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Google Notches Deal With Flo Users Ahead Of Privacy Trial
By Allison Grande
Google and users of the menstrual cycle tracking app Flo have reached a deal to resolve claims that the tech giant used a data analytics tool to unlawfully retrieve their sensitive health data, releasing the company from a July 21 trial that's still scheduled to proceed with respect to similar privacy claims being pressed against the app maker and Meta.
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OpenAI Must Give Musk Info On Altman Firing In Fraud Suit
By Bonnie Eslinger
A California federal magistrate judge overseeing discovery in Elon Musk's lawsuit challenging OpenAI's now-abandoned transition to a for-profit enterprise ordered the artificial intelligence company to hand over documents related to CEO Sam Altman's brief firing by OpenAI's board, agreeing the information is "relevant" to Musk's charitable trust and fraud claims.
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'Admonition' But No More Amazon Penalty For Hidden Docs
By Bryan Koenig
A federal judge in Washington state took Amazon.com to task Thursday for "bad faith" material review that labeled tens of thousands of documents as covered by attorney-client privilege despite involving no legal advice, but the judge, who is presiding over the Federal Trade Commission's Prime subscriptions case against the company, opted against further punishment.
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Analysis
5 Employee Benefits Takeaways On The GOP Tax Bill
By Kellie Mejdrich
Congressional Republicans' sweeping tax and policy bill, which President Donald Trump sought and then signed, contains multiple provisions that caught the attention of employee benefits and executive compensation attorneys, including new changes to high-deductible health plans and an employer-side deduction limit affecting highly compensated employees. Here are five takeaways from employee benefits and executive compensation attorneys on what's in — and out of — the GOP megabill.
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