app store practices is a huge opportunity for the Justice Department to return to its once-vigorous pursuit of product tying by tech monopolies, catch up with foreign competition regulators and establish clear standards for digital markets, says Ediberto Roman at Florida International University.

  • Opinion

    State Bars Need To Get Specific About AI Confidentiality

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    Lawyers need to put actual client information into artificial intelligence tools to get their full value, but they cannot confidently do so until state bars offer clear, formal authority on which plan tiers of the three most popular generative AI tools are safe to use when sharing specific client details, says attorney Nick Berk.

  • Steps To Maintain War Insurance Amid Middle East Conflict

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    To ensure they are adequately protected from war-related risk, companies affected by the escalating conflict in the Persian Gulf should consider how their war insurance coverage interacts with financing structures, lease obligations and commercial risk allocation, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Recent Bank Resolution Filings Stress Readiness Over Docs

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    Against the backdrop of banking regulators' recent emphasis on institutional readiness in the event of a bank failure, a review of more than a dozen public resolution plan submissions points to an immediate future in which regulators and banks alike prioritize operational preparedness over extensive documentation, say attorneys at Moore & Van Allen.

  • Series

    Alpine Skiing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Skiing has shaped habits I rely on daily as an attorney — focus, resilience and the ability to remain steady when circumstances shift rapidly — and influences the way I approach legal strategy, client counseling and teamwork, says Isaku Begert at Marshall Gerstein.

  • Weighing The Practical Implications Of SC Kids' Privacy Law

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    South Carolina's recently enacted Age-Appropriate Code Design Act includes a unique provision: a private right of action for certain violations, but its practical effect remains uncertain, as courts and litigants grapple with complex questions of standing, causation and the definition of actionable harm, say attorneys at K&L Gates.

  • AG Watch: Minn. Enters New Era Of Data Privacy Enforcement

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    Now that the Minnesota Attorney General's Office can bring enforcement actions for data privacy violations without providing 30-day notice, businesses operating in Minnesota, or those collecting data from Minnesota residents, should treat this moment as a call to action, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • 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.

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