Luminys can once again market its telecom equipment in the U.S. now that the onetime Chinese-controlled firm Dahua USA has been dissolved, the Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday.
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Luminys Back In Clear With FCC After Dahua USA Is Dissolved

By Christopher Cole

Luminys can once again market its telecom equipment in the U.S. now that the onetime Chinese-controlled firm Dahua USA has been dissolved, the Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday.

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XAI Seeks To Block Calif. GenAI Training Data Disclosure Law

By Rae Ann Varona

XAI has urged a California federal court to block the Golden State from enforcing a new law imposing training data disclosure requirements on generative artificial intelligence system developers, saying the law unconstitutionally forces it to reveal its valuable trade secrets to its competitors.

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GoodRx Users Denied Nod For $32M Deal In Data Sharing Row

By Allison Grande

A California federal judge refused to sign off on a $32 million deal to resolve a proposed class action accusing GoodRx of illegally sharing users' sensitive health data with fellow defendant Criteo and other advertisers, faulting the parties for failing to provide a detailed analysis of the strength of each claim.

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Law360 Names Firms Of The Year

By Kevin Penton

Eight law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 48 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, achieving milestones such as high-profile litigation wins at the U.S. Supreme Court and 11-figure merger deals.

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LITIGATION

DHS Tech Says He Was Fired For Criticizing Noem During 'Date'

By Lauren Berg

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security employee claims in a D.C. federal lawsuit that he was unlawfully fired after he went on what he believed was a date with a nurse, who secretly recorded him speaking negatively about Secretary Kristi Noem for the benefit of a conservative activist.

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Suit Says Grubhub Failed To Protect Private Info From Breach

By Celeste Bott

Grubhub was sued in Illinois federal court Monday by a potential class of diners and drivers who say the food delivery giant failed to adequately safeguard their sensitive personal information against recent data breaches.

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PEOPLE

Senior DOJ Fraud Atty Joins Akin Amid Surge In FCA Cases

By Jack Rodgers

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has expanded its bench of former public servants, announcing Tuesday the hire of a senior trial counsel from the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Fraud Section, shortly after the agency revealed last week a record $6.8 billion in False Claims Act judgments and settlements in the most recent fiscal year.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

AG Watch: Calif. Fills Federal Consumer Protection Void

California's consumer protection efforts seem to be intensifying as federal oversight wanes, with Attorney General Rob Bonta recently taking actions related to buy now, pay later products, credit reporting and medical debt, consumer credit discrimination, and the use of artificial intelligence in consumer services, say attorneys at Cooley.

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Navigating Privilege Law Patchwork In Dual-Purpose Comms

Three years after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to resolve a circuit split in In re: Grand Jury, federal courts remain split as to when attorney-client privilege applies to dual-purpose legal and business communications, and understanding the fragmented landscape is essential for managing risks, say attorneys at Covington.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Analysis

Nonprofits, Not BigLaw, Lead Legal Challenges To Trump

By Jack Karp

Public interest groups are handling a majority of the lawsuits filed against the second Trump administration, while most large firms remain on the sidelines, according to a review by Law360 of more than 400 lawsuits filed in the first year of Trump's second term.  

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Ballard Partners Led In Lobbying Earnings As Trump Returned

By Alison Knezevich

Ballard Partners more than quadrupled its annual federal lobbying revenue in 2025 amid President Donald Trump's return to office, surpassing the law firm policy practices that have led K Street in recent years.

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Former SG Prelogar Joins Cooley Team On Trump EO Appeal

By Alison Knezevich

Former Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar has joined the legal team representing Jenner & Block LLP in its fight with President Donald Trump's administration over his executive order targeting the BigLaw firm, according to a new court filing.

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House Speaker Johnson Supports Impeachment Of Judges

By Courtney Bublé

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Wednesday threw his support behind efforts to impeach federal judges in Washington, D.C., and Maryland.

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DOJ Outline of New Fraud Role Doesn't Mention WH Oversight

By Courtney Bublé

A U.S. Department of Justice official explained the parameters of the new role of assistant attorney general for fraud in a recent letter to Congress, obtained Wednesday by Law360, but did not mention the individual will be overseen by the White House, as the vice president previously said.

