5th Circ. Unsure Child Online Safety Law Tramples Speech

By Spencer Brewer

A Fifth Circuit panel appeared skeptical Tuesday of a tech media trade group's stance that a Mississippi internet safety law is unconstitutional, suggesting that the challenged statute may not implicate speech. 

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1st Circ. Pushes For Settlement In Mass. 'Right-To-Repair' Suit

By Chris Villani

The First Circuit suggested Tuesday that major automakers and the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office should work together to resolve a suit over compliance with a state law requiring open access to vehicle telematics systems.

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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards

Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2026 editorial advisory boards.

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Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Morgan & Morgan

By Joyce Hanson

Morgan & Morgan PA was co-lead counsel in a class action that secured a $425 million jury verdict finding that Google illegally collected information from 98 million cellphone users who had asked the tech giant not to track their activity, earning the law firm a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year.

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Brief

FCC Hunting For New Cyber Trust Mark Administrator

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission will give companies more time to get their bids in to serve as the new administrator of the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark program, after the first one quit in December.

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SEC Tosses Biden-Era Case Against Wyoming Crypto Co.

By Jessica Corso

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has walked away from an attempt to block the issuance of a pair of digital tokens offered by a Wyoming-based company, saying that changes in federal policy toward the cryptocurrency industry necessitated an end to the administrative proceedings.

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Mass. AG Sues Bitcoin ATM Co. For Allegedly Enabling Scams

By Carolyn Muyskens

A major bitcoin ATM operator is facing allegations from the Massachusetts attorney general's office that it does little to prevent customers from falling prey to cryptocurrency scams as it profits from the transactions, in a new complaint filed on Tuesday.

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DOJ, AGs Lodge Cross-Appeal Over Google Search Remedies

By Lauren Berg

The U.S. Department of Justice and state enforcers on Tuesday launched an appeal of a D.C. federal judge's scaled-back remedies in their case targeting Google's search monopoly, after the tech giant filed its own appeal to knock out the penalties.

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Feds Fight Cyberstalking Atty's Bid For Pretrial Release

By Adrian Cruz

The U.S. government has asked a Texas federal judge to reject a bid for pretrial release from a currently detained attorney charged with cyberstalking other attorneys at BigLaw firms.

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Ex-BofA Banker Cops To Role In Medicare Fraud Scheme

By Gina Kim

A former Bank of America banker copped to a money laundering conspiracy charge Tuesday in New York federal court in connection with a transnational scheme that made over $8 billion in fraudulent Medicare claims for glucose monitors and urinary catheters that were medically unnecessary, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Paperless Law Firm Seeks Coverage For Ransomware Attack

By Gianna Ferrarin

A personal injury law firm told a Kansas federal court that an excess insurer owes it coverage for lost business revenue from a ransomware attack, arguing that as a paperless firm it was essentially shut down for several days because of the attack.

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Zillow, Microsoft Say Users' Wiretapping Case Still Falls Short

By Ben Adlin

Zillow and Microsoft urged a Seattle federal judge to put an end to a proposed class action accusing Zillow of improperly using Microsoft software to track users' activity on the real estate giant's website, claiming the plaintiffs have failed to fix fundamental flaws in their case despite multiple tries.

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Insurance Claims Data Fair Game In Instagram Addiction Suit

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts judge said the state's attorney general may continue reviewing health insurance claims data from two agencies it subpoenaed months after the close of discovery in its social media addiction lawsuit against Instagram.

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Calif. Privacy Agency Taps Meta Alum To Head New Audits Unit

By Allison Grande

The California Privacy Protection Agency on Tuesday announced the creation of a new Audits Division to assess companies' compliance with the state's consumer data privacy framework and named the most recent director of public policy at social media giant Meta Platforms Inc. to lead the unit.

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Thompson Hine Adds 6 Financial Services Attys In Chicago

By Tracey Read

Thompson Hine LLP has expanded its Chicago office with a six-attorney securities litigation and regulatory enforcement team from UB Greensfelder LLP.

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JAMS Adds Frost Brown Atty With Healthcare, Tech Chops

By Emily Johnson

Alternative dispute resolution provider JAMS has brought on a Frost Brown Todd LLP partner in its Atlanta office, strengthening its panel with an attorney experienced in regulated industries like healthcare. 

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Limiting Worker Surveillance Risks Amid AI Regulatory Shifts

With workplace surveillance tools becoming increasingly common and a recent executive order aiming to preempt state-level artificial intelligence enforcement, companies may feel encouraged to expand AI monitoring, but the legal exposure associated with these tools remains, say attorneys at MoFo.

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How Insurers Are Wording AI Exclusions

Artificial intelligence exclusions are now available for use in insurance policies, meaning corporate risk managers must determine how those exclusions are interpreted and applied, and how they define AI, says David Kroeger at Jenner & Block.

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Habeas Cases Flood Courts After Immigrant Detention Shift

By Jack Karp

Federal courts have been inundated with a flood of cases stemming from the Trump administration's revised approach to the detention of unauthorized immigrants, with judges routinely ruling against the government as immigration attorneys scramble to keep up.

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Baker McKenzie Describes Client Fallout After Assault Claims

By Alison Knezevich

Several clients asked the leader of Baker McKenzie's Washington, D.C., office to stop handling work for them after he was accused of sexual assault, according to a new filing in a defamation case against the former firm associate who made the allegations.

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Goldstein Knew What Was On His Returns, Accountant Claims

By Jared Foretek

The top outside accountant handling tax returns for SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein and his law firm said Tuesday that Goldstein wasn't forthcoming about his gambling records and that he firmly believed the former U.S. Supreme Court attorney knew what was in his allegedly false tax returns when they were filed.

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Approach The Bench: Judge Yew Warns Of Deepfake Evidence

By Cara Bayles and Steven Trader

After decades on the bench of the Santa Clara County Superior Court, Judge Erica Yew began to regard the future of courtroom evidence with some trepidation, as the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence made it easier to falsify documents, photos and videos.

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4 Attys Sanctioned Over AI Hallucinations In Legal Brief

By Elliot Weld

A Kansas federal judge has issued sanctions against a group of lawyers representing a technology company in a patent dispute and has referred one attorney for disciplinary action over case citations hallucinated by ChatGPT appearing in a legal brief.

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Pretti Killing Highlights Free Speech And Gun Rights Tension

By Marco Poggio

The killing of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen and lawful gun owner, by federal immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis last month brought to the fore a long-standing tension between two constitutional rights that the U.S. Supreme Court has never resolved, legal experts say.

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Floyd Prosecutor, Defense Atty To Represent Pretti's Family

By Lynn LaRowe

The relatives of a Minnesota intensive care nurse killed by ICE agents have secured legal representation from a former federal prosecutor who helped secure the conviction of an ex-police officer in the killing of George Floyd, and a criminal defense attorney coming off a high-profile murder case.

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Queens Defenders Ex-Director Admits Embezzling Over $100K

By Pete Brush

The former longtime head of Queens Defenders copped to a count of fraud conspiracy in Brooklyn federal court Tuesday after prosecutors said she diverted over $100,000 intended for indigent residents and used the money for a lavish lifestyle.

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Analysis

Squires And Stewart's Patent Office, By The Numbers

By Theresa Schliep

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has seen sweeping changes under Director John Squires and Deputy Director Coke Morgan Stewart, ranging from pro-patent owner policies at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to employment shake-ups that have prompted departures from the agency.

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Senate Confirms Picks For Texas, Ark. District Court Seats

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate confirmed two U.S. district court judges, for Texas and Arkansas, on Tuesday.

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