DC Circ. Orders Closer Look At FTC's $5B Meta Privacy Deal

By Matthew Perlman

A D.C. Circuit panel ordered a lower court on Friday to take another look at the Federal Trade Commission's bid to modify a $5 billion privacy deal with Meta after the court found it lacked jurisdiction to review the changes the first time around.

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FCC Aims To Push China Out Of Telecom Certification Process

By Nadia Dreid

The Federal Communications Commission has announced its plan to ban Chinese test labs and telecommunications certification bodies from being used on devices destined for the United States, and industry stakeholders have opinions on whether they think that's a good idea.

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Accused Fox Video Hacker's Attys Slammed For Fake Citations

By Frank G. Runyeon

A Florida federal judge has ordered an alleged Fox News video hacker's dismissal motion stricken from the record after finding it was full of fake legal citations and demanded an explanation from defense attorneys for the "unprofessional misrepresentations."

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Progressive, Kanner & Pintaluga Slam Accident Data Suit

By Ryan Harroff

Progressive Casualty Insurance Co. and Kanner & Pintaluga PA have filed separate motions in Texas federal court to dismiss a proposed class action accusing the two of conspiring to share auto crash victims' private information against state and federal law, with each arguing that the allegations, as the insurer put it, "make no sense."

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Surgical Center Operator Inks $15M Deal Over Data Breach

By Brian Dowling

Shields Health Group Inc., which runs dozens of MRI and surgical centers around New England, has agreed to pay around $15 million to resolve claims in a proposed class action stemming from a data breach that compromised the personal information of over 2 million people.

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Coinbase Users Sue Under Illinois Biometric Privacy Law

By Celeste Bott

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has been sued in Illinois federal court by users who claim its identity verification process flouts Illinois' biometric privacy law, alleging it fails to get written, informed consent before collecting, analyzing and storing biometric data from users' government IDs and photographs.

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Insurer Asks 7th Circ. To Revise BIPA Coverage Ruling

By Hope Patti

A Hanover Insurance unit urged the Seventh Circuit on Friday to revise a ruling that it must indemnify a condiment manufacturer in an underlying biometric privacy suit if notice was timely, saying the court improperly relied on a settlement that wasn't part of the trial record.

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Coinbase Users Sue Over Bribery-Linked Data Breach

By Aislinn Keely

Crypto exchange Coinbase faces a wave of lawsuits from users accusing it of negligent information security practices after the exchange disclosed that an unknown perpetrator had stolen customer data by bribing overseas workers.

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Hints Of Where Enforcement May Grow Under New CFPB

Though the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has significantly scaled back enforcement under the new administration, states remain able to pursue Consumer Financial Protection Act violators and the CFPB seems set to enhance its focus on predatory loans to military members and fraudulent debt collection and credit reporting practices, say attorneys at MoFo.

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Bid Protest Spotlight: Size, Supply Schedules, SINs

In this month's bid protest roundup, Alissandra McCann at MoFo examines three recent decisions, two of which offer helpful reminders for U.S. General Services Administration schedule holders drafting blanket purchase agreement proposals, and one for small-business joint ventures to avoid running afoul of the U.S. Small Business Administration's two-year rule.

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$38M Law Firm Settlement Highlights 'Unworthy Client' Perils

A recent settlement of claims against law firm Eckert Seamans for allegedly abetting a Ponzi scheme underscores the continuing threat of clients who seek to exploit their lawyers in perpetrating fraud, and the critical importance of preemptive measures to avoid these clients, say attorneys at Lockton Companies.

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Feds To Use FCA To Go After Antisemitism, DEI Policies

By Lauren Berg

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday that it will use the False Claims Act to go after any recipients of federal funds that the agency determines promote diversity, equity and inclusion policies, and allow antisemitism to thrive.

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Posner Wins Ex-Staffer's $170K Wage Suit

By Emily Sawicki

A former executive at retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner's short-lived pro bono legal services organization lost his bid for $170,000 in back pay he claimed to be owed on Monday when an Indiana federal court found claims to be untimely.

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Goldstein Assails 'Radical' DOJ Case, Probe Of 'Sexual Habits'

By Jeff Overley

In his most forceful attack on tax evasion charges that have roiled the U.S. Supreme Court bar, indicted appellate icon Thomas C. Goldstein is accusing the U.S. Department of Justice of embracing "breathtaking" legal theories and revealing prurient information about him "to bias the grand jury."

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Ex-Litigator Settles Disability Bias Suit Against Wilson Elser

By Emily Sawicki

A former Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP litigator on Monday agreed to permanently drop his federal disability bias suit against the firm, after the sides came to a confidential resolution.

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Avenatti Rips 'Draconian' Bid To Add 13 Years To Sentence

By Elliot Weld

Former high-profile attorney Michael Avenatti asked a California federal judge to reject the government's request to tack on more than 13 years to his prison term, saying such a "draconian" result would conflict with a Ninth Circuit ruling wiping out a previous sentence in the fraud case.

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Justices Allow End Of Temporary Protections For Venezuelans

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Trump administration may rescind temporary protected status for Venezuelans, lifting a California federal judge's order requiring the government to keep Biden-era removal protections and work authorizations in place during a legal battle over a policy change.

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Split DC Circ. Pauses Halt On Trump's Union Rights Order

By Beverly Banks

A divided D.C. Circuit panel greenlighted President Donald Trump's request to pause a lower court decision that blocked the implementation of an executive order aimed at ending collective bargaining rights for federal employees, concluding the injunction ruling "ties the government's hands."

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Kirkland Guides Blackstone's $11.5B Deal For TXNM Energy

By Al Barbarino

Blackstone Infrastructure has agreed to acquire regulated utility holding company TXNM Energy in an all-cash transaction valued at $11.5 billion, including net debt and preferred stock, TXNM said in a Monday announcement.

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