23andMe To Pay $46.7M To Resolve Data Breach Claims

By Emily Lever

The plan administration trust created under the Chapter 11 plan of DNA-testing company 23andMe has struck a deal to pay $46.7 million to data breach claimants, saying the move brings 23andMe one step closer to resolving the fallout of a massive data breach in 2023.

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BofA Prevails In Authentication Patent Case At Fed. Circ.

By Adam Lidgett

A user authentication patent owner that sued Bank of America for infringement lost its challenge to how a Texas federal court interpreted a key patent term, after the Federal Circuit on Thursday backed the lower court's claim construction.

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Magistrate Judge Suggests Injunction On 'Blippi' Fakes

By Elliot Weld

A federal magistrate judge has recommended permanently enjoining a Florida company from infringing trademarks on the children's show "Blippi," agreeing with the U.K.-based business that makes the show that the Florida company's Blippi impersonators were infringing.

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Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill To Rein In Big Tech Platforms

By Matthew Perlman

Lawmakers reintroduced legislation in the U.S. Senate on Thursday that would impose new rules on large technology platforms, barring them from blocking competition and undermining rivals by giving their own products and services an unfair advantage.

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SDNY US Atty Jay Clayton Picked For DNI After Pulte Pushback

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump announced on Thursday he's nominating Jay Clayton, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, to be director of national intelligence.

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Anthropic Says Feds' Retaliation Efforts Are Evident

By Madeline Lyskawa

Anthropic PBC told a California federal judge Wednesday that the Trump administration has been "remarkably transparent" about its "campaign of retaliation," in a bid to win its lawsuit challenging the Pentagon's designation of the company as a supply chain risk to national security.

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Fla. Dispensary Says Data Privacy Suit Is Meritless

By Jonathan Capriel

A medical marijuana patient can't sue Florida dispensary Sunburn Cannabis for secretly sharing his health data with Google LLC, the dispensary argued to a federal court this week, saying he consented to the tracking via its website's privacy policy.

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Fla. Justices Lower Bar For Ex-Marvel CEO's Damages Bid

By David Minsky

The Florida Supreme Court ruled that the former CEO of Marvel Entertainment doesn't need to show "clear and convincing" evidence to add a punitive damages claim against his neighbor, saying Thursday the lower court doesn't act as a trier of fact at the pleading stage of a lawsuit. 

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Tech Group Urges High Court To Block Texas App Store Law

By Hailey Konnath

The Computer & Communications Industry Association on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to vacate a recent Fifth Circuit ruling permitting Texas to move forward with a law requiring app store owners to verify users' ages, arguing the law is unconstitutional and overly burdensome for its members.

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9th Circ. Fears Unknowns In Amazon's Fight With Perplexity AI

By Rachel Riley

A Ninth Circuit panelist expressed concern Thursday about potential "unintended consequences" of affirming a lower court order blocking Perplexity's artificial intelligence tool from purchasing items for users on Amazon.com, noting that Amazon's case relies on a decades-old computer fraud law passed long before the proliferation of AI.

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Mich. Judge Denies Law Firm's Bid To Toss Data Breach Suit

By Susan Smiley

A Michigan law firm's bid to toss a proposed class action alleging that it allowed a cybersecurity breach that exposed its clients' personal and medical information was denied Thursday by a federal judge who also granted the lead plaintiff's request to amend his complaint.

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Amazon Reaches Deal To End Workers' Genetic Privacy Suit

By Patrick Hoff

Amazon has agreed to end a lawsuit alleging that it violated Illinois genetic privacy law by seeking information about job applicants' family medical history, according to a federal court filing.

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New State AI Laws Create Dual Misrepresentation Risk

As artificial intelligence transparency laws are enacted across the country and the volume and specificity of compliance records increase, companies will be required to speak more often, more precisely and to more audiences about the same systems, compounding the risk of litigation, say attorneys at Cooley.

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How FCA, FCPA Risks Are Shifting As Feds Pull Back

As the federal government continues its retreat from white collar enforcement, companies should expect False Claims Act risk to grow through private whistleblower suits and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act scrutiny to shift toward foreign prosecutors, requiring more adaptability as accountability becomes less centralized, says Temidayo Aganga-Williams at Selendy Gay.

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Series

Cow Horse Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Moving an unwilling 800-pound cow while riding a horse at high speed is exhilarating, a little unhinged and, at least for me, a surprisingly effective training ground for litigation — both demand focus, preparation over rigid planning and the willingness to act despite fear, says Ashley Zitrin at Glenn Agre.

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More BigLaw Raises Predicted Despite Silence After Milbank

By Alison Knezevich

While boutiques make up many of the law firms that have quickly matched Milbank LLP's recently announced associate raises, recruiters told Law360 Pulse this week that they predict more BigLaw firms will eventually reveal their own salary hikes.

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Analysis

Insider Trading Defense May Draw On 'Varsity Blues' Playbook

By Chris Villani

After enlisting a crew of experienced attorneys, defendants charged in an insider trading case allegedly involving deal information stolen from huge law firms are preparing to use a strategy that could take some cues from the "Varsity Blues" case in the same Boston courthouse.

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Q&A

JAMS Chief Executive Says Mass Arbitrations On The Rise

By Kellie Mejdrich

Mediation giant JAMS says it has seen a major upswing in mass arbitrations in employment and other contexts, as plaintiff-side firms develop new ways of responding to language requiring out-of-court dispute resolution by companies. CEO Kimberly Taylor and veteran JAMS mediator Robert Meyer spoke to Law360 about mediation trends, with a specific focus on employee benefits disputes.

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Atty Faces Sanctions Over Fake Quotes In Taco TM Fight

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut attorney could be sanctioned for including fake case quotes and misrepresentations of the law in court filings that seek dismissal of a trademark case against a taco restaurant, a federal judge said Friday in questioning whether the documents were sullied by artificial intelligence.

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Analysis

3 Things To Know As Judge Stares Down Impeachment Push

By Kelcey Caulder

The scandal that could cost U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross her job also threatens to cause courthouse chaos in the form of recusal motions, bids to reopen suits and uncertainty for clerks. Here, Law360 looks at three things to know about the calls to impeach the judge and their potential fallout.

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Texas Court Urged To Keep Judge Romance Suit Alive

By Adrian Cruz

In multiple filings, EJS Investment Holdings LLC has asked a Texas federal judge to reject attempts by former U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David Jones and other parties to dismiss its proposed class action over his secret romance with a former Jackson Walker LLP partner.

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'Poor Lawyering': Walmart Flub Haunts Class Attys At 9th Circ.

By Jeff Overley

Amid warnings of a chilling effect on plaintiffs counsel, a Ninth Circuit panel Friday scrutinized six-figure sanctions against attorneys whose false advertising suit targeting Walmart Inc. collapsed because of crucial fine print in an avocado oil receipt.

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No Amici In Comey Seashell Threat Case, Judge Says

By Craig Clough

A North Carolina federal judge on Friday said she will not allow any amici to weigh in on former FBI Director James Comey's criminal charges alleging he threatened President Donald Trump with a social media post, finding the parties are "ably represented" by counsel and public input is not needed.

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Ill. Judge Decries Grand Jury 'Turmoil,' Tosses Fraud Charges

By Lauraann Wood

An Illinois federal judge agreed Friday to dismiss fraud charges against two men ahead of an evidentiary hearing probing recent grand jury misconduct claims, but cautioned that "getting rid" of the case may not have prosecutors' desired effect, as such allegations continue causing "turmoil" throughout the district court.

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Deluge Of Video Evidence Overwhelms Criminal Cases

By Brandon Lowrey

Surveillance cameras and police body cameras are creating a flood of video evidence that can help prosecutors and defense attorneys build strong cases. But many have been struggling with the technical and logistical challenges that come with the sheer volume of footage.

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Roundup

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

The past week in London has seen the FCA bring a claim against a fund manager it accused of providing investment services despite having been banned, an Ardmore unit sue a contractor two days before the construction group's collapse, and shipping and cruise giant MSC hit back at an entertainment company following separate intellectual property litigation in the U.S. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Elon Musk and SpaceX's legal team blasted off today with the largest IPO in history, with shares priced at $150 each at opening before briefly topping $176. And a new study shows investors have approved 11 of 17 companies' requests to move their incorporation from Delaware to Texas so far this proxy season.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Kirkland & Ellis LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Los Angeles jury in a bellwether trial cleared Johnson & Johnson of any liability in the deaths of three women from ovarian cancer.

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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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