A ChatGPT user Tuesday filed a proposed class action against OpenAI in California federal court, claiming the artificial intelligence company disclosed private user information to Meta Platforms and Google without users' consent.
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OpenAI Accused Of Giving ChatGPT User Info To Meta, Google

By Hailey Konnath

A ChatGPT user Tuesday filed a proposed class action against OpenAI in California federal court, claiming the artificial intelligence company disclosed private user information to Meta Platforms and Google without users' consent.

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Pa. Sues Character.ai For Bot Acting Like A Doctor

By P.J. D'Annunzio

The state of Pennsylvania and its medical licensing board have sued Character Technologies Inc. for allegedly allowing an AI chatbot generated on its platform to engage in the unlicensed practice of medicine with members of the public.

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7th Circ. Backs Dropbox's Warrantless Search For Child Porn

By Gina Kim

The Seventh Circuit on Tuesday ruled a Dropbox user's constitutional rights weren't violated when the company inspected and shared his files containing child sex abuse material to law enforcement without a warrant, noting he gave consent to Dropbox's terms allowing inspection of data to ensure it wasn't being used illegally.

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Patient Data Tracking Suit Sent Back To Wis. State Court

By Allison Grande

A Wisconsin federal judge has thrown back to state court a putative class action accusing healthcare providers Hospital Sisters Health Systems and Prevea Health Services of deploying tracking tools that illegally transmitted patients' private information to Google and Facebook, finding that the plaintiffs hadn't alleged a sufficiently concrete injury to remain in federal court.  

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Software Co. Doxim Inks $5.5M Deal To End Data Breach Suit

By Melanie Dorsey

Credit union customers asked a Michigan federal judge Tuesday to preliminarily approve an amended $5.5 million class settlement resolving claims that software-as-a-service company Doxim Inc. failed to protect sensitive personal information that ended up exposed in a 2023 data breach.

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4th Circ. Says USPTO Doesn't Have To Cough Up PTAB Docs

By Adam Lidgett

The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday said it won't force the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to hand over certain information requested by a nonprofit volunteer about drafts of a decision in a Patent Trial and Appeal Board hearing involving a cybersecurity patent.

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ENFORCEMENT

Home Depot Accused Of Helping Police Spy On Customers

By Bonnie Eslinger

Home Depot is running a covert surveillance system using automated license plate recognition technology and feeding that information to a database accessed by law enforcement, a proposed class action filed in California federal court has alleged.

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Analysis

High Court Clarity On Subpoenas Creates Murky Path For AGs

By Carla Baranauckas

The U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous decision that the New Jersey Attorney General's Office infringed free speech by asking an anti-abortion nonprofit to release donor names gives nonprofits and companies more leverage for challenging subpoenas at the outset, although the question remains if and how attorneys general and other enforcers can ultimately obtain sought-after information following a constitutional affront.

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Meta Should Have Warning Label, NM Witness Says

By Cara Salvatore

New Mexico unveiled further details of safeguards it says a court should impose on Meta in a $3.7 billion bench trial, calling an expert witness Tuesday who said displaying a warning pop-up to minors is an idea that's backed by the former surgeon general and desperately needed.

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Sanofi Unit Gets Backup In Fed. Circ. Double Patenting Appeal

By Dani Kass

Canon, Sonos and several other tech and biopharma companies have thrown their weight behind a Sanofi subsidiary's appeal challenging how the Patent Trial and Appeal Board handles obviousness-type double patenting.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Opinion

Congress Should Ax Privacy Bill For Not Shielding Consumers

The SECURE Data Act should be rejected because, despite Congress' claims, it would not meaningfully rein in data practices, but instead would weaken enforcement, eliminate stronger protections and prioritize data extraction over consumer protection and accountability, say attorneys at DiCello Levitt.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

The 2026 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey: Make Your Voice Heard

How is your work-life balance? Are you content with your compensation and opportunities for advancement at work? Take the 2026 Law360 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey and share your thoughts.

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DOJ Atty Faces Possible Discipline Over DHS 'Lack Of Candor'

By Lauren Berg

A Rhode Island federal judge, whom the U.S. Department of Homeland Security criticized for releasing a noncitizen with an alleged overseas warrant for homicide, on Tuesday said she is referring an assistant U.S. attorney for disciplinary proceedings for not disclosing the warrant to her beforehand.

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Approach The Bench: Justice Bacon On School Accreditation

By Cara Bayles and Steven Trader

State high courts are responsible for regulating the legal profession in their jurisdictions, and so New Mexico Supreme Court Justice C. Shannon Bacon thinks it's only right that justices reevaluate the principles behind law school accreditation.

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Ga. Justices Sanction Asst. DA For AI Errors In Murder Case

By Lauren Berg

The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday sanctioned a Clayton County assistant district attorney for filing briefs that contained nonexistent case citations generated by artificial intelligence in a murder defendant's bid for a new trial, saying the prosecutor's misconduct has "sidetracked" the justices from delving into the merits of the appeal.

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Brief

FCC Chair Carr Promotes 6 In Key Legal, Policy Roles

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission's staff are playing musical chairs, and it means high-level promotions for a half-dozen legal aides of agency chief Brendan Carr.

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SEC Lifts NY Atty's Lifetime Practice Ban

By Katryna Perera

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday lifted a lifetime ban preventing a New York attorney from practicing before the agency, following an attempt to leverage a client's testimony before the SEC.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bursor & Fisher

Cherry Johnson Siegmund James

Chestnut Cambronne

Clark Hill

DiCello Levitt

Emery Reddy

Godfrey & Kahn

Kellogg Hansen

Kopelowitz Ostrow

Law Office of Melanie Shapiro

Lowenstein Sandler

Matthew G. Miller PC

McDonald Hopkins

Meritz Reddy

Milberg PLLC

Motley Rice

Niemeyer Grebel

O'Hagan Meyer

Orrick Herrington

Polsinelli PC

Shook Hardy

Sills Cummis

Steel Law Firm PC

Strauss Borrelli

Troutman

Venable LLP

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Ablynx NV

Allergan PLC

American Bar Association

Apple Inc.

Beacon Credit Union

Canon Inc.

Doxim

Eli Lilly & Co.

FedEx Corp.

Flock Safety

Google LLC

Hospital Sisters Health System

Kudelski Group

Meta Platforms Inc.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Nokia Corp.

OpenAI OpCo LLC

RingCentral Inc.

Sanofi

Smith & Wesson Brands Inc.

Sonos Inc.

Spotify Technology SA

Sutro Biopharma Inc.

T-Mobile US Inc.

The Home Depot Inc.

The New York Times Co.

US Inventor

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Trade Commission

Georgia Supreme Court

New Jersey Attorney General's Office

New Jersey Supreme Court

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Pennsylvania Department of State

Pennsylvania Supreme Court

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Rhode Island

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

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

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

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

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin