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August 06, 2025
Overtime Sports Sued Over Early Morning Marketing Texts
A California man has filed a proposed class action alleging Overtime Sports Inc. has violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending marketing text messages outside the allowable hours.
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August 06, 2025
DOJ, Google Get OK For 2-Week Ad Tech Remedies Trial
When Google faces off against the U.S. Department of Justice at trial next month to determine what remedy the tech behemoth should provide for illegally maintaining a monopoly over advertising technology services, they'll each get five or six court days to make their case.
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August 06, 2025
Meta Says Section 230 Blocks Teen's Nude Photo Suit
Meta Platforms Inc. and its affiliates are urging a California state court to throw out a teen's claims against it over a partially nude photograph that his classmates shared over Instagram, saying the case involves "quintessential Section 230-protected publishing activity."
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August 06, 2025
Tornado Founder Gets Partial Mistrial, Convicted On 1 Count
A federal jury in Manhattan on Wednesday convicted Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm of conspiring to operate the crypto mixer as an unlicensed money transmitting business, but deadlocked on money laundering and sanctions charges.
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August 05, 2025
Tornado Cash Jury Still Out, SEC Leader Backs Privacy Tech
Jury deliberations in the money laundering and sanctions trial of Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm continued Tuesday with no verdict, one day after a top securities regulator championed the legitimacy of privacy-protecting technologies, much like defense claims about the cryptocurrency tumbler.
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August 05, 2025
Retailer To Face Wiretap, Hacking Claims In Data Sharing Row
A California federal judge has trimmed a proposed class action accusing footwear retailer Rack Room Shoes Inc. of allowing Meta and other third parties to intercept website visitors' personal information, axing a pair of consumer protection claims while permitting revamped federal wiretap and state anti-hacking allegations to proceed.Â
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August 05, 2025
Apple Looks To Nix Consumer Antitrust Case, Decertify Class
Apple told a California federal court that antitrust claims from a class of more than 185 million consumers targeting its App Store policies should not go to trial because the allegations focus on legitimate product design and business decisions, not anti-competitive conduct.
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August 05, 2025
Feds Charge 2 With Shipping Nvidia AI Chips To China
Two Chinese nationals residing in California were charged with using a company they founded to unlawfully export microchips used in AI applications worth "tens of millions of dollars" to China in violation of the Export Control Reform Act, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
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August 05, 2025
FCC Moves Ahead On Controversial Broadband Inquiry
The Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday it has launched a plan to study the deployment of broadband services across the U.S. that consumer groups have attacked as failing to account for wide gaps in adoption and affordability.
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August 05, 2025
Ga. Poultry Co. Says Insurer Must Cover Data Breach Suits
A poultry producer said it is entitled to coverage for underlying class actions stemming from a data breach that compromised its employees' personal information, telling a Georgia federal court that its insurer has wrongfully denied coverage based on what the insurer alleges was inadequate notice.
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August 05, 2025
Microsoft Reaches Injunction Deal With Canadian Firm
Microsoft Corp. and Canadian business The Search People Enterprises Ltd. have agreed to end a dispute after reaching a deal in which the latter company is barred from infringing intellectual property related to Microsoft's software.
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August 05, 2025
CSIS Launches Commission on Cyber Force Generation
The Center for Strategic and International Studies said a new commission will pull together recommendations for the implementation and organization of a possible new U.S. military service focused on cyberspace.
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August 05, 2025
Blake Lively Wants Baldoni's Atty Sanctioned For Comments
Actress Blake Lively has asked a Manhattan federal judge to sanction the attorney representing "It Ends With Us" co-star Justin Baldoni in her ongoing defamation case, alleging the lawyer repeatedly defied a February court order blocking extrajudicial statements likely to prejudice the case.
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August 05, 2025
Eckert Seamans Hit With Class Suit Over Data Breach
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC has been hit with a data privacy class action in Pennsylvania federal court on behalf of about 9,400 Wheeling Jesuit University alumni the firm once represented, alleging the firm failed to protect their personal information when its computer network was breached.
