The Second Circuit appeared poised Tuesday to uphold the dismissal of a proposed class action accusing the NBA of illegally sharing newsletter subscribers' video-viewing habits with Meta although one judge said prior rulings set the "wrong" circuit precedent for what data disclosures are prohibited by the Video Privacy Protection Act.
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2nd Circ. Judge Blasts 'Wrong' Video Privacy Test In NBA Suit

By Allison Grande

The Second Circuit appeared poised Tuesday to uphold the dismissal of a proposed class action accusing the NBA of illegally sharing newsletter subscribers' video-viewing habits with Meta although one judge said prior rulings set the "wrong" circuit precedent for what data disclosures are prohibited by the Video Privacy Protection Act.

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Capital One Clients Denied Class Cert. In Data Sharing Suit

By Hailey Konnath

A California federal judge Tuesday refused to certify a class of Capital One customers claiming their personal financial information was illegally disclosed to Meta Platforms Inc., Google LLC and others, ruling that there are too many individualized factors at play.

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Healthcare In Court

Md. Judge Continues Health Case Law Streak With ACA Ruling

By Mark Payne

U.S. District Judge Brendan Abell Hurson in Baltimore has been on the bench for less than three years. He's already building an impressive list of healthcare rulings.

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Mark Cuban Urges 6th Circ. To Rehear Case Against FINRA

By Jessica Corso

Mark Cuban is throwing his weight behind a Sixth Circuit challenge to the constitutionality of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's in-house disciplinary proceedings, arguing in a Tuesday brief that the regulator shouldn't be allowed to penalize the owner of a consulting company without first affording him a trial. 

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POLICY & REGULATION

FCC Urged To Revise Test Rule Language

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

A trade group representing commercial, scientific and testing laboratories in the U.S. has asked the Federal Communications Commission to narrowly tailor the language of a planned rule that would restrict accreditation for labs that test communications equipment.

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Brief

FCC Lifts Security Ban On Some Foreign-Made Toy Drones

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission said that "toy drones" manufactured in foreign countries or using parts from overseas will no longer fall under an FCC ban on most drones produced outside the U.S.

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ENFORCEMENT

NC Man Must Pay $36K To End SEC's Suit Over 'Free-Riding'

By Abigail Harrison

A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit accusing a North Carolina man of taking advantage of broker-dealer services to trade hundreds of thousands in securities despite not having the funds came to an end Monday in a final judgment after he failed to appear.

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LITIGATION

Anti-Abortion Group Renews Bid To Block NJ's Info Demand

By Carla Baranauckas

An anti‑abortion pregnancy center urged a federal judge to block New Jersey's attorney general from enforcing a subpoena seeking financial donor information, arguing in a renewed bid for a preliminary injunction that the demand is retaliatory and persists despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing the group to challenge the investigation.

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Restaurants Accused Of Flouting Credit Card Privacy Rule

By Julie Manganis

The operator of a group of upscale restaurants, including Abe & Louie's in Boston, violated a federal law by leaving 10 digits of customer credit card numbers visible on receipts, a proposed class action filed in Massachusetts state court alleges.

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Book Publishers Want WeLib 'Shadow Library' Dismantled

By Elliot Weld

A group of large book and text publishers is suing to dismantle WeLib, an online "shadow library" that the publishers said was built off the "notorious pirate site" Anna's Archive.

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Kalshi Shared Private User Data With Third Parties, Suit Says

By David Steele

A California man has hit Kalshi Inc. with a proposed class action in federal court, accusing the prediction market of illegally sharing its users' personal information through LinkedIn and Google website tracking codes.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Fannie, Freddie AI Rules Raise Stakes For Mortgage Lenders

Artificial intelligence governance frameworks recently released by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac impose monitoring and vendor oversight standards on mortgage lenders, potentially reshaping secondary-market eligibility, fair lending reviews and risk management as compliance deadlines approach, says Brendan Palfreyman at Harris Beach.

