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TOP NEWS
Publishers Target Google's 'Fake Privilege' In Ad Tech MDL
By Bryan Koenig
A group of website publishers targeting Google's advertising placement technology dominance in a wider multidistrict litigation asked a New York federal judge Monday to force discovery into corporate policies allegedly hiding evidence that have continuously haunted the technology giant across antitrust cases from government and private plaintiffs.
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RISING STARS
Rising Star: Keker's Christina Lee
By Steven Lerner
Christina Lee of Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP secured several defense wins in a wave of privacy litigation targeting new technologies, including high-profile class actions in the past year for companies like LinkedIn and Google, earning her a spot among the cybersecurity and privacy law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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POLICY & REGULATION
ENFORCEMENT
Feds Bring New Charges Over $3.4B Iran-Backed Cybertheft
By Stewart Bishop
Manhattan federal prosecutors on Tuesday announced new charges against a group of Iranians accused of running a global, state-backed hacking campaign against private companies, government agencies and universities, in a wide-ranging cybertheft conspiracy that stole at least $3.4 billion in academic data and intellectual property.
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LITIGATION
PEOPLE
EXPERT ANALYSIS
AI Chatbot's Medical Claims Highlight Enforcement Risks
The Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine's recent lawsuit against Character Technologies, arguing that an artificial intelligence chatbot engaged in the unlicensed practice of medicine, may provide other state licensing boards with a road map for going after AI platforms, and counsel should advise clients to calibrate compliance accordingly, say attorneys at Cooley.
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LEGAL INDUSTRY
Ex-US Attys Protest Trump's Swift Firing Of Rogoff In Seattle
By Rachel Riley
Thirty former U.S. attorneys backed Roger Rogoff's bid for reinstatement as Seattle's top federal prosecutor after President Donald Trump fired him on the heels of his court-ordered appointment, arguing Tuesday that Trump is trying to "sidestep the Senate's advice-and-consent role and sideline the judiciary" by letting unappointed individuals play such roles.
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Sinema Says Brief Signal Chat Can't Anchor NC Affair Suit
By Hayley Fowler
A single exchange on the encrypted messaging app Signal became the focal point of former Arizona U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's testimony on Wednesday as she sought to convince a North Carolina federal judge that she cannot be hauled into court in the Tar Heel state over an affair — which she declined to characterize as a "passionate" romance — she had with her married security guard.
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