Cybersecurity & Privacy

  • March 31, 2026

    Prior Loss Dooms Robocall Blocker's Fight With Synchrony

    The 2016 outcome of a robocall blocker's lawsuit in the Northern District of Illinois bars the same company from pursuing similar claims that it filed against Synchrony Financial in Connecticut, a federal judge has ruled in tossing the latest case for good.

  • March 31, 2026

    Reddit's AI Scraping Suit Sent Back To State Court

    A California federal judge has ordered that a case brought by Reddit Inc. claiming Anthropic PBC improperly gathered user content to train its large language models be sent back to state court, finding that each of Reddit's allegations have extra elements that defeat federal preemption.

  • March 31, 2026

    Admin Says Apple Had Own Reasons To Ax ICE Tracking App

    The Trump administration told a D.C. federal court that an app maker cannot support his claims that the administration coerced Apple to remove an app letting users report sightings of immigration enforcement authorities, noting Apple had independent authority to do so.

  • March 30, 2026

    Newsom Tightens AI Contract Rules Over Safety Fears

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday ordered state agencies to strengthen guardrails for all contracts connected to generative AI tools, highlighting what he sees as risks to free speech, voting rights and mass surveillance, and at the same time encouraging statewide adoption of safe forms of the technology. 

  • March 30, 2026

    US Judge Duo Urge Simplicity In Complex AI, Privacy Fights

    A pair of U.S. district judges Monday implored litigants to take more time to walk those deciding their disputes through the complex data privacy, artificial intelligence and other technological issues underpinning claims, cautioning that acting otherwise is likely to result in bored juries and discarded legal briefs.

  • March 30, 2026

    HPE Seeks Fix After States Expose Confidential Bidding Info

    Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. urged a California federal judge to order a dozen states and Washington, D.C., to take corrective measures after they publicly filed thousands of pages of confidential documents related to the company's $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks Inc.

  • March 30, 2026

    FTC's Meador Eyeing Platform Design In Kids' Safety Reviews

    While the Federal Trade Commission isn't interested in "telling companies how to run their businesses," the agency will continue to police online hazards facing children and adults, including those that may be caused by the way that websites are designed, and could impose more "extreme" remedies when necessary, Republican Commissioner Mark Meador said Monday.

  • March 30, 2026

    Justices Won't Touch Ex-CTA Worker's Deleted Text Sanction

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up the appeal of a former Chicago Transit Authority employee whose retaliation lawsuit was dismissed by the Seventh Circuit as a sanction for spoiling evidence.

  • March 30, 2026

    Match, OkCupid Settle FTC Suit Over Info Sharing With AI Co.

    Match and its dating platform subsidiary OkCupid settled a civil suit Monday by the Federal Trade Commission alleging they shared millions of users' photos and other data with an artificial intelligence company specializing in facial recognition technology, known as Clarifai Inc., without giving users the chance to opt out.

  • March 30, 2026

    5th Circ. Hesitant To Revive CrowdStrike Class Action

    A panel of the Fifth Circuit wanted counsel for a group of passengers who sued cybersecurity company CrowdStrike Inc. after their flights were delayed or canceled during a crippling IT outage to explain who else could get sued under their liability theory, weighing Monday whether the Airline Deregulation Act bars the claims.

  • March 30, 2026

    FINRA Sanctions Upheld At 6th Circ. Against Unregistered CEO

    The Sixth Circuit won't reverse Financial Industry Regulatory Authority sanctions against the owner of a consulting company who argued he'd been unfairly ruled against by a self-regulatory organization he never joined, though the judges stopped short of weighing the petitioner's constitutional challenges to the FINRA findings.

  • March 30, 2026

    Crypto Hacker Stole $53M For Pokemon Cards, DOJ Says

    A Maryland man was charged with hacking cryptocurrency exchange Uranium Finance and taking $53 million, and using the money to buy rare Pokemon and Magic: The Gathering trading cards, as well as a piece of the Wright brothers' original plane that Neil Armstrong took to the moon.

  • March 30, 2026

    Sanofi Claims IP Life Extension Needed For Double Patenting

    The Patent Trial and Appeal Board rightly found a Sanofi patent application shouldn't be rejected for obviousness-type double patenting, as it doesn't improperly extend patent life, the French drugmaker and its allies have told U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires.

