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February 06, 2025
Carr Names Project 2025 Co-Author As FCC General Counsel
A Michigan State University law professor and onetime Jones Day litigator known for his involvement in Project 2025 and criticism of Big Tech will serve as the Federal Communications Commission's top lawyer.
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February 06, 2025
Trump's Federal Worker Buyout Plan Put On Hold
A Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday put on hold the Trump administration's "deferred resignation" program for federal employees, delaying the deadline for workers to accept the offer until Monday while the court weighs the legality of the move.
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February 05, 2025
Bill To Restrict Kids' Social Media Use Heads To Full Senate
The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday easily advanced legislation that would ban kids under 13 from accessing social media and prevent providers from feeding personalized content to users under 17, although the measure faces opposition from advocacy groups that say the proposal would unconstitutionally restrict free speech.
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February 05, 2025
FCC To Launch Spectrum Sale, Eyes More C-Band Use
The FCC's new Republican chief said Wednesday the agency will kick off rules for a new spectrum sale authorized by Congress and consider a plan to eventually open more midband airwaves in the C-band for private sector use.
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February 05, 2025
ACLU Warns Schools Should Hire Counsel Before ICE Raids
The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio has called on Ohio school districts to hire counsel now to develop procedures to respond to the Trump administration's rescission of policy that limited U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions at schools, while noting that all children have a constitutional right to attend public schools.
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February 05, 2025
6th Circ. Won't Revisit Home Depot Data Breach Coverage Suit
The Sixth Circuit refused Wednesday to review its January finding that an electronic data exclusion in Home Depot's commercial general liability policies barred coverage for the retail giant's $50 million claim for defense and settlement costs over a 2014 data breach.
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February 05, 2025
Blake Lively Sued By PR Rep Over 'It Ends With Us' Claims
Another front has opened in the messy legal drama over the movie "It Ends With Us," as an Austin-based public relations consultant filed a defamation suit in Texas federal court alleging Blake Lively falsely roped him into her headline-making sexual harassment and retaliation claims.
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February 05, 2025
Dems Seek Further Review Of Treasury And DOGE
Democrats are not satisfied with the answers they've received from the U.S. Department of Treasury on access granted to Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency to the federal payment system and are looking at other avenues to scrutinize his activity.
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February 05, 2025
Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Lieff Cabraser
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP secured a $115 million settlement with Oracle for its allegedly unlawful sale of internet users' electronic profiles and helped craft a $62 million deal to resolve allegations that Google illegally tracked and stored smartphone users' private location information, earning the plaintiffs' firm a place among the 2024 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year.
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February 05, 2025
11th Circ. Backs Navy Win In IT Worker's Promotion Bias Suit
The Eleventh Circuit upheld the U.S. Navy's defeat of a civilian tech employee's suit claiming he was passed over for several promotions because he was Hispanic and in his 50s, saying he failed to show that supervisors considered his age or race when making decisions.
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February 05, 2025
Ex-Ambassador To Hungary Returns To Jenner's NY Team
After serving as the U.S. ambassador to Hungary, David Pressman is returning to Jenner & Block LLP as a partner, a firm where he helped co-found the national security and crisis practice as well as the human rights and global strategy practice, the firm announced Monday.
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February 05, 2025
Meta Can't Ask Mass. AG To Dig Up Docs From State Agencies
The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office is not obligated to search for and turn over documents held by other state agencies that Meta Platforms is seeking in the state's lawsuit alleging Instagram is harming children and teens, a judge ordered.
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February 05, 2025
Lawmakers Vote To Advance Commerce Nominee Lutnick
Senate lawmakers on Wednesday morning voted to advance Wall Street financier Howard Lutnick's nomination as secretary of commerce, moving the Cantor Fitzgerald CEO one step closer to helming the department that oversees international trade, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and other agencies.
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February 04, 2025
Judge Asks If ZoomInfo Search Result Ads Violate Privacy
A Washington federal judge asked Tuesday if the use of a plaintiff's name to search ZoomInfo's vast database violated state privacy and publicity law because the search result included ads for other products.
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February 04, 2025
OpenAI Judge Rips Musk's 'Broad' Bid To Block For-Profit
A California federal judge indicated Tuesday she'll likely deny Elon Musk's bid to preliminarily block OpenAI Inc. from transitioning into a for-profit enterprise, criticizing Musk's filings for being vague and broad and saying she'll toss some claims, while adding "something is going to trial in this case."
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February 04, 2025
Google Gets OkCaller's 'Incoherent' Antitrust Claims Tossed
A Florida federal judge on Tuesday tossed for good antitrust claims from the company behind reverse phone number lookup website OkCaller.com, saying the newly amended suit does not rectify the previous problems, or if it does, the court cannot decipher the "incoherent" arguments.
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February 04, 2025
FCC Floats $4.4M Robocall Fine Against Telecom Network
The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday proposed a fine of more than $4.4 million against a Chicago-based telecom that the agency accused of allowing government impostor calls on its network.
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February 04, 2025
LinkedIn Shares Users' Info With Meta And Adobe, Suit Says
LinkedIn has been hit with a proposed class action in California federal court alleging it illegally shared with Meta and Adobe personal information belonging to its LinkedIn premium subscribers who watched online training courses on its LinkedIn Learning platform without their knowledge or permission.
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February 04, 2025
LendingTree Faces Consumer Claims Over Snowflake Breach
Online consumer lending platform LendingTree and an insurance comparison subsidiary are facing a proposed consumer class action based on a data breach of their cloud storage service, which affected personal information for "hundreds of millions of consumers."
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February 04, 2025
11th Circ. Urged To Adopt 'Consensus' On Officers' Immunity
A Georgia woman who was subjected to a strip and cavity search while visiting her husband in prison urged the full Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday to build on its prior ruling that her rights had been violated and to sweep away the prison officials' defenses of qualified immunity.
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February 04, 2025
Auto Cos., Mass. AG Make Final Case In 'Right To Repair' Fight
The stagnated four-year battle over a Massachusetts law requiring vehicle manufacturers to provide open access to vehicle telematics software saw its final salvos Tuesday as attorneys for an automotive industry group and the state clashed over the merits of the federal preemption case.
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February 04, 2025
Funeral Home BIPA Violations Not Covered, Insurer Says
An insurer told an Illinois federal court to dismiss a suit seeking $10 million in coverage for underlying litigation from a funeral home it insured, arguing that claims in a proposed class action by family members of decedents against the facility were all for noncovered biometric privacy violations.
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February 04, 2025
Apple Asks DC Circ. To Pause Google Search Case For Appeal
Apple has asked the D.C. Circuit to pause the remedies phase of the landmark monopolization case targeting Google's search dominance, arguing it needs to intervene to protect its contracts with Google that are worth billions of dollars each year.
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February 04, 2025
PE-Backed Identity Software Firm SailPoint Primes $1B IPO
Cybersecurity firm SailPoint on Tuesday unveiled plans for an estimated $1 billion initial public offering that would mark its return to public markets three years after a private-equity buyout, represented by Kirkland & Ellis LLP and the underwriters' counsel, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.
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February 04, 2025
Cybersecurity & Privacy Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
Gibson Dunn helped Meta Platforms Inc. stave off claims that Illinois' biometric privacy law broadly applies to nonusers' facial scans and assisted DoorDash Inc. in limiting its exposure in one of the first regulatory investigations under California's trailblazing data privacy law, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year.
Expert Analysis
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When Investigating An Adversary, Be Wary Of Forged Records
Warnings against the use of investigators who tout their ability to find an adversary’s private documents generally emphasize the risk of illegal activity and attorney discipline, but a string of recent cases shows an additional danger — investigators might be fabricating records altogether, says Brian Asher at Asher Research.
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3 Ways To Train Junior Lawyers In 30 Minutes Or Less
Today’s junior lawyers are experiencing a skills gap due to pandemic-era disruptions, but firms can help bring them up to speed by offering high-impact skill building content in bite-sized, interactive training sessions, say Stacey Schwartz at Katten, Diane Costigan at Winston & Strawn and Lauren Tierney at Freshfields.
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How To Safely Leverage AI In The Digital Assets Industry
Digital asset businesses that use or plan to implement artificial intelligence should assess their risk management frameworks to ensure that AI-related business areas, including customer support and fraud detection, are in compliance with applicable laws and regulatory guidance from the last year, say attorneys at Winston & Strawn.
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Navigating Decentralized Clinical Trials With FDA's Guidance
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's recently finalized guidance on conducting decentralized clinical trials, while not legally binding, can serve as a road map for sponsors, investigators and others to ensure trial integrity and participant safety, say attorneys at Phillips Lytle.
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Unpacking The CFPB's Personal Financial Data Final Rule
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's personal financial data rights rule includes several important changes from the proposed rule, and hundreds of pages of supplementary information that provide important insights into the manner in which the bureau will enforce the final rule, say attorneys at Sidley.
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The Bar Needs More Clarity On The Discovery Objection Rule
Almost 10 years after Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34 was amended, attorneys still seem confused about what they should include in objections to discovery requests, and until the rules committee provides additional clarity, practitioners must beware the steep costs of noncompliance, says Tristan Ellis at Shanies Law Office.
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Deepfakes In Court Proceedings: How To Safeguard Evidence
The legal community can confront the risks that deepfake technology poses to the integrity of court proceedings by embracing the latest detection technologies, developing comprehensive legal frameworks and fostering education and collaboration, say Daniel Garrie and Jennifer Deutsch at Law & Forensics.
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The AI Consumer Class Action Threat Is Not A Hallucination
As regulators scrutinize whether businesses can deliver on claims about their artificial intelligence products and services, the industry faces a wave of consumer fraud class actions — but AI companies can protect themselves by prioritizing fundamental best practices that are often overlooked, say Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein and Richard Torrenzano at the Torrenzano Group.
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A Look At The Hefty Demands In Calif. Employer AI Draft Regs
California's draft regulations on artificial intelligence use in employment decisions show that the California Privacy Protection Agency is positioning itself as a de facto AI regulator for the state, which isn't waiting around for federal legislation, says Lily Li at Metaverse Law.
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Being A Navy Reservist Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Serving this country in uniform has not only been one of the greatest honors of my life, but it has also provided me with opportunities to broaden my legal acumen and interpersonal skills in ways that have indelibly contributed to my civilian practice, says Phillip Smith at Weinberg Wheeler.
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Video Privacy Law Claims After 2nd Circ. NBA Ruling
The Second Circuit's recent ruling in Salazar v. National Basketball Association expanded the definition of what constitutes a consumer under the Video Privacy Protection Act, breathing new life into the law by making any newsletter subscriber to a platform that hosts video content a potential plaintiff, say attorneys at Clark Hill.
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What To Expect From State AGs As Federal Control Changes
Under the next Trump administration, Democratic attorneys general are poised to strengthen enforcement in certain areas as Republican attorneys general continue their efforts with stronger federal support — resulting in a confusing patchwork of policies that create unintended liabilities for businesses operating in multiple jurisdictions, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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So You Want To Move Your Law Practice To Canada, Eh?
Google searches for how to move to Canada have surged in the wake of the U.S. presidential election, and if you’re an attorney considering a move to the Great White North, you’ll need to understand how the practice of law differs across the border, says David Postel at Henein Hutchison.
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A Look At Similarities Between SOX And SEC's Cyber Rule
Just as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act paved the way for greater transparency and accountability in financial reporting, the SEC's cybersecurity rule is doing much the same for cybersecurity, ensuring that companies are resilient in the face of growing cyber threats, says Padraic O'Reilly at CyberSaint.
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DOD Cybersecurity Rule Will Burden And Benefit Contractors
The U.S. Department of Defense’s cybersecurity certification program, finalized in October, will pose tricky and expensive challenges for contractors, given its many requirements and the scarcity of third-party assessors who can provide certification, but companies may ultimately benefit from a narrower pool of competitors, say attorneys at Miles & Stockbridge.