A technology expert testified Monday in New Mexico's data privacy trial against Meta that Facebook third-party app developers "rampantly" farmed user data and that the social media giant closed investigations of dubious developers without action.
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Facebook Third-Party Apps Took User Data, Jury Told

By Cara Salvatore

A technology expert testified Monday in New Mexico's data privacy trial against Meta that Facebook third-party app developers "rampantly" farmed user data and that the social media giant closed investigations of dubious developers without action.

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Cop Pitches Nationwide Class In Flock Privacy Lawsuit

By Kelcey Caulder

Flock's surveillance network invades the privacy of the public and enables law enforcement employees to track people for improper reasons, according to a proposed class action filed in Georgia federal court.

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Certifying Body Lied About Being US-Based, FCC Says

By Nadia Dreid

Derycom Certification Services lied about its ties to China in order to receive the Federal Communications Commission's authorization to serve as a telecommunication certification body, which requires an organization to be based in the United States, the agency said.

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1st Circ. Says Hearst Info Sharing May Not Trigger VPPA

By Julie Manganis

The First Circuit appeared likely on Monday to affirm a lower court's finding that Hearst Television Inc.'s news and weather apps are not violating a 1980s-era video privacy law by disclosing users' email and geolocation data to marketing partners, suggesting that's not enough information to link individuals to specific viewed material.

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Renaissance Learning Beats Student Data Privacy Suit

By Corey Rothauser

A California federal judge has dismissed a proposed class action accusing education software company Renaissance Learning Inc. of unlawfully collecting and sharing students' personal information, finding that the families' allegations did not support their privacy, wiretapping or unjust enrichment claims.

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POLICY & REGULATION

NY Flags AI Models As Cyber Risk Review Factor For Banks

By Jon Hill

A top New York regulator is urging the state's banks and insurers to stay on top of evolving cybersecurity threats, flagging the launch of powerful new artificial intelligence models as the kind of major market development that can necessitate updating their risk assessments.

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ENFORCEMENT

Wash AG Fights T-Mobile's Bid To Undo Data Breach Ruling

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General asked a King County Superior Court judge to deny T-Mobile's bid for reconsideration of a recent ruling finding it is liable for more than 722,000 violations of a state data breach notification law.

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LITIGATION

Under Armour Can't Duck Suit Alleging Massive Data Breach

By Rae Ann Varona

A Maryland federal judge has denied Under Armour's bid to nix a proposed class action alleging a November data breach leaked the personal information of more than 72 million of its consumers and employees, saying the plaintiffs sufficiently claimed the breach caused them harm such as identity theft.

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Zumba Video Buyers Seek Initial Nod For $2.7M Privacy Deal

By Allison Grande

A certified class of over 4,500 on-demand video purchasers who allege Zumba illegally divulged their personal information to third parties pressed a Florida federal judge to approve a $2.7 million settlement they claim is "in a league of its own" and outpaces prior deals under federal video privacy law.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week saw disputes over allegedly fabricated board approvals at a telecom infrastructure startup, insider trading and child safety at Roblox Corp. and ownership of artificial intelligence technology used in legal proceedings.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

AI And AML: Governance Plays Critical Role In Innovation

Financial institutions adopting artificial intelligence for anti-money laundering compliance should implement governance specific to individual use cases, testing, documentation and human oversight to manage regulatory and enforcement risks as agentic tools expand, say attorneys at Paul Hastings.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

How States' 'Perry Mason Moment' Led To $17B Meta Deal

By Dorothy Atkins

A recent landmark $17.1 billion settlement with Meta Platforms Inc. may have never happened if it weren't for a quick-thinking trial attorney and his close-knit team of lawyers representing 29 states, who worked together to swiftly shift strategies midtrial.

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Ashurst Perkins Aided $230M ICap Ponzi Scheme, Suit Claims

By Ben Adlin

Ashurst Perkins Coie pocketed millions of dollars in legal fees by providing services to clients it knew were operating a Ponzi scheme that ultimately swindled investors out of nearly $230 million, plaintiffs claimed in a Washington state lawsuit accusing the firm of aiding and abetting fraud.

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Trump Taps Ex-DOL Official To Serve As EEOC Top Cop

By Anne Cullen

The White House nominated a former Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP attorney who previously led the U.S. Department of Labor's contractor compliance arm to serve as the general counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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Washington Sen. Murray Vows To Block Trump US Atty Pick

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump's nominee to be U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington is under fire from one of the home state senators who vowed to use every avenue possible to block him.

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Fla. Judge Won't Pause Trump-IRS Settlement Sanctions

By Jack McLoone

The Florida federal judge who barred President Donald Trump and others from citing a settlement resolving what she characterized as a sham $10 billion case against his own Internal Revenue Service won't pause her sanctions order while the president appeals to the Eleventh Circuit.

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4th Circ. Appears Split On Reviving Comey, James Indictments

By Jared Foretek

Partisan splits were apparent Tuesday on the Fourth Circuit panel hearing the Trump administration's challenge to a federal district judge's dismissal of the indictments of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, with two of the three judges appearing to agree an improper appointment doomed the cases.

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Brief

Calif. Judge Charged Over Fatal Crash With Bicyclist

By Craig Clough

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Tuesday that his office charged Kings County Superior Court Judge Kendra Weber with a misdemeanor count of vehicular manslaughter, alleging she struck and killed a bicyclist.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Almeida Law Group

Ashurst Perkins

Brito PLLC

Bursor & Fisher

Carmichael Ellis

Cole Scott & Kissane

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

DiCello Levitt

EdTech Law

Gibson Dunn

Hausfeld LLP

Hecht Partners

Hedin LLP

Herman Jones LLP

Hunton Andrews

Kornfeld LLP

Levi & Korsinsky

Lowell & Associates

McGinn Montoya

Morgan Lewis

Norton Rose

Notice Law

Orrick Herrington

Pachulski Stang

Paul Hastings

Peiffer Wolf

Proskauer Rose

Reardon Scanlon

Rivero Mestre

Susman Godfrey

Williams & Connolly

Zuckerman Spaeder

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alpine Securities Corp.

Atlas Energy LP

Bank of America Corp.

Braze Inc.

ClearList LLC

Compass Minerals International, Inc.

EE Ltd.

FIRST

Google LLC

Instagram Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

National Basketball Association Inc.

Pinterest Inc.

Renaissance Learning Inc.

Roblox Corp.

San Francisco Giants

Taboola Ltd.

Tesla Inc.

U.S. Bancorp

Under Armour Inc.

Zumba Fitness LLC

Zynga Inc.

comScore Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Attorney General's Office

California Department of Justice

Colorado Attorney General's Office

Delaware Court of Chancery

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Reserve System

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Financial Stability Board

Internal Revenue Service

National Institute of Standards and Technology

New Mexico Attorney General's Office

New York Attorney General's Office

New York Department of Financial Services

Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of the Treasury

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

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

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

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

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

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

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

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Office of Personnel Management

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Washington Attorney General's Office