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The Recorder

Attorney of the Year Finalist: Michael Rubin, Latham & Watkins

"The sky is the limit, and I have been constantly amazed by the limitlessness of this job and how much it keeps going," said Rubin.
6 minute read

The Recorder

The Ethics of Freelance Lawyering, Part 2: Conflicts of Interest and Duty to Preserve Client Confidences

"Because temporary attorneys often work for multiple firms simultaneously, it is crucial that both the temporary attorney and the firm routinely monitor conflicts," write Erin Giglia and Laurie Rowen, founders of Montage Legal Group.
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Generative AI Company Targeted by Texas Attorney General

"This agreement is likely to be a harbinger of things to come in the Gen AI enforcement space," write Jason M. Loring and Graham H. Ryan.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

'Spycraft' by Employers Raising Alarm as Technology Advances

"We really need to tread carefully," said Nikki Rivers, an associate at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo.
6 minute read

International Edition

Nigel Farage's Reform UK Faces Legal Action, Pallas Partners Acting

The law firm will advise the Good Law Project in its legal proceedings against the political entity over alleged breaches of voters' data rights.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Marriott to Pay $52M, Upgrade Cybersecurity to Settle Probes Into 3 Big Breaches

"Marriott's poor security practices led to multiple breaches affecting hundreds of millions of customers," said Samuel Levine, director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Appellate Judges Grill Lawyer for Ex-Uber Security Chief Who Wants Conviction Tossed

"This case is an unprecedented attempt to hold an individual criminally liable for the way a company handled and reported a cybersecurity incident," Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe partner Chris Cariello said in court Tuesday.
8 minute read

Legaltech News

Nervous System: Who Ya Gonna Call—and Who's Calling You?

Creating what would become CallerID meant overcoming three challenges: the basic technical challenge of establishing a process to signal the origin of a call; the logistical challenge in deploying that technical solution across networks; and persuading a skeptical public that this technology was not a grievous privacy violation.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Rejects Hospital's Attempts to Dismiss Class Action Over Shared Patient Health Information With Meta

In Murphy v. Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, the plaintiffs alleged that the health system, which offers online accounts for patients via the MyJeffersonHealth online portal and mobile application, uses Meta's collection tools to gather their personal health information.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

9th Circuit Drills Down on Venue Issue in Privacy Suit Against E-Commerce Platform

"An electronic signal is sent over [and] something is implanted on a device that is in California," Judge Daniel Collins said. "It takes data in California from a device in California and ships it out of California. The claim is that the collection and transmission of the data violates California statutes. How does that conduct not occur in California?"
4 minute read

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