A technology expert testified Monday in New Mexico's data privacy trial against Meta that Facebook third-party app developers "rampantly" farmed user data and that the social media giant closed investigations of dubious developers without action.
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Facebook Third-Party Apps Took User Data, Jury Told

By Cara Salvatore

A technology expert testified Monday in New Mexico's data privacy trial against Meta that Facebook third-party app developers "rampantly" farmed user data and that the social media giant closed investigations of dubious developers without action.

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Cop Pitches Nationwide Class In Flock Privacy Lawsuit

By Kelcey Caulder

Flock's surveillance network invades the privacy of the public and enables law enforcement employees to track people for improper reasons, according to a proposed class action filed in Georgia federal court.

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Certifying Body Lied About Being US-Based, FCC Says

By Nadia Dreid

Derycom Certification Services lied about its ties to China in order to receive the Federal Communications Commission's authorization to serve as a telecommunication certification body, which requires an organization to be based in the United States, the agency said.

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1st Circ. Says Hearst Info Sharing May Not Trigger VPPA

By Julie Manganis

The First Circuit appeared likely on Monday to affirm a lower court's finding that Hearst Television Inc.'s news and weather apps are not violating a 1980s-era video privacy law by disclosing users' email and geolocation data to marketing partners, suggesting that's not enough information to link individuals to specific viewed material.

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Renaissance Learning Beats Student Data Privacy Suit

By Corey Rothauser

A California federal judge has dismissed a proposed class action accusing education software company Renaissance Learning Inc. of unlawfully collecting and sharing students' personal information, finding that the families' allegations did not support their privacy, wiretapping or unjust enrichment claims.

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POLICY & REGULATION

NY Flags AI Models As Cyber Risk Review Factor For Banks

By Jon Hill

A top New York regulator is urging the state's banks and insurers to stay on top of evolving cybersecurity threats, flagging the launch of powerful new artificial intelligence models as the kind of major market development that can necessitate updating their risk assessments.

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ENFORCEMENT

Wash AG Fights T-Mobile's Bid To Undo Data Breach Ruling

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General asked a King County Superior Court judge to deny T-Mobile's bid for reconsideration of a recent ruling finding it is liable for more than 722,000 violations of a state data breach notification law.

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LITIGATION

Under Armour Can't Duck Suit Alleging Massive Data Breach

By Rae Ann Varona

A Maryland federal judge has denied Under Armour's bid to nix a proposed class action alleging a November data breach leaked the personal information of more than 72 million of its consumers and employees, saying the plaintiffs sufficiently claimed the breach caused them harm such as identity theft.

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Zumba Video Buyers Seek Initial Nod For $2.7M Privacy Deal

By Allison Grande

A certified class of over 4,500 on-demand video purchasers who allege Zumba illegally divulged their personal information to third parties pressed a Florida federal judge to approve a $2.7 million settlement they claim is "in a league of its own" and outpaces prior deals under federal video privacy law.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week saw disputes over allegedly fabricated board approvals at a telecom infrastructure startup, insider trading and child safety at Roblox Corp. and ownership of artificial intelligence technology used in legal proceedings.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

AI And AML: Governance Plays Critical Role In Innovation

Financial institutions adopting artificial intelligence for anti-money laundering compliance should implement governance specific to individual use cases, testing, documentation and human oversight to manage regulatory and enforcement risks as agentic tools expand, say attorneys at Paul Hastings.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Big Biz Coalition Backs Litigation Funding Disclosure Rule

By Ryan Boysen

Big U.S. businesses and insurers like Amazon, Anthropic, Chubb and Walmart asked the federal judiciary on Monday to tighten disclosure requirements for litigation finance, claiming the lack of guardrails allows funders to operate "in the shadows."

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Indiana Atty Hit With $10K Sanction Over False Citations

By Andrea Keckley

An Indiana federal judge on Friday adopted a magistrate judge's recommendation to sanction a local attorney $10,000 after finding that five briefs in a consumer credit case included citations to nonexistent cases.

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Jackson Lewis Removes Ex-Atty's Bias Suit To Federal Court

By Patrick Hoff

Jackson Lewis PC has moved a former associate's suit accusing the firm of refusing to accommodate her temporary work restrictions following her medical leave to California federal court, saying state court wasn't the right venue for dispute.

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Bove Rejects Recusal Bid Tied To DOJ Whistleblower Claims

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove declined Monday to recuse himself in a Third Circuit immigration case, saying the attorneys for the petitioner are "recycling a failed pre-confirmation political smear" on him.

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State Farm Attorney Sanctioned $999.99 For AI Hallucinations

By Jonathan Capriel

An attorney for State Farm who filed several motions citing nonexistent cases and fabricated quotes generated by AI software must pay a $999.99 sanction, a Los Angeles judge ruled, an amount one cent below the threshold that would have triggered a mandatory notice to the State Bar of California under state law.

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Brief

Ex-Moses & Singer Partner Gets 10 Months For Tax Crimes

By Craig Clough

A Connecticut federal judge Monday sentenced a former Moses & Singer LLP partner to 10 months of imprisonment and ordered him to pay more than $3.1 million for failing to file personal income tax returns, the U.S. attorney's office announced.

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Akerman LLP

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Cooley LLP

Cummins & White

DiCello Levitt

EdTech Law

Gibson Dunn

Hausfeld LLP

Hecht Partners

Hedin LLP

Herman Jones LLP

Hodgson Russ

Hunton Andrews

Jackson Lewis PC

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Levi & Korsinsky

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Paul Hastings

Peiffer Wolf

Proskauer Rose

Reardon Scanlon

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Williams & Connolly

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alpine Securities Corp.

Amazon.com Inc.

Anthropic PBC

Atlas Energy LP

Bank of America Corp.

Braze Inc.

ClearList LLC

Compass Minerals International, Inc.

EE Ltd.

Experian PLC

FIRST

Google LLC

International Legal Finance Association

Lawyers for Civil Justice

Meta Platforms Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

National Basketball Association Inc.

Pinterest Inc.

Renaissance Learning Inc.

Roblox Corp.

State Bar of California

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

Taboola Ltd.

Target Corp.

Tesla Inc.

Thomson Reuters Corp.

Toyota Motor Corp.

U.S. Bancorp

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Under Armour Inc.

Walmart Inc.

Zumba Fitness LLC

Zynga Inc.

comScore Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Delaware Court of Chancery

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Reserve System

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Financial Stability Board

National Institute of Standards and Technology

New Mexico Attorney General's Office

New York Department of Financial Services

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut

U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Washington Attorney General's Office