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April 21, 2025
Ohio Accounting Firm Hit With Data Breach Class Action
Buckeye State accounting firm Ciuni & Panichi Inc. failed to protect its clients' personal information and did not give them timely notice after a cybercriminal accessed that data through an employee's email account, according to a proposed class action filed in Ohio federal court Monday.
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April 21, 2025
Former Florida US Atty Returns To Pillsbury In Miami
A recent U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida returned to his former firm, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, to continue his work as a partner in its Miami office.
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April 18, 2025
Cybersecurity Ruling Misconstrues Law, FCC Told
Rural broadband companies are voicing opposition to a recent Federal Communications Commission decision requiring them to combat cybersecurity threats, saying the commission failed to consider the regulatory burden the new rules would impose on carriers.
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April 18, 2025
5th Circ. Says FCC Can't Fine AT&T $57M Without Trial
The Fifth Circuit has wiped out the $57 million fine that the Federal Communications Commission slapped AT&T with after it and the other major mobile carriers were found to have been selling off people's location data, saying such a penalty without a jury trial was unconstitutional.
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April 18, 2025
$6.5M Deal In Amazon's PillPack TCPA Suit Gets Final OK
A Washington federal judge on Friday approved a $6.5 million settlement to end a class action alleging Amazon.com affiliate PillPack LLC was responsible for unsolicited telemarketing calls that ran afoul of federal consumer law against robocalls and texts.
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April 18, 2025
Telecom Says Jarkesy Ruling Dashes FCC's $4.5M Fine
An Austin, Texas-based telecom sought Friday to shake a nearly $4.5 million fine by the Federal Communications Commission after the Fifth Circuit tossed an unrelated $57 million penalty against AT&T based on last year's high court ruling in SEC v. Jarkesy curtailing agency fines.
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April 18, 2025
Suit Says Loyola Enabled Ex-Michigan Coach's Alleged Hack
A former Loyola University Chicago athlete filed a proposed class action accusing an ex-University of Michigan football coach of orchestrating a years-long cyber sexual assault by hacking into university athletic databases and stealing intimate photos and medical data of over 150,000 students, and asserting that the university and its vendor enabled the breach.
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April 18, 2025
How Manatt Beat A Crypto Trader's 'Code As Law' Defense
After a crypto user exploited a software bug to create millions of dollars' worth of new tokens from a blockchain network, a Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP team defeated his claim to the tokens — and won an award worth millions — by showing that faulty code can't stand in for rule of law.
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April 18, 2025
Unions Score Injunction To Stop DOGE's Access To SSA Data
The Social Security Administration cannot give Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency access to personal data within the agency's system, a Maryland federal judge ruled, saying the government "cannot flout" federal privacy law while granting an injunction to unions and a retiree advocacy group.
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April 17, 2025
FTC To Narrow Data Privacy Scope As Uncertainties Loom
The Republican-led Federal Trade Commission is poised to pursue a data privacy agenda focused on established harms and statutory authorities rather than ambitious rulemaking, although the recent firing of two commissioners casts doubt on the long-term viability of these actions and the future of a crucial transatlantic data transfer pact.
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April 17, 2025
Sandberg Says FTC Market View Makes No Sense In Meta Case
Meta Platforms' former longtime board member and Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg pushed back Thursday on crucial Federal Trade Commission arguments trying to shape the market the social media giant is accused of monopolizing, criticizing a friends and family definition the FTC is using to exclude TikTok as a competitor.
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April 17, 2025
Judge Grants Reduced Atty Award in Bowling Alley Chain Suit
A Virginia federal judge trimmed just over $150,000 in attorney fees requested by a bowling alley chain after winning summary judgment in a suit against its former chief information officer, whom it accused of hacking into its computer system and CEO's email.
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April 17, 2025
Planned Parenthood Patients Sue Lab Co. Over Data Breach
A Washington state-based diagnostic testing services provider for Planned Parenthood has been hit with a pair of proposed class actions in Seattle federal court over an October data breach that reportedly impacted as many as 1.6 million people.
