Roblox can arbitrate a proposed class action alleging that it secretly harvests users' personal data, a California federal judge ruled Wednesday, finding that the users received conspicuous notice of the fact that clicking "Sign Up" or "Continue" on its platform binds them to the arbitration clause contained in Roblox's terms of use.
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Roblox Wins Effort To Arbitrate Kids' Data Privacy Suit

By Gina Kim

Roblox can arbitrate a proposed class action alleging that it secretly harvests users' personal data, a California federal judge ruled Wednesday, finding that the users received conspicuous notice of the fact that clicking "Sign Up" or "Continue" on its platform binds them to the arbitration clause contained in Roblox's terms of use.

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HPE Has 'No Grounds' To Hide DOJ Deal Bidders, AGs Say

By Bryan Koenig

Democratic attorneys general challenging the controversial Justice Department settlement permitting Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $14 billion purchase of Juniper Networks have urged a California federal judge to let them see who's bidding for assets up for divestiture, arguing the would-be buyers are an integral part of the agreement's viability.

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7th Circ. Takes Up BIPA Amendment's Retroactivity

By Celeste Bott

The Seventh Circuit heard arguments Thursday over whether a liability-limiting amendment to Illinois' biometric privacy law has retroactive application to lawsuits filed before it took effect, with one judge on the panel saying it seemed like "billions of dollars of consequences turn on how we label the change."

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Bipartisan Bill Targets Scam Ads On Social Media Platforms

By Jon Hill

Federal lawmakers are pushing to require social media companies to crack down on fraudulent advertising on their platforms under new bipartisan legislation that is drawing praise from banking and consumer groups.

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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards

Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2026 editorial advisory boards.

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ENFORCEMENT

Texas AG To Investigate Conduent, BCBS For Data Breach

By Spencer Brewer

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Thursday that he's investigating Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas and Conduent Business Services LLC over a sprawling data breach that left sensitive data for upward of four million Texans exposed.

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Watchdog Defends Ex-Alex Jones Atty's Conn. Suspension

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut judge did not abuse her discretion when she suspended an attorney who formerly represented conspiracy broadcaster Alex Jones in a $1.4 billion defamation case, the state's professional misconduct watchdog has told the Connecticut Supreme Court in asking the justices to skip Norman A. Pattis' appeal.

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LITIGATION

Zappos Says Customer Must Arbitrate Meta Privacy Suit

By Gina Kim

A Zappos customer must arbitrate her proposed class action alleging it allowed Meta to eavesdrop on customer activity on its website, the retailer told a California federal judge Wednesday, arguing the customer received conspicuous notice of its conditions of use and privacy notice containing an arbitration agreement.

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Gravity Payments Sued In Seattle Over 2025 Data Breach

By Rachel Riley

Gravity Payments was hit with a proposed class action in Washington federal court Thursday by a Tennessee resident who claims the credit card processor failed to safeguard his information from a 2025 cyberattack that exposed the personal details of more than 2,000 people.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

California's New Privacy Laws Demand Preparation From Cos.

An increase in breach disclosures is coinciding with California's most comprehensive privacy and artificial intelligence legislation taking effect, illustrating the range of vulnerabilities organizations in the state face and highlighting that the key to successfully managing these requirements is investing in capabilities before they became urgent, says Camilo Artiga-Purcell at Kiteworks.

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If Your AI Vendor Goes Bankrupt: Tackling Privacy And 'Utility'

Because bankruptcies of artificial intelligence vendors will require courts to decide in the moment how to handle bespoke deals for AI tools, customers that anticipate consumer privacy concerns in asset disposition and questions about utility and critical-vendor classifications can be better positioned before proceedings, say attorneys at Sidley.

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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: February Lessons

In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses four recent rulings from November and December, and identifies practice tips from cases involving the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act and Missouri unjust enrichment claims, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, the Class Action Fairness Act, and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

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Series

Trail Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Navigating the muddy, root-filled path of trail marathons and ultramarathons provides fertile training ground for my high-stakes fractional general counsel work, teaching me to slow down my mind when the terrain shifts, sharpen my focus and trust my training, says Eric Proos at Next Era Legal.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen a former U.S. defense contractor convicted of tax evasion face legal action, French football club Olympique Lyonnais sued following a $97 million ruling against its owner John Textor, consulting giant Kroll targeted by a South African airline, and H&M hit with a claim alleging it copied protected sunglasses designs. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

WilmerHale and Gillam & Smith LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Texas federal jury cleared Apple of infringement claims over patents covering 4G wireless technology, in a case that previously led to jury verdicts of $506 million and $300 million.

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Brief

Indiana AG Declines Intervention In Posner Wage Suit

By Emily Sawicki

Indiana's attorney general has declined to intervene in a pro se plaintiff's suit seeking to revive $170,000 in wage claims against retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner, finding the case did not pose a "substantial" constitutional challenge to a state statute mandating that delayed contracts must be written and signed to be enforced.

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Louisiana Atty Takes Responsibility For AI Usage Snafu

By Christine DeRosa

After facing the threat of sanctions alongside three of his co-counsel, a Louisiana attorney told a federal judge that he was solely responsible for an error-riddled brief written with the assistance of artificial intelligence. 

