A recent landmark $17.1 billion settlement with Meta Platforms Inc. may have never happened if it weren't for a quick-thinking trial attorney and his close-knit team of lawyers representing 29 states, who worked together to swiftly shift strategies midtrial.
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How States' 'Perry Mason Moment' Led To $17B Meta Deal

By Dorothy Atkins

A recent landmark $17.1 billion settlement with Meta Platforms Inc. may have never happened if it weren't for a quick-thinking trial attorney and his close-knit team of lawyers representing 29 states, who worked together to swiftly shift strategies midtrial.

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Meta's Data Collection From DMV Is Invasive, Calif. Drivers Say

By Bonnie Eslinger

Golden State drivers seeking to certify two classes over claims that Meta unlawfully obtained information from the state Department of Motor Vehicles' website told a California federal judge Tuesday that they have standing to sue under the Driver's Privacy Protection Act because the collection was invasive, even if it wasn't embarrassing or sensitive.

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Meta Beats Proposed Privacy Class Action Over 'Voiceprints'

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge tossed on Tuesday a proposed class action claiming Meta's messaging platforms secretly and unlawfully capture Facebook users' "voiceprints" and related biometric information, finding the plaintiff agreed to let Meta use his personal data when he signed up for an account.

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Disney Wants Kids' Data Privacy Claims Tossed For Good

By Hailey Konnath

Disney on Monday asked a California federal court to once again throw out a proposed class action claiming it allowed advertisers to illegally collect minors' personal information, pressing for the dismissal of a new version of the complaint just days after YouTube said it had reached a settlement in the case.

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Burger King Owner Inks $18M Deal In Suit Over $1B Buyout

By Sydney Price

Burger King and Popeyes owner Restaurant Brands International Inc. has reached an $18.2 million deal with shareholders who say they were "materially uninformed" about the true value of the company's 2024 $1 billion buyout of fast food franchisee Carrols Restaurant Group Inc.

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Salesforce Must Face Claims Over Customer Data Breach

By Corey Rothauser

A California federal judge has largely denied Salesforce's bid to dismiss a proposed class action alleging security weaknesses in its cloud platform allowed hackers to steal the personal information of customers and employees of Allianz, Farmers Group and TransUnion.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Justices Told DHS Voter Citizenship Database 'Unprecedented'

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court should reject the Trump administration's bid to reinstate the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's upgraded citizenship verification database ahead of this year's election, a voting rights group told the court Tuesday, arguing that the administration unlawfully reinterpreted several statutes to claim that Congress authorized the changes.

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Cruz Delays FCC Nom's Hearing Amid Calls To Add Dem Pick

By Christopher Cole

A bevy of civil rights organizations said Tuesday the U.S. Senate should hold off on confirming another Republican to the Federal Communications Commission unless a sitting FCC Democrat is renominated to her post.

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LITIGATION

Call Center Seeks Coverage For $5M Adidas Data Breach Deal

By Danielle Ferguson

A Wisconsin business process outsourcing company said in federal court that a Chubb unit breached its policy when the insurer refused to cover $5 million the call center paid to Adidas to resolve claims over data breaches that compromised the sneaker giant's customers' personal information.

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No Pause Needed In Daniel's Law Cases, 3rd Circ. Told

By George Woolston

Atlas Data Privacy Corp. urged the Third Circuit to reject a bid to pause discovery in consolidated litigation over New Jersey's judicial privacy law as the appeals court considers a First Amendment challenge to the statute, arguing the defendant data brokers failed to show irreparable harm.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

A Lender's Guide To Fraud: Safeguarding Collateral

Recent bankruptcies illustrate that lenders should strengthen credit covenants, collateral field exams and third-party verification in order to detect double-pledging, fabricated assets and documentation fraud enabled by artificial intelligence before losses become unrecoverable, say attorneys at Moore & Van Allen.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Ashurst Perkins Aided $230M ICap Ponzi Scheme, Suit Claims

By Ben Adlin

Ashurst Perkins Coie pocketed millions of dollars in legal fees by providing services to clients it knew were operating a Ponzi scheme that ultimately swindled investors out of nearly $230 million, plaintiffs claimed in a Washington state lawsuit accusing the firm of aiding and abetting fraud.

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Trump Taps Ex-DOL Official To Serve As EEOC Top Cop

By Anne Cullen

The White House nominated a former Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP attorney who previously led the U.S. Department of Labor's contractor compliance arm to serve as the general counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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Washington Sen. Murray Vows To Block Trump US Atty Pick

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump's nominee to be U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington is under fire from one of the home state senators who vowed to use every avenue possible to block him.

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Fla. Judge Won't Pause Trump-IRS Settlement Sanctions

By Jack McLoone

The Florida federal judge who barred President Donald Trump and others from citing a settlement resolving what she characterized as a sham $10 billion case against his own Internal Revenue Service won't pause her sanctions order while the president appeals to the Eleventh Circuit.

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4th Circ. Appears Split On Reviving Comey, James Indictments

By Jared Foretek

Partisan splits were apparent Tuesday on the Fourth Circuit panel hearing the Trump administration's challenge to a federal district judge's dismissal of the indictments of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, with two of the three judges appearing to agree an improper appointment doomed the cases.

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Brief

Calif. Judge Charged Over Fatal Crash With Bicyclist

By Craig Clough

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Tuesday that his office charged Kings County Superior Court Judge Kendra Weber with a misdemeanor count of vehicular manslaughter, alleging she struck and killed a bicyclist.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Andrews & Springer

Ashurst Perkins

Aylstock Witkin

Ballard Spahr

Bernstein Litowitz

Blank Rome

Boies Schiller

Brito PLLC

Buchanan Ingersoll

Bursor & Fisher

Carmagnola & Ritardi

Carmichael Ellis

Carney Bates

Constangy Brooks

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

FBT Gibbons

FisherBroyles

Freeman Mathis

Gibson Dunn

Girard Sharp

Gordon Rees

Greenberg Traurig

Greenspoon Marder

Kaskela Law

Kaufman Dolowich

Kelley Drye

Kornfeld LLP

Labaton Keller

Latham & Watkins

Lewis Brisbois

Lieff Cabraser

Lowell & Associates

Lowenstein Sandler

Manatt Phelps

Mayer Brown

Milberg PLLC

Moore & Van Allen

Morgan Lewis

Morrison & Foerster

Norton Rose

O'Toole Scrivo

Pachulski Stang

Paduano & Weintraub

Paul Weiss

Pierson Ferdinand LLP

Quinn Emanuel

RKW LLC

Raj Ferber

Riker Danzig

Rivero Mestre

Scott & Corley

Seyfarth Shaw

Stinson LLP

Susman Godfrey

Tabet DiVito

Thompson Hine

Troutman

Tycko & Zavareei

Wohl & Fruchter

Wood Smith

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Adidas AG

Asian Americans Advancing Justice

Burger King Holdings Inc.

Carrols Restaurant Group Inc.

Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington

Communications Workers of America

Democracy Forward Foundation

Electronic Privacy Information Center

Farmers Insurance Exchange

Google LLC

Instagram Inc.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

National Urban League

Restaurant Brands International Inc.

Salesforce.com Inc.

San Francisco Giants

Securities Service Network Inc.

The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights

The Walt Disney Co.

TransUnion LLC

YouTube Inc.

Zappos.com Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Attorney General's Office

California Department of Justice

Colorado Attorney General's Office

Delaware Court of Chancery

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Trade Commission

Internal Revenue Service

New Jersey Supreme Court

New York Attorney General's Office

Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs

Social Security Administration

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of the Treasury

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

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 Washington

U.S. Office of Personnel Management

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin