Technology

  • October 08, 2025

    'I Don't Want To Be A Referee,' Google Search Judge Says

    A D.C. federal judge faced the prospect Wednesday of years more involvement in the U.S. Justice Department's case against Google's search monopoly, saying during a hearing that he's trying to balance avoiding being a "referee" for his remedies decision while preventing "misuses" of data sharing and search syndication mandates.

  • October 08, 2025

    Calif. Mandates Browser Ad Tracking Opt-Out In US First

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Wednesday that requires browser developers to offer a digital tool enabling consumers to more easily opt out of online behavioral advertising throughout the web, making the Golden State the first in the nation to enact the regulations.

  • October 08, 2025

    Maryland Co. Challenges DHS Snub For Cybersecurity Award

    A Maryland company told a Court of Federal Claims judge this week that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency improperly rated and passed over its quotation for a solicitation seeking digital transformation support services.

  • October 08, 2025

    Software Co.'s Ex-Chair Faces Jurist Ire Over 'Sloppy' Practices

    A New York federal judge expressed frustration with the former chairman of The Resource Group International Ltd. in his bid to challenge his ouster from the software investment company following a widely reported sexual harassment scandal, criticizing the executive's "sloppy and irresponsibly careless practices" in the proceeding.

  • October 08, 2025

    5th Circ. Says Some NOLA Rental Rules Are Unconstitutional

    A Fifth Circuit panel partially revived a proposed class action filed by homeowners and two companies challenging New Orleans' short-term rentals regulations, ruling in a published opinion that some of the regulations are unconstitutional.

  • October 08, 2025

    Crypto Co. Sues Mercury Funds Over $270M Token Dispute

    A blockchain startup sued several entities of a venture capital firm on Wednesday, claiming they are trying to turn a $100,000 investment in the blockchain company's early-stage digital asset venture into $270 million worth of tokens by exploiting a contract typo that mistakenly tied token rights to all their shares.

  • October 08, 2025

    Battery Maker Enovix Gets Investor Suit Trimmed Again

    A California federal judge has pared an investor lawsuit against lithium battery maker Enovix to a single claim, after finding that two allegedly misleading statements by the company about its production equipment testing were significantly taken out of context.

  • October 08, 2025

    11th Circ. Urged To Keep Ga.'s E-Commerce Regs On Ice

    Internet trade group NetChoice urged the Eleventh Circuit Wednesday to leave in place an injunction that for more than a year has kept Georgia from enforcing new requirements on e-commerce platforms, arguing the state's law tries to push past a regulatory "ceiling" already imposed by federal law.

  • October 08, 2025

    Teen Owes $50K In Video Game Hacking Case

    A Canadian teenager who was accused of hacking the online video game Rec Room, harassing other users and thwarting bans has agreed to stay off the game and pay $50,000 to end a civil suit in Washington federal court brought by the game's developers.

  • October 08, 2025

    FCC Wants Caller ID Expanded In Anti-Robocall Regs

    The Federal Communications Commission will consider expanding the data that consumers receive on caller ID displays as part of a wider effort to stamp out scam robocalls from overseas.

  • October 08, 2025

    Discord Sued After User Info Leaked In Breach Of Vendor

    Communications platform maker Discord Inc. was hit with a proposed class action in California federal court Tuesday after one of its third-party customer support partners suffered a data breach that allowed unauthorized parties to access personal information belonging to Discord's users. 

  • October 08, 2025

    NBA Video Privacy Law Review Premature, Plaintiff Tells Justices

    A website user urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to weigh in on the Second Circuit's decision last year that revived his lawsuit accusing the NBA of illegally sharing his viewing activity with Meta, arguing that the suit's second dismissal this week and his planned appeal "might complicate the court's review."

  • October 08, 2025

    Micron Files Patent Case In Calif. Day After Hit With Texas Suit

    Chinese chipmaker Yangtze Memory Technologies Company Ltd. has accused Micron Technology Inc. of infringing a series of patents related to computer memory, prompting Micron to respond with its own suit asserting that it didn't infringe the patents. 

  • October 08, 2025

    Advocacy Group Sues Trump To Restore Digital Equity Funds

    A group advocating for wider broadband adoption has sued the Trump administration for canceling the disbursement of grants under the Digital Equity Act.

  • October 08, 2025

    Black NC Voters Take Redistricting Case To 4th Circ. Again

    Two Black voters have urged the Fourth Circuit to hear as soon as possible their case alleging the North Carolina General Assembly unlawfully redrew state senate districts in a way that diluted the voting power of Black residents.

  • October 08, 2025

    Landlord Loses Bid To Depose DC In RealPage Case

    A District of Columbia Superior Court judge has rejected a landlord's bid to depose D.C. for the city's rent price-fixing suit against property management software company RealPage Inc. and multiple landlords.

  • October 08, 2025

    2 More States Join Growing US Privacy Regulator Consortium

    A bipartisan collective of U.S. regulators that was recently formed to collaborate on the implementation and enforcement of their states' data privacy regimes has swelled to double digits, with the attorneys general of Minnesota and New Hampshire on Wednesday being announced as the group's newest members. 

  • October 07, 2025

    Atty Fee Concerns Sink Health Provider's $2M Privacy Deal

    An Arizona federal judge refused to sign off on a nearly $2 million deal to resolve a proposed class action accusing LifeStance Health Group of illegally sharing website visitors' personal data with Meta, finding the proposed attorney fees to be "disproportionately high" compared to what class members stand to recover.

  • October 07, 2025

    Panel Said Congress Was 'Feckless,' 6th Circ. Told In FCC Row

    The Sixth Circuit should agree to a full court reconsideration of a panel's decision to back the Federal Communications Commission's expanded data breach notifications for telecom carriers, says a conservative legal organization that believes the panel assumed Congress was legislating "fecklessly."

  • October 07, 2025

    Wash. Spam Email Law Is Unconstitutional, Retailers Say

    Beauty retail giant Ulta and home improvement retailer Home Depot argued last week in separate cases that Washington state's Commercial Electronic Mail Act is unconstitutional and preempted by federal law as they seek to shed proposed consumer class actions claiming their promotional emails were misleading.

  • October 07, 2025

    Urologist Provider Must Face Data Leak Claims, Panel Says

    The Georgia Court of Appeals has largely revived a proposed class action against a urology provider over a 2021 data breach that allegedly compromised the personal information of more than 79,000 patients, ruling Monday that the clinic could be liable for negligence and breach of contract.

  • October 07, 2025

    Mortgage Giants Shared Data To Fix Rates, Homeowners Say

    A proposed class of homeowners has launched a sweeping class action against Rocket Mortgage, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and more than two dozen other mortgage lenders, accusing them of conspiring through Optimal Blue's pricing software to secretly share sensitive data and fix mortgage rates nationwide, allegedly inflating costs and deepening the U.S. housing affordability crisis.

  • October 07, 2025

    Chamber Asks 9th Circ. For Clarity In Trade Secrets Cases

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce backed Boeing's bid for the Ninth Circuit to reconsider a panel's decision to reinstate a $72 million jury verdict against the company, saying the panel's "swift treatment" of such a complex issue threatens creating confusion.

  • October 07, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Ponders Document Sealing In EDTX's Patent Cases

    A Federal Circuit panel grappled Tuesday with document sealing practices in patent cases in the Eastern District of Texas, appearing at points skeptical about a digital rights nonprofit's efforts to unseal records in since-concluded litigation involving Charter Communications Inc.

  • October 07, 2025

    1st Circ. Left In Limbo Over FCC's Prison Phone Rate Caps

    First Circuit judges Tuesday questioned the Federal Communications Commission's turnabout in defense of its Biden-era prison phone rate caps and were unsure how to construct a legal ruling with the FCC poised to vote on a policy makeover within weeks.

Expert Analysis

  • Series

    Quilting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Turning intricate patterns of fabric and thread into quilts has taught me that craftsmanship, creative problem-solving and dedication to incremental progress are essential to creating something lasting that will help another person — just like in law, says Veronica McMillan at Kramon & Graham.

  • How Agentic AI Is Testing The Limits Of Patent Law

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    While a recent Swiss court ruling suggests that human-centric rules regarding inventorship will likely remain in place for the near future, it captures a core tension confronting patent systems worldwide as the technology producing patent-worthy ideas is becoming increasingly autonomous, says Matthew Carey at Marshall Gerstein.

  • Lessons Learned 3 Years After First CCPA Enforcement Action

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    Three years after the first public enforcement action under the California Consumer Privacy Act, Attorney General Rob Bonta has pursued a steady stream of enforcement actions across industries, providing a clearer picture of how the law is being interpreted and enforced, says Tatum Andres at Kilpatrick.

  • 2 Appellate Rulings Offer Clickwrap Enforcement Road Map

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    Two recent decisions from the Fourth and Eleventh Circuits in cases involving Experian signal that federal appellate courts are recognizing clickwrap agreements' power in spite of their simplicity, and offer practical advice on how companies can sufficiently demonstrate notice and assent when attempting to enforce contractual terms, says Brian Willett at Saul Ewing.

  • A Former PTAB Judge Weighs The End Of Remote Hearings

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    Former Patent Trial and Appeal Board Judge Amanda Wieker, now at McGuireWoods, examines the costs and benefits of the PTAB's impending in-person hearing requirement, and offers suggestions for making the most out of this new regime.

  • How Proposed FAA Rule May Streamline Drone Operations

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    The Federal Aviation Administration's recent proposed rule on autonomous drone delivery operations offers a more streamlined approach, by shifting away from the current pilot-centered framework and placing safety and operational responsibility at the level of the operator's organization, say Amanda Losacco and Jessica Monahan at Cozen O'Connor.

  • The Future Of Lab-Test Regs After FDA Rescinds Rule

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    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently rescinded its laboratory-developed tests rule in response to a Texas federal court decision this spring, reinforcing a separation of authority between the FDA and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and calling into question the FDA's role in overseeing such tests without congressional action, say attorneys at Venable.

  • SDNY Ruling Reinforces Joint Steering Committee Obligations

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    The recent Southern District of New York decision in ChemImage v. Johnson & Johnson makes joint steering committees a valuable tool in strategic relationships, as provisions for such committees can now be wielded to demand attention to core issues, say Lisa Bernstein at the University of Chicago Law School, and Reginald Goeke and Brad Peterson at Mayer Brown.

  • How AI Is Easing Digital Asset Recovery In Fraud Cases

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    In combination with recent legislation and a maturing digital asset infrastructure, artificial intelligence tools are making it easier to recover stolen assets, giving litigants a more specific understanding of financial fraud earlier in the process and making it economically feasible to pursue smaller fraud claims, says Solomon Shinerock at Lewis Baach.

  • What 2 Profs Noticed As Transactional Law Students Used AI

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    After a semester using generative artificial intelligence tools with students in an entrepreneurship law clinic, we came away with numerous observations about the opportunities and challenges such tools present to new transactional lawyers, say professors at Cornell Law School.

  • Despite SEC Reset, Private Crypto Securities Cases Continue

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    While the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Trump administration has charted a new approach to crypto regulation, the industry still lacks comprehensive rules of the road, meaning private plaintiffs continue to pursue litigation, and application of securities laws to crypto-assets will be determined by the courts, say attorneys at Skadden.

  • What Patent Claim 'Invalidity' Means In Different Forums

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    A recent Federal Circuit order allowing a patent suit to proceed despite similar claims being invalidated in an inter partes review underscores how fractured the patent litigation landscape has become, leading to critical nuances in how district courts, the U.S. International Trade Commission and Patent Trial and Appeal Board treat invalidity, says Jason Hoffman at BakerHostetler.

  • Top Takeaways From Trump's AI Action Plan

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    President Donald Trump's AI Action Plan represents some notable evolution in U.S. policy, including affirmation of the administration's trend toward prioritizing artificial intelligence innovation over guardrails and toward supporting greater U.S. private sector reach overseas, say attorneys at WilmerHale.

  • Reel Justice: 'Eddington' Spotlights Social Media Evidence

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    In the neo-Western black comedy “Eddington” released last month, social media is a character unto itself, highlighting how the boundaries between digital and real-world conduct can become blurred, thereby posing evidentiary challenges in criminal prosecutions, says Veronica Finkelstein at Wilmington University School of Law.

  • Rebuttal

    BigLaw Settlements Should Not Spur Ethics Deregulation

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    A recent Law360 op-ed argued that loosening law firm funding restrictions would make BigLaw firms less inclined to settle with the Trump administration, but deregulating legal financing ethics may well prove to be not merely ineffective, but counterproductive, says Laurel Kilgour at the American Economic Liberties Project.

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