An Illinois federal judge has refused to cut wiretap and negligence claims from a proposed class action accusing telehealth provider Nourish Inc. of deploying tracking tools that illegally transmitted website visitors' sensitive health information to Google, while tossing several privacy and contract allegations and rebuking the plaintiffs for filing a "press release complaint."
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Nourish Can't Ax Wiretap Claims In Google Data Sharing Row

By Allison Grande

An Illinois federal judge has refused to cut wiretap and negligence claims from a proposed class action accusing telehealth provider Nourish Inc. of deploying tracking tools that illegally transmitted website visitors' sensitive health information to Google, while tossing several privacy and contract allegations and rebuking the plaintiffs for filing a "press release complaint."

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W.Va. Strikes $11.5M Deal With Roblox Over Kid Safety

By Emily Field

The West Virginia attorney general on Tuesday said his office had reached an $11 million settlement with gaming platform Roblox that will "fundamentally overhaul" the embattled company's child safety protections with mandatory age verification and limits on adult interactions with minors.

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Justices Look Split In 7th Amendment Feud Over FCC Fines

By Christopher Cole

Several U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed convinced Tuesday that Federal Communications Commission fines are nonbinding unless enforced and don't deprive alleged rule violators of the right to a jury trial, but some colleagues still questioned whether the parties sanctioned by the agency have a meaningful chance of facing a jury.

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Kemper Sued Over Hack Of More Than 13M Records

By Gina Kim

Kemper Corp. was hit with at least three proposed class actions Monday in Illinois federal court by former employees who alleged that the insurance giant failed to stop a preventable cyberattack led by the hacking group known as ShinyHunters last week that released more than 13 million records and their sensitive information on the dark web. 

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Whitepages Can't Nix Colo. Telemarketing Fraud Class Claims

By Rachel Riley

Online directories Whitepages and RocketReach lost their efforts to strike class allegations from parallel lawsuits claiming they violated Colorado's Prevention of Telemarketing Fraud Act, with a Seattle federal judge ruling Tuesday that the pleadings so far don't rule out proceeding on a classwide basis.

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Capital One Clients Seek Cert. Over Info Sent To Meta, Google

By Bonnie Eslinger

Counsel for Capital One customers urged a California federal judge Tuesday to certify a class over claims their personal financial information was illegally disclosed to Meta Platforms Inc., Google LLC and others, saying the customers' claims share a common question — whether the financial giant obtained consent based on its privacy disclosures.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Calif. Privacy Agency Seeks Input On Rules Over Worker Data

By Dorothy Atkins

The California Privacy Protection Agency is seeking feedback on a range of topics to inform potential future regulations, including whether new rules are needed to regulate the use of employee and job applicants' personal data, and whether existing rules need to be updated to simplify potentially confusing privacy policies.

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Arkansas' Second Attempt At Age Verification Law Blocked

By Nadia Dreid

Tech trade group NetChoice has won another battle in its war against age verification laws, convincing an Arkansas federal court to again block a state law that would restrict minors' ability to use social media.

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House Panel Votes To Gut Corporate Transparency Act

By Kevin Pinner

A House finance committee advanced a bill Tuesday that would defang the Corporate Transparency Act by exempting all domestically owned companies from compliance, codifying a limitation already implemented by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

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LITIGATION

Deposition Sinks Social Media Bellwether Case, Judge Told

By Craig Clough

Social media companies urged a California federal judge at a hearing Tuesday to toss a bellwether case in sprawling litigation accusing the companies of harming children's mental health, arguing that the plaintiff admitted during his deposition that he was not harmed by the platform's features, sinking his claims.

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Mass. Man Says Coinbase, Kraken Failed To Stop $500K Scam

By Julie Manganis

Cryptocurrency platforms Coinbase and Kraken failed to adequately protect a Boston man from a sophisticated "support" scam that led to the loss of $500,000, according to a lawsuit filed in Massachusetts state court on Tuesday.

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Suit Says DOJ Voter Data Checks Could Trigger Purges

By Britain Eakin

Voting rights advocates sued the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday over its bid to acquire states' unredacted voter information to cross-check voter rolls against immigration databases, warning that the effort could enable purges of naturalized citizens who are eligible to vote.

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Ameriprise Didn't Disclose Records Breach, Suit Says

By Sydney Price

Financial services company Ameriprise was hit with a proposed class action in Minnesota federal court accusing it of failing to safeguard customers' data from cybercriminals, resulting in a breach of its records in March.

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Brief

Plaintiff Drops Pot Co. Spam Text Suit

By Jonathan Capriel

A man who sued a cannabis retailer on allegations he received unsolicited text messages has voluntarily dismissed his Florida federal lawsuit just a month after the company argued the Telephone Consumer Protection Act only covers calls, not texts.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

How Cos. Can Prep For Conn. Data Privacy Amendments

Effective July 1, 2026, amendments to the Connecticut Data Privacy Act narrow the safe harbor for data used by banks, insurance companies and other financial services businesses, highlighting how state regulators plan to focus on how companies handle sensitive data and honor the data rights of the state's residents, say attorneys at Day Pitney.

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E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On ESI Control

Several recent federal court decisions have perpetuated a split over what constitutes “control” of electronically stored information — with judges divided on whether the standard should turn on a party's legal right or practical ability to obtain the information, say attorneys at Sidley.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Some Firms Break Lobbying Revenue Records Again

By Alison Knezevich

After raking in record-breaking federal lobbying revenue last year, several firms reported this week that they had their strongest quarter ever in the first three months of 2026, with practice leaders predicting another busy period ahead as midterms approach.

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Breyer Says 'Shadow Docket' Not A Top Court Power Grab

By Carolyn Muyskens

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said Tuesday that the rise of the so-called shadow docket is a consequence of the post-COVID era and not a bid to usurp influence by the high court. 

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Sullivan & Cromwell Alerts SDNY To AI Errors In Ch. 15 Case

By Andrea Keckley

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP told a New York bankruptcy judge Saturday that an emergency motion it filed in Prince Global Holdings Ltd.'s Chapter 15 case contained several inaccurate citations and other errors, including what the firm described as artificial intelligence "hallucinations."

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Pillsbury Unlawfully Fired Pregnant Recruiter, Bias Suit Says

By Lauren Berg

The former Black female director for associate recruiting at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP says she was unlawfully fired just weeks after disclosing her high-risk pregnancy to her supervisor, according to her discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed Tuesday in Tennessee federal court.

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WDTX Judge Albright Stepping Down At End Of Summer

By Dani Kass

U.S. District Judge Alan Albright is resigning after nearly eight years presiding over cases in the Western District of Texas, Law360 confirmed Tuesday.

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Ex-Wis. Judge Argues ICE Case Reversal Backs Her Acquittal

By Craig Clough

Former state Judge Hannah Dugan asked a Wisconsin federal judge Tuesday to reconsider an order not to overturn her felony obstruction conviction for directing a defendant in her courtroom away from immigration agents, arguing the Fourth Circuit recently reversed a decision the trial court repeatedly relied upon.

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Warsh Rejects Claim He'd Be Trump's 'Sock Puppet' At Fed

By Jon Hill

Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh sought at his Tuesday confirmation hearing to rebut Democratic accusations that he would be a White House "sock puppet," distancing himself from President Donald Trump's calls for rate cuts and downplaying their significance.

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Copyright Head Touts 6,000 Registrations Of Human-AI Works

By Theresa Schliep

The U.S. Copyright Office has issued more than 6,000 registrations for works that incorporate artificial intelligence-generated materials and follow the agency's guidance for combined human-made and AI-created works, U.S. Copyright Office leader Shira Perlmutter said Tuesday.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Adams & Reese

Akin Gump

Beasley Allen

Boies Schiller

Bracewell LLP

Brownstein Hyatt

Bursor & Fisher

Chestnut Cambronne

Clement & Murphy

CohenMalad

Covington & Burling

DLA Piper

Day Pitney

Diserio Martin

Ellzey Kherkher

Emery Reddy

Eversheds Sutherland

Fish & Richardson

Friday Eldredge

Gimbel Reilly

Gray Cary

Hogan Lovells

Holland & Knight

Just Food Law PLLC

K&L Gates

Kellogg Hansen

King & Spalding

Kobre & Kim

Kopelowitz Ostrow

Law Offices of Jibrael S. Hindi

McNaul Ebel

Meritz Reddy

Milberg PLLC

Morgan Lewis

Munger Tolles

Pillsbury Winthrop

Quinn Emanuel

Sanford Law (Little Rock, AR)

Sidley Austin

Siri & Glimstad

Squire Patton

Stranch Jennings

Strang Bradley

Strauss Borrelli

Sullivan & Cromwell

Willkie Farr

Wilson Elser

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AT&T Inc.

Abiomed Inc.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Civil Liberties Union

American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations

American Postal Workers Union

Ameriprise Financial Inc.

BGR Government Affairs LLC

Ballard Partners Inc.

Binance Holdings Ltd.

ByteDance Ltd.

Capital One Financial Corp.

Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp.

Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington

Coinbase Global Inc.

Cox Communications Inc.

EE Ltd.

FCA US LLC

Ford Motor Co.

Google LLC

Harvard University

Honda Motor Co. Ltd.

Instagram Inc.

Maquet GmbH

Meta Platforms Inc.

Payward Inc.

Protect Democracy Project Inc.

Reddit Inc.

Roblox Corp.

Snap Inc.

Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

The New York Times Co.

TikTok Inc.

Todd Snyder

Tractor Supply Co.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Verizon Communications Inc.

Whitepages Consumer Inc.

YouTube Inc.

ZoomInfo Technologies Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

California Privacy Protection Agency

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Connecticut Attorney General's Office

Connecticut Department of Banking

Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Illinois Supreme Court

Judicial Conference of the United States

Los Angeles Superior Court

National Labor Relations Board

Social Security Administration

Texas Attorney General's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

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

U.S. Copyright Office

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

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 Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

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

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

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

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

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 Southern District of California

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

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

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

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

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin