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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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ENFORCEMENT

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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LITIGATION

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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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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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LEGAL INDUSTRY

How Does In-House Pay Compare? Take The Law360 Survey

How do in-house salaries vary across industries, roles, and organizational revenue? What compensation tools are companies using to lure top talent? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Compensation Survey.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Andrea Keckley

Two Texas personal injury firms lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions for their work securing a $604 million verdict against a freight broker and logistics company for their roles in a deadly 2021 highway collision.

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Goldstein Launches Appeal Of Tax, Mortgage Fraud Case

By Jared Foretek

Imprisoned SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein is formally launching a Fourth Circuit appeal challenging his 12 convictions for tax and mortgage fraud, as well as his six-year prison sentence and the $3.1 million restitution judgment against him, according to a new filing from his attorneys.

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Judges Rip DHS GC's 'Worst' Posts As Intimidation Campaign

By Jake Maher

Sitting federal judges on Friday blasted the general counsel of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for "painting a target" on judges' backs in a recent series of social media posts attacking judges who ruled against the Trump administration in immigration cases and called on him to take them down.

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NY Public Defense Org. Denies Union's ULP Claims

By Andrea Keckley

The Neighborhood Defender Services of Harlem's leadership on Friday denied allegations from the union representing its more than 100 employees that it has offered unlawful incentives to break its ongoing strike.

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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

The past week in London has seen George Michael's estate bring an intellectual property claim against the late star's friend over footage shared online, collapsed law firm Axiom Ince sue the U.K. branch of State Bank of India and Ryanair face a group claim from 262 people. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Hub Hires: Pierson Ferdinand, Biogen, FisherBroyles

By Chris Villani

While not as sizzling as the temperatures or the Red Sox, the Boston legal market remained hot through the month of July, with Hogan Lovells Cadwalader adding a mergers and acquisitions partner, Pierson Ferdinand snagging a veteran litigator and Foley & Lardner hiring a finance attorney.

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Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

There has been a wave of cases alleging employers and their insurance brokers violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, and experts say this marks an increasing litigation trend. In the meantime, the American Bar Association is eyeing the elimination of the first of multiple diversity-related law school standards. These are among the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Addleshaw Goddard