  • March 30, 2026

    Justices Doubt Gov't Venue Theory In Twitter Employee Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appeared sharply skeptical that a former Twitter employee convicted of emailing a falsified document to FBI agents from his Seattle home could be prosecuted in San Francisco, with several justices questioning the federal government's justification for bringing the case where none of the charged conduct occurred.

  • March 30, 2026

    Ill. Judge Keeps Coverage Fight Over $20M BIPA Deal Alive

    An Illinois federal judge on Friday rejected an insurer's bid for summary judgment in a suit seeking coverage for a $20 million settlement of biometric privacy claims, saying disputes remain over whether it waived an exclusion by failing to raise it in earlier litigation or if the company's change in strategy prejudiced the plaintiffs enough to bar its application.

  • March 30, 2026

    Ex-Yale Student's Defamation Suit Tossed, Misconduct Cited

    An ex-Yale student suing the university and a sexual assault accuser engaged in "repeated and escalating" litigation misconduct including violating anonymity orders and withholding key information from numerous courts, warranting dismissal as a punishment, a Connecticut federal judge has ruled in tossing the case.

  • March 30, 2026

    Pillsbury Asks To Toss Suit Over Nonclient Data Breach

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP sought dismissal of a consolidated data breach action in New York federal court Friday due to the plaintiffs' alleged lack of relationship with the firm and inability to identify any cognizable damages.

  • March 30, 2026

    Colo. Suit Says Data Brokers Listed Numbers Without Consent

    A pair of Florida-based data-broker companies were hit with a proposed class action in Colorado state court, alleging they violated a state telemarketing privacy law by listing thousands of Colorado residents' cellphone numbers in their commercial people-search directories without consent.

  • March 30, 2026

    J&J Unit Wants Forensic Exam Of Ex-Director's Devices

    A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary urged a New Jersey federal court to order a former associate director to submit to a court-supervised forensic inspection of any device or account in which she could have stored confidential information it claims she downloaded in order to start her own competing company.

  • March 27, 2026

    Tech Critics See Hope In Social Media Verdicts

    The courts are emerging as the forum to hold social media giants accountable for their algorithms now that two multimillion-dollar jury verdicts determined the platforms are harming the mental health of young people, after years of being unchecked by Congress.

  • March 27, 2026

    State Privacy & AI Watch: 3 Legislative Developments To Know

    As Congress pushes to limit regulation of artificial intelligence systems and struggles to put guardrails on companies' handling of personal data, states continue to step up, with a key jurisdiction making moves to update its landmark AI protections and the state data privacy law patchwork expanding for the first time in nearly two years. 

  • March 27, 2026

    Judge Seems Doubtful Of Fulton County's Ballot Retrieval Bid

    A Georgia federal judge appeared skeptical Friday of Fulton County's efforts to recover hundreds of boxes of 2020 election ballots that were seized by the FBI in a January raid on a county warehouse, signaling he wasn't sure whether the government had shown "callous disregard" for the Constitution.

  • March 27, 2026

    Google Ad Privacy Deal OK'd, But $128M Fee Bid Cut To $22M

    A California federal judge on Thursday approved Google's nonmonetary deal resolving allegations it sells consumers' personal data in fast-paced digital ad auctions without their consent, but slashed class counsel's $128 million fee request to $21.8 million due to their "speculative" settlement-value estimates, "limited success" and numerous billing "errors and inefficiencies."

  • March 27, 2026

    Epstein Survivors Say DOJ, Google Revealed Their Identities

    The U.S. Department of Justice published the identifying information of more than 100 survivors of Jeffrey Epstein, information that Google has continued to republish despite survivors' pleas to "take it down," according to a proposed class action filed in California federal court.

  • March 27, 2026

    Meta Reads WhatsApp Users' Messages, Class Action Claims

    Meta Platforms Inc. read and stored the messages of WhatsApp users' in violation of the law and of promises that the communications would only be viewable by the sender and recipient of the messages, according to a putative class action filed in California federal court.

Expert Analysis

  • 5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2026 And Beyond

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    2026 will likely be shaped by issues ranging from artificial intelligence regulatory turbulence to potential evidence rule changes, and e-discovery professionals will need to understand how to effectively guide the responsible and defensible adoption of emerging tools, while also ensuring effective safeguards, say attorneys at Littler.

