DOD Contractor Seeks $8.4M Under Cyber Contract

By Ganesh Setty

A cybersecurity contractor for the U.S. Department of Defense has accused the government of failing to pay roughly $8.4 million worth of invoices, telling the U.S. Court of Federal Claims that it had performed its contract "flawlessly."

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Cisco Urges Justices To Reject $2.6B Centripetal Patent Case

By Adam Lidgett

Cisco Systems says the U.S. Supreme Court shouldn't reinstate Centripetal Networks LLC's $2.6 billion patent infringement case, saying a lower court was correct to grant Cisco a win because Centripetal had adequate time to respond to Cisco's interpretation of the asserted patent.

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Ex-US Contractor Admits Giving Ethiopia Top Secret Intel

By Tom Lotshaw

A former contractor for several U.S. government entities including the Department of Justice has pled guilty to conspiring to send highly protected national defense information to Ethiopian officials, according to federal prosecutors.

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OCC Maps Out How Its Examiners Will Review Banks' AI Use

By Jon Hill

The use of artificial intelligence at banks to conduct payments, decide loan applications or perform other high-stakes activities autonomously could face closer examiner scrutiny under a new supervisory framework issued Wednesday by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

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ILC Cos. To Pay $13M To Resolve Cybersecurity Fraud Claims

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced that defense and aerospace contractors ILC Dover LP and ILC Astrospace LLC will pay $13 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act.

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Brief

State AGs Tell Congress $17B Meta Deal Didn't Go Far Enough

By David Aaro

A bipartisan coalition that includes nearly every state attorney general is urging Congress to pass legislation designed to further improve online protections for minors, just two months after a $17 billion multistate settlement was reached with Meta.

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Sony Must Face Trimmed Suit Over Smart TV Data Collection

By Allison Grande

A California federal judge has tossed the bulk of a proposed class action accusing Sony of collecting and selling smart TV users' viewing data without consent, finding that the plaintiffs had failed to adequately plead more than a dozen wiretap and privacy allegations while leaving two common law claims intact.

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Zillow Faces New Proposed Class Action Over Text Ads

By Isaac Monterose

Property listing giant Zillow Group Inc. was hit with another proposed class action accusing it of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending consumers unwanted telemarketing texts.

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Highmark Health Network Hit With Suit Over AI Recording Use

By Gianna Ferrarin

Allegheny Health Network and its parent Highmark Health failed to get informed consent from patients for use of an artificial intelligence-based clinical documentation tool in exam rooms, according to a patient's proposed class action complaint in Pennsylvania state court.

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$5.5M Doxim Data Breach Deal Gets Final OK In Mich.

By Sydney Price

A Michigan federal judge has granted final approval to a $5.5 million class action settlement resolving claims that software provider Doxim Inc. and two credit unions failed to adequately protect customers' sensitive personal information in a 2023 data breach.

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Brief

SkyWest Union Latest To Oppose Spirit's Ch. 11 Data Sale

By Vince Sullivan

A union representing flight crew members for SkyWest Airlines has asked a New York bankruptcy court for permission to intervene in the Chapter 11 case of budget airline owner Spirit Aviation Holdings so that it can submit a statement opposing a sale of data to Google.

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Pierson Ferdinand Adds Partners From Constangy, Akerman

By Andrea Keckley

Pierson Ferdinand LLP has announced the arrival of two new partners — a cybersecurity attorney from Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP and a real estate attorney from Akerman LLP.

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How Contracts Can Address Agentic AI Monitoring Risk

In light of two recent OpenAI incidents of artificial intelligence agents disabling their monitoring safeguards, companies deploying agentic AI should draft contracts reflecting the possibility that controls can fail, and identify who controls each safeguard, whether the AI agent can interfere, and how a failure will be detected, say attorneys at Zova Law.

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What To Expect From Calif.'s Incoming Health AI Laws

California's new statewide ground rules for artificial intelligence in clinical care, set to take effect on Jan. 1, reveal the Legislature's choice to regulate healthcare AI primarily though institutions, rather than direct product regulation, and providers should shape their compliance plans accordingly, say attorneys at Reed Smith.

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Opinion

The Invisible AI Danger That May Undermine Legal Profession

A public database tracking cases involving hallucinations generated by artificial intelligence recently surpassed 2,200 entries, but the bigger risk underlying attorneys’ use of such tools is that they will slowly surrender their judgment to AI and lose analytical skills, says Massachusetts District Court Associate Justice Brian Palmucci.

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Faegre Drinker Hires Morgan Lewis Tax Specialist In Philly

By Jack Rodgers

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has hired a Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP tax associate to join its Philadelphia office as a partner working on federal income tax and other tax matters, according to a Wednesday announcement.

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Controversial DOJ Civil Rights Division Leader Steps Down

By Alison Knezevich

Harmeet K. Dhillon, a U.S. Department of Justice official who instituted dramatic changes as leader of the Civil Rights Division, has stepped down from her role.

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Analysis

Racing Against Whistleblowers Could Cost Companies

By Phillip Bantz

The U.S. Department of Justice's new cash rewards program for tips on criminal fraud threatens to ramp up the pressure on companies to hurry internal investigations and quickly report suspected misconduct to the government before whistleblowers do, which could backfire in some cases, according to experts.

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Which GCs Sold Stock In Oct.? Chevron, Micron & More

By Sue Reisinger

If Halloween threw a scare into legal chiefs, it didn't keep them from selling company stock in October. Chevron's R. Hewitt Pate and United Therapeutics' Paul Mahon each sold nearly $10 million worth, while Michael Ray of Micron was a distant third with $5.88 million in sales last month.

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Maynard Nexsen Adds 9 Constangy Attys Across 3 States

By Christine DeRosa

Maynard Nexsen PC said Thursday the firm has added nine labor and employment attorneys from Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP, expanding its presence in New York, New Jersey and Missouri.

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Sullivan & Cromwell Brings On Weil Capital Markets Leader

By Isaac Monterose

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP has hired the co-leader of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's capital markets team for a capital markets partner role in its New York City office, the firm announced Thursday.

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Toshiba, DTE Are Worlds Apart On Bond For $394M Judgment

By Melanie Dorsey

Toshiba Corp. urged a Michigan federal judge Thursday to limit its appeal bond to $37 million rather than the $549 million sought by two Michigan utilities, arguing that a state law capping appeal bonds should apply as the company challenges a $394 million judgment over a botched power plant overhaul.

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Trump's Hush Money Conviction Examined By Wary NY Panel

By Frank G. Runyeon

A New York State appellate court Thursday quizzed attorneys for President Donald Trump and state prosecutors over his hush-money conviction, exploring defense counsel's claims that the district attorney trespassed into federal jurisdiction by charging election violations and trampled on presidential immunity in a case "infected with multiple fatal errors."

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