/cybersecurity-privacy?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Cybersecurity & Privacy Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 12 Dec 2025 22:07:14 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2421626?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2421626 Global online discussion forum Reddit on Thursday launched a legal challenge to Australia's first-of-its-kind law prohibiting children under 16 from creating accounts on nearly a dozen popular social media platforms, telling the country's top court that the measure illegally restrains minors' political communications and that there are "less restrictive" ways to protect kids online. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:07:33 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2421613?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2421613 The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on Friday sent cases alleging that children were groomed and exploited by sexual predators on Roblox's popular gaming platform to federal court in California, given the likelihood more claims will be brought. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 18:24:30 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2420605?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2420605 A customer of online shoe and apparel retailer Zappos.com sued the company claiming it allowed Meta to eavesdrop on customer activity despite representing that their information was being safeguarded. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 18:16:03 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2421592?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2421592 The major wireless carriers' trade group on Friday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Verizon's case against a $46 million privacy fine, saying the Seventh Amendment right to jury trial is too important to leave questions unanswered about its reach. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:45:25 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2421430?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2421430 The First Circuit has affirmed a former Analog Devices Inc. engineer's trade secrets conviction, ruling that the indictment's reference to a specific microchip model did not preclude a guilty verdict based on his possession of schematics for its prototype. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:38:04 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2419867?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2419867 Two federal court decisions suggesting that the Internal Revenue Service's rules for 501(c)(4) organizations' political activity may be too vague to survive constitutional scrutiny leave nonprofit organizations caught between constitutional limits on government regulation of speech and tax limits on their exempt status, say attorneys at BakerHostetler. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:26:48 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2418279?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2418279 While proposals for limiting the terms of U.S. Supreme Court justices are popular, a steady stream of relatively young, highly marketable ex-justices with unique knowledge and influence entering the marketplace of law and politics could create new problems, say Michael Broyde at Emory University and Hayden Hall at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:03:20 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2421630?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2421630 Florida is the latest state to take aim at Roblox Corp., accusing the multibillion-dollar company in state court of deceiving parents about the safety of its popular online gaming platform and "knowingly facilitat[ing]" grooming and abuse of children by online predators. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:32:26 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2421670?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2421670 Federal Communications Commission Chief Brendan Carr on Friday lauded a White House move to restrict states from passing "onerous" laws and regulations covering artificial intelligence. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:00:12 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2421581?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2421581 A Connecticut appeals court on Friday upheld the two-week suspension of former Alex Jones lawyer Norm Pattis, agreeing that a trial court judge was within her discretion to bench the attorney over his law firm's handling of Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre victims' medical records. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:43:18 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2420682?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2420682 The Colorado Attorney General's Office asked the Tenth Circuit to review a lower court decision to enjoin the state from enforcing its recently passed law that would display warning messages to minors using social media platforms after a trade association claimed the law was unconstitutional. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:26:30 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2420179?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2420179 With autonomous vehicles increasingly making their own decisions, the liability landscape for AVs has changed over the past year — highlighting a number of important issues that companies and practitioners should keep a close eye on in 2026, says Farid Yaghoubtil at Downtown LA Law Group. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 23:43:39 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2421298?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2421298 President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a controversial executive order establishing a "minimally burdensome national standard" for regulating artificial intelligence, deeming the order necessary for the United States to remain a leader in AI amid "excessive" state regulation. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 22:46:04 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2421161?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2421161 The Ninth Circuit mostly affirmed an injunction blocking Apple Inc. from charging developers "prohibitive" commissions on iPhone app purchases made outside its systems on Thursday, handing Epic Games Inc. a partial win in their hotly contested compliance fight while agreeing with Apple that the injunction's commissions ban and certain restrictions are punitive and overbroad. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 22:42:35 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2421110?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2421110 A package of 18 bills that propose using methods such age verification mandates, government-run studies and educational campaigns to enhance online safeguards for children passed through a House subcommittee Thursday, despite concerns from Democrats that the measures wouldn't be enough to counter recent moves to reduce the roles of states and the Federal Trade Commission in this space.  Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:34:15 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2421138?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2421138 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton hit Epic Systems Corp. with an antitrust suit in state court on Wednesday alleging the company is illegally seeking to monopolize markets for electronic health records software. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:38:45 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2420988?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2420988 An Illinois state appeals court affirmed the dismissal of a man's suit claiming two State Farm life insurers violated Illinois' genetic information privacy law, finding a section barring the use of genetic protected health information for underwriting purposes does not apply to life insurance companies. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:21:21 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2421114?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2421114 More than 40 attorneys general have pushed Big Tech companies like Meta and Microsoft to adopt safety measures on AI chatbots, writing a letter that pointed to recent news of children and vulnerable people whose chatbot conversations ended in violence. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:17:54 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2418491?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2418491 As the law continued to take shape in the growing area of crypto-assets, this year saw a jump in crypto class action litigation, including noteworthy decisions on motions to compel arbitration and class certification, according to Justin Donoho at Duane Morris. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:45:40 +0000 /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2420159?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2420159 Due to the experimental and volatile nature of quantum computing technology — at least initially — lawyers and legal practitioners should consider a few risks when drafting or negotiating a quantum-as-a-service agreement, including if the underlying hardware design is faulty or not appropriate for maintenance, say attorneys at Covington.