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The Paradoxical Duty To Adopt AI When You Can't Bill For It

Both billing for hours saved using artificial intelligence and preserving billable time by not adopting AI may violate rules of professional conduct, but until bar associations' ethics rules catch up to this emerging economic dilemma, firms must decide how to adjust fee structures themselves, says Ines Lassalle at Peyrot & Associates.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Full Fed. Circ. To Hear Immigration Judges' Firing Challenge

By Ganesh Setty

The Federal Circuit on Wednesday agreed to conduct en banc review over the firing of two immigration judges, after the Merit Systems Protection Board ruled that they constituted inferior officers who are subject to at-will removal by the president.

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No Discipline For DOJ Atty's 'Lapse Of Judgment' In ICE Case

By Emily Sawicki

A Rhode Island federal prosecutor who knowingly withheld information about a detainee's criminal history at the behest of immigration enforcement, leading to an "unfounded attack" against a federal judge by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement following the detainee's release, violated his duty of candor but will not face discipline, the district's chief judge determined.

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Trump Halts Clayton Director Hearing Over Blue-Slip Dispute

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump directed Jay Clayton, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, not to appear for his confirmation hearing Wednesday on his nomination to be director of national intelligence, in part over a blue-slip issue.

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Maya Kowalski Sues Ex-Atty Over Fees, Funding Loan

By Carolina Bolado

Maya Kowalski, the subject of the Netflix documentary "Take Care of Maya," filed a malpractice suit against her former attorney on Wednesday, accusing him of charging excessive fees and improperly orchestrating an advance funding loan after winning a $213 million judgment.

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Sanctioned IP Atty Tells Fed. Circ. 'Integrity' On The Line

By Elliot Weld

An attorney who was sanctioned in a trade dress infringement case due to what a judge said were his repeated misrepresentations has asked the Federal Circuit to lift the penalties against him and his client, saying his "professional and personal integrity, and my family, depends on it."

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Bosch Receives First DOJ Declination Under New Policy

By Sarah Jarvis

German technology company Bosch on Wednesday became the first company to avoid criminal prosecution under a new U.S. Department of Justice enforcement policy after it cooperated with the federal government and agreed to pay $36 million to settle allegations it improperly exported technology products to sanctioned Chinese company Huawei.

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DOJ's Pot Shift Leaves Key Questions For Cannabis Industry

By Sam Reisman

The Trump administration's recent moves to relax federal restrictions on marijuana through the administrative process will have unclear ramifications for all industry players unless Congress steps in to rewrite cannabis law, attorneys heard Wednesday.

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Fenwick & West

Gibson Dunn

Gungnir Law

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Kilpatrick Townsend

Oppenheim & Zebrak

Peyrot & Associates

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Seila Law

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Stranch Jennings

Strauss Borrelli

Sullivan & Cromwell

Vinson & Elkins

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Adobe Inc.

Affordable Care LLC

Alliance Defending Freedom

Alpine Securities Corp.

American Bar Association

Arthrex Inc.

Association of American Publishers

Capital One Financial Corp.

Drug Policy Alliance

Federal National Mortgage Association

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc.

Freddie Mac

Google LLC

Hachette Book Group Inc.

HarperCollins Publishers LLC

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.

International Cannabis Bar Association

Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital

Kalshi Inc.

Last Prisoner Project

LinkedIn Corp.

McDonald's Corp.

Meta Platforms Inc.

NBCUniversal Media LLC

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

National Basketball Association Inc.

Netflix Inc.

New Civil Liberties Alliance

New York State Bar Association

Robert Bosch GmbH

Spotify Technology SA

State Bar of California

The Andersons Inc.

The Florida Bar

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Industry and Security

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Housing Finance Agency

Florida Supreme Court

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

New Jersey Attorney General's Office

Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Rhode Island

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

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

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

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

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court