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October 15, 2025
Sysnet Says Ex-Worker Breached Noncompete With New Job
Cybersecurity company Sysnet North America Inc. has filed suit against one of its former business relationship managers in federal court for allegedly violating the restrictive covenants in his employment contract by taking a job with a "direct competitor."
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October 15, 2025
DC Think Tank Says It Wants FBI FISA Compliance Docs
The Justice Department will not turn over records related to an FBI audit it conducted to determine whether the agency was complying with section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which gives the government a backdoor to intercept communications without a warrant, a new suit says.
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October 15, 2025
Carriers Take Heat From Hill GOP Over Sens.' Phone Data
The Big Three phone carriers face growing pressure from Capitol Hill Republicans over reports that they tracked eight senators' cellphone data at the FBI's request, with one lawmaker saying there was no "criminal predicate" for the subpoenas.
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October 15, 2025
FCC Looks To Pull Hong Kong Telecom's US Authorization
The Federal Communications Commission has warned it could expel Hong Kong telecom HKT from the U.S. market, citing ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
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October 15, 2025
Sen. Panel To Consider Bill Meant To Curb Foreign Scam Calls
A U.S. Senate committee later this month will consider a bill to direct Federal Communications Commission resources toward reducing spam robocalls originating overseas.
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October 15, 2025
Brown Paindiris & Scott Eyes Deal In Data Breach Suit
After the defense pointed to ongoing discussions that could lead to a "resolution," a Connecticut federal judge has agreed to stretch a deadline for Brown Paindiris & Scott LLP to respond to a proposed class action complaint that accuses the law firm of waiting more than a year to notify clients of a 2023 data breach.
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October 15, 2025
DHS Says Seizure Of Atty's Phone Tied To Employment Probe
The government is pushing back on a Massachusetts immigration attorney's allegations that his work phone was seized in retaliation for his criticism of the Trump administration and advocacy for noncitizens, saying it's looking into whether he violated federal employment verification laws.
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October 14, 2025
Apple Judge May Decertify Antitrust Class, But Not Toss Case
A California federal judge indicated Tuesday that she may decertify a class of consumers alleging Apple violated antitrust laws with its App Store policies, but said she's unlikely to grant Apple's bid to toss the case on summary judgment.
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October 14, 2025
Fla. AG Hits Roku With Privacy Suit Over Kids' Data Handling
Video streaming platform Roku Inc. is violating Florida's new data privacy law by collecting and selling children's voice recordings, viewing habits and other personal data without proper notice or consent, the state's attorney general alleged in a lawsuit announced Tuesday.
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October 14, 2025
High Court Won't Review DOJ Office's Atty-Client Intrusions
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Tuesday to scrutinize whether prosecutorial intrusions on attorney-client communications violate the constitutional right to counsel, ending a prominent challenge to practices that led to a U.S. Department of Justice office being held in contempt.
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October 14, 2025
Banks Ignored NFT Scam That 'Screamed Fraud,' Court Told
A Texas investor urged a California federal court not to toss his lawsuit accusing East West Bank and Cathay Bank of ignoring red flags from scammers and enabling a $17 million romance scam, saying that he provided enough evidence showing that the banks disregarded obvious signs of fraud.
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October 14, 2025
Salesloft, AppFolio Face Class Action Over Data Breach
Software companies Salesloft Inc. and AppFolio Inc. were hit with a proposed class action in Georgia federal court over an August data breach that allegedly exposed the personal information of more than 72,000 people who had transacted with AppFolio's real estate industry customers.
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October 14, 2025
Calif. Passes New Laws On Children's Use Of Social Media, AI
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law several bills aimed at protecting children from threats associated with social media and emerging technologies, including by requiring age verification, limiting liability defenses for artificial intelligence developers and users and having companion chatbots remind minors to take breaks.
