Novel plans to hold online platforms criminally liable for fraudsters who exploit their operations could shake up corporate culture at some of the world's biggest companies — if the policy proposal was not likely to end up in the long grass, lawyers say.
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Analysis

Big Tech Fraud Liability Plan A Great Idea With Long Odds

By Christopher Crosby

Novel plans to hold online platforms criminally liable for fraudsters who exploit their operations could shake up corporate culture at some of the world's biggest companies — if the policy proposal was not likely to end up in the long grass, lawyers say.

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Analysis

Trump Pick Sets Stage For More Fights Over FCC's Power

By Christopher Cole

A move by the White House to fill the third Republican vacancy on the Federal Communications Commission — but leave a long-empty minority seat on the five-member board unfilled — sets up what will likely be more pitched battles over not only the FCC's powers, but its future composition.

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Jury Picked For Meta Social Media Addiction Trial

By Bonnie Eslinger

A landmark federal trial in California over allegations that Meta social media platforms harm children's mental health is ready to begin after a jury was impaneled Wednesday — a selection process in which no prospective juror would say that Facebook or Instagram are safe for kids.

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LITIGATION

NJ Justices See No Mental State Tie To Daniel's Law Damages

By George Woolston

The New Jersey Supreme Court held Wednesday that there is no mental state required for damages to be established under the state's judicial privacy law, answering a question that the Third Circuit said could help the federal appeals court determine the law's constitutionality.

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Edible Brands Hit With Privacy Lawsuit Over Web Tracking

By Kelcey Caulder

The company behind Edible Arrangements is facing a class action in Georgia federal court for allegedly using tracking tools to collect and share the data of website visitors without authorization.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

How Data Broker Laws Are Reaching Consumer-Facing Cos.

As states, most recently New Jersey, expand the scope of data broker laws to cover some customer data sharing, consumer-facing companies should reassess advertising, vendor and partner arrangements to determine whether they trigger registration, contracting and governance obligations, says Sam Castic at Hintze Law.

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Brace For Expanding Scrutiny Of Dark Patterns In Healthcare

Recent reporting and regulatory developments highlight growing concern surrounding so-called dark patterns in healthcare — user interface designs that improperly influence consumer decision-making — and represent an important evolution of how healthcare professionals should evaluate consent processes, say attorneys at Clark Hill.

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What Regulatory 'Reputation Risk' Purge Means For Banks

Banks should expect closer scrutiny of account closures and service denials after federal regulators recently stripped "reputation risk" from supervisory guidance, and should tie customer decisions to documented, objective legal and financial criteria to protect against debanking-related enforcement, say attorneys at Troutman.

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How New Counter-Drone Rule Will Reshape Event Security

A new interim final rule on counter-unmanned aircraft systems creates one of the most structured regulatory frameworks yet adopted for mitigating unauthorized drone activity, with implications for law enforcement, airport and stadium operators, drone companies, and public event organizers, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Are your summer associates prepared for a legal career?

How does your firm shape the summer associate experience and mentor new talent? Invite your summer associates to share their perspectives in this year’s Law360 Pulse Summer Associates Survey.

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Trial Firm Reid Collins To Award 3rd Set Of Associate Bonuses

By Jake Maher

Texas-based trial boutique Reid Collins & Tsai LLP is planning to dole out a third round of bonuses for the year to associates, raising their total bonus pay to between $130,000 and $170,000 on the year so far, with another round expected later in 2026.

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Aperture Expands Litigation Finance Platform To $1B

By Ryan Boysen

Alternative asset manager Aperture Investors is expanding its litigation finance platform to $1 billion in total investment capacity, mostly deployed as direct loans to plaintiffs firms.

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Deal Reached In Class Action Over Botched Calif. Bar Exam

By Emily Sawicki

A settlement has been reached in a proposed nationwide class action brought by bar applicants against the proctor of the botched February 2025 California bar exam, one month after the California State Bar settled its claims against the proctor.

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Law Grad Says Hofstra Ignored Heart Attack Mid-Bar Exam

By Andrea Keckley

A Fordham University School of Law graduate accused Hofstra University in New York state court of failing to intervene in time when she had a heart attack in the middle of the July 2025 Bar Exam, refusing to stop the test and discouraging her peers from rendering aid.

