More Info Needed To Back Up Conduent $80M Breach Deal

By George Woolston

A New Jersey federal judge said a bid for preliminary approval of an $80 million settlement between data breach victims and Conduent Business Services LLC lacks the case-specific materials needed to evaluate the deal's fairness.

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5th Circ. Revives Facebook Users' Eyemart Wiretap Suit

By Rae Ann Varona

The Fifth Circuit on Friday revived a group of Facebook users' proposed class action accusing Eyemart Express LLC of disclosing their HIPAA-protected information to Meta without their consent, saying in a published opinion that Eyemart and a district court had read the statutory definition of individually identifiable health information too narrowly.

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Startups, Inventors Urge High Court To Review $2.6B IP Case

By Dani Kass

The Alliance of U.S. Startups & Inventors for Jobs has called for the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Centripetal Networks LLC's petition arguing a $2.6 billion infringement victory against Cisco was taken away without due process, with the organization warning the holding will disincentivize innovation by smaller companies and individuals.

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FCC Nat'l Security Clampdown Draws Rare Industry Rebukes

By Christopher Cole

Industry leaders see the Federal Communications Commission hitting for a high batting average during President Donald Trump's second term, pushing deregulation they have sought for years. But when it comes to putting the squeeze on device imports from foreign adversaries, business groups are less than bowled over — and they're letting the FCC know it.

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NetChoice Seeks To Halt Calif. Social Media Warning Law

By Allison Grande

Tech trade group NetChoice is pressing a California federal court to strike down a state law that will soon require social media platforms to display mental health warning labels, arguing that the mandate violates the "bedrock" constitutional prohibition on forcing services to "act as a mouthpiece" for the government.

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Feds Urged To Nix Bank Examiner Limits Over AI Cyber Risks

By Jon Hill

The Senate Banking Committee's top Democrat called Friday for federal banking regulators to scrap recent policies that raise the bar for issuing and escalating supervisory criticism at banks, warning they could obstruct oversight needed to stay ahead of rising artifical intelligence-enabled risks.

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Canada, Turkey Announce Partnership For Boosting Trade

By Jack McLoone

Canada and Turkey are working toward growing the economic ties between the two countries, including through a free trade agreement, their leaders announced, as Canada continues to look to build new international trade relationships and expand its existing ones.

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Fla. AG Proposes Kid Safety Chatbot, Social Media Law

By Emily Field

The Florida attorney general on Thursday proposed legislation aimed at protecting children on social media that would require age verification and parental consent for apps, block AI chatbots from creating sexual content or feigning companionship, and put in place protective features on social media for teenagers.

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FCC Grants Intel's Automatic Vehicle Waiver For 1 Year

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission has granted Intel Corp. a one-year waiver from rules that could otherwise subject the automated vehicles used in its chipmaking plants to security restrictions.

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Hims & Hers Says Privacy Policy, Disclosures Foil FTC Suit

By Gianna Ferrarin

Hims & Hers Health Inc. urged a California federal court to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission's suit accusing it of misleading consumers about its privacy and billing practices, arguing the agency ignored the telehealth platform's disclosures about those practices in an attempt to "manufacture deception."

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Texas Sues OpenAI, Altman Over ChatGPT Safety Claims

By Spencer Brewer

The Texas attorney general's office sued OpenAI and its chief executive Sam Altman in state court Friday, alleging the company breached consumer protection laws by unleashing a chatbot that often gives harmful advice and is addictive to children.

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SEC Fines Fund Adviser Over Outdated ID Theft Program

By Jessica Corso

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission levied a $175,000 fine against a New York-based investment adviser on Friday for failing to update its identity theft prevention procedures and for failing to submit some of its accounts to an outside auditor.

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SEC To Check Firms' Preparedness For AI Cyberattacks

By Jessica Corso

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Friday that it plans to scrutinize financial firms' use of artificial intelligence in order to ensure that the companies are guarded against cybersecurity attacks.

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Google Avoids Wiretap Claims Over AI Customer Service Calls

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge has tossed proposed class claims alleging Google violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act by training its artificial intelligence tools through the customer service software it provided to Home Depot, and the judge required pursuing arbitration for plaintiffs who called customer service for Verizon, Uber and Discover.

