Technology

  • June 27, 2025

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

    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. 

  • June 27, 2025

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

    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.

  • June 27, 2025

    Can AI Kill Human Art? Two Judges Envision Different Futures

    The two federal judges who issued highly anticipated opinions about training generative artificial intelligence models with copyrighted material acknowledged the fear from many that AI could ultimately supplant human-created works, but they had differing views about the probability of such a future.

  • June 27, 2025

    Google Fired Worker For Taking Medical Leave, Suit Claims

    A former Google employee said she was discriminated against and fired for taking approved medical leave, according to a lawsuit filed in Washington state court.

  • June 27, 2025

    PE-Backed McGraw Hill, Consumer Researcher NIQ File IPOs

    Educational publisher McGraw Hill Inc. and consumer research provider NIQ Global Intelligence PLC filed plans for initial public offerings Friday, marking a pair of large private-equity-backed companies set to join a recovering IPO market.

  • June 27, 2025

    Hagens Berman Client Loses Bid To Lead Super Micro Class

    A California federal judge rejected a Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP client's bid to lead investor claims that Super Micro Computer Inc.'s shares fell roughly 20% after a short seller report accused it of violating its previous settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over accounting improprieties.

  • June 27, 2025

    Apple Execs Sued Over Alleged AI Misrepresentations

    Apple's top brass have been hit with a derivative suit accusing them of duping shareholders into believing the tech giant would launch new artificial intelligence Siri features on the iPhone 16, which caused a stock drop when the rollout was delayed repeatedly.

  • June 27, 2025

    Tesla To Face Punitive Damages Claim At Trial Over Fla. Crash

    Tesla will face a punitive damages claim at trial next month in a wrongful death suit over a deadly collision in 2019, with a Florida federal judge saying there is enough evidence the carmaker knew about dangers associated with its autopilot system to send the claim to a jury.

  • June 27, 2025

    Senate Says AI Is In, Some Spectrum Parts Out Of Budget Bill

    The updated version of a moratorium on states' regulation of artificial intelligence is allowed to be included in the budget reconciliation package but some of the spectrum-related provisions are not, according to the latest ruling from the U.S. Senate parliamentarian.

  • June 27, 2025

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

    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.  

  • June 27, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Upholds Win For Lyft On Vehicle Monitoring Patents

    The Federal Circuit said it won't undo Lyft's lower court win in litigation where it was accused of infringing a pair of Quartz Auto Technologies LLC patents, rejecting arguments that a judge misinterpreted the patent claims.

  • June 27, 2025

    Greystar, Landlords Push To Toss DOJ's RealPage Suit

    Greystar Management Services LLC and several other landlords urged a North Carolina federal court to toss a rent price-fixing suit lodged by the federal government and multiple states, arguing in part that they have failed to provide specifics for their antitrust claims.

  • June 27, 2025

    Samsung Hit With $12.5M Verdict In Mobile Patent Trial

    A Texas federal jury hit Samsung with a $12.5 million verdict Friday, finding that it violated a patent held by Empire Technology Development LLC related to cellphone signals, but rejecting the claim that the infringement was willful.

  • June 27, 2025

    Financial Regulators Say Banks Can Use Third-Party TIN Info

    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.

  • June 27, 2025

    Google Escapes Search Engine Patent Suit, For Now

    A northern California federal judge has tossed LookSmart Group Inc.'s lawsuit accusing Google of infringing its search engine patent, finding the claim describes only unprotectable abstract ideas while allowing the company to amend the complaint. 

  • June 27, 2025

    Compass Wants 'Zillow Ban' Halted For Antitrust Case

    Compass asked a New York federal court Friday to stop Zillow from enforcing a new policy the real estate brokerage claims is designed to block competition, saying the threat of Zillow's rules is already causing harm and confusion.

  • June 27, 2025

    Court Urged To Push Ex-GC To Provide Co. Laptop Password

    E-commerce company Storehouse In A Box has asked a federal judge in Michigan to issue a preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order against its former general counsel and chief operating officer, arguing he refused to give the company access to a laptop that the company provided and used the company's trade secrets for his benefit.

  • June 27, 2025

    US, China Finalize Part Of Trade Agreement

    The U.S. and China recently finalized an agreement to remove certain American trade barriers in exchange for jumpstarting critical Chinese export approvals, according to remarks made by Chinese government officials Friday.

  • June 27, 2025

    MoFo, Latham Lead Medical AI Co. Carlsmed's $100M IPO

    Carlsmed Inc., a spinal surgery solutions-focused medical technology company near San Diego, has unveiled plans for an initial public offering, telling regulators it is aiming to raise up to $100 million, with Morrison & Foerster LLP advising Carlsmed and Latham & Watkins LLP representing the underwriters.

  • June 27, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Weil, Freshfields, Sidley Austin

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Spectris backs a takeover offer from Advent, C&S Wholesale Grocers acquires SpartanNash, NBA team owners approve the sale of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx to a consortium led by former limited partners Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez, and Illumina Inc. acquires SomaLogic from Standard BioTools.

  • June 27, 2025

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen the British Basketball Federation sued by members of the men's professional basketball league for alleged competition breaches, songwriter Coco Star file an intellectual property claim against Universal Music Publishing, and the Solicitors Regulation Authority file a claim against the Post Office amid ongoing investigations into law firms linked to the Horizon IT Scandal. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • June 27, 2025

    Justices Uphold Texas Law Requiring Porn Site Age Checks

    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.

  • June 27, 2025

    NC Biz Court Bulletin: Last-Minute Settlements Head Off Trials

    Untouched by the summer slump, the North Carolina Business Court kicked off June with a sanctions order against a biogas company caught spurning court orders and a new complaint by a former NFL player accusing his longtime financial adviser of defrauding him for decades.

  • June 27, 2025

    Justices Salvage FCC Subsidy Fees, Reversing 5th Circ.

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday upheld the funding mechanism for the Federal Communications Commission's $9 billion Universal Service Fund used to subsidize low-income phone service, rural broadband, and school, library and healthcare telecommunications connectivity.

  • June 26, 2025

    OpenAI Loses Data Hold Round In News Orgs' Copyright Fight

    A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday refused to overturn a ruling that directed OpenAI to preserve ChatGPT logs in ongoing copyright infringement litigation brought by news organizations against the company and Microsoft, after hearing an hourslong "tutorial" about the ins and outs of generative artifical intelligence.

Expert Analysis

  • Recent Complex Global Deals Reveal Regulatory Trends

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    An analysis of six complex global deals that were completed or abandoned in the last year suggests that, while such deals continue to face significant and lengthy scrutiny across the U.S, U.K. and European Union, the path to closing may have eased slightly compared to recent years, say attorneys at Weil.

  • Google Damages Ruling May Spur Income Approach Usage

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    The Federal Circuit's recent decision in EcoFactor v. Google may affect the extent to which damages experts apply the market approach in patent infringement matters, and income approach techniques may assume greater importance, says Erin Crockett at Charles River Associates.

  • Lessons From FTC Action On Dark Patterns In User Interfaces

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    The Federal Trade Commission's recent complaint against Uber for its billing and cancellation practices comes amid other actions addressing consumer confusion and deception, so it is paramount to deploy tools that assess customers' cognitive states of mind to separate lawful marketing from misconduct, says Ceren Canal Aruoba at Berkeley Research Group.

  • FAR Rewrite May Cloud Key Gov't Contract Doctrine

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    The Trump administration's government procurement overhaul, under which sections of the Federal Acquisition Regulation are eliminated by default, is bound to collide with a doctrine that allows courts to read omitted clauses into government contracts if they represent long-standing pillars of federal procurement law, say attorneys at Rogers Joseph.

  • Compliance Essentials To Mitigate AI Crime Enforcement Risk

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    As artificial intelligence systems move closer to accurately mimicking human decision-making, companies must understand how the U.S. Department of Justice might prosecute them for crimes committed by AI tools — and how to mitigate enforcement risks, say attorneys at Paul Hastings.

  • Series

    Adapting To Private Practice: From US Attorney To BigLaw

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    When I transitioned to private practice after government service — most recently as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia — I learned there are more similarities between the two jobs than many realize, with both disciplines requiring resourcefulness, zealous advocacy and foresight, says Zach Terwilliger at V&E.

  • 2nd Circ. Limits VPPA Liability, But Caveats Remain

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    The Second Circuit's narrowed scope of the Video Privacy Protection Act in Solomon v. Flipps Media, in which the court adopted the ordinary person standard, will help shield businesses from VPPA liability, but the decision hardly provides a free pass to streamers and digital media companies utilizing website pixels, say attorneys at Frankfurt Kurnit.

  • The Ins And Outs Of Consensual Judicial References

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    As parties consider the possibility of judicial reference to resolve complex disputes, it is critical to understand how the process works, why it's gaining traction, and why carefully crafted agreements make all the difference, say attorneys at Pillsbury.

  • Opinion

    Congress Must Restore IP Protection To Drive US Innovation

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    Congress should pass the RESTORE Patent Rights Act to enforce patent holders' exclusive rights and encourage American innovation, and undo the decades of patent rights erosion caused by the U.S. Supreme Court's 2006 decision in eBay v. MercExchange, says former Chief U.S. Circuit Judge Paul Michel.

  • Staying The Course Amid Seismic DOJ White Collar Changes

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    While some of the big changes at the U.S. Department of Justice during the second Trump administration — like an embrace of cryptocurrency and more politicized prosecutions — were expected, there have also been surprises, so practitioners should advise clients to stay focused on white collar compliance in this unpredictable environment, say attorneys at Keker.

  • Opinion

    The BigLaw Settlements Are About Risk, Not Profit

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    The nine Am Law 100 firms that settled with the Trump administration likely did so because of the personal risk faced by equity partners in today's billion‑dollar national practices, enabled by an ethics rule primed for modernization, says Adam Forest at Scale.

  • 4 States' Enforcement Actions Illustrate Data Privacy Priorities

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    Attorneys at Wilson Elser examine recent enforcement actions based on new consumer data privacy laws by regulators in California, Connecticut, Oregon and Texas, centered around key themes, including crackdowns on dark patterns, misuse of sensitive data and failure to honor consumer rights.

  • Google Ad Tech Ruling Creates Antitrust Uncertainty

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    A Virginia federal court’s recent decision in the Justice Department’s ad tech antitrust case against Google includes two unusual aspects in that it narrowly construed U.S. Supreme Court precedent when rejecting Google's two-sided market argument, and it found the company liable for unlawful tying, say attorneys at Ballard Spahr.

  • Series

    Brazilian Jiujitsu Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Competing in Brazilian jiujitsu – often against opponents who are much larger and younger than me – has allowed me to develop a handful of useful skills that foster the resilience and adaptability necessary for a successful legal career, says Tina Dorr of Barnes & Thornburg.

  • Signed, Sealed, Deleted: A Look At The California Delete Act

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    The California Delete Act, proposed Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform regulations, and California Privacy Protection Agency enforcement raise a number of compliance considerations — even for data brokers that have existing deletion processes in place, say attorneys at Hunton.

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