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April 17, 2025
Prudential Financial Beats Certified Privacy Class Action
A California federal judge on Thursday entered a summary judgment favoring Prudential Financial and a software vendor in a certified class action accusing them of illegally recording consumer information in violation of the state's invasion of privacy law, finding that no evidence showed the vendor read or tried to read customers' communications.
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April 17, 2025
Wash. Justices Back Consumers In Old Navy Spam Email Suit
Washington's highest court said in a 5-4 ruling Thursday that the state's spam law bars commercial emails that include any false information in their subject lines, endorsing two consumers' broader interpretation of the statute in a proposed class action against Old Navy.
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April 17, 2025
Litigation Funder Sued In NC Over Data Breach
Companies that offer medical lien and presettlement funding for personal injury plaintiffs were hit Thursday with a proposed class action accusing them of allowing hackers to obtain the sensitive data of "thousands to tens of thousands" of clients, according to a complaint filed in North Carolina federal court.
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April 17, 2025
Robocall Arb. Denied Despite Alleged Recording Of Consent
A federal judge declined to force a Tennessee man into arbitration in his suit accusing a health insurance brokerage of making illegal robocalls, ruling that the plaintiff had created enough doubt to get to trial.
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April 17, 2025
Think Tank Urges FCC To Drop $4.5M Fine Against Telnyx
A think tank claimed Thursday the Federal Communications Commission went too far when floating a nearly $4.5 million fine against a telecom for alleged robocall violations and that due process concerns call for rescinding the penalty.
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April 17, 2025
Mercer University's Data Breach Settlement Gets Final OK
Mercer University and a group of former students and a professor got final approval Thursday for a settlement that will end claims the university failed to safeguard the personal information of some 93,000 people leading up to a 2023 data breach.
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April 17, 2025
SolarWinds Sued For Docs On $4.4B Take-Private Deal
Citing company controller clout and alleged minority stockholder sidelining, a SolarWinds Corp. stock-owning trust has sued in Delaware's Court of Chancery for documents related to the company's $4.4 billion, $18.50-per-share take-public deal from Turn/River Capital LP.
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April 17, 2025
AFL-CIO, Unions Can Pursue Some DOGE Access Claims
The AFL-CIO, unions and advocacy groups may pursue allegations that Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency lacks the power to access data from the U.S. Department of Labor and other federal agencies, a D.C. federal judge ruled while tossing some claims under federal administrative and privacy law.
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April 17, 2025
Yale Health System Faces Class Claims Over Data Breach
Connecticut's largest healthcare system failed to properly secure patients' personal information ahead of a data breach in March that may have affected millions of people, according to three proposed class actions.
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April 17, 2025
NJ Says Discord Misled Public About Messaging App's Safety
New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin alleged in a complaint Thursday that popular messaging app Discord has misled kids and parents for years about the app's safety, leaving children vulnerable to harassment, abuse and sexual exploitation.
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April 16, 2025
Accellion Breach Victims Fight Uphill To Get Class Cert.
A California federal judge Wednesday doubted whether a class of 5 million individuals could be certified on claims that file-sharing software-maker Accellion negligently failed to protect against cyberattacks in light of the high court's TransUnion ruling, adding that it would be a "Herculean task" to determine certain classwide damages.
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April 16, 2025
Zuckerberg Calls TikTok Meta's 'Highest Competitive Threat'
Meta Platforms Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed back Wednesday on Federal Trade Commission efforts to cabin the company's allegedly monopolistic social media dominance into a market that excludes TikTok and YouTube, telling a D.C. federal judge video has become the new predominant form of social media interaction.
Expert Analysis
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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: February Lessons
In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses five federal appellate court class certification decisions and identifies practice tips from cases involving breach of life insurance contracts, constitutional violations of inmates and more.
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What To Expect From The New FCC Chair
As a vocal critic of the Federal Communications Commission's recent priorities, newly appointed chair Brendan Carr has described a vision for the agency that would bring significant changes to telecommunication regulation and Telephone Consumer Protection Act enforcement in the U.S., say attorneys at BCLP.
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4 Do's And Don'ts For Trial Lawyers Using Generative AI
Trial attorneys who use artificial intelligence tools should review a few key reminders, from the likelihood that prompts are discoverable to the rapid evolution of court rules, to safeguard against embarrassing missteps, says Nate Sabri at Perkins Coie.
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Defense Strategies For Politically Charged Prosecutions
Politically charged prosecutions have captured the headlines in recent years, providing lessons for defense counsel on how to navigate the distinct challenges, and seize the unique opportunities, such cases present, says Kenneth Notter at MoloLamken.
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Series
Competitive Weightlifting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The parallels between the core principles required for competitive weightlifting and practicing law have helped me to excel in both endeavors, with each holding important lessons about discipline, dedication, drive and failure, says Damien Bielli at VF Law.
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11th Circ. TCPA Ruling Signals Erosion Of Judicial Deference
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently came to the rescue of the lead generation industry, striking down new regulations that were set to go into effect on Jan. 27, a decision consistent with federal courts' recent willingness to review administrative decisions, say attorneys at Troutman.
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Inside The Uncertainty Surrounding CFPB's Overdraft Rule
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's overhaul of overdraft fee regulation hangs in limbo as the industry watches to see whether new leadership will repeal the rule, allow it to stay in place, or wait for congressional action or the courts to drive its demise, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.
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Dispelling 10 Myths About Health Provider-Based Compliance
Congress appears intent on requiring hospitals to submit provider-based attestations for all off-campus outpatient hospital locations, so now is the time for hospitals to prepare for this change by understanding common misconceptions about provider-based status and proactively correct noncompliance, say attorneys at McDermott.
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Employer Tips For Wise Use Of Workers' Biometrics And Tech
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Employers that collect employee biometric data and operate bring-your-own-device policies, which respectively offer better corporate security and more flexibility for workers, should prioritize certain best practices to protect the privacy and rights of employees and safeguard sensitive internal information, says Douglas Yang at Sheppard Mullin.
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How Ill. Ruling Could Influence Future Data Breach Cases
The Illinois Supreme Court's recent decision in Petta v. Christie Business Holding, which was based solely on standing, establishes an important benchmark for the viability of Illinois-based lawsuits arising out of data security incidents that defendants can cite in future cases, say attorneys at Wilson Elser.
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Expect To Feel Aftershocks Of Chopra's CFPB Shake-Up
Publications released by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau personnel in the last days of the Biden administration outline former Director Rohit Chopra's long-term vision for aggressive state-level enforcement of federal consumer financial laws, opening the doors for states to launch investigations and pursue actions, say attorneys at Hudson Cook.
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Corp. Transparency Act's Future Under Treasury's Bessent
The Corporate Transparency Act’s ultimate fate faced uncertain terms at the end of 2024, but new U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's statements and actions so far demonstrate that he does not intend to ignore the law, though he may attempt to make modifications, say attorneys at Taylor English.
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A Look At A Possible Corporate Transparency Act Exemption
Attorneys at Kirkland offer a deep dive into the application of the Corporate Transparency Act's reporting requirements specifically to U.S.-domiciled co-issuers in typical collateralized loan obligation transactions, and consider whether such issuers may be able to assert an exemption from the CTA's reporting requirements.
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Opinion
Inconsistent Injury-In-Fact Rules Hinder Federal Practice
A recent Third Circuit decision, contradicting a previous ruling about whether consumers of contaminated products have suffered an injury in fact, illustrates the deep confusion this U.S. Supreme Court standard creates among federal judges and practitioners, who deserve a simpler method of determining which cases have federal standing, says Eric Dwoskin at Dwoskin Wasdin.
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What Financial Intermediaries Can Expect From New Admin
Understanding the current regulatory landscape of consumer financial services — and anticipating how it might evolve under Trump 2.0 — is essential for brokers, lead generators and digital platforms, and they should consider strategies for managing regulatory uncertainty, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.