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April 14, 2026
U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff entered default judgment Tuesday at the request of a group of music companies against the online shadow library Anna's Archive, calling the piracy instigated by the site one of the most "horrendous acts of piracy brought to my attention."
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April 13, 2026
A California federal judge must take a fresh look at parts of IXL Learning Inc.'s bid to arbitrate a proposed class action alleging the education technology company unlawfully collected and sold children's personal information, the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday, saying the lower court "misallocated the burden of proof on mutual assent."
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April 13, 2026
Cannabis giant Verano exposed the private data of at least half a million of its medical marijuana customers, according to a proposed class action removed to federal court that alleges the company turned ordinary receipts into "highly sensitive medical records."
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April 13, 2026
An Oregon man has not shown that he is entitled to a share of profits from a purported joint venture in cryptocurrency investment involving a once close friend, the Second Circuit said Monday, affirming a Manhattan federal judge's dismissal of the claims.
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April 13, 2026
An Illinois federal judge tasked with recalculating damages from a home health company's referral kickback scheme said Monday that she needs more complete and reliable evidence to help determine the appropriate amount, but allowed the government to continue offsetting Medicare payments as part of its judgment collection bid.
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April 13, 2026
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Monday that it has hired a onetime BigLaw partner to take over its consumer protection division and brought in a former Oregon community bank executive to become the agency's top innovation official.
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April 13, 2026
Meta's recent state jury losses in suits over social media's harms to mental health provide clues as to what will happen this summer when a school district's suit against social platforms goes to trial in the first federal bellwether — and down the road in appeals some believe will reach the nation's high court.
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April 13, 2026
The Delaware Chancery Court's docket this past week featured a mix of high-stakes settlements, fast-moving deal litigation, governance disputes and a notable post-trial ruling involving fraud-tainted loans.
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April 13, 2026
Rapper Cardi B has urged a Florida bankruptcy judge to sanction Tasha K, alleging the bankrupt YouTuber has been defying the terms of her own Chapter 11 Subchapter V plan by continuing a pattern of disparaging comments that had led to a nearly $4 million defamation judgment.
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April 13, 2026
The Federal Communications Commission has selected a nonprofit group focused on security of the Internet of Things as the next entity to run the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, a government-endorsed seal of approval for devices.
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April 13, 2026
Columbia University has asked a Federal Circuit panel to partly reconsider a decision discarding a nine-figure patent judgment against the maker of Norton antivirus software, saying the university did request a jury instruction on foreign sales damages that the appeals court said it did not seek.
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April 13, 2026
Honey Baked Ham fraudulently assures website visitors they have control over whether their data is tracked or shared, but secretly records and discloses that information to third parties anyway without the visitors' consent, according to a proposed class action filed Friday in Georgia federal court.
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April 13, 2026
Iridium wants the Federal Communications Commission to push back against a European proposal that it says would "unfairly target" the satellite phone provider with new restrictions.
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April 13, 2026
United Rentals Inc. wants a former North Carolina sales representative punished for allegedly deleting computer files the same day he received a lawsuit accusing him of taking trade secrets to a new employer, arguing a judge or jury should assume the worst about the alleged file transfer and purported cover-up.
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April 13, 2026
Virtual private network provider NordVPN and its parent company are facing a pair of proposed class actions accusing the company of using deceptive "dark pattern" tactics, like automatic renewal, to keep consumers paying for unwanted and expensive internet security subscriptions.
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April 10, 2026
The full Fourth Circuit on Friday vacated and remanded a preliminary injunction blocking the government's access to sensitive data held by the U.S. Social Security Administration, ruling that unions and retiree advocates failed to show they were likely to suffer serious harm without it.
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April 10, 2026
The California Privacy Protection Agency is continuing to build out its new Audits Division and is aiming to begin conducting checks of businesses' compliance with the state's comprehensive data privacy regime this year, the agency's director recently told Law360 in an exclusive interview.
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April 10, 2026
Apple has asked the Ninth Circuit not to undo its order staying a decision in Epic Games Inc.'s favor while Apple petitions the U.S. Supreme Court to review the ruling that largely affirmed an injunction barring Apple from charging developers "prohibitive" commissions on iPhone app purchases.
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April 10, 2026
A California federal magistrate judge Friday ruled in favor of the Federal Trade Commission and states on multiple discovery disputes in their litigation alleging Uber dupes consumers into its paid subscription service, requiring Uber to hand over contact data on roughly 30 million Uber subscribers.
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April 10, 2026
The state of Arkansas has asked the Eighth Circuit to undo an injunction blocking a law banning social media platforms from implementing algorithms and other features that can cause users to become addicted to social media or lead to suicide or other types of self-harm.
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April 10, 2026
A New York federal judge has refused to toss a proposed class action alleging CNN violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act by surreptitiously installing data trackers and sharing the data with third parties including Microsoft for targeted advertising, finding the alleged privacy harm and claims are sufficiently pled.
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April 10, 2026
A Florida federal magistrate judge proposed removing portions of a declaration filed by a state wildlife official in an employee's lawsuit alleging she was fired for sharing a meme making fun of slain right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk on social media, finding the false testimony may have influenced the court.
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April 10, 2026
AT&T and Verizon told the U.S. Supreme Court that no matter how the Federal Communications Commission portrays its fines, they amount to binding orders that run afoul of the Seventh Amendment because there's no clear path to challenge them in court.
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April 10, 2026
An Illinois federal judge wondered aloud Friday whether John Deere's $99 million class action settlement with farmers, and more importantly its promised facilitation of independent equipment repairs, mooted the Federal Trade Commission's still-pending right-to-repair lawsuit.
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April 10, 2026
A new draft proposal from the Federal Communications Commission would make it even harder for foreign adversaries to take part in electronic device testing if they are located in a country that lacks reciprocal testing agreements with the U.S.