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October 14, 2025
Auto Insurers To Pay NY AG $14.2M Over Data Breaches
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Tuesday that eight car insurance companies will pay $14.2 million to end claims they failed to protect people's personal information in light of a widespread hack involving the companies' online quoting tools.
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October 14, 2025
Knicks, Raptors Agree That Data 'Mole' Case Is Closed
The New York Knicks and Toronto Raptors have agreed to call off their legal dispute of more than two years involving a video assistant the Knicks accused of being a "mole" who took proprietary data with him when he left them for the Raptors.
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October 14, 2025
DOJ Seizes $15B In Bitcoin Linked To Pig Butchering Scams
Federal law enforcement and the U.S. Department of the Treasury are taking aim at a sprawling Cambodian human trafficking operation and cryptocurrency scam in an indictment and record-setting $15 billion forfeiture action unveiled Tuesday that detailed Prince Holding Group's alleged use of forced labor to steal and launder billions of dollars from victims worldwide.
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October 14, 2025
4th Circ. Says Data Leak Info On Dark Web Is Grounds To Sue
The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday partially revived a data breach class action against an insurance company, finding a subset of the proposed class has standing to sue because they allege their stolen driver's license numbers have since shown up on the dark web.
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October 14, 2025
Judge Won't Let Mortgage Co. Slip Data Breach Class Action
A Utah federal judge refused to dismiss a proposed data breach class action filed against a mortgage lender, ruling that only the proposed class's unjust enrichment claim will be tossed.
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October 14, 2025
Ex-Mich. Coach Says Hacking Case Flouts ID Theft Precedent
A former University of Michigan football coach said the "novel" use of identity theft charges in his prosecution for allegedly hacking student accounts cannot be reconciled with U.S. Supreme Court precedent, asking a federal judge Tuesday to dismiss the counts.
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October 14, 2025
Ex-Illinois Privacy Chief Joins BakerHostetler In Chicago
BakerHostetler has hired the former chief privacy officer in the data security unit of the Office of the Illinois Attorney General as a digital assets and data management partner in Chicago, the firm announced Tuesday.
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October 14, 2025
Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
Last week at the Delaware Chancery Court, Vice Chancellor Lori W. Will ruled that Carlos Vasallo remains the CEO of Caribevision TV Network LLC, finding that majority investors' attempt to remove him under a defective 2019 agreement was invalid for lack of proper notice.
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October 14, 2025
Attys Suspect AI In Police Surveillance Could Lead To Bias
A panel of Pennsylvania attorneys speaking on advances in the use of artificial intelligence in criminal justice and surveillance expressed concern over the potential misuse of such technologies, predicting they could result in rights violations on both individual and mass scales.
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October 14, 2025
US, UK Freeze Assets Of Alleged Cambodian Cyber-Scammers
The U.K. and the U.S. sanctioned on Tuesday a network of individuals that operates scam centers across southeast Asia by freezing London properties worth more than £112 million ($149 million).
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October 10, 2025
4th Circ. Denies Shutdown-Based Stay In DOGE Access Case
A Fourth Circuit panel has refused to grant the government more time to respond to several major unions' petition for an en banc rehearing regarding the panel's split August decision granting the Department of Government Efficiency access to personal data that is held by several federal agencies.
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October 10, 2025
FAIR Sues LAPD, LA Sheriff's Dept. Over ICE Records Delays
A conservative nonprofit that advocates for reductions in immigration sued the Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department on Friday, saying they have not properly responded to open records requests seeking their communications related to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Expert Analysis
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Navigating The Risks Of Employee-Influencers, Side Gigs
Though companies may be embracing employee-influencer roles, this growing trend — along with an increase in gig employment — presents compliance risks, particularly around employee classification, compensation and workplace policies, as the line between work, influence and outside employment becomes increasingly blurred, say attorneys at Squire Patton.
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Assessing Potential Ad Tech Remedies Ahead Of Google Trial
The Virginia federal judge tasked with prying open Google’s digital advertising monopoly faces a smorgasbord of potential remedies, all with different implications for competition, government control and consumers' internet experience, but compromises reached in the parallel Google search monopoly litigation may point a way forward, say attorneys at MoloLamken.
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Writing Musicals Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My experiences with writing musicals and practicing law have shown that the building blocks for both endeavors are one and the same, because drama is necessary for the law to exist, says Addison O’Donnell at LOIS Law.
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3 Circuits Breathe Life Into Privacy Enforcement, For Now
With the Second Circuit's recent decision in Verizon v. Federal Communications Commission, three courts of appeals have weighed in on all four record-breaking fines imposed, showing that — at least for now — the FCC continues to have broad authority to set and enforce privacy rules outside of the Fifth Circuit, say attorneys at HWG.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From Va. AUSA To Mid-Law
Returning to the firm where I began my career after seven years as an assistant U.S. attorney in Virginia has been complex, nuanced and rewarding, and I’ve learned that the pursuit of justice remains the constant, even as the mindset and client change, says Kristin Johnson at Woods Rogers.
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Transmission Security Has A Critical Role In Healthcare
In light of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Civil Rights' continuing enforcement initiative focusing on businesses' accurate and thorough security risk assessments under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, covered entities should not neglect the importance of transmission security, says John Howard at Clark Hill.
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7 Document Review Concepts New Attorneys Need To Know
For new associates joining firms this fall, stepping into the world of e-discovery can feel like learning a new language, but understanding a handful of fundamentals — from coding layouts to metadata — can help attorneys become fluent in document review, says Ann Motl at Bowman and Brooke.
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Agentic AI Puts A New Twist On Attorney Ethics Obligations
As lawyers increasingly use autonomous artificial intelligence agents, disciplinary authorities must decide whether attorney responsibility for an AI-caused legal ethics violation is personal or supervisory, and firms must enact strong policies regarding agentic AI use and supervision, says Grace Wynn at HWG.
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Cos. Face EU, US Regulatory Tension On Many Fronts
When the European Union sets stringent standards, companies seeking to operate in the international marketplace must conform to them, or else concede opportunities — but with the current U.S. administration pushing hard to roll back regulations, global companies face an increasing tension over which standards to follow, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.
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Being A Professional Wrestler Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Pursuing my childhood dream of being a professional wrestler has taught me important legal career lessons about communication, adaptability, oral advocacy and professionalism, says Christopher Freiberg at Midwest Disability.
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Restored Charging Project Funds Revive Hope For EV Market
While 2025 began with a host of government actions that prompted some to predict the demise of the U.S. electric vehicle market, the Trump administration's recent restoration of federal funding for EV charging infrastructure under new terms presents market participants with reason for optimism, says Levi McAllister at Morgan Lewis.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Adapting To The Age Of AI
Though law school may not have specifically taught us how to use generative artificial intelligence to help with our daily legal tasks, it did provide us the mental building blocks necessary for adapting to this new technology — and the judgment to discern what shouldn’t be automated, says Pamela Dorian at Cozen O'Connor.
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Ch. 11 Ruling Voiding $2M Litigation Funding Sends A Warning
A recent Texas bankruptcy court decision that a postconfirmation litigation trust has no obligations to repay a completely drawn down $2 million litigation funding agreement serves as a warning for estate administrators and funders to properly disclose the intended financing, say attorneys at Kleinberg Kaplan.
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DOJ's Novel Cybersecurity FCA Case Is A Warning To Medtech
The U.S. Department of Justice's recent False Claims Act settlement with Illumina over alleged cybersecurity deficiencies suggests that enforcement agencies and whistleblowers are focusing attention toward cybersecurity in life sciences and medical tech, but also reveals key unanswered questions about the legal viability of such allegations, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Demystifying The Civil Procedure Rules Amendment Process
Every year, an advisory committee receives dozens of proposals to amend the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, most of which are never adopted — but a few pointers can help maximize the likelihood that an amendment will be adopted, says Josh Gardner at DLA Piper.