Fertility Clinic Can't Nix Claims It Gave Data To Google, Meta

By Gina Kim

An Illinois fertility clinic must face a proposed class action alleging it invades patient privacy by sharing their personal information and website activities with Google and Meta without consent, after a federal judge has said the plaintiff has standing since the exposure of her private information is a concrete, particularized injury. 

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CFPB Eyes 'Interim' Open Banking Rule As Funds Run Low

By Jon Hill

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it plans to issue an "interim final" revamp of its open banking rule now that its funding is on the verge of running out, the latest move by the agency to prepare for a possible shutdown in the coming weeks.

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DOJ Says It Could Indict Comey Again

By Jared Foretek

The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday said it may once again seek charges against ex-FBI Director James Comey, asking a D.C. federal judge to dissolve a temporary restraining order that bars prosecutors from using evidence seized from Comey's former attorney.

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Cooley-Led Saviynt Valued At $3B After $700M Funding Round

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Cooley LLP-guided identity security company Saviynt on Tuesday revealed it had reached a $3 billion valuation after closing a $700 million Series B growth equity financing round, with the funding to be used as growth capital to expand and accelerate product development.

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FINRA Flags GenAI Risks In Annual Oversight Report

By Sarah Jarvis

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority said in a Tuesday report that firms "may want to consider" developing supervisory processes covering generative AI at an enterprise level, as well as steps to mitigate associated risks such as inaccuracy and bias.

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Crypto Co. Paxful To Pay $4M For Money Laundering Failures

By Gina Kim

Paxful Holdings will pay $4 million over claims it failed to enforce anti-money laundering policies on its now-defunct, peer-to-peer bitcoin exchange that allegedly facilitated illicit transactions involving funds derived from criminal activity, including prostitution and distribution of child sex abuse material, according to a plea agreement filed Monday in California federal court. 

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Pa. Justices Affirm County's Loss Over Election Inspections

By Matthew Santoni

Pennsylvania's Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a ruling that the state's top election official could order voting machines to be yanked from service, closing one chapter on the tome of litigation that followed Fulton County's third-party inspection of its Dominion Voting Systems machines after the 2020 election.

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Justices Told To Not Review Who Can Protest Gov't Contracts

By Ganesh Setty

A company selected for a $376.4 million military contract urged the U.S. Supreme Court to not disturb the Federal Circuit's decades-old statutory interpretation that an "interested party" in procurement disputes is restricted to actual or prospective bidders.

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Recent Proposals May Spell Supervision Overhaul For Banks

A slew of rules recently proposed by the federal banking agencies with approaching comment deadlines would rewrite supervision standards to be further tailored to banks' size and activities, while prioritizing financial risks over process, documentation and other nonfinancial risks, say attorneys at Davis Wright.

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AI Evidence Rule Tweaks Encourage Judicial Guardrails

Recent additions to a committee note on proposed Rule of Evidence 707 — governing evidence generated by artificial intelligence — seek to mitigate potential dangers that may arise once machine outputs are introduced at trial, encouraging judges to perform critical gatekeeping functions, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.

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Analysis

Wanted: Temporary US Attorney, No Experience Needed

By Phillip Bantz

Frustrated by a string of court rulings disqualifying several of his U.S. attorney picks, President Donald Trump lamented recently that he might "just have to keep appointing people for three months and then just appoint another one, another one." Experts say the idea raises legal and practical issues.

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Jack Smith To Launch Firm With Willkie Partner, 2 Ex-Deputies

By Jack Rodgers

Jack Smith, the former Justice Department special counsel appointed to investigate President Donald Trump, is set to launch his own firm alongside two of his former top deputies and the co-chair of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP's investigations and enforcement practice.

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McIver's Immunity Disputed In Detention Center Assault Case

By Elizabeth Daley

Federal prosecutors asked a New Jersey federal judge to maintain all charges against U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver, who was accused in an indictment of assaulting federal officers outside an immigration detention center during a scrum in which the mayor of Newark was arrested in May.

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Judge Bove Faces Complaint Over Trump Rally Attendance

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove, who previously served as President Donald Trump's personal defense attorney and a top official at the U.S. Department of Justice, has been hit with a judicial misconduct complaint for his appearance at a Trump event on Tuesday night.

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Akerman Beats Healthcare Cos.' Bid To Escape Fee Suit

By Madison Arnold

Akerman LLP can continue its fees lawsuit against Rennova Health Inc. and other defendants after they lost their motion to dismiss the suit for being "facially time-barred, factually flawed and legally indefensible," a Florida state judge has ruled.

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AGs Say Judicial Safety Threats Reaching 'All-Time Highs'

By Matthew Santoni

Attorneys general for 43 states, three territories and the District of Columbia signed a letter to Congress urging more financial support for judicial security in the face of threats against judges, including funding for a program that lets judges scrub addresses and personal information from online databases.

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Foley Reelects Chairman And CEO Amid Record Growth

By Kevin Penton

A Detroit-based business attorney who has served as Foley & Lardner LLP's chairman and CEO since May 2022 is expected to continue in the role through 2030, the firm announced Wednesday.

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Retired Calif. Judge Censured For Case Delays

By James Mills

A now-retired California state appeals court judge was publicly censured Wednesday, and he has agreed to "not serve in a judicial capacity in the future" as part of a stipulation he entered with the state's judicial ethics watchdog, following its investigation into whether the judge mismanaged cases and caused a yearlong backlog.

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