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Cybersecurity & Privacy

  • May 07, 2025

    Texas AG Warns Chinese Cos. To Get In Step With Privacy Law

    The Texas attorney general has informed Alibaba, CapCut, TP-Link and several other companies with ties to the Chinese government that they have 30 days to remedy alleged violations of the state's comprehensive data privacy law or face "additional legal action," marking the latest escalation of the agency's privacy enforcement efforts.

  • May 07, 2025

    Sidley-Led Insurer Aspen Leads 2 IPOs Raising $508M Total

    Private equity-backed specialty insurer Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd., represented by Sidley Austin LLP, on Wednesday raised $397.5 million after pricing an upsized initial public offering, leading one of two insurance listings that netted $507.5 million combined as more companies tiptoe back into the IPO market. 

  • May 07, 2025

    Top Groups Lobbying The FCC

    The Federal Communications Commission heard from advocates dozens of times throughout April about their concerns, from T-Mobile's planned takeover of UScellular's wireless operations to Native American tribes' needs for licensed spectrum, phone "unlocking" mandates to spur competition, satellite power limits and more.

  • May 07, 2025

    Politics, Tech Issues Top Concerns At Chicago Risk Event

    Insurance and risk professionals around the country gathered in Chicago to discuss potential perils and opportunities for the future, with talks often centering on President Donald Trump's administration, technological developments and statutory reform of the legal system.

  • May 07, 2025

    Deutsche Bank, Computacenter Sued For Firing Whistleblower

    An ex-information technology employee at Computacenter has sued the company, Deutsche Bank and his ex-supervisor for $25 million in New York state court alleging he was fired for blowing the whistle on a security breach in which his colleague's girlfriend purportedly accessed private client information.

  • May 07, 2025

    Fla. Law Firm Says Paralegal Stole Its Trade Secrets

    A law firm in Miami is suing a former paralegal in Florida state court, saying she misappropriated trade secrets and stole thousands of attorney-client records following a negative performance review.

  • May 07, 2025

    Jenner & Block Brings On Former White House Tech Adviser

    Jenner & Block LLP has added a former senior White House official with deep experience in telecommunications and national security to strengthen its bench in emerging technologies, the firm announced Wednesday.

  • May 07, 2025

    Top Regional Atty At Binance Joins Steptoe White Collar Team

    The former legal leader for Binance's Americas region, who also has been in-house with Vimeo and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has transitioned into private practice at Steptoe LLP, the firm said Wednesday, as policymakers work to set rules of the road for cryptocurrency.

  • May 07, 2025

    Wyden Urges Probe Of White House Use Of TeleMessage App

    Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., sent a letter Tuesday to Attorney General Pam Bondi requesting an immediate investigation of the "serious threat to U.S. national security" posed by White House personnel using TeleMessage, an app that archives Signal messages.

  • May 07, 2025

    Obama Admin Secretary Johnson To Retire From Paul Weiss

    Former Homeland Security secretary under President Barack Obama Jeh Johnson is planning to retire from Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP at the end of June, leaving his post as co-chair of cybersecurity at the law firm and taking up a co-chair position on Columbia University's board of trustees, according to a recent announcement.

  • May 07, 2025

    Daily Mail Says Celebs Should Reveal 'Watershed Moments'

    The publisher of the U.K.'s Daily Mail urged a judge Wednesday to order celebrities who are suing the company over allegedly committing unlawful acts against them, to disclose when they were told the information that caused them to make their claims.

  • May 07, 2025

    Payroll Company Hit With Class Action Over Data Breach

    A payroll company failed to safeguard personal data and allowed Social Security numbers to be stolen in a hack last year, according to a proposed class action filed in Massachusetts federal court.

  • May 06, 2025

    Delta Must Keep Battling Customers' Trimmed IT Outage Suit

    A Georgia federal judge on Tuesday threw out the bulk of customers' proposed class action over the 2024 global tech outage that disrupted thousands of flights, while permitting a handful of customers to move forward with claims that Delta owed them refunds.

  • May 06, 2025

    Mobile Cos. Ramp Up Call For Spectrum, But Face Hurdles

    The nation's mobile service providers on Tuesday pushed for more midband spectrum to fuel the wireless industry, even as key policymakers worried Congress could act too hastily to commercialize airwaves the military needs for defense operations.

  • May 06, 2025

    Experian Trims But Can't Ditch ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ's Credit Reporting Suit

    Experian must continue facing the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's lawsuit accusing it of mishandling consumer credit reporting disputes as a California federal judge on Monday tossed some but not all of the bureau's claims against the credit reporting agency.

  • May 06, 2025

    Ga. Court Axes Web Tracking Class Action Against Hospital

    A Georgia hospital has defeated a putative class action alleging that it allowed Meta Platforms Inc.'s Pixel software to pilfer the data of thousands of patients who accessed its websites, as a state court judge ruled the suit relied on "conclusory" theories and alleged only the prospect that patients' information could be compromised.

  • May 06, 2025

    4th Circ. Affirms Win For Ariz. Law Firm In 'Sham' TCPA Suit

    The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday upheld a lower court's decision to vacate a $2 million jury award against a Phoenix-based law firm, saying the dozens of Telephone Consumer Protection Act cases the firm brought against a student loan servicer shouldn't be considered "sham litigation" as the jury initially held.

  • May 06, 2025

    Treasury Bans Burmese Militia Group From US Business Deals

    The U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned Burmese militia group the Karen National Army, its leader Saw Chit Thu and his sons Saw Htoo Eh Moo and Saw Chit Chit, banning them from doing business with any American entity or individuals.

  • May 06, 2025

    Trade Secrets Emerge As Path For Cos. To Protect AI Works

    Classifying creations of artificial intelligence tools as trade secrets has become a viable alternative to copyrights and patents — a shift that is presenting businesses using AI with a range of strategies and risks they must consider to protect their innovations.

  • May 06, 2025

    Meta Wins $168M Verdict Against NSO Over WhatsApp Hack

    A California federal jury found Tuesday that Israeli spyware-maker NSO Group owes Meta Platforms Inc. $444,719 in compensatory damages and a staggering $167.25 million in punitive damages for hacking 1,400 WhatsApp users' devices.

  • May 06, 2025

    Alex Jones' Atty Seeks Discipline Pause In Sandy Hook Leak

    Alex Jones' former lead Connecticut attorney has asked a state appeals court to pause the remaining seven days of a suspension he was handed for a role in transferring Sandy Hook families' confidential records to another Jones attorney in Texas, arguing the case should be stayed while he again appeals the punishment.

  • May 02, 2025

    Republicans Tout Bill To Make App Stores Verify Users' Ages

    Two Republican lawmakers introduced a bill Thursday to protect minor app users by requiring app stores and developers to vet their ages through a verification process and seek parental consent before allowing them to download apps or make any purchases. 

  • May 06, 2025

    Prince Harry Demands Daily Mail Reveal 'Web Of Illegal Acts'

    Public figures including Prince Harry and Elton John urged a judge on Tuesday to force the publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper to hand over more information about what they allege was a "web of illegal acts" committed against them.

  • May 06, 2025

    Calif. Agency Hits Retailer In Latest Privacy Enforcement Strike

    The California Privacy Protection Agency revealed its second action under a state data privacy law on Tuesday, requiring national clothing retailer Todd Snyder Inc. to pay more than $345,000 and overhaul its business practices to resolve claims that the company mishandled requests by consumers to stop the sale and sharing of their personal information.

  • May 05, 2025

    Western Digital Fights Uphill To Ax SPEX's $553M Patent Win

    Western Digital urged a California federal judge Monday to rethink his tentative decision upholding a jury's $316 million verdict for infringing a SPEX Technologies Inc. data security patent, an award that was upped to $553 million with interest, arguing that the accused products don't perform the same functions specified in the patent.

Expert Analysis

  • In-House Counsel Pointers For Preserving Atty-Client Privilege

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    Several recent rulings illustrate the challenges in-house counsel can face when attempting to preserve attorney-client privilege, but a few best practices can help safeguard communications and effectively assert the privilege in an increasingly scrutinized corporate environment, says Daniel Garrie at Law & Forensics.

  • ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ's Message To States Takes On New Weight Under Trump

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    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's January guidance to state enforcers has fresh significance as the Trump administration moves to freeze the bureau's work, and industry should expect states to use this series of recommendations as an enforcement road map, say attorneys at Brownstein Hyatt.

