'Very Bizarre': Trump's Funding Freeze Appeal Vexes DC Circ.

By Jeff Overley

D.C. Circuit judges struggled Friday with whether to unblock a federal funding freeze carrying multitrillion-dollar implications, as a Trump administration lawyer disclaimed interest in a vast spending halt but also dodged opportunities to rule it out unequivocally.

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Supreme Court Asked To Review Mich. Hunting Drone Ban

By Carolyn Muyskens

A company that uses drones to find downed game has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Michigan law that has kept it out of that state's market. 

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EU Warns TikTok To Change 'Addictive' Design Or Face Fines

By Sophia Dourou

The European Union's enforcement arm warned TikTok on Friday to change its "addictive" design to avoid potential financial penalties for breaching the bloc's digital safety rules.

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Trump's $10B Tax Leak Suit Legally Unsound, Ex-Officials Say

By Asha Glover

The $10 billion in damages President Donald Trump is seeking in his suit accusing the Internal Revenue Service of failing to prevent a former contractor from leaking Trump's tax returns to news outlets is legally unsupported and unprecedented, four former government officials told a Miami federal court.

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Second Judge Says IRS Can't Share Address Data With ICE

By Ganesh Setty

Another federal court has blocked a taxpayer address-sharing agreement between the IRS and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, finding they failed to follow a federal tax statute that allows limited information sharing for criminal investigations.

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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards

Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2026 editorial advisory boards.

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Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Dechert

By Allison Grande

Dechert LLP helped menstrual tracking app Flo avoid billions of dollars in damages sought by users in a high-stakes trial challenging the company's alleged sharing of sensitive data with third parties, and it steered more than a dozen fertility clinics through website tracking cases in state and federal court, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year.

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Gov'ts Want Safeguards For Tax Data Swaps In UN Pact

By Kevin Pinner

The United Nations' framework convention on international tax cooperation must ensure that exchanges of taxpayer information take place only when the information is foreseeably relevant to the requesting government's enforcement of tax laws, several representatives said Friday during negotiations.

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Cable Landing Co. Cuts $40K Deal To End FCC License Probe

By Christopher Cole

An undersea cable landing site operator has agreed to pay $40,000 to settle a Federal Communications Commission probe for failing to give proper notice before transferring control of its cable landing license.

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Bojangles Let Russian Hackers Steal Worker Data, Suit Says

By Hayley Fowler

Fried chicken fast food chain Bojangles allegedly let Russian hackers infiltrate its computer system and steal hundreds of thousands of files on its employees, resulting in the exposure of their sensitive personal information on the dark web, according to a new complaint in North Carolina's business court.

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Lenovo Accused Of Illegaly Sharing Data With Chinese Parent

By Bonnie Eslinger

Lenovo Group's U.S. subsidiary illegally shares American consumers' data with its Chinese parent company in violation of a U.S. Department of Justice regulation restricting bulk transfers of sensitive information to foreign adversaries, according to a proposed class action filed Thursday in California federal court.

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A&O Shearman US Data Privacy Leader Joins Norton Rose

By James Mills

Norton Rose Fulbright is boosting its West Coast team, bringing in an Allen Overy Shearman Sterling cybersecurity pro as a partner in its San Francisco office.

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Texas AG Wields Consumer Protection Law Against Tech Cos.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has targeted technology companies using the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, a broadly worded statute that gives the attorney general wide latitude to pursue claims beyond traditional consumer protection, creating unique litigation risks, say attorneys at Yetter Coleman.

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Opinion

CFIUS Must Adapt To Current Foreign Investment Realities

To continue protecting the U.S.’ long-term strategic and economic interests, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States should implement practical enhancements that leverage technology, expertise and clear communication, and enable it to keep pace with evolving demands, says attorney Sohan Dasgupta.

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Analysis

Arbitrators Take Cautious Approach To Integrating AI

By Emily Sawicki

Norms, practices and regulations surrounding the use of generative artificial intelligence in arbitration are developing just as rapidly as they are in the courts. Here, Law360 Pulse talks with legal tech vendor Veritext's senior vice president in charge of alternative dispute resolution about how the arbitration industry is interacting with AI.

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Beasley Allen Disqualified From NJ Talc Multicounty Litigation

By George Woolston

A New Jersey state appeals court disqualified the Beasley Allen Law Firm from representing plaintiffs in multicounty litigation over Johnson & Johnson's talc-based baby powder, ruling Friday that a former Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP lawyer's collaborative efforts with the firm's attorneys violated ethics rules.

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Louisiana Attys Face Possible Sanctions For AI Slop Usage

By Adrian Cruz

As part of an order dismissing the remaining claims in a real estate matter, a Louisiana federal judge has threatened to sanction attorneys from two local firms for submitting a brief riddled with errors generated by artificial intelligence.

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Q&A

Va. Prosecutor Calls For Courage In Charging Feds

By Brandon Lowrey

Several district attorneys have formed a group with a singular goal: to charge and convict federal agents who violate civil rights. Here, Law360 speaks to one of these prosecutors about the creation of Fight Against Federal Overreach and the plans for the organization.

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DC Courts To Tag In Non-Attys To Help Civil Litigants

By Emily Johnson

The District of Columbia Courts is the latest court system in the U.S. to allow non-attorneys to help guide civil litigants who face matters without an attorney, creating a program that expands who can advise people facing evictions, child custody disputes and other matters.

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Judge Shooting Probe Draws Alleged Gunman's Confession

By Lynn LaRowe

The man accused of shooting an Indiana Superior Court judge confessed to carrying out the shooting to achieve a higher rank in his criminal gang and to erase debt he owed to co-conspirators — one of them scheduled for a criminal trial before the judge, according to court documents filed Friday.

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Trump's BigLaw Executive Order Appeals Consolidated

By Emily Sawicki

The D.C. Circuit on Friday consolidated the government's appeals of losses in four cases BigLaw firms launched against the White House and Justice Department over executive orders against them related to the clients they represent.

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Graham Pushes Bill To Allow Suits Over Smith Investigations

By Courtney Bublé

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is working on a bill to allow nonmembers of Congress to sue for damages after being investigated by special counsel Jack Smith.

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Roundup

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

By Max Austin

This past week in London saw a unit of Johnson & Johnson sue the U.S. government in a patent dispute, Southampton Football Club file a claim against Aviva Insurance, and an events business face a claim by Live Nation (Music) over potential licensing issues for Chelmsford City Live, a music festival that featured Justin Timberlake last year. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Attacks on alleged anticompetitive behavior took the spotlight in the past week, with a federal jury ordering medical device maker Medtronic to pay $382 million for its monopolistic practices, including bundling sales and punishing customers for using rival products. And the Federal Trade Commission warned 42 law firms that participating in the Diversity Lab's diversity, equity and inclusion program could constitute anticompetitive collusion.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a California federal jury ordered Medtronic to pay nearly $382 million to business rival Applied Medical Resources Corp. for antitrust violations.

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