Analysis

FCRA, TCPA Drive Consumer Protection Suits To 10-Year High

By Allison Grande

Consumer protection litigation in federal courts hit a 10-year high in 2025, fueled by a rise in credit reporting and telemarketing disputes, and these gains show no signs of abating as the emergence of artificial intelligence tools sparks more grievances, according to a new report by Lex Machina.

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9th Circ. Doubts Kids Agreed To Arb. Roblox Gambling Claims

By Dorothy Atkins

A Ninth Circuit panel doubted Monday a website owner's arguments he is entitled to a trial over whether a putative class of minors agreed to arbitrate their claims Roblox and others operated an illegal gambling business, with one judge asking if the appellant wants 9-year-olds to attest to whether they entered a contract.

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23andMe Successor Co. Inks $6M Data Breach Deal With Calif.

By Rae Ann Varona

California and 23andMe's corporate successor have reached a $6 million settlement that, if approved, would resolve the state's allegations that the genetic testing company failed to protect customers' sensitive information in a 2023 data breach, as well as the state's objection to 23andMe's sale of genetic data during bankruptcy proceedings.

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Proskauer Says It Didn't Drop Reddit To Defend Perplexity

By Lauren Berg

Proskauer Rose LLP and Perplexity AI are urging a New York federal judge to allow the law firm to represent the artificial intelligence company in Reddit's suit over alleged data scraping, balking at the social media platform's argument that its one-time law firm can't represent its current opponent.

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NSO Avoids Contempt As WhatsApp Says It's Still Hacking

By Nadia Dreid

An Israeli spyware company isn't going to be held in contempt on allegations it violated a court order restricting its use of WhatsApp because the order wasn't so specific that it banned the company from using accounts it already had, only restricted it from making new ones, a judge has ruled.

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Intel Seeks FCC Waiver For Vehicles Used In Chip Plants

By Christopher Cole

Intel Corp. has asked the Federal Communications Commission to exempt certain automated vehicles used in its chip-making process from an FCC restriction on foreign-made robotic devices.

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Ex-OpenAI Engineer Must Stay In Custody In Recording Case

By Hailey Konnath

The former OpenAI product team engineer accused of hiding a secret recording device in an executive conference room has been ordered to stay behind bars after prosecutors argued he has "considerable resources and ties to Saudi Arabia," according to news reports and the government's motion for detention.

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Justices Urged To Hear Case Targeting FINRA Enforcement

By Jessica Corso

The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to hear a case challenging the ability of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to impose fines through an in-house disciplinary procedure with a broker who was penalized by the regulator, telling the justices that it was "futile" to first bring his constitutional arguments before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Apple Wants Fake Crypto Wallet Apps Suit Tossed

By Katryna Perera

Apple has urged a California federal judge to toss a suit alleging it failed to warn consumers about fraudulent cryptocurrency wallet apps available on its App Store and the risk of cryptocurrency theft posed by those apps, saying the suit is deficient since it seeks to hold the tech giant liable for the conduct of third-party criminal scammers.

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Hanes Loses Latest Bid To Escape Suit Over Marketing Emails

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A Washington federal judge has denied Hanes' latest attempt to duck a proposed class action accusing it of sending misleading marketing emails, reasoning that new state rulings it cited don't control the case.

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OCC Plan May Bring Data Sharing Flexibility, Diligence Issues

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's recent proposal to overhaul its supervisory information sharing regime for the first time in decades would provide important flexibility to banks, but it could create new issues around confidentiality agreements, disclosure controls and diligence processes, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

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Kagan: High Court 'Blinded Itself' To Election Ruling Effects

By Katie Buehler

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan criticized her conservative colleagues' approach to deciding election law cases Tuesday, saying they often rule without considering the real-world consequences of their decisions. 

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Retired Judges Say DOJ's Ethics Complaint Is Meritless

By Courtney Bublé

A coalition of 61 retired federal judges has admonished the U.S. Department of Justice for filing a complaint against federal judges in Minnesota for speaking to a newspaper about the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in their state.

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Polsinelli Seeks Sanctions For 'Knowingly False' IP Suit

By Elliot Weld

Law firm Polsinelli PC has asked a Tennessee federal judge to sanction a medical device company for advancing what it says were "knowingly false and materially incomplete" positions in a suit accusing the firm of pursuing bad faith patent infringement claims on behalf of a client.

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'Petulant' Attorney Behavior Requires New Trial, 5th Circ. Says

By Cara Salvatore

The Fifth Circuit ordered a new trial Friday for a woman who was halted while speaking at a Louisiana local council meeting, saying defense lawyers for two council members threw "a skunk into the jury box" with a bevy of improper maneuvers.

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Feds Offer Up-Front Payments For Fraud Whistleblower Tips

By Lauren Berg

The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday announced the creation of a whistleblower incentive program offering up-front monetary awards for tips that lead to criminal fraud charges.

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Atty Used Legal Cred To Prop Up Ponzi Schemes, DOJ Says

By David Aaro

A Florida attorney was arrested Tuesday on charges of using his legal bona fides to help run two Ponzi schemes that swindled investors out of nearly $2 million, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Ex-NOLA Injury Atty Gets 32 Months For Staging Crashes

By Christine DeRosa

A former New Orleans personal injury attorney has been sentenced to 32 months in prison for his role in a scheme to fake vehicle accidents with tractor trailers and other commercial vehicles so he could pursue lawsuits and extract settlements.

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