White House Unveils New AI Cybersecurity Clearinghouse

By Hailey Konnath

The White House has launched a clearinghouse for both the government and the private sector that's aimed at identifying and patching cyber vulnerabilities using artificial intelligence, according to an announcement made Tuesday.

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States Will Get $18M From 23andMe Ch. 11 For Data Breach

By Brian Steele

A week after a bankruptcy court approved a $46.75 million settlement between the DNA testing company 23andMe and data breach claimants, a coalition of more than 40 states announced Tuesday that they would share in an additional $18 million to resolve claims of unreasonable security practices.

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Apple Can Subpoena 14 Fed. Agencies In Antitrust Suit

By Rae Ann Varona

A retired New Jersey federal judge Tuesday denied the federal government's bid to quash subpoenas Apple is seeking in the government's smartphone monopolization lawsuit against the tech giant, finding the government's justifications for withholding the discovery unpersuasive.

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Apple Again Beats Suit Over CSAM Detection Failures

By Jonathan Capriel

Apple has defeated another proposed class action filed by child abuse victims who claim the company allowed predators to store sexual abuse images and videos on iCloud, with a California federal judge saying the victims "deserve better" and calling on the company and lawmakers to act.

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Analysis

News Orgs Need To Show AI Uses More Than Just Facts

By Elliot Weld

News organizations suing artificial intelligence companies for allegedly infringing their copyrighted content for AI training must show that chatbots are using the organizations' prose as opposed to merely uncopyrightable facts, or that the practice is diluting the market for human-made journalism, experts told Law360.

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DOD Halts Cybersecurity Program Phase Over Cost, Alignment

By Madeline Lyskawa

The Pentagon has suspended the next phase of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, which is aimed at boosting cybersecurity standards across the defense industrial base while it reviews whether the program aligns with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's acquisition priorities. 

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Insurer Ducks Models' Advertising Claims Against Strip Club

By Aaron Keller

A Connecticut federal judge has handed Clear Blue Specialty Insurance Co. a win in six professional models' attempts to access a strip club's $1 million policy pursuant to a settlement in an underlying false association and false advertising lawsuit, saying an exclusion for "exhibitions and related marketing" insulates the insurer.

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'Bulletproof Hosting' Providers Indicted For Aiding Hacks

By Allison Grande

A trio of Russian nationals and the "bulletproof hosting" services they operated have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Ohio on charges that they helped facilitate cyberattacks against banks, hospitals and other critical infrastructure operators across nearly two dozen states and several countries, leading to more than $62 million in losses, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday.

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7th Circ. Says TCPA Do-Not-Call Limit Doesn't Cover Texts

By Nadia Dreid

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act's do-not-call restrictions do not apply to text messages, a Seventh Circuit panel declared Tuesday, roughly six weeks after the panel expressed skepticism during oral arguments that "telephone call" could also mean "text message."

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RJ Reynolds Says TCPA Doesn't Apply To Texts, Cellphones

By Hayley Fowler

Tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds is looking to duck a proposed class action accusing it of sending unsolicited text messages, saying a North Carolina federal judge should apply recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent on judicial deference to find the Telephone Consumer Protection Act doesn't apply to cellphones or texts.

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Centripetal Seeks Squires Reversal Of Cisco Patent Win

By Ryan Davis

Centripetal Networks has asked U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires to undo a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision invalidating its cybersecurity patent at issue in a since-vacated multibillion-dollar judgment against Cisco Systems, saying the ruling flouted the law.

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Security Co. Says Data Tracking Suit Didn't Allege Sharing

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A home security camera company has urged a Washington federal court to toss a proposed class action accusing it of tracking and sharing the activity of visitors to its site, saying the complaint didn't allege it shared any confidential or personal information.

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Blanche Called Anti-Weaponization Fund 'Mistake,' Per Durbin

By Courtney Bublé

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Tuesday the anti-weaponization fund created as part of the president's settlement with the IRS was "a mistake," according to Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., after his meeting with Blanche.

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Justices Seek More Funds Over Increased Threats, Talk Ethics

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan made rare Capitol Hill appearances Tuesday, discussing the court's budget request for fiscal 2027, the "shadow docket" and ethics issues.

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Quinn Emanuel, Spiro Ousted From CoStar Copyright Fight

By Elliot Weld

A California federal judge has disqualified Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and its attorney Alex Spiro from representing a commercial real estate platform in a copyright infringement suit brought by CoStar, agreeing that the firm's representation of CoStar in a different case should result in its removal from this one.

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Bronx Defenders Union OKs Strike 1 Year After Last Walkout

By Andrea Keckley

The Bronx Defenders has become the third New York City-based legal aid organization to authorize a strike this month, which comes just one year after the group's most recent walkout.

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Trump Lawyer Matthew Schwartz Confirmed To 2nd Circ.

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 50-45, along party lines, on Tuesday to confirm Matthew Schwartz, one of President Donald Trump's personal attorneys and a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

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Ky. Law Prof Wants Court To Block Judge For Dean Pick

By Hailey Konnath

A University of Kentucky law professor asked a federal court to block U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove from becoming the next law school dean, claiming that the appointment has "stripped the faculty" of their credibility on the basis of peer review.

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Calif. Bar Settles With Administrators Of 'Disastrous' Bar Exam

By Andrea Keckley

The State Bar of California has reached a settlement with the administrators of its "disastrous" February 2025 bar exam, whose array of highly publicized technical glitches prevented hundreds of aspiring lawyers from completing the test.

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