Judge Lets DOGE Access Go On But Cites 'Grave' Concerns

By Beverly Banks

A D.C. federal judge Friday voiced his "grave" concerns about the White House's Department of Government Efficiency obtaining personal information, but the district court declined to stop the U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from giving this access.

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Fla. Judge Walks Back Class Cert. In Chili's Data Breach Row

By Allison Grande

A Florida federal judge who previously certified a class of Chili's customers suing over a 2018 data breach declined to keep that mechanism in place Friday, finding that the revised class definition that was established after the Eleventh Circuit ordered the topic to be reexamined no longer met class certification standards. 

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Meta, TikTok Can't Escape 'Subway Surfing' Death Suit

By Lauren Berg

TikTok and Meta Platforms can trim, but not escape, a lawsuit over the death of a teen who allegedly participated in a "subway surfing" social media challenge, a Manhattan judge ruled Friday, saying the complaint plausibly pleads the algorithms inundated the teen with dangerous "challenge" content he never sought.

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Fla. Teen Files $10M Suit Alleging DMV Appointment Scalping

By David Minsky

A Florida teenager has filed a proposed $10 million state court class action lawsuit against highway safety officials, alleging they were negligent for allowing her to camp outside a driver's license office just to secure an appointment because reservations were scalped by internet bots and sold for profit.

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Justices Uphold Texas Law Requiring Porn Site Age Checks

By Catherine Marfin

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday said a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify visitors' ages could take effect, agreeing with a divided Fifth Circuit's decision to vacate an injunction while using a different standard of judicial review to evaluate the statute.

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Financial Regulators Say Banks Can Use Third-Party TIN Info

By Sarah Jarvis

Financial regulators on Friday said banks can collect tax identification number information from third parties, rather than just from their customers, pointing to changes in banking since the requirement was enacted under the USA PATRIOT Act.

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Calif. Panel Tosses Hacking Case Against Ex-LA Prosecutor

By Emily Sawicki

A California state appeals court has ordered the dismissal of criminal claims against former Los Angeles Assistant District Attorney Diana Teran over her use of public sheriff's deputy files contained in a "confidential" database.

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Loyola Says It Had No Role In Student-Athlete Data Breach

By Celeste Bott

Loyola University Chicago moved Thursday to be dismissed from an Illinois federal lawsuit claiming it failed to protect the private data of its student-athletes, saying it can't be held liable for the unlawful access of an ex-University of Michigan football coach who has no affiliation or connection to the university.  

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Comparing New Neural Data Privacy Laws In 4 States

Although no federal law yet addresses neural privacy comprehensively, the combined effect of recent state laws in Colorado, California, Montana and Connecticut is already shaping the regulatory future, but a multistate compliance strategy has quickly become a gating item for those experimenting with neuro-enabled workplace tools, says Kristen Mathews at Cooley.

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Husch Blackwell Adds Ex-US Atty, DOJ Public Integrity Lawyer

By Phillip Bantz

Todd Gee, former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi and an ex-member of the U.S. Department of Justice's Public Integrity Section, has joined Husch Blackwell LLP as a white collar partner in the firm's Washington, D.C., office.

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Seyfarth Lands 22 Transactional Attys From Morris Manning

By Tracey Read

Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced Monday that it has added a 22-lawyer transactional team from Morris Manning & Martin LLP, including 11 partners in the real estate, corporate and employee benefits groups, while the latter firm indicated it's in talks to expand its ranks.

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Legal Tech Co. Clio Buys Vincent AI's VLex For $1B

By Matt Perez

Legal tech giant Clio announced Monday its $1 billion acquisition of vLex, which develops the legal artificial intelligence platform Vincent AI.

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Baker McKenzie Hires Consumer Protection Prosecutor In DC

By Jack Rodgers

An 18-year veteran of the U.S. Department of Justice's Consumer Protection branch has left the agency to join Baker McKenzie LLP's Washington, D.C., office, where he'll work with a former colleague who was recently named leader of the practice group he is now joining, the firm announced Monday.

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Calif. Panel Chides Attys Who Hid Opponent's Inactive Status

By Emily Sawicki

In a precedential ruling, a California appellate panel found a party whose counsel's license was made inactive should have been treated as though the attorney had died or been suspended, overturning a $70,000 fee award levied against a woman who was not informed that her lawyer was inactive.

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Tillis Doesn't Plan Roadblocks On Judiciary Nominations

By Courtney Bublé

Following his announcement on Sunday that he won't be seeking reelection, Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee who previously sank President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, told Law360 on Monday that his approach to judiciary nominations won't change.

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Dunn Isaacson Now In NY, Calif. With Latest Paul Weiss Hires

By Alison Knezevich

Two more litigators from Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP who have represented top technology companies and other clients in court battles have joined Dunn Isaacson Rhee LLP.

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Trump Admin Appeals Perkins Coie Case To DC Circ.

By Daniel Connolly

The Trump administration announced in D.C. federal court on Monday that it's not giving up on its effort to punish Perkins Coie LLP through an executive order, even after losing four court rulings that found its actions in this and three similar cases are unconstitutional.

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