Ahdoot & Wolfson

Ahmad Zavitsanos

Akin Gump

Alston & Bird

Arnold & Itkin

Arnold & Porter

Ashcraft & Gerel

Ashurst Perkins

Athlaw LLP

Baker & Hostetler

Baker McKenzie

Bartlit Beck

Benesch

Bernstein Litowitz

Beveridge & Diamond

Bird & Bird

Blank Rome

Bleichmar Fonti

Bloch & White

Bray & Krais

Breit Biniazan

Brown Rudnick

Burges Salmon

Burns Charest

CMS Cameron McKenna

Cahill Gordon

Clarkslegal LLP

Cleary Gottlieb

Clifford Chance

Clyde & Co

Cohen & Gresser

Cohen Milstein

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

Cozen O'Connor

Crowell & Moring

DLA Piper

DWF LLP

Davis Polk

Debevoise & Plimpton

Dechert LLP

Dentons

Devonshires Solicitors

Diller Law

Dilworth Paxson

Duane Morris

Eckert Seamans

Eimer Stahl

Eversheds Sutherland

Faegre Drinker

Farnan LLP

Fenwick & West

Finkelstein & Partners

Finkelstein Blankinship

FisherBroyles

Foley & Lardner

Foley Hoag

Foot Anstey

Fox Rothschild

Freeths LLP

Freshfields

Gibson Dunn

Glancy Prongay

Goldman Ismail

Goodwin Procter

Greenberg Traurig

Gutride Safier

HSF Kramer

Hausfeld LLP

Hecker Fink

Hill Dickinson

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Knight

Holman Fenwick

Holwell Shuster

Hunton Andrews

JMW Solicitors LLP

Jenner & Block

Jones Day

Joseph Saveri Law Firm

K&L Gates

Keker Van Nest & Peters

Keller Rohrback

Kelley Drye

Kellogg Hansen

Kennedys Law LLP

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Kuit Steinart

Labaton Keller

Lanier Law Firm

Latham & Watkins

Lieff Cabraser

Lite DePalma

Loevy & Loevy

Lowell & Associates

Lowenstein Sandler

Lowey Dannenberg

Lyons & Simmons

Manatt Phelps

Mayer Brown

McDermott Will & Schulte

McGuireWoods

McKool Smith

Milberg PLLC

MoloLamken

Moore & Van Allen

Morgan & Morgan PA

Morgan Lewis

Morris James

Morrison & Foerster

Munger Tolles

Nabarro LLP

Napoli Shkolnik

Norton Rose

O'Melveny & Myers

Orrick Herrington

Parkinson Benson

Paul Hastings

Paul Weiss

Pierson Ferdinand LLP

Podhurst Orseck

Proskauer Rose

Quinn Emanuel

Rahman Ravelli

Reed Smith

Reichman Jorgensen

Rhoades & Morrow

Robins Kaplan

Ropes & Gray

Scalli Murphy Law

Schubert Jonckheer

Seeger Weiss

Selendy Gay

Seyfarth Shaw

Shakespeare Martineau

Shamis & Gentile

Shegerian & Associates

Shook Hardy

Shub Johns

Sidley Austin

Simons Muirhead Burton

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Skadden Arps

Smith Currie

Social Media Victims Law Center

Spector Constant & Williams

Squire Patton

Stephenson Harwood

Steptoe LLP

Stokes Lawrence

Stris & Maher

Sullivan & Cromwell

Susman Godfrey

TorHoerman Law

Troutman

Trowers & Hamlins

Tyz Law Group

Vinson & Elkins

Wachtell Lipton

Weil Gotshal

White & Case

Wikborg Rein

Wiley Rein

Wilkinson Stekloff

Williams & Connolly

Willkie Farr

WilmerHale

Wilson Sonsini

Winston Taylor

Wollmuth Maher

ZwillGen

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

23andMe Inc.

AT&T Inc.

AXA SA

Accelerant

Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Affinity

Airbnb Inc.

Alexander Dennis Ltd.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bar Association

Apple Inc.

Assurance IQ LLC

Biogen Inc.

Blickstein Group

Blue Shield of California

Boston Scientific Corp.

British Broadcasting Corp.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc.

CBIZ Inc.

Consolidated Edison Inc.

Diligent Corp.

Electronic Arts Inc.

ElevenLabs

Evolve Bank & Trust NA

Ford Motor Co.

Google LLC

Grant Thornton LLP

HSBC Holdings PLC

Instagram Inc.

Investments Ltd.

Johnson & Johnson

LinkedIn Corp.

Los Angeles Lakers

Macy's Inc.

Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

NVIDIA Corp.

National Basketball Association Inc.

National PTA

National Westminster Bank PLC

Netflix Inc.

New Mountain Capital LLC

New York University

Norfolk Southern Corp.

Northeastern University

RA Capital Management

RealPage Inc.

Reddit Inc.

Ryanair Holdings PLC

Scholastic Corporation

Snap Inc.

Solicitors Regulation Authority Ltd.

State Bank of India

T-Mobile US Inc.

The Bronx Defenders

The District of Columbia Bar

The New York Times Co.

TikTok Inc.

Twitter Inc.

UMass Memorial Health

Yale University

YouTube Inc.

eBay Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Attorney General's Office

California Department of Justice

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Companies House

Connecticut Attorney General's Office

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Trade Commission

National Health Service

National Labor Relations Board

New Jersey Legislature

New York Attorney General's Office

New York Supreme Court, New York County

Serious Fraud Office

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

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

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 Delaware

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

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. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

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

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court

United States District Court for the District of Nevada

United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia

Virginia General Assembly