  • 2026 State AI Bills That Could Expand Liability, Insurance Risk

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    State bills legislating artificial intelligence that are expected to pass in 2026 will reshape the liability landscape for all companies incorporating AI solutions into their business operations, as any novel private rights of action authorized under AI-related statutes signal expanding exposures, say attorneys at Wiley.

  • Reviewing Historical And Recent NYDFS Blockchain Guidance

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    An industry letter released in the fall by the New York State Department of Financial Services, together with guidance issued over the past decade, signals a heightened regulatory expectation for covered institutions regarding the use of blockchain analytics and requires review, says Nicole De Santis at Nomadis Consulting.

  • SEC Virtu Deal Previews Risks Of Nonpublic Info In AI Models

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent settlement with Virtu Financial Inc. over alleged failures to safeguard customer data raises broader questions about how traditional enforcement frameworks may apply when material nonpublic information is embedded into artificial intelligence trading systems, says Braeden Anderson at Gesmer Updegrove.

  • Disney's OpenAI Deal Could Be Turning Point In IP Licensing

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    The Disney-OpenAI agreement last month is less an anomaly than an early attempt to define what licensed generative use of entertainment intellectual property looks like in practice, including how artificial intelligence user-generated content is permitted without eroding ownership and control, says Alex Locke at Meister Seelig.

  • Series

    Judges On AI: How Courts Can Boost Access To Justice

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    Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Samuel A. Thumma writes that generative artificial intelligence tools offer a profound opportunity to enhance access to justice and engender public confidence in courts’ use of technology, and judges can seize this opportunity in five key ways.

  • 2025's Most Notable State AG Activity By The Numbers

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    State attorneys general were active in 2025, working across party lines to address federal regulatory gaps in artificial intelligence, take action on consumer protection issues, continue antitrust enforcement and announce large settlements on behalf of their citizens, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.

  • Opinion

    The Case For Emulating, Not Dividing, The Ninth Circuit

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    Champions for improved judicial administration should reject the unfounded criticisms driving recent Senate proposals to divide the Ninth Circuit and instead seek to replicate the court's unique strengths and successes, says Ninth Circuit Judge J. Clifford Wallace.

  • Autonomous AI Attacks Demarcate Shift In Risk Landscape

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    Anthropic and OpenAI recently disclosed cyberattacks where an artificial intelligence agent was the primary attacker, illustrating immediate implications for corporate governance, contracting and security programs as companies integrate AI with their business systems, say Rahul Mukhi and Melissa Faragasso at Cleary and Brian Lichter at Stroz Friedberg.

  • 2025's Defining AI Securities Litigation

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    Three securities litigation decisions from 2025 — involving General Motors, GitLab and Tesla — offer a preview of how courts will assess artificial intelligence-related disclosures, as themes such as heightened regulatory scrutiny and risk surrounding technical claims are already taking shape for the coming year, say attorneys at Cooley.

  • Series

    Muay Thai Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Muay Thai kickboxing has taught me that in order to win, one must stick to one's game plan and adapt under pressure, just as when facing challenges by opposing counsel or judges, says Mark Schork at Feldman Shepherd.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Intentional Career-Building

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    A successful legal career is built through intention: understanding expectations, assessing strengths honestly and proactively seeking opportunities to grow and cultivating relationships that support your development, say Erika Drous and Hillary Mann at Morrison Foerster.

  • The Video Privacy Protection Act's Future In 2026

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent denial of certiorari petitions in two Video Privacy Protection Act cases, Salazar v. National Basketball Association and Solomon v. Flipps Media, deepens a circuit split on how to apply the decades-old statute to modern technology, but the underlying interest in privacy protection hasn't changed, say attorneys at Janove.

  • How Settlement In Texas TCPA Case Affects Text Marketing

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    The recent settlement in Ecommerce Innovation Alliance v. State of Texas, which challenged the constitutionality of expanded registration requirements of the Texas mini-Telephone Consumer Protection Act, is a substantial win for companies concerned about being penalized by Texas regulators or other financial exposure for sending consented-to marketing texts, but the expanded private right includes other traps for the unwary, say attorneys at Womble Bond.

  • Maximizing Cyberinsurance Coverage In 2026

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    One of the most significant risks policyholders face in 2026 is the risk of loss caused by infiltration of their computer systems or manipulation of their employees through the use of computers, highlighting the need for a comprehensive cyberinsurance policy review, say attorneys at Cohen Ziffer.

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