FCC Demanded Fine In Misleading Way, AT&T Tells 5th Circ.

By Nadia Dreid

AT&T is hoping to convince the Fifth Circuit to help it get back the $57 million it paid the Federal Communications Commission for selling off people's location data, despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the agency had the right to issue the fine, by arguing it was tricked into paying.

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FTC Abandons Disparate Impact For Discrimination Cases

By Bryan Koenig

The Federal Trade Commission became the latest Trump administration agency Friday to swear off pursuing discrimination cases grounded in "disparate impact" on particular groups, arguing that alleging discrimination without specific discriminatory intent exceeds the FTC's authority and effectively requires companies to make decisions based on race.

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7th Circ. Upholds Samsung Win In Biometric Privacy Suit

By Hailey Konnath

The Seventh Circuit on Friday declined to disturb a lower court's dismissal of a proposed biometric privacy class action from Samsung phone and tablet users, ruling the users hadn't plausibly alleged that Samsung has their data.

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Senate Clears Russia Sanctions Bill With New Tariff Authority

By Dylan Moroses

The U.S. Senate approved legislation Friday that would enhance President Donald Trump's economic tools to pressure Russia, including new tariff authorities that raised concerns for Democratic lawmakers.

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HSF Kramer, Taft Hit By Data Breaches

By Craig Clough

Herbert ‌Smith Freehills Kramer LLP and Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP recently reported data breaches to state regulators, adding to the dozens of breaches law firms in the U.S. have suffered in 2026. 

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Trump Picks FCC Lawyer As Agency's 3rd Republican

By Christopher Cole

President Donald Trump on Friday picked Danielle Thumann Severs, an in-house lawyer at the Federal Communications Commission, to fill an open seat on the regulatory board.

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DHS Increases Screening Fees For Larger H-1B Employers

By Britain Eakin

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Friday that businesses with more than 50 employees, at least half of whom are H-1B or L-1 visa holders, must pay a biometric screening fee anytime they file an application to extend the workers' visas.

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Trump Orders Polysilicon Tariffs, Price Floor For December

By Jack McLoone

President Donald Trump has ordered a 15% ad valorem tariff on polysilicon and derivative products to start in early December, along with the implementation of minimum prices for imports of these products, which are most closely associated with semiconductors and solar power.

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Bipartisan Sens. Float Bill On Small Biz Cybersecurity Tools

By Rae Ann Varona

A bipartisan bill Senate lawmakers introduced Friday aimed at protecting small businesses from threats to their networks would require the U.S. Government Accountability Office to develop a report informing small business owners what federal cybersecurity tools and programs are available to them.

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Former NTIA Acting Chief Confirmed To Cyberspace Post

By Christopher Cole

The U.S. Senate Friday confirmed a former acting chief of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration as the U.S. Department of State's ambassador at large for cyberspace and digital policy.

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Money Services Co. Fined $250K For Cyber Lapses

By Sarah Jarvis

Chicago-based money service business Order Express Inc. has agreed to pay the New York State Department of Financial Services $250,000 for violations of the state regulator's cybersecurity regulation uncovered after a 2022 ransomware attack, the department has announced.

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Insurer Refuses To Cover Software Co. In Wiretap Suits

By Danielle Ferguson

An excess insurer told a California federal court it owed no part of a $5 million policy for suits claiming a software company unlawfully tracked customers' web activity, while the software company told an Illinois federal court that its primary policy is exhausted and the insurer's refusal to pay is improper.

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Trump Picks Ex-Personal Lawyer As New White House Counsel

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump's incoming White House counsel is a former personal attorney for the president who is already working for the White House and was at the U.S. Department of Justice during his first term.

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Ill. Gov. Signs Bill Restricting PE Role In Legal Industry

By Emma Cueto

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed into law a bill designed to target nonlawyer ownership of law firms, outlawing fee sharing with out-of-state alternative business structures and attempting to place restrictions on law firms' use of managed services organizations.

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Spa Fights 9th Circ.'s 'Swinging Dicks' Order At High Court

By Jeff Overley

The Ninth Circuit's rejection of a spa's religious objections to serving transgender customers is incompatible with several major precedents, according to a U.S. Supreme Court petition filed Monday in litigation that soared in prominence when dozens of circuit judges decried a salacious dissent.

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CREXi Can't Stay CoStar Case For Quinn Emanuel DQ Appeal

By Matthew Perlman

A California federal court rejected a bid Monday from Commercial Real Estate Exchange Inc., or CREXi, for a stay in CoStar's copyright case while CREXi looks to undo the disqualification of its attorneys from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP.

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Biz Owners Appeal Morgan Lewis Win In Tax Shelter Suit

By Andrea Keckley

A pair of business owners asked the Florida Supreme Court to reverse a decision affirming judgment in favor of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP in a dispute over whether the law firm had routed income through illegal tax shelters.

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