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Taking heat from Republican senators over not notifying members of Congress about subpoenas for their phone records, Verizon's general counsel has pledged that in the future, the company will fight gag orders requiring it to keep silent. And taking heat from shareholders and colleagues over her ties to Jeffrey Epstein, Goldman Sachs' chief legal officer has agreed to leave the firm in June.

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Colorado Atty Delayed Filing, Gave Faulty Advice, Suit Says

By Rachel Konieczny

A Colorado attorney waited nearly five years to file a lawsuit on behalf of two clients and provided faulty advice, the former clients alleged Thursday in a malpractice lawsuit in state court.

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'Acqui-Hires' In AI Drawing Antitrust Scrutiny, Tech Attys Say

By Bonnie Eslinger

Attorneys with Nvidia, Google and Uber took the stage at a conference hosted Thursday by Baker McKenzie to discuss emerging trends in antitrust enforcement, including how booming AI investment has produced new regulatory scrutiny of "acqui-hires," in which large companies acquire startups primarily to hire their teams.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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6th Circ. Says Ch. 13 Motion Came 84 Minutes Too Late

By Vince Sullivan

A 2-1 split panel of the Sixth Circuit affirmed two lower court rulings from Michigan federal judges denying a Chapter 13 debtor's motion to dismiss his bankruptcy case because the request came 84 minutes after a bankruptcy court converted the case to a Chapter 7.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Addleshaw Goddard

ArentFox Schiff

Baker Donelson

Baker McKenzie

Barclay Damon

Beasley Allen

Ben Crump Law

Brockstedt Mandalas

Bursor & Fisher

CMS Cameron McKenna

Clyde & Co

Conyers Dill

Covington & Burling

DAC Beachcroft

DJC Law

DLA Piper

Davis Wright Tremaine

Dean Omar

Dentons

DiCello Levitt

Edelman Combs

Eichhorn & Eichhorn

Faegre Drinker

Fenchurch Law

Freshfields

Gibbs Mura

Gibson Dunn

Gillam Smith

Gowling WLG

Greenberg Traurig

HJV Car Accident Personal Injury Lawyers

Hacker Stephens

Harrison Goddard Foote

Hogan Lovells

Homburger AG

Howes Percival

Jackson Lewis PC

Jones Fussell

Keoghs LLP

Kessler Topaz

Kirkland & Ellis

LK Law Pty Ltd

Latham & Watkins

Lenz & Staehelin

Levin Sedran

Lieff Cabraser

Liskow & Lewis

Mayer Brown

MoloLamken

Morgan Lewis

Motley Rice

Nabarro LLP

Ogletree Deakins

Osborne Clarke

Penningtons Manches

Perkins Coie

Procopio Cory

Quinn Emanuel

Reynolds Porter

Riess LeMieux

Ropes & Gray

Seeger Weiss

Sharp Law LLP

Sherin & Lodgen

Shook Hardy

Sidley Austin

Skadden Arps

Stoel Rives

Strauss Borrelli

Sullivan & Cromwell

Taylor Rose

Thompsons Solicitors

Trethowans LLP

Trowers & Hamlins

Tycko & Zavareei

Vincents Solicitors

Wagstaff & Cartmell

Walker Morris LLP

Ward Hadaway

White & Case

Williams Barber

WilmerHale

Yetter Coleman

gunnercooke LLP

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

23andMe Inc.

7-Eleven Inc.

AARP Inc.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Airlines Group Inc.

American Bankers Association

American Bar Association

American International Group Inc.

Apple Inc.

Association of Corporate Counsel

Aux

Bank Policy Institute

Barclays PLC

Binance Holdings Ltd.

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Blue Shield of California

BlueCross BlueShield of Texas

British Broadcasting Corp.

ByteDance Ltd.

Common Sense Media Inc.

Conduent Inc.

Consumer Bankers Association

Consumer Federation of America

CrowdStrike Holdings Inc.

Experian PLC

Google LLC

H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB

HTC Corporation

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

Home Box Office Inc.

Humana Inc.

Instagram Inc.

International Business Machines Corp.

Investments Ltd.

J Sainsbury PLC

Johnson & Johnson

Juniper Networks Inc.

Kiteworks USA LLC

Kyndryl Holdings Inc.

Laing O'Rourke

Leidos Holdings Inc.

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

LinkedIn Corp.

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

Lloyd's America Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Monsanto Co.

NVIDIA Corp.

Nasdaq Inc.

Navy Federal Credit Union

OpenAI OpCo LLC

PPG Industries Inc.

PowerSchool Group LLC

Roblox Corp.

S&P Global Inc.

Sharp HealthCare

Sling TV LLC

Snap Inc.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

The Hershey Co.

The Home Depot Inc.

TikTok Inc.

Transocean Ltd.

Uber Technologies Inc.

Union Pacific Corp.

Valaris

Verizon Communications Inc.

Vodafone Group PLC

W.R. Berkley Corp.

W.R. Grace & Co.

Walmart Inc.

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

White Castle Management Co.

YouTube Inc.

Zappos.com Inc.

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Department of Justice

California Privacy Protection Agency

Colorado Attorney General's Office

Delaware Court of Chancery

Federal Trade Commission

Financial Conduct Authority

Illinois General Assembly

Illinois Supreme Court

Indiana Attorney General's Office

Maine Attorney General's Office

National Labor Relations Board

Texas Attorney General's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

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

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michigan

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

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

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

UK High Court

United States District Court for the District of Nevada