Cybersecurity & Privacy

  • October 22, 2025

    Kroll Wants FTX Hack Suit Tossed, Arbitrated Or Moved

    Bankruptcy claims agent Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC has asked a Texas federal judge to transfer or sink a proposed class action over a data breach that affected creditors of FTX Trading Ltd., BlockFi Inc. and Genesis Global Holdco LLC, pointing to alleged standing issues and an online arbitration agreement.

  • October 22, 2025

    Apple, Google Found To Hold 'Strategic Market Status' In UK

    Britain's competition enforcer confirmed Wednesday that Apple Inc. and Google LLC's mobile platforms have strategic market status, paving the way for new rules meant to safeguard competition and protect consumers and businesses from harmful practices.

  • October 22, 2025

    Bankers Ask FCC To Further Delay Call Consent Rule To 2027

    Financial service providers Monday pushed for the Federal Communications Commission to extend by a year the April 2026 deadline to implement a "revoke-all" rule making it easier to opt out of robotexts and calls while the agency reconsiders it, warning they could waste resources to comply if the rule is changed or modified.

  • October 22, 2025

    Presidential Firing Limits Fight Builds At High Court

    The ousted U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board chair has encouraged the U.S. Supreme Court to include a caveat for "legislative courts" if it overturns precedent that empowers Congress to limit the president's authority to fire certain agency officials, but opponents of independent agencies want a clean break from the status quo. 

  • October 22, 2025

    NJ Justices To Review Judicial Privacy Law For 3rd Circ. Case

    The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to a request from the Third Circuit to interpret whether the judicial privacy measure Daniel's Law requires a certain mental state in order to establish liability.

  • October 22, 2025

    Fake Coinbase Call Center Tricked Customers, Mass. AG Says

    Massachusetts' attorney general is seeking to freeze cryptocurrency funds allegedly stolen through a sophisticated "smishing" scheme in which fraudsters stood up a realistic-sounding call center posing as customer service for Coinbase to trick account holders, according to a complaint filed Wednesday.

  • October 22, 2025

    $18M Yale New Haven Health Data Breach Deal Gets First OK

    A Connecticut federal judge has granted preliminary approval to a settlement that would see Yale New Haven Health Services Corp. create an $18 million global fund to wrap up what were once multiple lawsuits surrounding a ransomware attack that allegedly affected more than 5 million people.

  • October 22, 2025

    X Defends Antitrust Case Over Apple's Deal With OpenAI

    Elon Musk's social media platform X and its artificial intelligence arm defended their antitrust case targeting a deal that integrated ChatGPT into iPhones, telling a Texas federal court that Apple and OpenAI are trying to preserve their respective monopolies.

  • October 21, 2025

    LinkedIn Can't Shake Privacy Suit Over Video Data Sharing

    A California federal judge has refused to release LinkedIn Corp. from a proposed class action accusing it of illegally sharing with Meta and Adobe personal information about the online training courses that subscribers watched on its learning platform, finding that the company and its alleged conduct fall within the parameters of federal video privacy law. 

  • October 21, 2025

    Salesforce Gets Sex-Trafficking Suit Paused For Criminal Case

    The Texas federal judge overseeing consolidated litigation accusing Salesforce of benefiting from the sex trafficking of people on Backpage, the defunct classified ads website that used the company's software, put the case on ice Tuesday, saying a related criminal case must first be resolved.

  • October 21, 2025

    Apple Slams 'Fatally Broad' App Store Injunction At 9th Circ.

    Apple urged the Ninth Circuit Tuesday to scrap a mandate blocking it from charging any commission on iPhone app purchases made outside its systems, slamming the district court's "fatally broad" injunction and arguing that the court's zero-commission rule is "the antithesis of a proper civil contempt remedy."

  • October 21, 2025

    Chime Seeks Exit From Class Suit Over 'Refer A Friend' Texts

    Online banking company Chime seeks to shed a proposed class action alleging its "refer a friend" texts violate Washington's Consumer Electronic Mail Act, arguing that its text referrals fit "squarely" within the anti-spam law's statutory exemption for legitimate business activities.

  • October 21, 2025

    Crypto Trader Says He Thought MIT Bros.' $25M Win Was Legit

    A former quantitative trader for two MIT-educated cryptocurrency entrepreneurs told a Manhattan federal jury Tuesday he didn't believe at the time that they were doing anything illegal when executing a strategy to obtain $25 million at the expense of other traders on the Ethereum blockchain.

  • October 21, 2025

    Apartments.com Operator CoStar Beats Video Privacy Suit

    A Missouri federal judge tossed a proposed class action alleging the operator of Apartments.com unlawfully shared data about the visitors to the rental website, holding that CoStar Realty isn't covered by the federal Video Privacy Protection Act because it's not a videotape business.

  • October 21, 2025

    Wilkes University Faces Class Action Over Data Breach

    A Pennsylvania university was hit with a proposed class action in federal court after announcing it had suffered a data breach early this year, potentially affecting more than 27,600 current and former students.

  • October 21, 2025

    Foreign Robocall Task Force Bill Gets Through Sen. Committee

    The Federal Communications Commission is one step closer to being directed to funnel funds toward reducing spam robocalls that originate overseas after the Senate commerce committee said yes to a bill with a handful of amendments Tuesday.

  • October 21, 2025

    Ky. Mother Sues Roblox Over Daughter's Suicide

    The mother of a child who died by suicide after allegedly being manipulated by a community on Roblox dedicated to praising mass shooters has filed suit in Kentucky federal court, the latest in a wave of litigation targeting the popular gaming platform over claims it fails to protect children.

  • October 21, 2025

    Willkie-Led Cloud Data Biz Veeam Buys Securiti AI For $1.73B

    Private equity-backed information technology company Veeam Software, advised by Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, on Tuesday unveiled plans to acquire data privacy management software company Securiti AI in a $1.73 billion deal.

  • October 21, 2025

    FCC Urged To Rescind Pulling Of Equipment Testing Labs

    Several entities linked to China urged the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider pulling their authorizations to run equipment testing labs in the U.S.

  • October 21, 2025

    Finance Co. Says Chubb Must Pay Its Part Of $5M Wire Loss

    Financial services company Robert W. Baird & Co. told a Wisconsin federal court that a Chubb unit has wrongly refused to cover any of the company's more than $5 million loss stemming from fraudulent wire instructions, noting that AIG, its primary insurer, already paid a $2.5 million sublimit.

  • October 20, 2025

    NY AG Reaches Deal With Accounting Firm Over Data Breaches

    A certified public accounting firm has agreed to pay $60,000 and improve its data security to resolve the New York attorney general's claims that it failed to adequately protect unencrypted Social Security numbers and other personal information swept up in a pair of data breaches or swiftly notify affected clients.

  • October 20, 2025

    Zuckerberg Ordered To Testify At 1st Social Media Harm Trial

    A Los Angeles judge on Monday ordered Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify at an upcoming bellwether trial over major social media technology companies allegedly causing harm to young users' mental health, but put off deciding whether he must testify at future bellwether trials.

  • October 20, 2025

    OpenAI Says It Owes Musk Nothing In For-Profit Move

    OpenAI and Microsoft have asked a California federal court to avoid trial on claims that OpenAI duped Elon Musk into donating $45 million with false promises of remaining a nonprofit, arguing no such promises were made and that the billionaire's money came without strings or control.

  • October 20, 2025

    'A Total Mess': Judge Slams Calif. Privacy Law's Ambiguity

    California's Invasion of Privacy Act "is a total mess" that routinely requires courts to make "borderline impossible" decisions about how to apply the law's language to new technologies, a San Francisco federal judge commented in an order Friday, pleading for state lawmakers to bring the law into the 21st century.

  • October 20, 2025

    Meta Faces Massive Cut To $167M Win Over WhatsApp Hack

    A California federal judge said Friday that WhatsApp parent Meta must either accept a cut of its $167.25 million punitive damages win against spyware-maker NSO Group to $4 million or go to trial again over the proper amount of damages, concluding that the amount awarded by a jury was "excessive."

Expert Analysis

  • SDNY OpenAI Order Clarifies Preservation Standards For AI

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    The Southern District of New York’s recent order in the OpenAI copyright infringement litigation, denying discovery of The New York Times' artificial intelligence technology use, clarifies that traditional preservation benchmarks apply to AI content, relieving organizations from using a “keep everything” approach, says Philip Favro at Favro Law.

  • Addressing Legal Risks Of AI In The Homebuilding Industry

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    Artificial intelligence is transforming the homebuilding industry, but the legal challenges posed by its adoption spread across many areas, including contractual liability and intellectual property issues, so builders should adopt strategies to mitigate the risks and position themselves for success, says Philip Stein at Bilzin Sumberg.

  • Cybersecurity Rule For DOD Contractors Creates New Risks

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    A rule locking in the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification system for defense contractors increases False Claims Act and criminal enforcement risks by narrowing a key exemption and mandating affirmations of past compliance, which may discourage new companies from entering the defense contracting market, say attorneys at Haynes Boone.

  • Compliance Steps To Take As FCRA Enforcement Widens

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    As the Fair Credit Reporting Act receives renewed focus from both federal and state enforcers, regulatory and litigation risk is most acute in several core areas, which companies can address by implementing purpose processes and quick remediation of consumer complaints, among other steps, say attorneys at Wiley.

  • Assessing The Future Of The HIPAA Reproductive Health Rule

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    In light of a Texas federal court's recent decision to strike down a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services rule aimed to protect the privacy of patients seeking abortions and gender-affirming care, entities are at least temporarily relieved from compliance obligations, but tensions are likely to continue for the foreseeable future, says Liz Heddleston at Wood Rogers.

  • Opinion

    Expert Reports Can't Replace Facts In Securities Fraud Cases

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    The Ninth Circuit's 2023 decision in Nvidia v. Ohman Fonder — and the U.S. Supreme Court's punt on the case in 2024 — could invite the meritless securities litigation the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act was designed to prevent by substituting expert opinions for facts to substantiate complaint assertions, say attorneys at A&O Shearman.

  • Glimmers Of Clarity Appear Amid Open Banking Disarray

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    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's vacillation over data rights rules has created uncertainty, but a recent proposal is a strong signal that open banking regulations are here to stay, making now the ideal time for entities to take action to decrease compliance risk, says Adam Maarec at McGlinchey Stafford.

  • Opinion

    High Court, Not A Single Justice, Should Decide On Recusal

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    As public trust in the U.S. Supreme Court continues to decline, the court should adopt a collegial framework in which all justices decide questions of recusal together — a reform that respects both judicial independence and due process for litigants, say Michael Broyde at Emory University and Hayden Hall at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

  • FTC's Consumer Finance Pivot Brings Industry Pros And Cons

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    An active Federal Trade Commission against the backdrop of a leashed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will be welcomed by most in the consumer finance industry, but the incremental expansion of the FTC's authority via enforcement actions remains a risk, say attorneys at Hudson Cook.

  • How A New BIS Rule Greatly Expands Export Restrictions

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    The newly effective affiliates rule from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security restricts exports to foreign companies that are 50% or more owned by entities listed on the BIS entity list and the military end-user list — a major shift in U.S. export control enforcement, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

  • 3 New Cyberinsurance Rulings Aid In Policy Interpretation

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    Although the cyberinsurance market has exploded, there is no standardized cyber language or form and only a few court decisions thus far interpreting cyberinsurance policy language, making these three recent rulings key for guiding policyholders, insurers and brokers, say attorneys at Haynes Boone.

  • Series

    Traveling Solo Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Traveling by myself has taught me to assess risk, understand tone and stay calm in high-pressure situations, which are not only useful life skills, but the foundation of how I support my clients, says Lacey Gutierrez at Group Five Legal.

  • New Health AI Guidance Features A Provider-Centric Approach

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    New guidance from the Joint Commission and Coalition for Health AI regarding the responsible use of artificial intelligence in healthcare deviates from preexisting guidance by recommending a comprehensive framework for using AI tools, focusing on healthcare provider organizations rather than on AI developers, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

  • NY Zelle Suit Highlights Fraud Risks Of Electronic Payments

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    The New York attorney general's recent action against Zelle's parent company, filed several months after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau abandoned a similar suit, demonstrates the fraud risks that electronic payment platforms can present and the need for providers to carefully balance accessibility and consumer protection, say attorneys at Weiner Brodsky.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Client Service

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    Law school teaches you how to interpret the law, but it doesn't teach you some of the key ways to keeping clients satisfied, lessons that I've learned in the most unexpected of places: a book on how to be a butler, says Gregory Ramos at Armstrong Teasdale.

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