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Google Slapped With Digital Privacy Class Action Over Use of Customer Service AI Product

Bursor & Fisher and the Simon Law Firm filed the complaint on Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. According to the claim, Google's use of the AI product, developed in 2022 to automate and fine-tune businesses' customer service interactions, violated Section 631 of the California Invasion of Privacy Act, which prohibits wiretapping. The plaintiff and class members could be awarded $5,000 per violation under CIPA.
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New York Law Journal

Attorney of the Year Winner: Laura Posner of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll

A partner at Cohen Milstein, Posner has recovered billions on behalf of defrauded investors. Her cases include six of the top 100 securities fraud class action settlements of all time.
8 minute read

Litigation Daily

Becoming 'America's Largest Injury Firm': Why Morgan & Morgan Isn't Hurting for Business

A look at how the firm John Morgan founded in 1988 has expanded to more than 100 offices–at least one in all 50 states—with more than 1,000 attorneys firmwide.
6 minute read

International Edition

Dechert Set For Costs Battle With SFO, After Regulator's ENRC Appeal Fails

One person with knowledge of the case said the SFO will likely seek a substantial contribution from Dechert for any ENRC losses that the judge finds proved.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Judge Says University of Miami Should Face Discrimination Case by Ex-Department Chair

"Defendants often file motions to dismiss the case at the outset of a case as standard practice. But here, there really wasn't a great basis to do so, and the court understood that and issued the right opinion in terms of moving forward," said Sanford Heisler Sharp chair David Sanford, lead attorney for the plaintiff.
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National Law Journal

Retired US Judge, Ethics Experts Ask 11th Circuit to Reassign Trump Classified Docs Case

"A reasonable member of the public could conclude, as many have, that the dismissal was the culmination of Judge [Aileen] Cannon's many efforts to undermine and derail the prosecution of this case" against former President Donald Trump, the amicus brief stated.
4 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Johnson & Johnson Must Pay $1B in Damages for Surgical Robotics Contract Breaches, Fraud

The opinion is a win for Ross Aronstam & Moritz and Selendy Gay attorneys who represented a shareholder group.
4 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Investor Claims Virgin Galactic Put Billionaire Space Race Over Safety, Netting Branson $1B

The lawsuit alleges that Branson made over $1.1 billion by selling Virgin Galactic shares at a price artificially inflated by safety issues not being publicly known.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Opposing Counsel Found Noncompliant as Winston & Strawn Triumphs

U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay ruled BHI Energy's damages were based on calculations that were too speculative to comply with federal court rules.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Plaintiff Who Hasn't Paid Legal Bills Can't Pursue Equitable Relief in Malpractice Claim, Judge Rules

"The overarching flaw in plaintiff's case is that her breach of contract claim is premised upon a contract she alleges [...] is itself hopelessly flawed," the judge wrote.
3 minute read

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