  • Series

    Collecting Rare Books Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My collection of rare books includes several written or owned by prominent lawyers from early U.S. history, and immersing myself in their stories helps me feel a deeper connection to my legal practice and its purpose, says Douglas Brown at Manatt Health.

  • DeepSeek AI Investigation Could Lead To IP Law Precedents

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    The investigation by OpenAI and Microsoft into DeepSeek's artificial intelligence model raises interesting legal concerns involving intellectual property and contract law, including potential trade secret appropriation and fair use questions, say Saishruti Mutneja and Raghav Gurbaxani.

  • What NHTSA's Autonomous Vehicle Proposal Means For Cos.

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    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's recently proposed framework for review and oversight of vehicles equipped with automated driving systems offers companies a more flexible, streamlined approach to regulatory approvals for AVs, including new exemption pathways, assessments by independent experts and other innovations, say attorneys at Covington.

  • Guidance For Cos. Balancing Web Scraping And Privacy

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    The European Data Protection Board's recent Opinion 28/2024, which clarifies how web scraping can be implemented under the General Data Protection Regulation while respecting data privacy, offers insights for companies navigating this intersection of AI innovation and privacy laws, says Jo Levy at the Norton Law Firm.

  • Rethinking How To Engage Shareholders, Activists Via Proxies

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    ​​​​​​​This proxy season, companies should consider visually driven proxy statements that highlight the board's strengths, the alignment between executive compensation and performance, and a commitment to sustainability and risk management to earn the support of investors and fend off hostile acquirers, say Craig Clay and Ron Schneider at DFIN.

  • Opinion

    Judge Should Not Have Been Reprimanded For Alito Essay

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    Senior U.S. District Judge Michael Ponsor's New York Times essay critiquing Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for potential ethical violations absolutely cannot be construed as conduct prejudicial to the administration of the business of the courts, says Ashley London at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University.

  • How Cos. Can Use Data Clean Rooms To Address Privacy

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    Implementing comprehensive administrative controls, security processes and vendor management systems are vital steps for businesses leveraging data clean rooms for privacy compliance, especially given the Federal Trade Commission's warnings of complicated user privacy implications, say attorneys at Troutman.

  • Lights, Camera, Ethics? TV Lawyers Tend To Set Bad Example

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    Though fictional movies and television shows portraying lawyers are fun to watch, Hollywood’s inaccurate depictions of legal ethics can desensitize attorneys to ethics violations and lead real-life clients to believe that good lawyers take a scorched-earth approach, says Nancy Rapoport at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

  • Ga. Tech Case Shows DOJ Focus On Higher Ed Cybersecurity

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    The Justice Department’s ongoing case against the Georgia Institute of Technology demonstrates how many colleges and universities may be unwittingly exposed to myriad cybersecurity requirements that, if not followed, could lead to False Claims Act liability, say attorneys at Woods Rogers.

  • Perspectives

    Accountant-Owned Law Firms Could Blur Ethical Lines

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    KPMG’s recent application to open a legal practice in Arizona represents the first overture by an accounting firm to take advantage of the state’s relaxed law firm ownership rules, but enforcing and supervising the practice of law by nonattorneys could prove particularly challenging, says Seth Laver at Goldberg Segalla.

  • Critical Steps For Navigating Intensified OFAC Enforcement

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    The largely overlooked SkyGeek settlement from the end of 2024 heralds the arrival of the Office of Foreign Assets Control's long anticipated enhanced enforcement posture and clearly demonstrates the sanctions-compliance benefits of immediately responding to blocked payments, says Jeremy Paner at Hughes Hubbard.

  • Unpacking HHS' Proposal To Amend HIPAA Security Rule

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    While the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' proposal to amend the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's security rule could face scrutiny under the Trump administration, it reflects a clear concern over health data security and could push entities to implement operational changes, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.

  • AI Will Soon Transform The E-Discovery Industrial Complex

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    Todd Itami at Covington discusses how generative artificial intelligence will reshape the current e-discovery paradigm, replacing the blunt instrument of data handling with a laser scalpel of fully integrated enterprise solutions — after first making e-discovery processes technically and legally harder.

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