A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday declined to block the Trump administration's proposed $1.8 billion "lawfare" fund, crediting statements from Attorney General Todd Blanche and other U.S. Department of Justice lawyers last week that the fund was dead.
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TOP NEWS

Judge Tells DOJ Not To 'Play Possum' On Trump Fund

By Jared Foretek

A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday declined to block the Trump administration's proposed $1.8 billion "lawfare" fund, crediting statements from Attorney General Todd Blanche and other U.S. Department of Justice lawyers last week that the fund was dead.

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Meta, YouTube Lose Bid To Void $6M Addiction Verdict

By Lauren Berg

Meta Platforms Inc. and Google cannot overturn a landmark verdict finding them liable for harming the mental health of a young woman who says she became addicted to their social media platforms as a child, a Los Angeles judge has ruled.

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FCC Says Chinese Lab Falsified Reports Via Copy-Paste Ploy

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission has started the process of pulling U.S. certification from an equipment testing lab based in China that the agency claims submitted false test reports for devices by copying other reports.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Use 'Great Care' In Covered List Changes, Rural ISPs Tell FCC

By Christopher Cole

Rural internet service providers want the Federal Communications Commission to make sure only companies posing known risks are barred from interconnecting high-speed networks as the FCC looks to expand a national security program.

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FCC Grants ISP Biz Waiver On Router Hardware For 1 Year

By Nadia Dreid

The Federal Communications Commission has come through and granted NCTA — The Internet & Television Association members a waiver allowing them to make changes to foreign-made routers after granting similar permission to telecom titan AT&T.

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LITIGATION

IT Co. Rigged Server To Christmas Tree Timer, $5.5M Suit Says

By Elaine Briseño

The National Institute of Building Sciences alleged in D.C. federal court that an information technology firm caused it at least $5.52 million in damages by failing to maintain and upgrade a web platform for government facility acquisition, instead doing "slapdash" work including rigging a server with a Christmas tree timer.

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GoSecure's Patent Case Should Stay Alive, Judge Says

By Adam Lidgett

A Texas federal judge has suggested that Austin-based CrowdStrike Inc. shouldn't be allowed to escape a suit accusing it of infringing a computer system monitoring patent, saying the allegations are sufficient at this point to avoid dismissal.

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Influencer Says Underwear Co. Posted Lewd Deepfake

By Elliot Weld

A lifestyle content creator has sued body-inclusivity-oriented underwear company EBY Inc., claiming that while she had agreed to be a brand ambassador, the company used artificial intelligence to create a "deepfake" version of her and then used it to post a video where she appeared partially nude.

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Accenture Pushes For Arbitration In WhatsApp Privacy Suit

By Caroline Simson

Irish technology consulting company Accenture PLC on Tuesday pressed a California federal judge to nix proposed class claims brought by WhatsApp users alleging privacy violations or send the matter to arbitration, as the users said that they will fight to at least keep certain state law claims in court.

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Grindr Says Arbitration Order In Teen Death Suit Was Proper

By Y. Peter Kang

The Grindr dating platform criticized a bid to undo an arbitration order lodged by the estate of a 16-year-old girl who was tortured and killed after a 35-year-old man allegedly used the app to lure her to his home, saying case law cited by the estate was not precedential.

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DEALS

Data Security Biz Valued At $12B After $600M Funding Round

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Data security company Cyera announced Wednesday that it reached a $12 billion valuation after raising $600 million from investors in its latest funding round, quadrupling the company's valuation over the last 18 months.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Unpacking The Take It Down Act's Compliance Ambiguities

The Federal Trade Commission’s recent guidance concerning the Take It Down Act suggests that covered platforms should build removal systems immediately and prioritize compliance, but until courts or regulators provide additional clarity, companies will be navigating a statutory framework that is urgent and uncertain, says Laura-Kate Bernstein at ZwillGen.

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PowerSchool Data Breach Ruling Underscores PE Liability

The recent California federal court decision in PowerSchool, where Bain Capital was unable to dismiss claims relating to a data breach based in part on Bain's preinvestment activities, is an important addition to the line of cases addressing investor liability for acts of a portfolio company, says Mark Kelley at MoloLamken.

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Fla. Driver Ruling Shows Renewed Focus On Privacy Standing

A Florida federal court's recent dismissal of a class action alleging that private driving records had been improperly used in violation of the Driver's Privacy Protection Act suggests that companies defending against privacy class actions in Florida may reconsider Article III challenges at the dismissal stage, say attorneys at Sidley.

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West Coast Health Cos. Must Brace For Federal Enforcement

In light of the U.S. Department of Justice's newly established West Coast strike force targeting healthcare fraud across Northern California, Arizona and Nevada, health organizations will need to prioritize knowledge, vigilance and operational discipline to reduce exposure from potentially parallel criminal and civil investigations, says Michael Beckwith at Dickinson Wright.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

The 2026 Law360 400

By Daniela Porat

Law360 is pleased to announce its list of the 400 largest U.S. firms by headcount.

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Kellogg Hansen Bests Susman Godfrey's Associate Pay Hikes

By Andrea Keckley

More litigation boutiques are joining the growing number of firms raising their base salaries for associates, with Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC exceeding the scale Susman Godfrey LLP set earlier this week.

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SDNY US Atty Jay Clayton Picked For DNI After Pulte Pushback

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump announced on Thursday he's nominating Jay Clayton, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, to be director of national intelligence.

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Widow Sues Podhurst Orseck Over $4M 737 Max Settlement

By Mike Curley

An Indonesian widow is suing Podhurst Orseck PA and one of its attorneys in Illinois federal court, alleging they failed to keep her informed or get her all the money she was entitled to in a $4 million settlement with Boeing over the fatal crash of Lion Air Flight 610.

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Miss America CEO Wants Ex-Atty Barred From Court

By Emily Lever

The CEO of Miss America and companies linked to the pageant asked a Florida federal court on Thursday to bar their former counsel Carlton Fields from a status conference in their litigation over Miss America's bankruptcy, arguing the firm is not a party and is no longer counsel of record.

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Immigration Firm Says Attys Fraudulently Poached Clients

By Britain Eakin

A law firm recently accused of running a volume-driven immigration filing mill claimed in a new lawsuit in Ohio federal court that three attorneys and a TikTok personality orchestrated a social media campaign falsely accusing it of visa fraud as a way to poach its clients.

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Ex-Trump Atty Chesebro Gets Fla. Law License Back

By Madison Arnold

The Florida Supreme Court has reinstated the law license of former Trump campaign attorney Kenneth Chesebro after his conviction in Georgia's election interference racketeering case was eventually cleared by a court order invalidating the charge.

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Mass. Attys Ding Watchdog's 'Myopic' Public Defense Report

By Julie Manganis

The leader of a group of Massachusetts attorneys who stopped taking court-appointed cases last year over what they say are inadequate hourly rates on Thursday slammed a state inspector general's highly critical report on the state's indigent defense system as "myopic."

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Ahmad Zavitsanos

Barnes & Thornburg

Beasley Allen

Carlton Fields

Cleary Gottlieb

Collins Bargione

Covington & Burling

Davis Wright Tremaine

Dickinson Wright

Elsberg Baker

Farella Braun

Foley & Lardner

Gibson Dunn

Greenberg Traurig

Holwell Shuster

Kellogg Hansen

Kessenick Gamma

Kessler Topaz

Kiesel Law

Kirkland & Ellis

Kluger Kaplan

Lanier Law Firm

Lisinski Law Firm

Lubin Austermuehle

Meitar

Milbank LLP

MoloLamken

Panish Shea

PilieroMazza

Podhurst Orseck

Quinn Emanuel

Reese Marketos

Scott Douglass

Sidley Austin

Sullivan & Cromwell

Susman Godfrey

Taft Stettinius

Wilson Sonsini

ZwillGen

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AT&T Inc.

Accenture PLC

Amazon.com Inc.

Apple Inc.

Black Diamond Capital Management LLC

Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington

Coatue Management LLC

CrowdStrike Holdings Inc.

Cyera

Google LLC

Grindr LLC

Haleon PLC

Instagram Inc.

International Association of Privacy Professionals

Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.

McAfee Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

National Institute of Building Sciences

National Telephone Cooperative Association

OM Group, Inc.

Orlando Health Inc.

PetMed Express Inc.

PowerSchool Group LLC

Roblox Corp.

Spark Capital

The Florida Bar

The New York Times Co.

TikTok Inc.

TransUnion LLC

Valvoline Inc.

YouTube Inc.

Zumba Fitness LLC

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Committee for Public Counsel Services

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Housing Finance Agency

Federal Trade Commission

Florida Supreme Court

Internal Revenue Service

Los Angeles Superior Court

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

TRICARE

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of State

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

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

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 Illinois

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

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

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

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

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court