A bipartisan group of nearly 30 state attorneys general voluntarily dropped a lawsuit challenging the sale of 23andMe and its genetic data on Wednesday, saying "the issues raised in this adversary complaint are rendered moot." The biotechnology company was officially sold to nonprofit TTAM Research Institute on July 11 (see 2507150083).
Porn site Multi Media renewed its call for a district court to dismiss a lawsuit against it, arguing that when a user agreed to the platform's Terms & Services, he accepted an arbitration clause. Multi Media is one of four adult websites sued in the U.S. District Court for Kansas in May for allegedly failing to implement age-verification (see 2505130023).
New York AG Letitia James (D) asked a district court Tuesday to drop a challenge against a law requiring retailers to disclose when they're using algorithmic pricing. James argued the plaintiff -- the National Retail Federation (NRF) -- didn't state a claim in case 25-05500 and that the law doesn't violate the First Amendment.
President Donald Trump and the Treasury Department argued Thursday that a judge's modification of a preliminary injunction against the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) signals a state-led lawsuit against the federal government's access to private information is deficient and should be dismissed.
The U.S. Supreme Court should block a Mississippi age-verification statute as it violates the First Amendment, a coalition of advocacy organizations said in an amicus brief supporting NetChoice.
Upholding the firing of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter “destroys the independence” of the agency and hinders its ability to conduct its mission, U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan ruled in a filing Thursday.
A federal judge's recent decision in a privacy case involving GoodRx is relevant to one concerning children's privacy violations by an EdTech company, parents alleged in a court document filed Thursday.
House of Dior didn't properly secure customers' sensitive personal information, prompting a data breach in Jan. 2025, a class-action lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges. The suit also claims Dior was too slow to inform customers that their personal data was potentially exposed.
A federal court should continue blocking FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter from returning to the commission because the “balance of harms” favors the Trump administration, DOJ argued Wednesday in a reply brief.
A federal judge will not change or amend an earlier ruling that permanently enjoined an Arkansas social media safety act, according to a court document filed Wednesday.