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June 13, 2025
Ex-UMich Coach Fights Default Judgment In Hacking Case
A former University of Michigan assistant football coach accused of hacking the personal information and intimate photos of thousands of students has asked a Michigan federal judge to set aside a default entry against him, saying in the pro se filing that he was never properly served.
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June 13, 2025
3 Firms Get Early Lead Roles In Daedong Data Breach Claims
A North Carolina federal judge handed three plaintiffs firms interim lead counsel roles in a proposed class seeking to hold tractor manufacturer Daedong-USA Inc. accountable for a data breach, while also agreeing to consolidate the three suits.
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June 13, 2025
Cisco Unit Beats Infringement Suit Over Authentication Patent
A federal jury in Delaware on Friday cleared Cisco-owned security software company Duo Security Inc. of allegations it infringed a patent covering verification technology while also finding that the claims at issue were invalid.
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June 13, 2025
ENGlobal OK'd For Ch. 11 Sale And Wind Down Plan
Engineering firm ENGlobal Corp. on Friday confirmed a Chapter 11 plan to wind down following the sale of its business just over three months after it filed for bankruptcy in Texas.
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June 13, 2025
MrBeast's Ex-IT Worker Denies Trade Secret Theft Allegations
A former IT employee of YouTube personality Mr. Beast asked a North Carolina federal court to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of stealing trade secrets before his firing, arguing Friday that the complaint against him fails to allege that he has disclosed or used any confidential documents.
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June 13, 2025
SEC's Atkins Selects New Leaders Across Several Divisions
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday named leaders to key divisions overseeing investment funds, stock exchanges and corporate accounting practices, marking the latest wave of fresh personnel brought in by new SEC Chair Paul Atkins.
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June 13, 2025
FCC Urged To Clarify 'Quiet Hours' Call Restrictions
A telemarketing trade group is continuing to push the Federal Communications Commission to rule that recipients of solicitations during the commission's designated "quiet hours" cannot sue if they previously consented to getting messages.
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June 13, 2025
Former Oregon Federal Prosecutor Joins Stoel Rives
Stoel Rives LLP announced that it has hired a former assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Oregon as a partner in its litigation group.
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June 13, 2025
Robocall Blocker Hits Synchrony Financial With TCPA Suit
A robocall blocking company took Synchrony Financial to Connecticut federal court for allegedly placing thousands of unwanted and unlawful prerecorded phone calls in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, calls that the firm said have made its service more expensive to provide.
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June 12, 2025
Google Again Asks To Trim Yelp's Antitrust Suit
Google is once again asking a California federal judge to trim Yelp's case accusing it of monopolizing the local search market, arguing that the reworked complaint doesn't fix deficiencies the court pointed out in a dismissal order earlier this year.
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June 12, 2025
Neb. Accuses Temu Of 'Siphoning' User Data, Fueling IP Theft
Chinese bargain-shopping app Temu is unlawfully gathering sensitive information from minors and other customers through secretly installed malware and is allowing intellectual property infringement to "thrive" on its platform, Nebraska's attorney general alleged in a sweeping new lawsuit.
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June 12, 2025
Judge Won't Halt Immigration Registration Rule During Appeal
A D.C. federal judge on Thursday denied advocacy groups' request for an injunction as they appeal a ruling that upholds the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's new registration form for unauthorized immigrants, finding that they have not shown that they will suffer irreparable harm without the injunction.
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June 12, 2025
Senate Dem Worries 'Salt Typhoon' Still Wreaks Havoc
The Senate's lead Democrat on spectrum issues said Thursday that last year's massive "Salt Typhoon" cyberattack linked to China may not be over and that giving wireless carriers vast amounts of new spectrum could only make U.S. networks more vulnerable.
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June 12, 2025
23andMe Ombudsman Not Confident Sale Is Lawful
The privacy expert probing 23andMe's proposed sale of customers' genetic data in bankruptcy told a Missouri federal judge Wednesday that he couldn't determine the deal wouldn't violate state privacy laws and recommended the company be required to obtain consent from its customers before handing over the data.
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June 12, 2025
Senate GOP Moves To Confirm Trump's FCC Nominee
The U.S. Senate plans next week to bring up President Donald Trump's nomination of Olivia Trusty to the Federal Communications Commission.
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June 12, 2025
Crypto Investor Says Trading Education Firm Was A Fraud
A Denver business set up to provide investment training services was hit with a lawsuit from a Florida resident accusing it and an affiliated crypto exchange of bilking him out of hundreds of thousands of dollars while purportedly teaching him how to trade digital assets.
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June 12, 2025
Cannabis Co. TerrAscend Accused Of Spam Texts
Multistate marijuana operator TerrAscend Corp. was hit with a proposed class action in Michigan federal court Thursday accusing the cannabis giant of spamming customers with unsolicited texts in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
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June 12, 2025
United Center Vendor Sued Over Use Of Amazon Technology
A Compass Group subsidiary that provides food and beverage services to the United Center in Chicago has been sued in Illinois state court by concessions customers who claim it failed to get the informed consent required under the state's biometric privacy law before collecting their biometric information through Amazon's Just Walk Out cashierless checkout technology.
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June 11, 2025
States Tackle Data Privacy, Kids' Safety As Sessions Wrap Up
Connecticut, Texas, Oregon and other states with legislative sessions that end this month have pushed through laws that broaden existing data privacy statutes to sweep up more companies and categories of information and measures that seek to join the growing push to restrict kids' access to online platforms.
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June 11, 2025
Senate Dems Probe Meta, Trump Stablecoin Plans And Deals
U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal sent a pair of letters this week asking for more information on Meta's renewed plans to launch its own stablecoin as well as details on MGX's decision to use Donald Trump's World Liberty stablecoin to make a $2 billion investment in the cryptocurrency exchange Binance.
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June 11, 2025
Link Motion Investor's Suit Should Be Trimmed, Judge Says
A New York federal judge should trim some but not all common law fraud claims from an investor's lawsuit against China-based software company Link Motion Inc. over allegations its chairman fleeced the company, a magistrate judge has recommended.
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June 11, 2025
Ex-Google Engineer Loses Bid To Toss AI Espionage Counts
A California federal judge has refused to toss economic espionage charges against an ex-Google engineer accused of stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets to help startups in China, adding that prosecutors' assertion that the man was trying to benefit the People's Republic of China "as opposed to benefiting himself ... seems dubious."
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June 11, 2025
SEC Asks To Pause CAT Suit As It Weighs Audit Trail Rework
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission called Wednesday for the temporary suspension of a class action lawsuit accusing it of illegally collecting the private information of millions of American investors, arguing that potential changes to the way that its market surveillance tool operates could moot the case.
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June 11, 2025
23andMe Shows Need For National DNA Data Law, Sens. Hear
Senators from both sides of the aisle expressed interest in passing national consumer data privacy legislation during a Wednesday committee hearing inspired by 23andMe Inc.'s Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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June 11, 2025
IP, Health Law Scholars Object To 23andMe Ch. 11 Data Sale
A number of university scholars urged a Missouri bankruptcy judge to require that DNA testing company 23andMe Holding Co.'s asset sale be contingent on the final buyer maintaining policies that benefit biomedical researchers.
Expert Analysis
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Series
Playing Beach Volleyball Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My commitment to beach volleyball has become integral to my performance as an attorney, with the sport continually reminding me that teamwork, perseverance, professionalism and stress management are essential to both undertakings, says Amy Drushal at Trenam.
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How Law Firms Can Counteract The Loneliness Epidemic
The legal industry is facing an urgent epidemic of loneliness, affecting lawyer well-being, productivity, retention and profitability, and law firm leaders should take concrete steps to encourage the development of genuine workplace connections, says Michelle Gomez at Littler and Gwen Mellor Romans at Herald Talent.
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5 Keys To Building Stronger Attorney-Client Relationships
Attorneys are often focused on being seen as the expert, but bonding with clients and prospects by sharing a few key personal details provides the basis for a caring, trusted and profoundly deeper business relationship, says Deb Feder at Feder Development.
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Justices' TikTok Ruling May Pose Threat To Online Expression
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent landmark ruling upholding a federal law mandating TikTok's forced divestiture in the name of data security may embolden digital censorship agendas worldwide, says IP lawyer Bahram Jafari.
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Series
Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The skills I use when racing Corvettes have enhanced my legal practice in several ways, because driving, like practicing law, requires precision, awareness and a good set of brakes — complete with the wisdom to know how and when to use them, says Kat Mateo at Olshan Frome.
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Opinion
Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence
Given the Trump administration's recent moves threatening the independence of the judiciary, including efforts to impeach judges who ruled against executive actions, lawyers must protect the rule of law and resist attempts to dilute the judicial branch’s authority, says attorney Bhavleen Sabharwal.
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Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
“No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.
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A Closer Look At FDX's New Role As Banking Standard-Setter
Should the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau let stand the decision empowering Financial Data Exchange as an industry standard-setter, it will be a significant step toward broader financial data-sharing, but its success will depend on industry adoption, regulatory oversight and consumer confidence, say attorneys at Clark Hill.
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How Design Thinking Can Help Lawyers Find Purpose In Work
Lawyers everywhere are feeling overwhelmed amid mass government layoffs, increasing political instability and a justice system stretched to its limits — but a design-thinking framework can help attorneys navigate this uncertainty and find meaning in their work, say law professors at the University of Michigan.
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10 Issues To Watch In Aerospace And Defense Contracting
This year, in addition to evergreen developments driven by national security priorities, disruptive new technologies and competition with rival powers, federal contractors will see significant disruptions driven by the new administration’s efforts to reduce government spending, regulation and the size of the federal workforce, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.
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Compliance Pointers For DOJ's Sweeping Data Security Rule
A new Justice Department rule broadly restricts many common data transactions with the goal of preventing access by countries of concern, and with an effective date of April 8, U.S. companies must quickly assess practices related to employee, customer and vendor data, says Sam Castic at Hintze Law.
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Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: February Lessons
In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses five federal appellate court class certification decisions and identifies practice tips from cases involving breach of life insurance contracts, constitutional violations of inmates and more.
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What To Expect From The New FCC Chair
As a vocal critic of the Federal Communications Commission's recent priorities, newly appointed chair Brendan Carr has described a vision for the agency that would bring significant changes to telecommunication regulation and Telephone Consumer Protection Act enforcement in the U.S., say attorneys at BCLP.
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4 Do's And Don'ts For Trial Lawyers Using Generative AI
Trial attorneys who use artificial intelligence tools should review a few key reminders, from the likelihood that prompts are discoverable to the rapid evolution of court rules, to safeguard against embarrassing missteps, says Nate Sabri at Perkins Coie.
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Defense Strategies For Politically Charged Prosecutions
Politically charged prosecutions have captured the headlines in recent years, providing lessons for defense counsel on how to navigate the distinct challenges, and seize the unique opportunities, such cases present, says Kenneth Notter at MoloLamken.