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October 09, 2025
Clearview AI's £7.5M GDPR Fine Faces Renewed Scrutiny
A London tribunal has decided that a lower court was wrong to find that the U.K.'s data protection regulator lacked the power to fine Clearview AI Inc. £7.5 million ($10 million) over its collection of images of U.K. citizens from social media without their knowledge.
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October 08, 2025
NYC Takes Social Media Youth Addiction Suit To Federal Court
New York City has withdrawn from coordinated litigation against social media companies in California and filed a largely identical suit in federal court, a move the city determined was in its "best interest" for holding the companies accountable for purposefully getting youth hooked on their addictive platforms, a spokesperson said Wednesday.
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October 08, 2025
Retailers Lose Bid To Ax NY Algorithmic Pricing Law
A New York federal judge Wednesday tossed the National Retail Federation's lawsuit challenging a new state law that requires retailers to disclose the use of so-called algorithmic pricing, saying the retailers have not plausibly alleged that the disclosure requirement violates the First Amendment's prohibition on compelled speech.
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October 08, 2025
FCC Tells Justices 5th Circ. Used Jarkesy To Gut Enforcement
The Fifth Circuit erroneously used a major U.S. Supreme Court decision curtailing U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission trials to "severely impair" Federal Communications Commission enforcement in the telecommunications industry, the FCC said in a petition urging the justices to resolve a new circuit split.
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October 08, 2025
Defunct Coke Co. To Pay $700K For Skipped Pollution Monitor
A defunct Pennsylvania coal processor will pay the federal government $700,000 in fines after its employees admitted to bypassing pollution controls at an Erie coke plant, according to court records.
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October 08, 2025
Shinnecock Tribe Wants In On Long Island Land Dispute
A Native American tribe at the heart of a Long Island, New York, town's lawsuit over a U.S. government decision to place 84 acres of land into "restricted fee" status for the tribe has asked a federal judge to let it intervene in the suit.
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October 08, 2025
Big Banks' Gain Could Be Small Banks' Pain, Fed's Barr Says
Federal regulators' plans to ease capital rules and other supervisory safeguards at big banks may jeopardize financial stability and leave community banks to pick up the pieces if something goes wrong, Federal Reserve Gov. Michael Barr warned in a speech Wednesday.
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October 08, 2025
5th Circ. Wary Of TitleMax Affiliate's Aim To Skip Usury Case
A Fifth Circuit panel appears skeptical of a TitleMax affiliate's argument that it should get to escape the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities usury case alleging the affiliate breached state law, saying Wednesday the proceedings looked like typical state police power.
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October 08, 2025
Utah Tribe Appeals Denial To Fight $16M Ovintiv Air Deal
The Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation is appealing a federal district court decision that denied its intervention to challenge a $16 million Clean Air Act consent decree between the U.S. government and Ovintiv USA Inc.
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October 08, 2025
Next Boeing 737 Max Ethiopian Air Cases Set For Nov. 3 Trial
A Chicago damages trial has been set for Nov. 3 for two families forging ahead with wrongful death cases against Boeing over the Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max 8 crash of 2019, with three additional cases up next for trial, counsel for the families said Wednesday.
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October 08, 2025
Kalshi Accused Of Violating SC, Federal Gambling Laws
Trading platforms Kalshi and Robinhood are being sued in South Carolina on allegations that they violate the state's strict anti-gambling laws by offering sports betting and operating a "prediction market" for state residents.
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October 08, 2025
Kalshi Fights Ohio Ban As Pa. Flags Sports Betting Loophole
The clash between state gaming regulators and federally regulated platforms offering sports wagers continued this week as Kalshi sued Ohio agencies over a directive to shut down its sports event contracts, while Pennsylvania's Gaming Control Board warned Congress that prediction markets broadly "create a backdoor to legalized sports betting."
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October 08, 2025
'I Don't Want To Be A Referee,' Google Search Judge Says
A D.C. federal judge faced the prospect Wednesday of years more involvement in the U.S. Justice Department's case against Google's search monopoly, saying during a hearing that he's trying to balance avoiding being a "referee" for his remedies decision while preventing "misuses" of data sharing and search syndication mandates.
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October 08, 2025
North Dakota To Issue Stablecoin Through State-Owned Bank
North Dakota on Wednesday announced plans to issue its own stable-value token through a partnership between fintech Fiserv Inc. and the state-owned Bank of North Dakota.
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October 08, 2025
Firm Owner Benefited From Ex-Official's Help, Jury Hears
A construction management firm owner who claimed she felt pressured to pay Kosta Diamantis and to hire the Connecticut budget official's daughter also accepted business advice and landed government contracts with Diamantis' assistance, helping the fledgling company she launched without much experience, the official's attorney argued Wednesday.
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October 08, 2025
Exxon Retail Voting Program Green Light Inspires Other Cos.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent green light of Exxon Mobil Corp.'s program to enable automated proxy voting for retail investors has sparked interest among other firms exploring implementing their own such programs, as the oil and gas giant moves to counter activist groups.
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October 08, 2025
Judge OKs Amazon's Evidence Clawback In Antitrust Suits
Amazon can claw back certain documents it handed over during discovery in a series of antitrust lawsuits alleging the company's merchant policies artificially raised market prices, a Seattle federal judge has ruled, rejecting objections raised by consumers suing the e-commerce giant.
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October 08, 2025
FirstEnergy Investors Seek Clarity On 6th Circ. Privilege Order
FirstEnergy investors asked the Sixth Circuit Wednesday to clarify a recent ruling blocking them from accessing internal investigation documents in a lawsuit over a $1 billion bribery scandal, arguing that the company is holding up depositions due to its misreading of the court's opinion.
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October 08, 2025
Calif. Mandates Browser Ad Tracking Opt-Out In US First
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Wednesday that requires browser developers to offer a digital tool enabling consumers to more easily opt out of online behavioral advertising throughout the web, making the Golden State the first in the nation to enact the regulations.
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October 08, 2025
Gov't Shutdown Essentially 'Freezes' IPO Market, Attys Say
While the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission technically remains open during the ongoing government shutdown that has now exceeded one week, staffing shortages have made it increasingly difficult for companies to launch initial public offerings, leaving them with few options.
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October 08, 2025
Avon Trust Sues Insurers Over Coverage Of Talc Liabilities
A trust established to pay asbestos claimants in Avon's Chapter 11 has urged a Delaware state court to rule that almost 30 insurers must help indemnify more than $225 million of the cosmetics company's talc injury liabilities, saying the insurance carriers had or would fail to do so.
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October 08, 2025
Crypto Co. Sues Mercury Funds Over $270M Token Dispute
A blockchain startup sued several entities of a venture capital firm on Wednesday, claiming they are trying to turn a $100,000 investment in the blockchain company's early-stage digital asset venture into $270 million worth of tokens by exploiting a contract typo that mistakenly tied token rights to all their shares.
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October 08, 2025
ICE Violating Settlement With Warrantless Arrests, Judge Says
A federal judge in Illinois has ruled that the use of informal administrative warrants by agents from ICE's Chicago field office in recent immigration enforcement actions violates a 2022 settlement with unauthorized immigrants that requires the agency to use warrants signed by a judge when making most arrests.
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October 08, 2025
AFL-CIO Opposes Draft Senate Crypto Bill
A major labor organization, the AFL-CIO, has come out against a Republican draft bill on crypto market structure, saying the draft lacks "meaningful safeguards."
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October 08, 2025
11th Circ. Urged To Keep Ga.'s E-Commerce Regs On Ice
Internet trade group NetChoice urged the Eleventh Circuit Wednesday to leave in place an injunction that for more than a year has kept Georgia from enforcing new requirements on e-commerce platforms, arguing the state's law tries to push past a regulatory "ceiling" already imposed by federal law.
Expert Analysis
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Cybersecurity Risks Can Lurk In Gov't Contractor Acquisitions
The Justice Department’s recent False Claims Act enforcement activity against Raytheon and Nightwing-related defense contractors demonstrates the importance of identifying and mitigating potential cybersecurity compliance risks when acquiring a company that contracts with the federal government, say attorneys at Foley & Lardner.