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NYC Indigent Defense Program In 'Crisis,' Task Force Reports

By Andrea Keckley

The New York City Assigned Counsel Plan, which provides lawyers to indigent people in criminal and family courts who can't be served by institutional legal service providers, is "in a state of crisis," a New York City Bar task force said in an interim report released Wednesday.

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7th Circ. Cautions Pro Se Litigants To Avoid AI-Induced Errors

By Celeste Bott

The Seventh Circuit offered guidance to litigants using artificial intelligence while representing themselves in a ruling remanding a pro se plaintiff's civil rights case Wednesday, saying that AI has "great promise" for those who can't afford legal counsel, but that it doesn't abdicate them of their duty to avoid misrepresentations in court filings.

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Justices Wary Of Greenlighting Trump Bid To Fire Fed's Cook

By Jon Hill

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared reluctant to let President Donald Trump immediately oust Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook, with multiple justices expressing doubts about administration claims of broad presidential removal power over the central bank.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

Akerman LLP

Akin Gump

Arnold & Porter

Brownstein Hyatt

Bursor & Fisher

Clement & Murphy

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

Cravath Swaine

Crowell & Moring

Davis Polk

Davis Wright Tremaine

Debevoise & Plimpton

Dechert LLP

Desmarais LLP

Dykema

Edelson PC

Erise IP

Federman & Sherwood

Finnegan

Foley Hoag

Freshfields

Gibson Dunn

Goodwin Procter

Hervas Condon

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Knight

Irell & Manella

Israel David LLC

Javitch Law Office

Jenner & Block

K&L Gates

Kirkland & Ellis

Latham & Watkins

Lowell & Associates

Lowey Dannenberg

Mark S. Zaid PC

Milbank LLP

Munger Tolles

O'Melveny & Myers

Orrick Herrington

Paul Weiss

Perkins Coie

Pillsbury Winthrop

Schubert Jonckheer

Sheppard Mullin

Shub Johns

Sidley Austin

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Skadden Arps

Squire Patton

Steptoe LLP

Sullivan & Cromwell

Susman Godfrey

Vinson & Elkins

Wachtell Lipton

Weil Gotshal

Willkie Farr

WilmerHale

Zimmerman Law Offices PC

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Aetna Inc.

Air Lease Corp.

Akin's

American Academy of Pediatrics

American Bar Association

American Civil Liberties Union

American Clinical Laboratory Association

American Public Health Association

American Water Works Company Inc.

Apollo Global Management LLC

Association of American Universities Inc.

Avidity Biosciences

BDO USA LLP

BGR Government Affairs LLC

Ballard Partners Inc.

BlackRock Inc.

Bloomingdale's Inc.

Criteo SA

Dahua Technology Co. Ltd.

Democracy Forward Foundation

Drummond

Electronic Arts Inc.

Elliott Investment Management LP

FirstEnergy Corp.

Fort Point Capital

George Washington University

Global Infrastructure Partners

GoodRx Holdings Inc.

Google LLC

GrubHub Inc.

Harvard University

Instagram Inc.

Intra-Cellular Therapies Inc.

Johnson & Johnson

KBR Inc.

Lee Memorial Health System

LinkedIn Corp.

Macquarie Group Ltd.

Mednax Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

National Association of Attorneys General

National Council of Nonprofits

Norfolk Southern Corp.

Novartis AG

Novo Nordisk A S

Papa John's International Inc.

Pfizer Inc.

Public Citizen Inc.

ROSS Intelligence

SMBC Aviation Capital Ltd.

Sanmina Corp.

Smith & Nephew plc

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio

Sycamore Partners Management LLC

TelexFree LLC

The Boeing Co.

The PNC Financial Services Group Inc.

Thomson Reuters Corp.

UCLA School of Law

Ulta Beauty Inc.

United Services Automobile Association

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.

Wells Fargo & Co.

YouTube Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Attorney General's Office

California Department of Justice

California Secretary of State

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

Food and Drug Administration

National Institutes of Health

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

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

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

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

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

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

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Supreme Court

US Office of Management and Budget

United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio