Dominion Voting System Challenge Tossed After A Year Wait

By Kelcey Caulder

More than a year after a 17-day bench trial in early 2024, a Georgia federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the legality of the state's electronic in-person voting system, finding the plaintiffs lacked standing to assert they were injured by the use of the devices.

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Plaintiff Can't Sue TransUnion After High Court Ruling

By Sydney Price

An Illinois appellate panel affirmed the dismissal of a Fair Credit Reporting Act complaint filed by a man who was dismissed from federal class action litigation against TransUnion after a U.S. Supreme Court landmark decision, rejecting the plaintiff's argument that he pursued the claims in a timely manner.

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Hartford Unit Freed From Ill. Agency's $4M Wire Fraud Suit

By Ganesh Setty

An Illinois agency that administers the estates of financially distressed insurers can't get coverage from a Hartford unit for a computer system breach that the agency said caused roughly $4 million in outstanding losses, a federal court ruled, finding its claims fall outside an "electronic mail initiated fraud" coverage provision.

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Streaming Service Can't Drop Privacy Suit Over Data Sharing

By Allison Grande

A California federal judge refused to cut federal and state video privacy claims from a putative class action accusing movie streaming provider Mubi of secretly tracking and sharing subscribers' video-viewing histories with third parties such as Meta, rejecting arguments that the plaintiffs lacked standing and adequate support for their allegations.

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Meta Can't Narrow Health Privacy Suit Scope, Consumers Say

By Bonnie Eslinger

Two consumers who claim that Meta secretly collected their health information data through an "invisible tracker" on third-party websites told a California federal judge Tuesday that the social media giant is improperly trying to narrow their proposed class action to cover just one third-party health website.

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IBM And J&J Beat 'Speculative' Data Breach Suit, For Now

By Dorothy Atkins

A New York federal judge has tossed with leave to amend a proposed class action alleging IBM and Johnson & Johnson's healthcare arm failed to safeguard sensitive health information of thousands of patients before a 2023 data breach, finding the purported harm is "entirely speculative" as currently alleged.

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Ark. Law Limiting Kids' Social Media Use Struck Down

By Lauren Berg

Arkansas' law limiting minors' social media access is a "content-based restriction on speech" that violates platform users' First Amendment rights and is unconstitutionally vague, a federal judge ruled Monday, striking down the law that requires parental permission and age checks to access certain online platforms.

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House GOP Infighting Delays Push To Repeal 2 CFPB Rules

By Jon Hill

Plans for the U.S. House to vote on overturning two Biden-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules were scuttled Tuesday by an unrelated fight among Republicans about whether to allow proxy voting for lawmakers with infant children.

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FCC Says Scammers Are Targeting Chinese Community

By Nadia Dreid

Chinese-Americans have been receiving calls from bad actors attempting to line their own pockets by posing as insurance company employees and government officials in order to get personal information or cash payments, the FCC is warning.

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SPEX Rips Western Digital Bid To Undo $553M Patent Loss

By Adam Lidgett

SPEX Technologies Inc. has pushed back at Western Digital Corp.'s attempt to have a California federal judge throw out a $553 million award in a patent infringement case, saying that Western Digital "faults everyone but itself."

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Prudential Beats Life Insurance Applicant's GIPA Suit

By Lauraann Wood

A Prudential life insurance applicant cannot pursue genetic information privacy claims after being required to undergo a physical exam and detail her family's medical history, as the state law she cites does not apply to life insurance underwriting, an Illinois federal judge said on Monday. 

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Md. Credit Union Didn't Protect Sensitive Info, Customer Says

By Sydney Price

Lafayette Federal Credit Union was hit with a proposed class action from a customer in Maryland federal court alleging the credit union failed to protect customers' personal information from malicious actors in a September breach despite being aware it was at risk of an attack.

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Ex-DHS Intel Head To Lead Mayer Brown Investigations Team

By Jack Rodgers

The former leader of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's intelligence office has joined Mayer Brown LLP to help lead its global investigations and white collar defense practice — a role that he says allows him to join forces with attorneys whom he's known for years.

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Tracking Changes To AI Evidence Under Federal Rules

As the first quarter of 2025 draws to a close, important changes to the Federal Rules of Evidence regarding the use of artificial intelligence in the courtroom are on the horizon, including how to handle evidence that is a product of machine learning, say attorneys at Debevoise.

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NY Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q1

The most noteworthy developments from the first quarter of the year in New York financial services include newly proposed regulations on overdraft fees, a groundbreaking settlement by the state attorney general, and a potentially precedent-setting opinion regarding the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, say attorneys at Quinn Emanuel.

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Law Firm Executive Orders Create A Legal Ethics Minefield

Recent executive orders targeting BigLaw firms create ethical dilemmas — and raise the specter of civil or criminal liability — for the government attorneys tasked with implementing them and for the law firms that choose to make agreements with the administration, say attorneys at Buchalter.

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Navigating The Use Of AI Tools In Workplace Investigations

Artificial intelligence tools can be used in workplace investigations to analyze evidence and conduct interviews, among other things, but employers should be aware of the legal and practical risks, including data privacy concerns and the potential for violating antidiscrimination laws, say attorneys at Fisher Phillips.

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Milbank Latest To Ink Trump Deal To Avoid Executive Order

By Anna Sanders

Milbank LLP became the fourth firm to strike a deal with President Donald Trump in the wake of a series of executive orders targeting BigLaw, pledging on Wednesday to provide at least $100 million in pro bono legal work supported by the administration and to refrain from what the White House deems discriminatory and "illegal" diversity hiring.

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Holland & Knight Opens In Seattle With 16 Karr Tuttle Attys

By Tracey Read

Holland & Knight LLP has opened a Seattle office with 10 partners and six associates from Karr Tuttle Campbell that will be led by former Davis Wright Tremaine LLP managing partner Scott MacCormack, the firm announced Wednesday.

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Perkins Coie Urges Court To End To Trump's 'Assault' On Firm

By Hailey Konnath

Perkins Coie LLP on Wednesday asked a D.C. federal judge to permanently block enforcement of President Donald Trump's "unconstitutional assault" on the firm and the rule of law, filing a summary judgment bid the same day the federal government pushed for the firm's suit to be tossed.

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Ex-Kirkland Atty To Drop Bias Suit, Appeal Atty Firing Ruling

By James Mills

A former Kirkland & Ellis LLP intellectual property associate is expected to drop her claims against the law firm and related defendants, while also appealing a ruling that precluded her from firing her attorney in the case, the parties told a California federal court Tuesday.

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Kramer Levin DC Leaders Head To Hogan Lovells With Team

By Jack Rodgers

A quartet of former Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP attorneys, two of whom helped co-lead the firm's Washington, D.C., office and held other leadership roles, have moved their broad commercial litigation practice to Hogan Lovells, the firm announced Wednesday.

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Feds Drop FCPA Case Against Ex-Cognizant Execs

By Carla Baranauckas

The federal government on Wednesday moved to dismiss its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case against two former Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. executives, ending a long-running case that had been stalled by President Donald Trump's executive order curtailing bribery prosecutions and another now-rescinded presidential decree targeting Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, which had been representing one of the defendants.

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Eric Adams Case Dismissed As Judge Rebukes DOJ 'Bargain'

By Frank G. Runyeon

A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday permanently dismissed corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, heeding advice from court-appointed counsel Paul Clement even as he gave credence to district prosecutors' claims of a quid pro quo between Adams and Trump administration officials in the Justice Department.

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Ogletree Opens Kentucky Office With Boutique Attys

By Daniel Connolly

Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC, a big law firm representing employers in labor and employment disputes, is opening a Lexington, Kentucky, office and has hired the two leaders of a Kentucky boutique law firm with experience in representing mining companies.

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When Can Attys Decide To Drop Clients? ABA Says It Depends

By Ryan Boysen

Lawyers can drop clients at will as long as doing so won't harm the client's legal objectives or needlessly drive up costs, according to new guidance by the American Bar Association — but the guidance also notes that "getting out of a matter can be a lot harder than getting in."

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'Zero Support In The Bar': Judiciary Downsizes Amicus Project

By Jeff Overley

Faced with wide-ranging opposition and potential constitutional challenges, federal judiciary advisers Wednesday sharply scaled back plans to strengthen scrutiny of amicus briefs, a retreat that won praise from disparate corners of the legal industry.

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American Airlines Taps Latham Atty As New Legal Chief

By Lynn LaRowe

American Airlines announced Wednesday that it has chosen a Latham & Watkins LLP partner to serve as the company's chief legal officer, effective May 5.

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Forum Shopping Debated At Nationwide Injunctions Hearing

By Courtney Buble

Legal experts gave varying testimony at a Senate hearing on Wednesday about how addressing forum shopping would remedy issues related to nationwide injunctions, which Republicans have been highly critical of due to the vast number issued against President Donald Trump's policies since he came into office.

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Justices Broaden RICO Reach To Personal Injuries

By Sam Reisman

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday expanded the type of civil actions that can be brought under a federal racketeering statute, asserting that claims stemming from personal injuries are redressable if they can be shown to have caused economic harm.

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Man To Plead Guilty To Justice Kavanaugh Murder Attempt

By Katie Buehler

A California man charged with attempting to kill U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh has agreed to plead guilty and forgo a trial originally scheduled for this summer, according to Maryland federal court filings Wednesday.

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