LinkedIn Corp. broke the enhanced privacy promises it makes to paid subscribers by unlawfully sharing the sensitive contents of their private messages with third parties in order to train generative artificial intelligence models, according to a proposed class action filed in California federal court Tuesday.
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LinkedIn Accused Of Disclosing Subscribers' Data To Train AI

By Allison Grande

LinkedIn Corp. broke the enhanced privacy promises it makes to paid subscribers by unlawfully sharing the sensitive contents of their private messages with third parties in order to train generative artificial intelligence models, according to a proposed class action filed in California federal court Tuesday.

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Committee's Trump Probe Subpoenas Are Moot, Willis Says

By Emily Johnson

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has urged a Georgia state court to quash a bid to enforce subpoenas from a state Senate committee investigating her handling of the prosecution of President Donald Trump, arguing the subpoenas are moot because "the old special committee no longer exists."

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Alex Jones Asks Conn. Justices To Review Sandy Hook Case

By Aaron Keller

Infowars host Alex Jones has asked Connecticut's highest court to review a $1.44 billion judgment for calling the Sandy Hook school massacre a "hoax," arguing his trial judge violated the state and federal constitutions by skipping causation, jumping straight to a default liability judgment and adding damages without proof.

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Mounting Pressure For PE Exits To Drive IPO Volume In 2025

By Tom Zanki

Private equity-backed companies will generate nearly half of initial public offerings in 2025, analysts predicted on Wednesday, driven by a growing demand for exit strategies among investors that have owned stakes in companies for lengthy periods.

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LITIGATION

Ga. Tech Says Gov't Hasn't Shown Cybersecurity False Claims

By Daniel Wilson

The Georgia Institute of Technology has pushed for dismissal of a False Claims Act suit accusing it of knowingly violating U.S. Department of Defense cybersecurity standards, saying the government hadn't adequately explained how those rules apply to the university.

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CNN Fights Remand For Ex-NC Lt. Gov.'s Defamation Suit

By Ryan Harroff

CNN urged a North Carolina federal judge not to send a defamation suit brought against it and a former pornography store clerk by the Tar Heel State's former lieutenant governor back to state court, arguing the clerk was fraudulently added to the case to avoid diversity jurisdiction.

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Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds Slam Baldoni Atty's 'Media Blitz'

By Rachel Scharf

Counsel for celebrity couple Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds told a New York federal judge that Justin Baldoni's attorney from Liner Freedman Taitelman & Cooley LLP has violated ethical rules with an "all-out media blitz" during their thorny litigation over the movie "It Ends With Us."

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PEOPLE

FCC's New Chair Names Agency Leaders, Staff

By Christopher Cole

The new Republican head of the Federal Communications Commission has put together his team and named career officials to lead key branches of the agency.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Predicting Where State AGs Will Direct Their Attention In 2025

In 2025, we expect state attorneys general will navigate a new presidential administration while continuing to further regulate and police financial services, artificial intelligence, junk fees and antitrust, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.

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How Fintechs Can Respond To New CFPB Supervisory Rule

Even though a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule pulling large payment apps into supervision faces an uncertain fate in the new administration, providers should still examine the rule's definitions and prepare for increased compliance costs and more consumer-friendly practices, say attorneys at DLA Piper.

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5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2025

Lawyers and their clients must be prepared to navigate an evolving litigation funding market in 2025, made more complicated by a new administration and the increasing overall cost of litigation, says Jeffery Lula at GLS Capital.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

FisherBroyles, Pierson Ferdinand See Growth In Year Since Split

By Emma Cueto

One year after nearly half of the partners at FisherBroyles LLP left to form the breakaway firm Pierson Ferdinand LLP, both firms have grown their headcount and reported a successful 2024, and industry observers say it demonstrates the appeal of their offbeat model as partner-only and fully remote.

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Buzbee Says Jay-Z Is Who Should Be Sanctioned In Diddy Suit

By Hailey Konnath

Texas attorney Tony Buzbee tore into rapper Jay-Z's request that Buzbee be sanctioned for filing a suit accusing Jay-Z and Sean "Diddy" Combs of raping a 13-year-old, arguing that Jay-Z is merely trying to intimidate the accuser and that if anyone should be sanctioned, it's Jay-Z.

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GOP Rep. Revives Bill To Break Up 9th Circ.

By Courtney Bublé

Republicans are trying once again to break up the expansive Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which judges appointed by Democratic presidents have long had the majority of.

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Judge Puts 'Unconstitutional' Trump Citizenship Order On Ice

By Rachel Riley

A Washington federal judge paused nationwide enforcement of President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship on Thursday, calling the order "blatantly unconstitutional" and expressing disdain for attorneys backing the presidential decision while hearing four states' emergency bid for a temporary restraining order.

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Paul Hastings Adds Ex-Chair Of Willkie Farr Music Practice

By Kevin Penton

Paul Hastings LLP has added the former chair of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP's music and digital media practice as a partner in its Los Angeles office and as chair of its own music industry practice, the firm announced Thursday.

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Many Attorneys Not Meeting ABA's 50-Hour Pro Bono Goal

By Sarah Martinson

While most attorneys have volunteered pro bono services at some point in their career, many lawyers are not meeting the American Bar Association's goal for every lawyer to provide 50 hours of pro bono work every year, and lack of time was the biggest discouraging factor, according to a recent report.

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AI Chatbot Co. CEO, Atty Spouse Indicted On $60M Fraud

By Jessica Corso

Federal prosecutors in California arrested the former CEO of an artificial intelligence company Thursday alongside his lawyer wife, accusing the duo of a $60 million fraud scheme in which they allegedly lied to investors about the company's financial state and diverted funds to pay for their wedding.

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4th Circ. OKs Limiting Online Docs Access To Attys, Staff

By Lynn LaRowe

A split Fourth Circuit panel has ruled that limiting a Virginia court's remote access service only to attorneys and their staff does not violate the First Amendment, as claimed by a news outlet that wanted to skip the trip to the courthouse and view records online.

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9th Circ. Nixes Attys' Challenge To Arizona Victim Contact Law

By Madison Arnold

A Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday rejected a group of lawyers' constitutional challenge to an Arizona law that requires defense attorneys and their teams to initiate contact with victims through the prosecutor's office.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

AVA Law Group

Arnold & Porter

Barnes & Thornburg

Binnall Law Group

Boyden Gray

Broocks Law Firm

Bryan Cave

Buzbee Law Firm

Cooley LLP

Curis Law

DLA Piper

Davis Polk

Davis Wright Tremaine

Edelson PC

Envisage Law

FisherBroyles

Fitzgerald Hanna

Gunderson Dettmer

Hogan Lovells

Jones Day

Kasowitz Benson

Killmer Lane

Kilpatrick Townsend

Kirkland & Ellis

Koskoff Koskoff

Latham & Watkins

Levin & Perconti

Liner Freedman

Manatt Phelps

Meister Seelig & Fein

Mintz Levin

Mitchell Stein Carey

Moore & Van Allen

Morgan Lewis

Paul Hastings

Pesner Altmiller

Pierson Ferdinand LLP

Quinn Emanuel

Randazza Legal Group

Reed Smith

Robbins Alloy

Sheppard Mullin

Troutman

Wiley Rein

Wilkinson Barker

Willkie Farr

WilmerHale

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Bar Association

American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona

Ares Management Corp.

Baretz & Brunelle LLC

Blackstone Inc.

CDI Corporation

Cable News Network Inc.

Cato Institute

Clearwire Corporation

Courthouse News Service Inc.

Curis Inc.

GLS Capital LLC

Greater Richmond Transit Co.

Hellman & Friedman LLC

Level 3 Communications Inc.

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

LinkedIn Corp.

MTV Networks Co.

Microsoft Corp.

NBCUniversal Media LLC

National Association of Attorneys General

National Basketball Association Inc.

National Collegiate Athletic Association

National Hockey League

Northern Mariana Islands Retirement Fund

Omni Bridgeway Ltd.

T-Mobile US Inc.

The Carlyle Group Inc.

The New York Times Co.

Thoma Bravo LLC

Westfleet Advisors LLC

Wolters Kluwer

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Arizona Attorney General's Office

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Dallas County, Texas

Executive Office of the President

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Federal Trade Commission

Illinois Attorney General's Office

National Economic Council

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

Oregon Attorney General's Office

Oregon Department of Justice

Superior Court of Fulton County

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

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

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

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

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

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

Washington Attorney General's Office