Jurors who reached a landmark $6 million verdict in March finding Meta Platforms Inc. and Google liable for harming a teen's mental health didn't find Mark Zuckerberg credible, an impression that the plaintiff's attorney Mark Lanier credited to putting the well-prepared executive off his guard.
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Analysis

How A Texas Pastor Beat Mark Zuckerberg In Landmark Trial

By Craig Clough

Jurors who reached a landmark $6 million verdict in March finding Meta Platforms Inc. and Google liable for harming a teen's mental health didn't find Mark Zuckerberg credible, an impression that the plaintiff's attorney Mark Lanier credited to putting the well-prepared executive off his guard.

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Bankman-Fried Seeks Trump Pardon On FTX Fraud Conviction

By Dorothy Atkins

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, who is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence, has asked President Donald Trump to pardon him for defrauding customers who placed billions of dollars with the fallen cryptocurrency exchange, according to the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of the Pardon Attorney.

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Conn. ​​​​​​​Prosecutor Admits To Snooping On Romantic Rival

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut state prosecutor admitted Monday to accessing two protected computer databases to view information about a romantic rival, but told a judge that she had been trying to honor her ethical obligations as an attorney after the woman's arrest.

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POLICY & REGULATION

FCC Needs To Clarify Router Ban's Scope, Tech Retailers Say

By Christopher Cole

Retailers are worried about the effect of a Federal Communications Commission effort to clamp down on foreign-made routers sold to consumers, saying the agency needs to better define the range of products covered by the new restrictions, which are aimed at reducing device security risks.

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ENFORCEMENT

Brief

Adviser AI Use Under Scrutiny In NJ Securities Review

By George Woolston

New Jersey financial regulators said Monday that the state's annual examination of investment adviser business practices this year will take a hard look at how artificial intelligence is used in the construction of investment portfolios or recommendations to clients.

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LITIGATION

Cybersecurity Worker's Early Win Bid Premature, Court Says

By Benjamin Morse

A Colorado federal judge has denied a former cybersecurity worker's bid to knock out several affirmative defenses raised by a U.S. Department of Defense contractor against his whistleblower retaliation suit, saying the worker filed the bid before giving the court a chance to weigh in on pre-motion letters.

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Meta Tries Again To End Mass. Instagram Addiction Case

By Julie Manganis

Meta Platforms is again asking a judge to toss a complaint by Massachusetts over its allegedly addictive Instagram platform, saying any purported harms to teens are caused by third-party content rather than its own features, which it says are shielded by the First Amendment and federal law.

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Kaiser Member Seeks Class Cert. In Microsoft Site Tracker Suit

By Rachel Riley

A Kaiser Permanente member has called on a federal judge in Seattle to greenlight a series of national classes and California subclasses in her privacy lawsuit accusing Microsoft and Qualtrics of secretly intercepting millions of patients' private health information through tracking technologies embedded in the healthcare system's website.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Trial Boutiques Roll Out Associate Pay Raises

By Andrea Keckley

Three trial boutiques are planning to bump associate salaries by at least $10,000 next month, the firms confirmed to Law360 Pulse Tuesday.

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Interview

Burford Sees Growing Market For Stakes In Elite Firms

By Marialuisa Taddia

Burford Capital plans to step up minority equity investments in elite law firms in the U.K. and U.S. that already use its litigation finance, as investor appetite for law firm equity increases, the firm's new London-based chief operating officer told Law360.

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Fox Rothschild Sued Over Data Breach Tied To Ransom Group

By Allison Grande

Fox Rothschild LLP was hit with a proposed class action in Pennsylvania federal court Tuesday accusing the national law firm of failing to adequately protect the "highly sensitive and confidential" personal data entrusted to it from being exposed to a prominent ransomware group in a data breach last month. 

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All Attys In Miss. Suit DQd For Back-To-Back-To-Back AI Flubs

By Emily Sawicki

A Mississippi federal judge who found herself in the "unusual scenario" of reviewing briefs with artificial intelligence-created errors filed by both parties in a lawyer's fee dispute against a Magnolia State municipality has terminated all four attorneys from the case.

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Q&A

Next ABA International Ethics Chair Looks To Year Ahead

By Emily Sawicki

Rob Misey, incoming chair of the American Bar Association's International Ethics Committee, brings a passion for international dialogue to his new role, set to begin in September. Misey discussed his goals of initiating ethics conversations throughout the ABA and with counterparts overseas.

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Analysis

Fed. Circ. 'Recalibrates' Analysis For Constitutional Standing

By Dani Kass

The Federal Circuit eased the line between constitutional and statutory standing last month when reviving A.L.M. Holding Co.'s infringement suit against Zydex Industries Private Ltd., in a decision attorneys say makes standing more accessible and clarifies how patent licensors can maintain their rights.

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5 Firms Barred From Handling NFL Parkinson's Claims

By P.J. D'Annunzio

Five law firms have been disqualified from representing claimants seeking NFL concussion settlement funds for running a scheme that "laundered" questionable Parkinson's disease claims through the system to obtain $95 million, including $20 million in fees, a special masters' report issued Monday says.

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Pa. Law Firm Calls Uber and FedEx's RICO Suit A 'Sham'

By James Boyle

Nearly a month after its motion to dismiss a RICO suit filed by Uber and FedEx was denied by a Philadelphia federal judge, personal injury firm Simon & Simon PC has lodged a counterclaim against the companies, saying their complaint is a "frivolous sham."

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Senate Confirms Longtime Kan. Prosecutor, KBI Chief To Bench

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 51-46, along party lines, on Tuesday to confirm Tony Mattivi, director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, to serve on the bench in the District of Kansas.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Ahmad Zavitsanos

Baratta Law

Bird Marella

Blank Rome

Carlton Fields

Christian & Small

Covington & Burling

DWF LLP

Daniel Williams & Associates

Davis Wright Tremaine

Dilworth Paxson

Elsberg Baker

Federman & Sherwood

Fenwick & West

Fish & Richardson

Fox Rothschild

Frederick M. Lehrer Attorney at Law

Glancy Prongay

Gordon Rees

Honigman LLP

Jones Day

Kopelowitz Ostrow

McCarter & English

McDermott Will & Schulte

Milbank LLP

Milberg PLLC

Ogborn Mihm

Orrick Herrington

PCB Byrne

Perkins Coie

Quinn Emanuel

Reinhart Boerner

Shapiro Arato

Simon & Simon PC

Sterne Kessler

Summit Law Group

Watkins Calcara

Wilkinson Stekloff

WilmerHale

Wilson Sonsini

Withersworldwide

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Acquira

Advanced Bionics AG

American Bar Association

Axos Financial Inc.

Burford Capital LLC

CVS Health Corp.

Consumer Technology Association

FedEx Corp.

Google LLC

Ingevity Corp.

Instagram Inc.

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC

Johnson & Johnson

Kaiser Permanente

LinkedIn Corp.

Merck & Co. Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

NETGEAR, Inc.

NFL Enterprises LLC

Nokia Corp.

Qualtrics

Serco Group PLC

Stanford University

TikTok Inc.

Twitter Inc.

Uber Technologies Inc.

Union Internationale des Avocats

Walmart Inc.

WestRock Co.

YouTube Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

European Union

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Internal Revenue Service

Kansas Attorney General's Office

Massachusetts Port Authority

Missile Defense Agency

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

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

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Senate

Unified Patent Court

United States District Court for the District of Colorado