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August 05, 2025
Ex-GoPro CLO Now Steering AI Cyberbiz's Legal Dept.
AI-driven cybersecurity company Darktrace announced this week that GoPro's former chief legal officer is now leading its legal department, while the camera technology company has promoted an in-house attorney to serve as its general counsel.
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August 04, 2025
Citibank Ignored Red Flags About $45M Wire Fraud, Suit Says
Citibank failed to stop scammers from absconding with $45 million from a real estate property transaction when it processed payment orders even after it detected name mismatches between the identified transaction beneficiary and the account holder, according to a lawsuit filed Friday in California federal court.Â
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August 04, 2025
MOVEit Data Breach MDL Advances With Slimmed Frame
A Massachusetts federal judge has pared down but declined to toss sprawling multidistrict litigation over a data breach tied to Progress Software's MOVEIt file transfer tool, with negligence and several other claims allowed to proceed against the software vendor and four bellwether groups of companies that used the tool.
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August 04, 2025
FastPeopleSearch Illegally Posts Mobile Numbers, Suit Says
Online database FastPeopleSearch got hit with a proposed class action in Colorado federal court claiming it compiled, distributed and published cell phone numbers belonging to Colorado residents in violation of state law requiring the data broker to get their permission to do so, which it allegedly did not.
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August 04, 2025
Top Groups Lobbying The FCC
Lobbying heated up in July as the Federal Communications Commission heard from advocates close to 200 times on issues ranging from spectrum deals to regulatory cuts, spacecraft licensing, undersea cable security, broadband deployment hurdles and more.
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August 04, 2025
DC Circ. Backs FBI Agent's Bribery Sentence
The D.C. Circuit Court has affirmed a former FBI special agent's two-year sentence for taking a bribe in connection with a property-buying scheme, finding that he accepted at least $6,500 from a real estate developer in exchange for illegally sharing information from a protected database to which the FBI subscribed.
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August 04, 2025
DOJ Defends IRS-ICE Data Sharing Pact In DC Circ.
The D.C. Circuit should reject four immigrant advocacy groups' push to prevent the IRS from disclosing confidential tax return information to immigration enforcement authorities, the government said Monday, arguing there's no concrete evidence that the information sharing will harm the groups' members.
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August 04, 2025
Circuit Split On Geofence Warrants 'Intolerable,' Justices Told
A Fourth Circuit panel skirted the issue when it was deciding the appeal of a man who was convicted on robbery charges using a geofence warrant to pinpoint his location, but now that man wants the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether such warrants are constitutional.
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August 04, 2025
FinCEN Urges Industry To Stay 'Vigilant' On Crypto ATM Fraud
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network on Monday cautioned about rising fraud involving crypto ATMs, saying criminals are increasingly using the kiosks to launder money and scam vulnerable consumers, especially seniors.
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August 04, 2025
Bitcoin Depot Hit With Data Breach Class Action In Ga.
Bitcoin Depot Inc. was hit with a proposed class action in Georgia federal court Friday over allegations that it failed to properly safeguard the personally identifiable information of more than 26,000 U.S. residents in a July 2024 data breach.
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August 04, 2025
Home Depot's Self-Checkout Kiosks Violate BIPA, Suit Says
Home Depot was hit with proposed class biometric privacy claims Monday by a customer who says the facial recognition technology the retailer deploys at its self-checkout kiosks illegally scans, collects and uses consumers' geometric facial data without informed consent.
Expert Analysis
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Litigation Inspiration: How To Respond After A Loss
Every litigator loses a case now and then, and the sting of that loss can become a medicine that strengthens or a poison that corrodes, depending on how the attorney responds, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.
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DOJ Crypto Enforcement Is Shifting To Target Willfulness
Three pending criminal prosecutions could be an indication of how the U.S. Department of Justice's recent digital assets memo is shaping enforcement of the area, and show a growing focus on executives who knowingly allow their platforms to be used for criminal conduct involving sanctions offenses, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.
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How NJ's Proposed Privacy Rules Could Reshape AI Data Use
Although not revolutionary, New Jersey's proposed privacy rules would create obligations around the management and processing of consumer personal data that will require careful planning before they can be successfully implemented, say attorneys at Norton Rose.
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The Metamorphosis Of The Major Questions Doctrine
The so-called major questions doctrine arose as a counterweight to Chevron deference over the past few decades, but invocations of the doctrine have persisted in the year since Chevron was overturned, suggesting it still has a role to play in reining in agency overreach, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.
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Business Takeaways Following CCPA Enforcement Actions
Advisories and recent enforcement activity by the California Privacy Protection Agency against Honda and Todd Snyder underscore the agency's enforcement interest in the intersection of data minimization and consumer rights, and could make it more challenging for a business to provide a streamlined consumer rights process, say attorneys at Covington.
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EU Space Act Could Stifle US Commercial Operators
The EU Space Act, proposed last month, has the potential to raise global standards for safety and sustainability in space, but the U.S. and EU need to harmonize their regulatory approaches to avoid imposing regulatory burdens that undermine commercial innovation and agility, say Jessica Noble and Adriane Mandakunis at Aegis Space Law.
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Unpacking Enforcement Challenges Of DOJ's Bulk Data Rule
Now fully effective, the U.S. Department of Justice's new data security program represents the U.S.' first data localization requirement ripe for enforcement, but its implementation faces substantial practical challenges that may hinder the DOJ's ability for wide-ranging or swift action, say attorneys at Cleary.
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Nuclear Stakeholders Must Prepare For Cyber Threats
As the White House signals its support for a revival of nuclear power to supply the power needs of data centers and the artificial intelligence industry, investors and operators must keep in mind that safeguarding nuclear infrastructure from evolving cyber threats will be essential, say attorneys at A&O Shearman.
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Series
Playing Mah-Jongg Makes Me A Better Mediator
Mah-jongg rewards patience, pattern recognition, adaptability and keen observation, all skills that are invaluable to my role as a mediator, and to all mediating parties, says Marina Corodemus.
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Lively-Baldoni Saga Highlights Insurance Coverage Gaps
The ongoing legal dispute involving "It Ends With Us" co-stars Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively raises coverage questions across various insurance lines, showing that effective coordination between policies and a clear understanding of potential gaps are essential to minimizing unexpected exposures, says Katie Pope at Liberty Co.
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FTC Staff Cuts Unlikely To Curb Antitrust Enforcement Agenda
While Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson's recent commitment to reducing agency staff may seem at odds with the Trump administration's commitment to antitrust enforcement, a closer analysis shows that such reductions have little chance of derailing the president's efforts, say attorneys at Squire Patton.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Navigating Client Trauma
Law schools don't train students to handle repeated exposure to clients' traumatic experiences, but for litigators practicing in areas like civil rights and personal injury, success depends on the ability to view cases clinically and to recognize when you may need to seek help, says Katie Bennett at Robins Kaplan.
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5 Things Manufacturing GCs Should Know About Cyber Risk
Following a recent government report underscoring the growing cyber threat landscape for manufacturers, general counsel in the sector should be aware of the potentially broad consequences of a cyberattack, evolving notification systems and the need for incident response plans, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.
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Challenging A Class Representative's Adequacy And Typicality
Recent cases highlight that a named plaintiff cannot certify a putative class action unless they can meet all the applicable requirements of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, so defendants should consider challenging a plaintiff's ability to meet typicality and adequacy requirements early and often, say attorneys at Womble Bond.
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Opinion
4 Former Justices Would Likely Frown On Litigation Funding
As courts increasingly confront cases involving hidden litigation finance contracts, the jurisprudence of four former U.S. Supreme Court justices establishes a constitutional framework that risks erosion by undisclosed financial interests, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.