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Budget Act Should Boost Focus On Trade Compliance
Passage of the One Big Beautiful Budget Act, coupled with recent U.S. Department of Justice statements that it will use the False Claims Act aggressively to pursue trade, tariff and customs fraud, marks a sharp increase in trade-related enforcement risk, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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9th Circ.'s Trade Secrets Ruling Is A Win For DTSA Plaintiffs
The Ninth Circuit's recent decision in Quintara v. Ruifeng shifts the balance in federal trade secret litigation toward a more flexible, discovery-driven process, meaning that plaintiffs may be more likely to pursue claims under the Defend Trade Secrets Act, and early motions to strike or dismiss will face steep odds, say attorneys at Cooley.
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NY Bill Would Complicate Labor Law Amid NLRB Uncertainty
The New York Legislature passed a bill that, if enacted, would grant state agencies the power to enforce federal labor law, potentially causing significant challenges for employers as they could be subject to both state and federal regulators depending on the National Labor Relations Board's operational status, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.
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Associates Can Earn Credibility By Investing In Relationships
As the class of 2025 prepares to join law firms this fall, new associates must adapt to office dynamics and establish credible reputations — which require quiet, consistent relationship-building skills as much as legal acumen, says Kyle Forges at Bast Amron.
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How The Genius Act May Aid In Fight Against 'Pig Butchering'
The recently enacted Genius Act represents a watershed moment in the fight against crypto fraud, providing new tools to freeze and recover funds that are lost to scams such as "pig butchering" schemes executed from scam factories abroad, but there are implementation challenges to watch, say attorneys at Treanor Devlin.
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New Colo. Teen Privacy Rules Signal National Regulatory Shift
Recently released proposed rule amendments to the Colorado Privacy Act that would create some of the most robust protections for minors' online data in the U.S. reflect an ongoing trend of states taking steps to extend privacy protection for their residents, complicating the compliance burden for companies, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Traditional Venue Theories May Not Encompass Crypto Fraud
A New York federal court's recent decision in U.S. v. Eisenberg, overturning a jury verdict against a crypto trader on venue deficiencies and insufficient evidence, highlights the challenges of prosecutions in the decentralized finance space, and will no doubt curtail law enforcement's often overly expansive view of jurisdiction and venue, say attorneys at Venable.
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Opinion
Congressional Bid Protest Concerns Lack Evidence
The U.S. Government Accountability Office's most recent congressionally mandated report on the bid protest process showed little reason for concern, and underlined that further scrutiny should cease until data is collected that would enable the identification of purported problems, say attorneys at Fox Rothschild.
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A Shifting Trend In FDA Form 483 Disclosure Obligations
A New York federal court's Checkpoint Therapeutics decision extends a recent streak of dismissals of securities class actions alleging that pharmaceutical companies failed to disclose U.S. Food and Drug Administration Form 483 inspection reports, providing critical guidance for companies during the FDA approval process, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.
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Biosolid Contaminants Spawn Litigation, Regulation Risks
While nutrient-rich biosolids — aka sewage sludge — can be an attractive fertilizer, pending legislation and litigation spurred by the risk of contamination with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and other pollutants should put stakeholders in this industry on guard, say attorneys at K&L Gates.
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When Misconduct Can Trigger Bank Industry Employment Ban
The Federal Reserve Board recently settled an enforcement action in which a former employee of a Wyoming bank was banned from banking for conduct she allegedly committed at an entity unrelated to the bank, raising questions about the scope of regulatory enforcement authority, says Travis Nelson at Polsinelli.
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Filing Clarifies FTC, DOJ's Passive Investment Stance
The antitrust agencies' statement of interest filed in Texas v. Blackrock clarifies that certain forms of corporate governance engagement are permissible under the "solely for investment" exemption, a move that offers guidance for passive investors but also signals new scrutiny of coordinated engagement, say attorneys at Stinson.
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Lessons From 7th Circ.'s Deleted Chat Sanctions Ruling
The Seventh Circuit’s recent decision in Pable v. Chicago Transit Authority, affirming the dismissal of an ex-employee’s retaliation claims, highlights the importance of properly handling the preservation of ephemeral messages and clarifies key sanctions issues, says Philip Favro at Favro Law.
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Opinion
Aviation Watch: Liability Lessons From 737 Max Blowout
The National Transportation Safety Board's recently released report on the 2024 door plug blowout on board a Boeing 737 Max airliner helps illuminate how a company's strategic mistakes can lead to flawed decision-making and supply chain oversight failures, ultimately increasing regulatory and legal exposure, says Alan Hoffman, a retired attorney and aviation expert.