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Metropolis Asks Chancery To Block 1,900 Privacy Arbitrations

By Jarek Rutz

Parking technology company Metropolis has sued 14 California parking lot customers in Delaware Chancery Court, accusing their law firm, Keller Postman LLC, of orchestrating more than 1,900 arbitrations over license plate data to pressure the business into a settlement.

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DOD Contractor Says Ex-Worker Lacks Evidence For Trial Win

By Ganesh Setty

A U.S. Department of Defense contractor asked a Colorado federal court for a midtrial quick win in a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit over its cybersecurity services, arguing the plaintiff had failed to show an objectively reasonable belief that misconduct took place.

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Fortinet Sued Over Cybersecurity Technology In EDTX

By Dani Kass

Long Horizon Technologies LLC has accused cybersecurity company Fortinet Inc. of infringing a patent directed to installing embedded firmware.

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3 Steps To Mitigate The Cyber Risks From Employee AI Use

Recent data showing a doubling in breaches tied to employee use of unapproved AI tools demonstrates a convergence of cybersecurity risk, data privacy exposure and legal liability that workplace policies don't often address, but business leaders can get ahead of these risks, say attorneys at Ogletree.

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Are You Happy With Your In-House Role? Take Our Survey

Is your company giving you everything you need to succeed? What are some misconceptions about working in-house? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Satisfaction Survey.

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Weil Merger Talks With Willkie End, Another Partner To Leave

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP have ended merger discussions and another top Weil partner is set to depart the firm, sources with knowledge on the matters told Law360 Pulse on Friday.

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Holland & Knight Legal Profession Head On MSO Dealmaking

By Al Barbarino

Holland & Knight LLP partner Trisha Rich is at the forefront of the firm's work in a fast-growing corner of the legal industry, advising law firms setting up management services organizations, or MSOs, as well as the investors looking to buy into them.

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Trump Adviser Ducking Service In Exec Orders Suit, ABA Says

By Jack Karp

Trump attorney Boris Epshteyn has evaded service of subpoenas, so the American Bar Association should be allowed to pursue alternative means of serving him in its lawsuit over President Donald Trump's efforts to intimidate BigLaw firms, the organization is telling a Washington, D.C., federal judge.

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Mass. Judge Jailed Atty For 'Attitude,' Ethics Complaint Says

By Julie Manganis

A former Massachusetts state court judge placed a public defender into custody for hours over his "attitude" during a March 2025 hearing, the state's judicial conduct commission has said in a disciplinary complaint.

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SEC Fights LSU Claim That Case Citations Were 'Hallucinated'

By Alex Lawson

The Southeastern Conference is disputing claims that it submitted "hallucinated" case citations in its lawsuit challenging Louisiana State University's efforts to add former professional players to its sports teams, urging an Alabama federal judge to strike the allegations.

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Insurer Says NY Firm Staged Accidents For Suits

By Danielle Ferguson

A reinsurance company has filed another complaint accusing a New York personal injury law firm of recruiting workers to stage injuries in support of meritless claims, a few months after the Second Circuit dismissed similar claims because the insurer didn't have any direct injuries to bring a racketeering suit. 

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Ex-DOJ Officials And Judicial Nominees Vie For Office

By Courtney Bublé

Hundreds of candidates are on the ballot in the midterm elections, happening in less than two weeks, and among them are former U.S. Department of Justice officials and unsuccessful judicial nominees.

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9th Circ. Judge Hints Trump US Atty Firing OK Despite 'Chaos'

By Rachel Riley

A Ninth Circuit judge remarked on Friday that President Donald Trump's ouster of court-appointed Seattle U.S. Attorney Roger Rogoff has sown "chaos," but pushed back against Rogoff's contention that the move amounted to executive overreach, noting that the president already controls the office via the attorney general.

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NY Commercial Attys Must Justify Discovery Cost Bids Early

By Andrea Keckley

New York Courts Chief Administrative Judge Joseph A. Zayas said in an administrative order earlier this month that commercial litigators who want opposing counsel to fund some or all of the discovery process must state their basis for the request and provide a "good faith" estimate of the costs.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

McGinn Montoya Love Curry & Sievers PA and DiCello Levitt lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a New Mexico federal judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion over the lies that the social media giant offered the public regarding its data privacy practices.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Meta's legal chief says the company will appeal a $25 billion verdict involving data privacy practices including the Cambridge Analytica scandal. And a new study shows that while in-house starting salaries are staying stable, adding special skills like AI expertise can lift them higher.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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