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$190K Or $1.9M? Goldstein, DOJ 'At Impasse' Over Forfeiture

By Jeff Overley

Tom Goldstein and the U.S. Department of Justice aired dramatically divergent views Wednesday of a looming financial penalty for his fraud convictions, with the famed appellate advocate voicing constitutional objections to the DOJ's request for almost $2 million and revealing that prosecutors spurned a far smaller offer.

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Analysis

DOJ Settlements Perceived As Flouting Litigation Norms

By Britain Eakin

A trend of settlements between the Trump administration and friendly parties in fast-track lawsuits to pursue policy changes has legal experts concerned about the endurance of a longstanding norm that federal courts can only hear genuine disputes between opposing parties.

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BakerHostetler Faces Possible RICO Claim From Ex-Client

By Emily Johnson

A trustee who has accused BakerHostetler and an Atlanta-based attorney of legal malpractice has asked a Georgia federal court to allow him to accuse the former de facto general counsel and business adviser of a nonprofit of violating the Georgia RICO Act.

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Q&A

She Has A Point: Shutts & Bowen's Jodi-Ann Tillman

By Dani Kass

Jodi-Ann Tillman of Shutts & Bowen LLP was brought into patent infringement litigation over drum technology just months before trial, and her performance earned high praise from opposing counsel, Foley & Lardner LLP partner Laura Ganoza.

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Trent McCotter Follows Blanche As DOJ's 2nd-In-Command

By Courtney Bublé

Following confirmation of Todd Blanche as attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice official Trent McCotter is taking his former post as deputy attorney general on a temporary basis.

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Trump, DOJ Say Firing Seattle US Atty Was Within Their Rights

By Emily Sawicki

The White House and the U.S. Department of Justice are fighting a demand for immediate reinstatement brought by Seattle's former top federal prosecutor, who was fired within an hour of a court appointing him to the role, arguing his due process rights were not violated.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Addleshaw Goddard

Aidala Bertuna

Alston & Bird

Axinn

Baker & Hostetler

Ballard Spahr

Bird Marella

Blank Rome

Boies Schiller

Boyden Gray

Buchanan Ingersoll

Carmagnola & Ritardi

Clark Hill

Constangy Brooks

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

Davis Polk

Esbrook PC

FBT Gibbons

FisherBroyles

Foley & Lardner

Freeman Mathis

Gordon Rees

Greenberg Traurig

Greenspoon Marder

HKM Employment Attorneys

Handley Farah

Herman Jones LLP

Hintze Law

Hogan Lovells

Kaufman Dolowich

Levi & Korsinsky

Lewis Brisbois

Lieff Cabraser

Linley Jones Firm

Lowenstein Sandler

Manatt Phelps

Milbank LLP

Morgan Lewis

Motley Rice

Munger Tolles

Novak Druce

O'Toole Scrivo

Otterbourg PC

Pierson Ferdinand LLP

Potomac Law Group

Quinn Emanuel

RKW LLC

Raj Ferber

Reid Collins

Riker Danzig

Sauder Schelkopf

Seddons Law LLP

Seyfarth Shaw

Shutts & Bowen

Sirianni Youtz

Stinson LLP

Thompson Hine

Troutman

Tycko & Zavareei

Wilkinson Stekloff

Wood Smith

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Aperture Investors LLC

Assicurazioni Generali

Center for Biological Diversity Inc.

Democracy Forward Foundation

Edible Arrangements LLC

Federation Internationale de Football Association

Fordham University

Google LLC

Instagram Inc.

Johnson & Johnson

Major League Baseball Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

NASCAR Digital Media LLC

NFL Enterprises LLC

New York State Bar Association

Pinterest Inc.

Reddit Inc.

State Bar of California

The Catholic University of America

Thomson Reuters Corp.

TikTok Inc.

Twitter Inc.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Attorney General's Office

California Privacy Protection Agency

Colorado Attorney General's Office

Executive Office of the President

Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

Fish and Wildlife Service

Internal Revenue Service

New Jersey Supreme Court

New York Supreme Court, New York County

Ofcom

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

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 Middle District of Florida

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

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 Western District of Washington

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington