Cybersecurity & Privacy

  • May 11, 2026

    Verano Says Receipt Suit Should Be Arbitrated Or Dismissed

    Cannabis giant Verano Holdings Corp. is urging an Illinois federal court to either dismiss or send to arbitration a proposed class action alleging that it leaks consumers' medical information through their receipts.

  • May 08, 2026

    EdTech Platform Canvas Accused Of Lax Security After Breach

    The operator of Canvas, a popular educational software tool used by thousands of schools and universities, is facing more than a half-dozen proposed class actions filed in Utah and New York federal courts following its disclosure of a cyberattack tied to a hacking group that's claimed to have gained access to personal data belonging to more than 275 million students and teachers.

  • May 08, 2026

    OCC Says AI Presents A Double-Edged Sword To Banks

    Artificial intelligence is "significantly transforming" the cybersecurity threat landscape for banks while also presenting opportunities to help defend against those heightened risks, according to a new report from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

  • May 08, 2026

    Social Media Litigation Gains Reveal Potential Regulatory Path

    Recent suits by a social media user and two state attorneys general in their bids to hold Meta and other tech giants accountable for the allegedly addictive nature of their platforms have brought to the forefront a potentially lucrative strategy for more broadly regulating online harms, as the First Amendment and other roadblocks continue to stymie legislative efforts.

  • May 08, 2026

    Social Media Harm To Teens Can Be Pinpointed, Judge Told

    Social media's degree of blame for New Mexico teens' mental health challenges can be statistically isolated and quantified, a health computational scientist testified Friday in the state's $3.7 billion bench trial against Meta.

  • May 08, 2026

    Calif. Hits GM With Record $12.75M Data Privacy Penalty

    General Motors has agreed to pay $12.75 million — the largest penalty imposed to date under California's data privacy law — and halt its sale of geolocation and driver behavior data to consumer reporting agencies to resolve claims that it illegally kept and handed off this information to a pair of data brokers, California's attorney general and several other state enforcers announced Friday.

  • May 08, 2026

    Redgrave Adds Ex-Coinbase, AT&T Atty In DC Partner Hire

    Electronic discovery and information law firm Redgrave LLP has hired a new partner to work in its Washington, D.C., office, saying he has played senior legal roles at a cryptocurrency exchange, a major telecommunications company and a disputes and forensic technology firm.

  • May 08, 2026

    Colo. Legislators Pass Bill Limiting Surveillance Pricing

    The Colorado General Assembly has passed a bill that limits companies and others from using consumers' and workers' personal data for setting individualized consumer prices and worker wages.

  • May 08, 2026

    Ex-Wachtell Lipton Atty Tied To Stolen BigLaw Info Trades

    A former Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz attorney who later worked for investment bank LionTree LLC is an unindicted co-conspirator in a sweeping alleged insider trading scheme that involved stolen information from several prominent law firms, according to a review of publicly available information.

  • May 08, 2026

    Google Denied Early Bid To Pause Search Data Sharing Duties

    A D.C. federal court rejected Google's request to pause parts of an order in the government's search monopolization case requiring it to give rivals syndicated search results and data, but will allow Google to try again once a competitor is lined up for access.

  • May 07, 2026

    Proposed Meta Age Reforms Echo Europe Efforts, Judge Told

    An online safety expert testified Thursday that Meta would not be unduly burdened by age-verification reforms New Mexico's attorney general is seeking in a $3.7 billion bench trial over harm to teen users of its social media platforms, given that European regulators in recent weeks announced nearly identical demands.

  • May 07, 2026

    Dems Press Big 3 Bureaus On BNPL Credit Reporting Gaps

    Democratic U.S. senators are calling on the "Big Three" credit bureaus to explain how they're adapting their consumer credit scoring and reporting to account for buy-now-pay-later products, citing concerns about inconsistent tracking of a fast-growing source of everyday purchase financing.

