Law360 Names 2026's Top Attorneys Under 40

Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2026, our list of more than 160 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

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Shopify Must Face Revived California Data Privacy Suit

By Craig Clough

A California federal judge has refused to dismiss a proposed class action accusing Shopify of secretly collecting California consumers' personal and payment information through its online checkout platform without their consent, finding the plaintiff plausibly alleged the company knowingly designed its system to gather that data.

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Reddit AI Data Scraping Case Mostly Survives Dismissal

By Elliot Weld

A Manhattan federal judge on Friday largely declined to dismiss Reddit's suit accusing SerpApi of illegally scraping its content to be sold to Perplexity for training its artificial intelligence models.

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Parents Sue Meta, TikTok, Others Over Children's Suicides

By Emily Field

Parents of four children who died by suicide after heavy use of social media platforms are suing Meta, Google, TikTok and others in Delaware state court alleging that they pushed features that promoted self-harm and stole their loved ones' childhoods.

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Mass. Seeks Exit From Undercover License Plate Policy Suit

By Carolyn Muyskens

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security hasn't shown that immigration enforcement has slowed because Massachusetts won't give its agents undercover vehicle plates, the state said in a bid to dismiss a federal government lawsuit.

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Meta Says AI Voice Suit Rests On Speculation, Not Facts

By Celeste Bott

Meta sought to throw out a proposed class action claiming it flouted Illinois' biometric privacy law when it used the voices of journalists and voice actors to train their artificial intelligence models, arguing the suit is little more than "professional anxiety" over AI "in search of a cause of action."

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NJ University Hit With Class Claims Over Data Breach

By Carla Baranauckas

Kean University failed to implement basic cybersecurity safeguards prior to a ransomware attack attributed to cybercrime group Qilin, exposing the personal information of thousands of students, applicants, alumni and employees and leaving them at lifelong risk of identity theft, according to a proposed class action brought in New Jersey federal court.

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Suit Says 'Hidden' AI Notetaker Trains Model On Meetings

By Jonathan Capriel

Granola, a provider of AI-powered notetaking services, faces a wiretapping lawsuit in California federal court claiming its software secretly records virtual meeting conversations without the knowledge or consent of those there, using the data collected to train artificial intelligence models,

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Questo's Data Breach Notice Took 9 Months, Suit Says

By Gina Kim

Questo Inc. was hit with a proposed negligence class action in Georgia federal court Thursday alleging the publishing company failed to adequately protect people's personal data, including Social Security numbers and credit card information, from an October cybersecurity breach and waited nine months to notify affected individuals.

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NBA Lets Google's Trackers Intercept User Data, Suit Says

By Gina Kim

The NBA misleads users about their digital privacy by displaying a pop-up banner on its platform that purportedly enables them to opt out of tracking cookies, which, in reality, do nothing to stop trackers that don't rely on cookies, according to a proposed class action recently removed to a California federal court.

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Roundup

Defamation Litigation Roundup: Trump, Kash Patel, MSG

By Theresa Schliep

In this month's review of defamation fights, Law360 highlights developments in a handful of suits involving President Donald Trump, as well as the dismissal of a case by Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel over a man's social media posts accusing him of being a "Kremlin asset."

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Calif. Wiretap Ruling May Reshape Pixel Tracking Litigation

The recent dismissal of a proposed class action accusing Blue Shield of California of violating the federal Wiretap Act highlights the gap between legacy wiretap laws and modern browser architecture, and the tendency of pixel tracking complaints to oversimplify or mischaracterize how browsers work, says Phil Richards at ThreatHandle Consulting.

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How State Actions Are Reshaping Surveillance Pricing Risk

Amid heightened state enforcement activity and expanding legislative action to curb surveillance pricing concerns related to transparency, fairness and discrimination, businesses should closely examine how consumer data is used in pricing decisions, say attorneys at Steptoe.

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DOJ Renews Bid To Oust Susman From ABA Trump EO Case

By Jared Foretek

The U.S. Department of Justice renewed its call for a D.C. federal judge to disqualify Susman Godfrey LLP from representing the American Bar Association in its challenge to the Trump administration's law firm executive orders, saying Susman Godfrey's attorneys could potentially have to serve as fact witnesses in the case.

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Jackson Walker, Trustee Agree On $15M Romance Settlement

By Emma Cueto

Jackson Walker LLP has agreed to pay $15 million and reform its conflicts and disclosure practices to resolve claims brought by the regional U.S. trustee regarding bankruptcy fees approved by a bankruptcy judge who was at the time concealing a relationship with a Jackson Walker partner.

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ABA To Assess Aggressive BigLaw Campus Recruitment

By Emily Sawicki

The American Bar Association's policymaking body on Monday approved a resolution sponsored by law students seeking reprieve from increasingly early BigLaw recruitment drives and clarified rules regarding client confidentiality and prosecutorial responsibility, some of the first votes taken on day one of its annual meeting.

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Simpson Thacher's PIPE Work Was 'Dogged,' Jury Told

By Jake Maher

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP did all it could to help Patriot National Inc. and the company's owner and warn them about risks as they pursued a financing deal, a former capital markets attorney told a Florida state jury Monday in the insurance services company's malpractice case against the firm.

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Analysis

How State SG Offices Became A Judicial Pipeline

By Cara Bayles

The rapid growth of Missouri's solicitor general's office illustrates the import of top state appellate roles, which offer young lawyers a chance to gain courtroom experience they might never acquire in BigLaw. The gig is also, for young conservatives especially, one of the fastest paths to the federal bench.

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Blanche's Nix Of Trump's $1.8B Fund Wins Over GOP Sens.

By Asha Glover

Two holdout GOP senators said Monday that they would support confirmation of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to the permanent role after he gave assurances that President Donald Trump's $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund, created as part of a settlement with the IRS, would not move forward.

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Conn. Justices Order Education For Atty Who Missed AI Flubs

By Christine DeRosa

The Connecticut Supreme Court has ordered a GLG Law LLC attorney to complete continuing education after finding that seven errors in filings caused by ChatGPT stemmed from negligence in the use of new technology, not from an intentional attempt to deceive or mislead the court.

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Brief

Judge Denies Bid To Oust Kirkland From Trade Secret Feud

By Ivan Moreno

A California federal judge has denied a healthcare software company's attempt to disqualify Kirkland & Ellis LLP from representing Commure Inc. in a trade secret lawsuit, ruling that the plaintiff failed to prove that information it disclosed during a prospective client consultation was materially harmful enough to warrant disqualification.

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Disputes Continue, 1 Week Into NY Public Defender Strikes

By Andrea Keckley

Two unions representing hundreds of New York public defenders remain on strike Monday, with managers from the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem requesting third-party mediation during their most recent negotiations on Sunday.

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Roundup

The Top In-House Hires Of July

By Michele Gorman

Legal department hires during the past month included high-profile appointments at Goldman Sachs, Coinbase and Sanofi. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from July.

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Monthly Merger Review Snapshot

By Matthew Perlman

A group of state enforcers challenged Paramount's planned $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, as a separate group of states and DirecTV accused Nexstar of violating an order preventing it from integrating with Tegna and the Federal Trade Commission faced a bench trial seeking to block a constructive adhesive deal.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court last week tackled disputes involving merger litigation, insider trading allegations, books and records demands, advancement proceedings, fiduciary duties, public benefit corporations and more.

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