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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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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