Parties Clash Over Scope Of GIPA In DNA Test-Taker's Suit

By Celeste Bott

An Illinois federal judge is weighing whether the state's genetic privacy law protects against disclosing information about people who have taken genetic tests, with a DNA testing company accused of unlawfully sharing such information with Google arguing Wednesday the statute applies only to disclosure of actual test results.

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OE Fed Credit Union's $2.3M 'Boilerplate' Breach Deal Denied

By Bonnie Eslinger

A California federal judge on Wednesday withheld preliminary approval for a $2.3 million settlement over a cyberattack on OE Federal Credit Union, blasting the filing for its "boilerplate language" and "generic statements" and saying it lacked information to determine whether it's a good deal for the consumer class members.

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Tenn. Must Face Adult-Entertainment Groups' Age-Check Suit

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A federal judge in Tennessee has ruled that the state must face a suit from free speech advocates, an individual adult-content creator and adult-entertainment industry groups claiming a state law requiring age checks violates their First Amendment rights.

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Cyber Insurer Can't Avoid Auto Shop's $4.9M Coverage Suit

By Hope Patti

An Illinois state court refused to toss an auto repair company's suit seeking to recover $4.9 million in coverage from its cyber insurer for a ransomware attack, saying the policy doesn't establish that the insurer owes nothing for the loss.

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Post-Cambridge Analytica Investigation Unserious, Jury Told

By Cara Salvatore

New Mexico jurors heard testimony Wednesday from a former Facebook employee that the social media giant's investigation of third-party app developers after the Cambridge Analytica scandal was weakened by executive anger over the cost and pressure for it to wrap up, among other things.

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State Bank Supervisor Group Issues AI Exam Framework

By Jon Hill

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors on Wednesday unveiled a new oversight framework for artificial intelligence at financial firms, rolling out resources aimed at giving state examiners a common roadmap for reviewing how their regulated institutions are deploying the technology.

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SEC Fines Ex-Okta Employees In Insider Trading Case

By Katryna Perera

Two former Okta sales managers have reached settlements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to resolve claims that they traded Okta stock on insider information before the company announced that its financial plan for the year needed adjustment.

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FTX Exec's Wife Headed For Spring Campaign Finance Trial

By Stewart Bishop

A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday set a new trial date for a crypto-lobbyist/attorney turned Republican congressional candidate who's accused of plotting with her husband, jailed former FTX executive Ryan Salame, to take illegal campaign cash from the bankrupt exchange.

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OpenAI Users Say 'Strangers' Review Millions Of Private Chats

By Hailey Konnath

A pair of ChatGPT users filed a proposed class action against OpenAI on Wednesday, alleging that OpenAI misled them about how private their conversations with the chatbot really are because millions of conversations are reviewed by "strangers" at third-party companies without user consent.

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McLaren Patients' Web Tracking Privacy Claims Advance

By Melanie Dorsey

A Michigan federal judge has allowed patients to move forward with claims that McLaren Health Care Corp. and the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute allegedly intercepted their electronic communications and benefited from sensitive health information collected through tracking technology embedded in their websites.

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Split Conn. High Court Won't Shield Yale Accuser's Name

By Aaron Keller

In a 4-3 opinion Wednesday, the Connecticut Supreme Court said a trial judge correctly dismissed a sexual assault accuser's emergency 2024 request to remove her name from transcripts in the long-closed criminal prosecution of former Yale student Saifullah Khan, ruling the trial court lost jurisdiction after a jury's 2018 acquittal.

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Vanguard Trims But Can't Shake Users' Data Tracking Suit

By Craig Clough

A Pennsylvania federal judge tossed federal wiretapping and California invasion of privacy claims brought against investment management company Vanguard in a user class action over third-party tracking and sharing of data, but allowed the plaintiffs to amend the suit while keeping a state-based wiretapping claim alive. 

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What State AI Election Laws Mean For The 2026 Midterms

In the absence of federal rules governing artificial intelligence in elections and no consensus emerging across state laws, campaigns, their vendors and AI developers must address the risks associated with outdated rules written for other problems, says Matthew Shapanka at Covington.

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Law School's Missed Lessons: Cultivating Good Judgment

Law schools generally overlook the role that solid judgment skills play in real-world practice, but attorneys can bridge the gap by strengthening their abilities to assess a case’s strengths and weaknesses, develop and execute effective strategies, and provide clear recommendations to clients, says Manny Caixeiro at Venable.

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Burford Exec, Holland & Knight Adviser Open AI-Native Firm

By Andrea Keckley

Two veterans of the legal industry announced on Wednesday that they have teamed up to launch FairPlay Law, an AI-native firm based in Manhattan and focused on representing employees.

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Michael Best Combines With NY-Based Kane Kessler

By Kevin Penton

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP announced Wednesday that it is combining with New York-based firm Kane Kessler PC, adding 36 attorneys and a Big Apple presence to a firm that ranked 143rd on Law360's list of the nation's largest law firms.

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Protesters Say Feds' Fight Shows Need For Misconduct Probe

By Lauraann Wood

The U.S. government's opposition to a special investigation of prosecutorial misconduct that "poisoned" a now-dismissed criminal conspiracy case suggests Chicago prosecutors are still shielding critical details regarding the extent of official communications preceding the prosecution, underscoring the probe's necessity, protesters argued Tuesday.

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Apple Backs Its $132K Fee Ask Over 'Bad Faith' Subpoenas

By Bonnie Eslinger

Apple has urged a California federal magistrate judge to grant its $132,700 attorney fee request as a sanction against plaintiff consumers' lead lawyer in antitrust litigation claiming Google muscles out rival search engines, but said Apple's counsel doesn't want to disclose their "highly and competitively sensitive" negotiated legal rates.

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Newman Saga Prompts Bill To Limit Judicial Suspensions

By Courtney Bublé

The long-running saga over Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's fitness to remain on the court has exposed "major flaws" in the judicial accountability system, according to a Republican member of the House who introduced a bill Wednesday to reform it.

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Senate Panel Weighs 6 Trump Judicial Picks From Red States

By Courtney Bublé

Six nominees for U.S. district judge appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday for their nomination hearing.

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