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Cybersecurity & Privacy - February, 2025

264 articles

• 9th Circ. Keeps Mass Starz Privacy Arbitration Consolidated
• Trump Admin Cuts Raise Trade Secret Security Concerns
• Pa. Health System Can't Compel Arbitration In Meta Pixel Suit
• Wash. Judge Picks Apart Parents' Hospital Data Privacy Suit
• FinCEN Delays Corporate Transparency Act Deadlines
• Justices Asked To Review IRS Crypto Doc Seizure Case
• CFPB Drops TransUnion Suit In Enforcement Retreat
• Ex-White House Cyber Pro Joins Sidley As DC Privacy Partner
• Unions Can Depose DOGE In Agency Access Suit, Judge Says
• US Vision Beats Suit Over 2021 Ransomware Attack
• Alsup Halts 'Illegal' Firings Of Probationary Federal Workers
• DOJ Tells DC Circ. To Keep Apple Out Of Google Case
• Convicted COVID Aid Fraudster Gets 11 Years For $7.6M Plot
• Calif. Data Broker Gets 3-Year Ban For Not Registering
• Insurer's Bid To Dodge $1.4M Bank Scam Suit Premature
• Carolinas Law Firm Hit With Suit Over 2024 Data Breach
• Harvard Pilgrim To Pay $16M To Settle Data Breach Claims
• Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Snap Investors End Derivative Suit Over Apple Privacy Change
• Arkansas Hits GM With Suit Over 'Deceptive' Driver Data Sales
• Pornhub Data Privacy Suit Will Go To Arbitration
• Capital One Can't Delete Suit Over 'Refer A Friend' Texts
• Web Liability Fix Faces 'Persuasive' Test, FCC Expert Says
• Police Supply Store, Others Ask 5th Circ. To Keep CTA Paused
• Google Photos Service Illegally Scans Facial Data, Suit Says
• Banks' Fight Over CFPB Open Banking Rule Put On Pause
• Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence
• Retailer Pushes To Ax 2,400 Web Tracking Arbitration Claims
• DC Judge Blocks Trump's Federal Funding Freeze
• Calif. AG Agrees To Strike Part Of Landmark Social Media Law
• Ill. Pension Administrator Sued Over Breach Affecting 71K
• How To Track Trump's Legal Battles
• Alex Jones Asks To Maintain Stay On Sandy Hook Payment
• Insurer Says No Coverage For Atty In $1.4M Bank Scam Suit
• Meta Says 9th Circ. Shouldn't Touch Antitrust Cert. Denial
• SEC Reaffirms Defense Of Market Surveillance Tool
• Ex-Privacy Board Members Sue Trump Over Firings
• Elon Musk Hid True Nature Of PAC's $1M Giveaway, Atty Says
• Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
• Customers Say Doxim Breach Exposed Bank Data To Hackers
• FTC Pick Concerned But Won't 'Prejudge' Censorship Claims
• Referral Co. Barred From $5.54B Swipe Fee MDL Settlement
• A Closer Look At FDX's New Role As Banking Standard-Setter
• FCC Hires US House Lawyer As Regulator's Deputy GC
• 9th Circ. Axes Fee Award In California Pizza Kitchen Hack Deal
• Lloyd's Says Cadwalader's Suit Claims Nonexistent Tort
• Md. Judge Blocks DOGE Access To Education, OPM Data
• DraftKings Rips 'Flawed' Privacy Suit Over Meta Tracking Pixel
• NinjaOne Valued At $5B After $500M Series C Funding
• How Design Thinking Can Help Lawyers Find Purpose In Work
• Caplin & Drysdale Hires High-Profile Gov't Investigations Atty
• Supreme Court Skips Fee-Shifting, IP Web Scraping Questions
• Paul Hastings Adds Boston Co-Chair For New Tech Practice
• NY Judge Extends Block On DOGE's Treasury Access
• CFPB's Data Security In Spotlight After Agency Goes Dark
• Crypto Mining Machine Co. Bgin Blockchain Files $50M IPO
• Microsoft Says Encryption Suit Misunderstands Its Tech
• WebMD Users Secure Class Certification In Video Privacy Suit
• Telecom Biz Re-Ups Push To Exempt BEAD Funds From Taxes
• Va. Judge Won't Bar DOGE Access To Treasury, OPM Data
• Golf Course Operator Wants Workers' Data Breach Suits Axed
• Billionaire's Tax Privacy Suit Against Booz Allen Proceeds
• 10 Issues To Watch In Aerospace And Defense Contracting
• 2nd Circ. Sides With Cops Over 'Sense-Enhancing' IPhone
• Trump Media Board Plans M&A Expansion Fund
• Compliance Pointers For DOJ's Sweeping Data Security Rule
• Landmark AI Legislation On Kids, Bias Introduced In Calif.
• Calif. Privacy Agency Takes Regulatory Aim At 6th Data Broker
• New SEC Enforcement Unit Shows Drift From Crypto Focus
• Chinese App Temu Wants To Arbitrate Minors' Privacy Claims
• Warby Parker Hit With $1.5M Fine After HHS Breach Probe
• Judge Narrows Data Breach Suit Against Ga. Logistics Co.
• 11th Circ. Asked To Reinstate FCC's One-To-One Consent Rule
• Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: February Lessons
• Education Tech Firm Faces Class Action In NC Over Data Hack
• What To Expect From The New FCC Chair
• 4 Do's And Don'ts For Trial Lawyers Using Generative AI
• Defense Strategies For Politically Charged Prosecutions
• Competitive Weightlifting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Meta Should've Preserved Health Tracking Data, Judge Says
• News Site Ditches Suit Over Sharing Of Visitors' IP Addresses
• Blake Lively Says Other Actresses Will Testify Against Baldoni
• Tech Co.'s Software Doesn't Meet CMS Needs, Judge Says
• Citi Moves To Appeal NY Judge's Wire Fraud Protection Ruling
• Cybersecurity Official Rejoins DOD After Contentious Exit
• Funkadelic Keyboardist Won't Face Sanctions In Royalty Fight
• Crypto Group Urges Rollback Of IRS Broker Rule
• 11th Circ. TCPA Ruling Signals Erosion Of Judicial Deference
• Democrats Say DOGE Took 'Trove' Of Musk Rivals' CFPB Data
• Inside The Uncertainty Surrounding CFPB's Overdraft Rule
• FinCEN Sets March Deadline For Corporate Transparency Act
• Blue Cross Of NC Finalizes $1.67M TCPA Deal Over Robocalls
• Google Can't Stop Mass Arbitration Opt-Outs In Privacy Row
• Amazon Says Stalking Happened Before It Linked With Tile
• Health Net Pays $11.25M To Settle Cybersecurity FCA Claims
• Net Neutrality Supporters Want 6th Circ. Redo On FCC Rule
• CIA Gets Remaining Assange Visit Spying Claim Tossed
• Web Data Co. Hid Customer Usage Slowdown, Suit Says
• Meta Repeats Push To Halt Social Media Coverage Row In Del.
• Human Rights Atty Sees 'Serious Risks' Of Neural Data Abuse
• Howard Lutnick Wins Senate Nod To Lead Commerce Dept.
• Dispelling 10 Myths About Health Provider-Based Compliance
• Dems Push Corporate Transparency Act Legitimacy To Courts
• DC Court Asked To Block DOGE's Access To Taxpayer Data
• Firm Says Insurer Refused To Repay It For $1.5M Cyber Theft
• Employer Tips For Wise Use Of Workers' Biometrics And Tech
• How Ill. Ruling Could Influence Future Data Breach Cases
• Expect To Feel Aftershocks Of Chopra's CFPB Shake-Up
• Corp. Transparency Act's Future Under Treasury's Bessent
• Maine Judge Denies Challenge To Corporate Transparency Act
• 'Not For Sale': OpenAI Rebuffs Musk's $97.4B Takeover Bid
• HuffPost Sends User Data To Microsoft For Ads, Reader Says
• DC Judge Declines To Block New OPM Email System
• Texas Investigates DeepSeek For State Privacy Law Breach
• FCC Could Pull Equipment OKs For New Dahua US Owner
• Convicted Email Scammer Must Return $1.5M To Victims
• Corporate Transparency Act Vital For Nat'l Security, Circs. Told
• A Look At A Possible Corporate Transparency Act Exemption
• Inconsistent Injury-In-Fact Rules Hinder Federal Practice
• Womble Bond Adds BakerHostetler Business Partner In Irvine
• Judge Leaves Curbs On DOGE Treasury Access After Hearing
• What Financial Intermediaries Can Expect From New Admin
• Virginia AI Bills Could Serve As Nationwide Model
• DeepSeek's Rapid Rise Adds Fuel To AI Policy Push
• 9th Circ. Won't Undo Meta's $725M Privacy Suit
• Apple Pushes DC Circ. To Intervene In Google Remedies Case
• Artists, AI Image Cos. At Odds Over Scale Of Depositions
• Mass. Auto Telematics Data Law Not Preempted, Judge Says
• In-House Counsel Pointers For Preserving Atty-Client Privilege
• Musk Must Pay Up For Illegal Access To Data, Class Suit Says
• Sandy Hook Families Seek To Enforce Alex Jones Judgment
• Musk Says He'll Drop OpenAI Bid If It Scraps 'For Profit' Plans
• Kirkland, Davis Polk Steer SailPoint's Upsized $1.38B IPO
• House Republicans Launch Effort To Craft Data Privacy Law
• Crypto CEO Made $425K Disappear, Investor Tearfully Testifies
• OpenAI Says Musk Takeover Bid 'Exposes' Intent Behind Suit
• DOJ Removes For-Cause Protection For FTC, Other Agencies
• Colo. Judge Tosses Online Fax Co.'s Junk Ad Suit
• Dementia Society, CEO Must Face Workplace Spying Suit
• Western Digital Told To Pay $553M Sooner Rather Than Later
• Allstate Hit With Another Class Action Over Data Collection
• OPM Violated Employees' Privacy Rights, Unions Say
• Mnuchin, Others Face Fiduciary Suit From Cybersecurity CEO
• CFPB's Message To States Takes On New Weight Under Trump
• Google Must Face Wiretapping Suit Over AI-Powered Assistant
• Treasury Chief Exempt From Block On DOGE's System Access
• Meta User Antitrust Suit Gets Nov. 17 Trial Date
• Starbucks Accused Of Flouting Mass. Polygraph Hiring Law
• Collecting Rare Books Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Trump Tells Agencies To Plan 'Large-Scale' Cuts With Musk
• Wash. Health Privacy Law Debuts In Amazon Tracking Suit
• DOGE, Treasury Accused Of 'Largest' US Data Breach
• Ex-NY Gov. Aide And Husband Deny Foreign Agent Charges
• Progressive Inks $3.25M Data Breach Deal With 350K Members
• 2 Russians Arrested In $16M Phobos Ransomware Scheme
• 9th Circ. Doubts X Plaintiff Can Revive Phone Data Suit
• Ex-Employee Sues Fla. News Database Co. Over Data Breach
• No Prison For Firm Manager Who Aided Feds' No-Fault Bust
• Factual Dispute Keeps Walmart BIPA Suit In Court, For Now
• FTC Bureau Heads Include DOJ Alum With Big Tech Mandate
• DeepSeek AI Investigation Could Lead To IP Law Precedents
• Fla. Judge OKs $7M Deal In Health Data Breach Class Action
• What NHTSA's Autonomous Vehicle Proposal Means For Cos.
• DC Circ. Won't Pause Google Search Case For Apple Appeal
• Guidance For Cos. Balancing Web Scraping And Privacy
• Rethinking How To Engage Shareholders, Activists Via Proxies
• Crowell & Moring Adds Two Former In-House Counsel
• Wiley Brings On Longtime FTC Atty As Counsel
• Commerce Powers Key In Battle Over Corp. Transparency Law
• Automakers Lose Fight To Block Mass. 'Right To Repair' Law
• Judge Should Not Have Been Reprimanded For Alito Essay
• Feds Nab Plea In Bitcoin-Boosting Hack Of SEC X Account
• GOP Sens. Restart Effort To Get Lawmaker OK For Major Regs
• 9th Circ. Affirms Officers' Immunity For Getting Phone Contents
• Amazon Used App Toolkit To Harvest User Data, Suit Says
• Sandy Hook Families Accuse Alex Jones Of 'Ambush' Appeal
• 5th Circ. Urged To Reject Crypto Exec's Privacy Law Claim
• Apple Says Child Porn Detection Suit Can't Stand
• Apple Pushes DC Circ. To Pause Google Search Case
• Megan Thee Stallion's Trial Lies Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
• Boston Man Not Guilty In Chinese 'Agent' Case
• How Cos. Can Use Data Clean Rooms To Address Privacy
• Trump Buyout Plan Still On Hold As Unions Cite 'Confusion'
• Bird Shelter Settles 2nd Nuisance Calls Suit With UnitedHealth
• Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Keller Rohrback
• Lights, Camera, Ethics? TV Lawyers Tend To Set Bad Example
• 'Stand Down': CFPB's Acting Chief Pulls Employees Off Job
• FCC Aims To Expand 'Do Not Originate' Call Coverage
• Calif. Student Group Sues Ed Dept. Over DOGE Data Access
• Feds Defend Corporate Transparency Act In 5th And 4th Circuits
• DOJ Tells DC Circ. Not To Delay Google Search Fix For Apple
• SolarWinds Accepts $4.4B Sale To PE Firm Turn/River Capital
• Virginia Senate Looks To Ban Sale Of People's Location Data
• CFPB's Medical Debt Rule Halted For 90 Days By Texas Judge
• Ga. Tech Case Shows DOJ Focus On Higher Ed Cybersecurity
• Meta's $725M Deal Downplays Potential Liability, 9th Circ. Told
• Insurers Say Meta MDL Row Should Be In Del. State Court
• Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Latham
• 2nd Circ. Doubts Police Misused 'Sense-Enhancing' iPhone
• Accountant-Owned Law Firms Could Blur Ethical Lines
• State AGs To Sue Over DOGE Access To Payment Systems
• House Bill Aims To Ban DeepSeek On Gov't Devices
• Fla. Panel Rules Atty Imposter Scam Suit Had Invalid Service
• Travelers' $6M Data Breach Settlement Nabs Final OK
• ​​​​​​​Top Groups Lobbying The FCC
• Sam Altman Calls Musk's Claim Of Ban On Rivals 'False'
• Western Digital Seeks To Toss SPEX $553M Patent Verdict
• JPMorgan's State Trade Secret Data Row Claim Axed, For Now
• FTC GOP Focusing On Merger 'Friction,' AI, 'Censorship'
• Texas' Google Ad Tech Trial Delayed From March To August
• Allstate Collected, Sold Driver Data, Suit Alleges
• Critical Steps For Navigating Intensified OFAC Enforcement
• Unpacking HHS' Proposal To Amend HIPAA Security Rule
• US To Appeal Block On Corporate Transparency Act
• Musk's Access To Records Blocked In DOGE, Treasury Suit
• Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Keker
• Carr Names Project 2025 Co-Author As FCC General Counsel
• AI Will Soon Transform The E-Discovery Industrial Complex
• Trump's Federal Worker Buyout Plan Put On Hold
• Managing Transatlantic Antitrust Investigations And Litigation
• Bill To Restrict Kids' Social Media Use Heads To Full Senate
• FCC To Launch Spectrum Sale, Eyes More C-Band Use
• ACLU Warns Schools Should Hire Counsel Before ICE Raids
• 6th Circ. Won't Revisit Home Depot Data Breach Coverage Suit
• Blake Lively Sued By PR Rep Over 'It Ends With Us' Claims
• When Innovation Overwhelms The Rule Of Law
• Dems Seek Further Review Of Treasury And DOGE
• Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Lieff Cabraser
• Engaging With Feds On Threats To Executives, Employees
• 11th Circ. Backs Navy Win In IT Worker's Promotion Bias Suit
• Ex-Ambassador To Hungary Returns To Jenner's NY Team
• Meta Can't Ask Mass. AG To Dig Up Docs From State Agencies
• Lawmakers Vote To Advance Commerce Nominee Lutnick
• Judge Asks If ZoomInfo Search Result Ads Violate Privacy
• OpenAI Judge Rips Musk's 'Broad' Bid To Block For-Profit
• Google Gets OkCaller's 'Incoherent' Antitrust Claims Tossed
• FCC Floats $4.4M Robocall Fine Against Telecom Network
• LinkedIn Shares Users' Info With Meta And Adobe, Suit Says
• LendingTree Faces Consumer Claims Over Snowflake Breach
• 11th Circ. Urged To Adopt 'Consensus' On Officers' Immunity
• Auto Cos., Mass. AG Make Final Case In 'Right To Repair' Fight
• Funeral Home BIPA Violations Not Covered, Insurer Says
• Drug Cartels' Terrorist Label Raises Litigation Risk For Cos.
• Apple Asks DC Circ. To Pause Google Search Case For Appeal
• PE-Backed Identity Software Firm SailPoint Primes $1B IPO
• Best Practices To Optimize Cybersecurity Insurance
• Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
• Meta Attacks Insurers' Bid To Remand Social Media MDL Row
• Imagine The Possibilities Of Openly Autistic Lawyering
• A Halftime Analysis Of DOJ's Compensation Pilot Program
• Google Fights Uphill To Scrap Antitrust Verdict At 9th Circ.
• Kochava Still Can't Get FTC Location Privacy Suit Thrown Out
• Maryland Kids' Privacy Law Latest To Face Legal Challenge
• Co.'s Coverage Suit Over $1.9M Email Spoof Scheme Tossed
• DOJ Poised To Prosecute Threat-Makers Against DOGE
• 11th Circ. Weighs Future Of SEC's Market Surveillance Tool
• Schumer Warns Of 'Hostile Takeover' From DOGE
• OpenAI, Microsoft Aim To Ax Musk's For-Profit Change Suit
• Top 10 Healthcare And Life Sciences Issues To Watch In 2025
• Child Porn Victims Urge 9th Circ. To Revive Claims Against X
• Trial Court Won't Pause Google Search Case For Apple Appeal
• Canadian Man Charged With $65M Crypto Hacking Scheme
• Attys For Blake Lively, Baldoni Warned Over Media Statements
• Documentary Filmmaking Makes Me A Better Lawyer