NetChoice's challenge to Maryland's "Kids Code" law regulating online privacy protections for children survived the state's motion to dismiss, after a Maryland federal judge Monday said the trade association had made sufficient claims that the law burdens protected speech.
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Maryland Judge Keeps Kids' Privacy Law Challenge

By Jared Foretek

NetChoice's challenge to Maryland's "Kids Code" law regulating online privacy protections for children survived the state's motion to dismiss, after a Maryland federal judge Monday said the trade association had made sufficient claims that the law burdens protected speech.

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11th Circ. Lets Fla. Enforce Social Media Law Amid Appeal

By Hailey Konnath

A split Eleventh Circuit panel on Tuesday allowed Florida to enforce its law banning children 13 and under from social media while the Sunshine State appeals a lower court's injunction, ruling that Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is likely to succeed in his argument that the law is constitutional.

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John Deere Rival Can't Appeal Info Safeguards In FTC Case

By Lauraann Wood

A Deere & Co. competitor looking to shield confidential information it produced for a U.S. Federal Trade Commission right-to-repair investigation from related multidistrict litigation targeting Deere cannot tap the Seventh Circuit to resolve legal questions surrounding its failed protective order request, an Illinois federal judge said.

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Unions Say More Info Is Needed In DOGE Data Access Dispute

By Emily Brill

A union coalition urged a New York federal judge Monday to order the federal government to disclose how much access to federal workers' personal information it gave the Department of Government Efficiency and what the White House unit formerly headed by Elon Musk did with that information.

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MVP

MVP: Dechert's Brenda R. Sharton

By Joyce Hanson

Brenda R. Sharton of Dechert LLP successfully defended popular menstrual tracking app Flo Health at trial in one of the largest consumer class actions ever in terms of damages claimed — in excess of $38 billion — earning her a spot among one of the 2025 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy MVPs.

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ENFORCEMENT

IT Contractor Fights $6.8M Verdict In FAA Contract Dispute

By Carolyn Muyskens

An information technology company has asked a Michigan judge to erase or reduce a $6.8 million verdict finding the company caused a competitor to lose a Federal Aviation Administration contract, saying there was no basis for the jury's award.

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Circus, Bank Of America Agree To Wrap Up Online Theft Suit

By Kelcey Caulder

An Atlanta-based circus company and Bank of America have struck a tentative deal to end a lawsuit claiming the financial services giant let online thieves siphon off more than $4.8 million of the circus' funds, according to a filing in Georgia federal court. 

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LITIGATION

Medical AI Co. Accused Of 'Smear Campaign' Against Rivals

By Julie Manganis

Two rivals of medical artificial intelligence platform OpenEvidence have told a Massachusetts federal judge the startup has used the courts in a campaign of "deceit, harassment and defamation" against competitors.

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LendingTree's QuoteWizard Unit Hit With Telemarketing Suit

By Gina Kim

Lending Tree's insurance comparison subsidiary QuoteWizard.com LLC violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by placing unsolicited prerecorded telemarketing calls to people's phones without first getting their express consent, according to a proposed class action filed Monday in North Carolina federal court.

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Mass. Justices Clarify Access To Sealed Records For Appeals

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts law intended to give defendants acquitted of criminal charges a fresh start by automatically sealing a court's record does not prevent them or their attorneys from accessing the files, the state's high court ruled on Tuesday.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Considerations When Invoking The Common-Interest Privilege

To successfully leverage the common-interest doctrine in a multiparty transaction or complex litigation, practitioners should be able to demonstrate that the parties intended for it to apply, that an underlying privilege like attorney-client has attached, and guard against disclosures that could waive privilege and defeat its purpose, say attorneys at DLA Piper.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Bonus Spotlight

Weil Matches Year-End And Special Bonuses For Associates

By Anna Sanders

Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP on Tuesday joined a cadre of other firms in matching the BigLaw standard for this year's associate bonuses.  

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Judges Decline Invites To Senate Hearing On Impeachment

By Courtney Bublé

Two federal judges, both of whom Republicans are looking to impeach, declined to testify before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing next week on the impeachment of "rogue" judges, a source familiar with the situation told Law360 on Tuesday.

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DOJ Official Sues Over Firing For Epstein Talk On Hinge 'Date'

By Alison Knezevich

A longtime official at the U.S. Department of Justice who was fired after he was secretly recorded discussing the Epstein files has sued the agency and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi in D.C. federal court.

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Democrats Seek Documents On Emil Bove's DOJ Tenure

By Courtney Bublé

Senate Democrats are turning to public records requests to learn more about the controversial tenure of U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove while he served at the U.S. Department of Justice, claiming that they're being "stonewalled" by the department.

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$255K In Fees To Google For 'Frivolous' Ramey Case Upheld

By Ryan Davis

The Federal Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a California judge's decision that a client of embattled intellectual property firm Ramey LLP must pay nearly $255,000 in fees and sanctions for bringing a "frivolous" patent suit against Google, finding the award to be "entirely proper."

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Fla. Law Student Expelled For Antisemitic Post To Be Reenrolled

By David Minsky

A Florida federal judge has ordered the reinstatement of a law school student who was expelled after he was investigated over antisemitic posts on social media, saying the university didn't prove his speech "constituted a true threat." 

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Texas Law Firm, Atty Reach Tentative Deal In Age Bias Suit

By Rose Krebs

An attorney who sued a Houston-based law firm alleging she was fired in retaliation for having complained about age discrimination has reached "a tentative agreement" to resolve the matter, according to a filing in Illinois federal court.

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Husch Blackwell Blasts Ex-Firm Atty's ERISA Suit

By James Boyle

A former Husch Blackwell LLP partner's claim that the firm violated federal law by withholding monthly retirement account contributions misidentified the funds in question as participant contributions, when they were, in fact, contributions from the firm's year-end profit-sharing program.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alston & Bird

Briskin Cross

Chandra Law Firm

Clement & Murphy

Cotchett Pitre

Cravath Swaine

DLA Piper

Dechert LLP

Dennis & Dennis

Disparti Law Group

Foote Mielke

Goodwin Procter

Guardian Accident & Injury Lawyers

Gustafson Gluek

Hiraldo PA

Holwell Shuster

Husch Blackwell

Jackson Lewis PC

Jones Day

Lehotsky Keller

Mark S. Zaid PC

Matthew G. Miller PC

Milbank LLP

Nelson Mullins

Perkins Coie

Quinn Emanuel

Ramey LLP

SBSB Eastham

Sabatini Law Firm PA

Sanford Heisler

Schaerr Jaffe

Silverman Thompson

Skadden Arps

Stearns Weaver

Weil Gotshal

Wexler Boley

Williams McCarthy

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AGCO Corp.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Civil Liberties Union

American Federation of Government Employees

Apple Inc.

Avatar Holdings Inc.

Bank of America Corp.

Caterpillar Inc.

Computer & Communications Industry Association

Corning Inc.

Deere & Co.

Dow Inc.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.

Google LLC

Harvard University

Hulu LLC

Meta Platforms Inc.

Netflix Inc.

Nidec Corp.

Snap Inc.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Tesla Inc.

The Software & Information Industry Association

X Corp.

YouTube Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Trade Commission

Maryland Attorney General's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

U.S. Office of Personnel Management

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court