President Donald Trump's $10 billion suit against his own Internal Revenue Service and the resulting settlement deal lacked a legitimate controversy, given Trump's control over both the agency and the U.S. Department of Justice, a Florida district judge said Monday in an order barring Trump or others from citing the deal.
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Trump-IRS Settlement Result Of Sham Suit, Judge Rules

By Jack McLoone

President Donald Trump's $10 billion suit against his own Internal Revenue Service and the resulting settlement deal lacked a legitimate controversy, given Trump's control over both the agency and the U.S. Department of Justice, a Florida district judge said Monday in an order barring Trump or others from citing the deal.

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7th Circ. Nixes Clearview AI Privacy Deal Over Class Rift

By Lauraann Wood

The Seventh Circuit has vacated a novel biometric privacy settlement between Clearview AI and classes of individuals who claim the company misused their public photos, saying a nationwide class representative should have signaled their agreement before the district court approved a deal containing such comparatively "meager" benefits.

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Blue Shield Of Calif. Beats Enrollee Data Privacy Suit, For Now

By Rae Ann Varona

A California federal judge dismissed a proposed class action accusing Blue Shield of California of violating the federal Wiretap Act by installing Google and Meta tracking tools on its website, saying plaintiffs failed to allege that the health plan provider intercepted their highly sensitive health-related electronic communications.

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Mass Tort Firms Hit With Suit Over AI Solicitation Calls

By Lynn LaRowe

A Michigan-based mass tort law firm and a pair of affiliate firms are violating federal and Texas state laws through an artificial intelligence-generated telemarketing campaign meant to solicit clients, according to a putative class action filed in Texas federal court.

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POLICY & REGULATION

NJ Delays Registry Aspect Of Newly Enacted Data Broker Law

By Allison Grande

New Jersey regulators won't immediately enforce a sweeping data broker law that took effect in June, announcing Friday covered businesses have to register and pay a potentially hefty registration fee until spring, and it would consider complaints about the law's lack of clarity in policing its sensitive data sales ban.

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4th Circ. Says Manual Cellphone Searches At Border Are Legal

By Parker Quinlan

The Fourth Circuit has ruled that manual searches of a cellphone at the border are legal because they are considered routine and do not require individualized suspicion by a border agent about whether a crime has occurred.

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LITIGATION

Families Cite Geofence Ruling In Newborn Blood Testing Case

By Parker Quinlan

A group of parents suing the state of Michigan over the way newborn blood samples are collected and stored has asked a federal judge to revive its claims by citing recently decided U.S. Supreme Court precedent over the use of bulk cellphone data by police.

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WebAI Says Ex-Engineers Recast Firing As Fraud Claims

By Abigail Harrison

WebAI Inc. has told a North Carolina federal court that a complaint by former engineers alleging an executive's conduct jeopardized huge deals is merely an attempt by disgruntled employees to conjure a multicount lawsuit from a lawful employment separation.

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Casino Co. Moves To Toss Ex-Worker's Data Breach Suit

By MJ Koo

A casino and entertainment company moved Monday to dismiss a former employee's proposed class action over a 2024 cyberattack, telling a Colorado federal court she lacks standing to sue and failed to show her alleged injuries were caused by the security incident.

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23andMe Bankruptcy Plan Bars Data Breach Suit In Calif.

By Vince Sullivan

A Missouri bankruptcy judge has told attorneys representing California the state can no longer press its data breach lawsuit against the reorganized 23andMe, finding the state court action is barred by the company's confirmed Chapter 11 plan.

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PEOPLE

Steptoe Adds Crowell & Moring Defense Pro As Cyber Lead

By Tracey Read

Steptoe LLP announced Monday that it has hired a former government contracts and cybersecurity partner from Crowell & Moring LLP who has held senior procurement roles at the U.S. Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security to lead the firm's cybersecurity practice.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Blanche Called Anti-Weaponization Fund 'Mistake,' Per Durbin

By Courtney Bublé

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Tuesday the anti-weaponization fund created as part of the president's settlement with the IRS was "a mistake," according to Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., after his meeting with Blanche.

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Justices Seek More Funds Over Increased Threats, Talk Ethics

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan made rare Capitol Hill appearances Tuesday, discussing the court's budget request for fiscal 2027, the "shadow docket" and ethics issues.

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Quinn Emanuel, Spiro Ousted From CoStar Copyright Fight

By Elliot Weld

A California federal judge has disqualified Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and its attorney Alex Spiro from representing a commercial real estate platform in a copyright infringement suit brought by CoStar, agreeing that the firm's representation of CoStar in a different case should result in its removal from this one.

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Bronx Defenders Union OKs Strike 1 Year After Last Walkout

By Andrea Keckley

The Bronx Defenders has become the third New York City-based legal aid organization to authorize a strike this month, which comes just one year after the group's most recent walkout.

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Brief

Trump Lawyer Matthew Schwartz Confirmed To 2nd Circ.

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 50-45, along party lines, on Tuesday to confirm Matthew Schwartz, one of President Donald Trump's personal attorneys and a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

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Ky. Law Prof Wants Court To Block Judge For Dean Pick

By Hailey Konnath

A University of Kentucky law professor asked a federal court to block U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove from becoming the next law school dean, claiming that the appointment has "stripped the faculty" of their credibility on the basis of peer review.

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Calif. Bar Settles With Administrators Of 'Disastrous' Bar Exam

By Andrea Keckley

The State Bar of California has reached a settlement with the administrators of its "disastrous" February 2025 bar exam, whose array of highly publicized technical glitches prevented hundreds of aspiring lawyers from completing the test.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Baker & Hostetler

Brito PLLC

Carmody MacDonald

Childers & Baxter

Cravath Swaine

Crowell & Moring

DV Injury Law

Edwards Beightol

Esbrook PC

Federman & Sherwood

Girard Sharp

Hueston Hennigan

Javitch Law Office

Kapitan Gomaa

Latham & Watkins

Littler Mendelson

Loevy & Loevy

Lynch Thompson

Outside Legal Counsel PLC

Paul Weiss

Pear Sperling

Polsinelli PC

Potomac Law Group

Quinn Emanuel

Rivero Mestre

Schubert Jonckheer

Steptoe LLP

Sullivan & Cromwell

Susman Godfrey

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

23andMe Inc.

American Bar Association

Blue Shield of California

Brennan Center for Justice

Brooklyn Defender Services

Center for Family Representation Inc.

Clearview AI

CoStar Group Inc.

Google LLC

LinkedIn Corp.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Public Citizen Inc.

Qantas Airways

State Bar of California

The Bronx Defenders

Trump Organization Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Attorney General's Office

California Department of Justice

California Privacy Protection Agency

Executive Office of the President

Federal Trade Commission

Internal Revenue Service

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Department of Defense

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 Eastern District of Kentucky

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

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

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Colorado