  • May 07, 2026

    Warren Asks Meta About Reported Stablecoin Payment Plans

    The top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee has called on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to provide more information about the company's reported plans to introduce stablecoin-based payment features for its users, accusing it of a "deeply troubling" lack of transparency about the project.

  • May 07, 2026

    Pentagon Defends Anthropic Security Risk Label At DC Circ.

    The U.S. Department of Defense told the D.C. Circuit on Wednesday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth acted well within his statutory discretion when he labeled Anthropic PBC a supply-chain risk to U.S. national security, rejecting Anthropic's claims of retaliation.

  • May 07, 2026

    Liberty Left Client Info Vulnerable To Hackers, Suit Alleges

    Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. faces a proposed consumer class action alleging it failed to effectively safeguard private information for current and former clients after hackers claimed they stole information and sought a ransom payment.

  • May 07, 2026

    Meta Seeks To Toss LA Jury's Social Media Addiction Verdict

    Meta and its Instagram platform asked a Los Angeles judge to override a landmark jury verdict awarding millions of dollars in damages to a woman claiming she became addicted to the social media site as a child, saying in the alternative they deserve a new trial.

  • May 07, 2026

    Meta Says Section 230 Bars Wash. Driver's Viral Video Claims

    Meta moved Wednesday to exit a Washington state woman's lawsuit claiming she was maligned online after a secret dashcam video of her texting while driving went viral, contending Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act safeguards the social media giant from liability for posts on its Facebook and Instagram platforms.

  • May 07, 2026

    Hospital Suspects DOJ Is Forum Shopping For Trans Records

    Children's Hospital of Philadelphia asked a federal judge this week to reassert control over the U.S. Department of Justice's demand for records of gender-affirming care, fearing the government's withdrawal of its local appeal and a case filed against another hospital in Texas portended "forum shopping" for a friendlier court.

  • May 07, 2026

    Gov't Says It Can Prioritize US In Hacker Extradition Row

    The U.K. government asked an appeals court on Thursday for permission to challenge a ruling quashing its decision to defer Portugal's extradition request for the founder of online cybercrime marketplace RaidForums in favor of that of the U.S.

  • May 07, 2026

    Fulton County Can't Force Return Of Ballots Seized By Feds

    Fulton County has fallen short in its bid to recover 2020 election ballots seized by the FBI, with a Georgia federal judge ruling that though the federal government's search warrant application was flawed, those problems didn't add up to a "callous disregard" for the county's rights.

  • May 06, 2026

    Meta's Exploitation Reporting Needs Work, NM Judge Told

    An executive for a child protection organization told a New Mexico judge Wednesday that "ongoing quality issues" with Meta's reporting and the use of message encryption have made it harder to deliver actionable reports to law enforcement, as the state seeks $3.7 billion in reforms at the social media company.

  • May 06, 2026

    'GothFerrari' Gets 6.5 Years For Role In $250M Crypto Heist

    A 20-year-old California man with the nickname "GothFerrari" was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to 78 months behind bars for his role in a sprawling cyber scam involving more than a dozen defendants who stole more than $250 million in cryptocurrency from people across the United States, according to prosecutors.

  • May 06, 2026

    Amazon Sees What You See On Your Fire TV, Users Claim

    Amazon customers claimed in a proposed nationwide class action Wednesday that the e-commerce giant's Fire TV products illegally capture and analyze everything that users see and hear through their devices, including streamed content, personal photos and security camera streams.

  • May 06, 2026

    Mobile Industry's Pai Calls For More Exclusive Airwaves For AI

    Major wireless carriers are looking toward a future driven by artificial intelligence, but say its full potential can only be reached if policymakers give them more access to exclusive airwaves in the prime midband range.

  • May 06, 2026

    TikTok Not Shielded From Mass. AG Case, Judge Says

    A Massachusetts judge will allow a social media addiction suit brought by the state attorney general against TikTok to proceed, rejecting claims that the company is shielded by the Communications Decency Act and the First Amendment.

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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