House GOP Pushing 'Suite' Of Bills To Protect Kids Online

By Allison Grande

Several House Republicans on Tuesday threw their support behind nearly 20 legislative proposals that they argued are critical for tackling the myriad of harms facing children online while avoiding First Amendment issues that have derailed similar state efforts, drawing a rebuke from Democrats who questioned how the bills would be enforced given recent cuts at the Federal Trade Commission. 

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Texas Rep. Introduces Bill To Sanction Cyber Actors

By Madeline Lyskawa

Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, introduced a bill that would create a federal process for identifying and sanctioning state-sponsored cyber actors that target U.S. networks, critical infrastructure and elections.

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Trump Seeks To Block Final Classified Documents Report

By Jack Karp

President Donald Trump sought Tuesday to fight two groups' efforts to undo a Florida federal judge's order blocking release of the final report from former special counsel Jack Smith's investigation into Trump's handling of classified documents.

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SDNY Head Backs Good Deals For Quick Cooperation By Cos.

By Stewart Bishop

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton on Tuesday said he's prepared to offer "real benefits" to corporations facing criminal investigations if they quickly agree to cooperate and compensate victims, ideally in the form of comprehensive, government-wide resolutions.

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Justices Skeptical Of NJ Subpoena For Anti-Abortion Donors

By Carla Baranauckas

Several U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared sympathetic Tuesday to an anti-abortion pregnancy-center network's bid to challenge a subpoena from the New Jersey attorney general, pressing the state on whether its demand for donor identities and internal documents risked unconstitutionally chilling First Amendment associational rights.

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Fla. Judge Reduces Damages In Megan Thee Stallion Verdict

By David Minsky

A Florida federal judge on Tuesday reduced the amount of damages awarded to Megan Thee Stallion after a jury found that an online blogger shared a deepfake porn video over the internet and accused the rapper of lying in court, ruling that the writer was not served with a pre-suit notice for defamation.

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Roundup

Defamation Litigation Roundup: FDA, Lively, Alexander Bros.

By Theresa Schliep

In this month's review of defamation fights, Law360 highlights a pharmaceutical company's suit against a former U.S. Food and Drug Administration official, as well as the latest decision siding against President Donald Trump in his fights with media companies.

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Wash. AI Task Force Proposes Guardrails And Disclosures

By Rachel Riley

A Washington state task force Monday unveiled a set of proposed guardrails and disclosure requirements for the responsible use of artificial intelligence, including mandating that developers publicly share details about data used to train their models and requiring law enforcement to disclose the use of AI tools.

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FCC Says Telecom Must Block Walmart Impersonation Scam

By Nadia Dreid

The telecom that has been transmitting scam calls from bad actors claiming to be Walmart employees will be cut off from U.S. networks if it doesn't cut it out, the Federal Communications Commission has announced.

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Ex-FCC Official Condemns Rollback Of Biden Cyber Rule

By Courtney Bublé

A former senior career official at the Federal Communications Commission testified on Tuesday that it was a mistake for the agency to scrap a Biden-era ruling to require telecommunications companies to beef up their security in the aftermath of the Salt Typhoon cyberattack.

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Plan Members Assert Standing In Cigna Data Breach Fight

By P.J. D'Annunzio

A group of Cigna health plan participants who claimed that the company failed to protect their data when it tracked their website activities asked a Pennsylvania federal judge not to throw out the suit, arguing that the proposed class had standing to sue over the alleged violations of state and federal privacy laws.

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Cox Failed To Protect Sensitive Data From Breach, Suit Says

By Kelcey Caulder

Communications and automotive services company Cox Enterprises failed to adequately safeguard its back-office business operations platform against a data breach, putting personally identifiable information at risk of being stolen, according to a proposed class action filed in Georgia federal court.

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A Primer On NYDFS' 3rd-Party Cybersecurity Guidance

The New York Department of Financial Services' recently released comprehensive guidance for registrants on managing cybersecurity risks associated with third-party service providers illustrates why proactive engagement by senior leadership, robust due diligence, strong contractual protections and ongoing oversight are essential to mitigating growing risks, say attorneys at McGuireWoods.

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Bonus Spotlight

Sheppard Mullin To Offer Larger Bonuses To Busy Associates

By Kevin Penton

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP associates who labored past 2,000 hours in 2025 can expect to see a little extra in their upcoming bonus checks, according to an internal memo obtained by Law360.

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Hagens Berman Referred To DOJ For Alleged Misconduct

By Emma Cueto

A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday recommended to the U.S. Department of Justice that it investigate powerhouse plaintiffs firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP's conduct in connection with several since-dropped product liability cases that a special master found to be filed in bad faith.

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King & Spalding Atty Dies In Mountain Climbing Accident

By Kelcey Caulder

People at King & Spalding LLP are mourning after an appellate attorney from the firm and a mountain guide fell to their deaths climbing New Zealand's tallest mountain.

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Approach The Bench: Judge Robart On Living Under Threats

By Cara Bayles and Steven Trader

It's been nearly nine years since U.S. District Judge James Robart blocked President Donald Trump's 2017 executive order barring travel from seven Muslim-majority countries, and though the judge has had a long career — including groundbreaking patent and securities decisions — he still occasionally gets recognized as that "so-called judge."

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Twitter Investors Lose Bid To DQ Musk Counsel Spiro

By Katryna Perera

A California federal judge has denied an attempt by Twitter investors to have Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP partner Alex Spiro disqualified from serving as both lead counsel for Elon Musk and a witness in a trial over claims that Musk tried to tank Twitter's stock.

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Dentons Sees Ex-Partner's Appeal Nixed In California

By Caroline Simson

California's highest court has quietly tossed litigation filed by a former Dentons partner who was fired over a $34 million contingency fee due from a Chinese client following an arbitration matter, several months after advising the parties to prepare for oral arguments.

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The Top In-House Hires Of November

By Sue Reisinger

Elon Musk's xAI has a new but familiar general counsel, while several sports groups — including the New York Mets, PGA of America and the SEC college athletic conference — also brought on new legal leaders in November.

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Exclusive

14 Ex-Lawmakers Tell USPTO Proposed Rules Violate The Law

By Ryan Davis

A group of 14 former members of Congress, including America Invents Act sponsor Patrick Leahy, has told the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that the agency's proposal to restrict many patent challenges "violates foundational American legal principles and the AIA."

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Monthly Merger Review Snapshot

By Matthew Perlman

The FTC urged a D.C. court to block a deal involving a new heart valve treatment, and courts rejected the commission's monopolization case over Meta's past acquisitions and the agency's challenge of a medical device coatings deal. Here, Law360 looks at the major merger review developments from November.

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2 New Judges Confirmed To NC Federal Court

By Courtney Bublé

The U.S. Senate confirmed two federal judges for North Carolina on Tuesday.

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