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HHS Fines Mass. Health Firm $80K Over Ransomware Attack

By Gina Kim ( January 7, 2025, 10:01 PM EST) — Elgon Information Systems, which provides digital medical record and billing support services, will pay $80,000 over alleged healthcare data protection rule violations following a ransomware attack on its systems in March 2023 that impacted roughly 31,248 customers, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday…. Law360 is on it, so you are, too. A Law360 subscription puts you at the center of fast-moving legal issues, trends and developments so you can act with speed and confidence. Over 200 articles are published daily across more than 60 topics, industries, practice areas and jurisdictions. A Law360 subscription includes features such as Daily newsletters Expert analysis Mobile app Advanced search Judge information Real-time alerts 450K+ searchable archived articles And more! Experience Law360 today with a free 7-day trial. source

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Impact Of Successful Challenges To SEC's Rulemaking Ability

By Andrew Ceresney, Julie Riewe and Kristin Snyder ( January 9, 2025, 4:48 PM EST) — In 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission faced significant legal challenges to its aggressive rulemaking agenda. As discussed below, several key SEC rulemakings were vacated by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit after the court found, among other things, that the SEC exceeded its authority or violated the Administrative Procedures Act by acting “arbitrarily and capriciously” in promulgating certain rules…. Law360 is on it, so you are, too. A Law360 subscription puts you at the center of fast-moving legal issues, trends and developments so you can act with speed and confidence. Over 200 articles are published daily across more than 60 topics, industries, practice areas and jurisdictions. A Law360 subscription includes features such as Daily newsletters Expert analysis Mobile app Advanced search Judge information Real-time alerts 450K+ searchable archived articles And more! Experience Law360 today with a free 7-day trial. source

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IP Forecast: OpenAI, Microsoft Look To Toss NYT Case

By Andrew Karpan ( January 9, 2025, 9:36 PM EST) — OpenAI and its backers at Microsoft will try persuading a New York judge to dismiss one of the major copyright suits against them, with arguments that using news stories to train the startup’s artificial intelligence model is a “transformative” use. … Law360 is on it, so you are, too. A Law360 subscription puts you at the center of fast-moving legal issues, trends and developments so you can act with speed and confidence. Over 200 articles are published daily across more than 60 topics, industries, practice areas and jurisdictions. A Law360 subscription includes features such as Daily newsletters Expert analysis Mobile app Advanced search Judge information Real-time alerts 450K+ searchable archived articles And more! Experience Law360 today with a free 7-day trial. source

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Skadden-Led Dutch Chips Maker To Buy $625M Car Tech Co.

By Dawood Fakhir ( January 8, 2025, 3:42 PM GMT) — Car chips maker NXP Semiconductors NV has agreed to acquire Austrian automotive technology company TTTech Auto in an all-cash transaction for $625 million to strengthen its automotive business, in a deal guided by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP…. Law360 is on it, so you are, too. A Law360 subscription puts you at the center of fast-moving legal issues, trends and developments so you can act with speed and confidence. Over 200 articles are published daily across more than 60 topics, industries, practice areas and jurisdictions. A Law360 subscription includes features such as Daily newsletters Expert analysis Mobile app Advanced search Judge information Real-time alerts 450K+ searchable archived articles And more! Experience Law360 today with a free 7-day trial. source

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The OIG Report: Preparing For Oversight In 2025

By Diana Shaw ( January 8, 2025, 3:28 PM EST) — This article is part of a bimonthly column that takes a closer look at Office of Inspector General reports and findings and analyzes their potential implications. This installment analyzes various OIGs’ 2025 work plans and reports to anticipate the issues and industries most likely to end up the focus of OIG oversight work in the year to come…. Law360 is on it, so you are, too. A Law360 subscription puts you at the center of fast-moving legal issues, trends and developments so you can act with speed and confidence. Over 200 articles are published daily across more than 60 topics, industries, practice areas and jurisdictions. A Law360 subscription includes features such as Daily newsletters Expert analysis Mobile app Advanced search Judge information Real-time alerts 450K+ searchable archived articles And more! Experience Law360 today with a free 7-day trial. source

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SPEX's Data Security Patent Award Boosted To $553M

By Adam Lidgett ( January 9, 2025, 6:28 PM EST) — A California federal judge has tacked on about $237 million in interest to the $316 million damages verdict SPEX Technologies won after a jury found Western Digital infringed a patent related to hardware encryption technology…. Law360 is on it, so you are, too. A Law360 subscription puts you at the center of fast-moving legal issues, trends and developments so you can act with speed and confidence. Over 200 articles are published daily across more than 60 topics, industries, practice areas and jurisdictions. A Law360 subscription includes features such as Daily newsletters Expert analysis Mobile app Advanced search Judge information Real-time alerts 450K+ searchable archived articles And more! Experience Law360 today with a free 7-day trial. source

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Epic Gets Backing For Google App Store Changes

By Matthew Perlman ( January 8, 2025, 6:35 PM EST) — Epic Games has received support from federal antitrust enforcers, Microsoft and others at the Ninth Circuit as the game developer fights Google’s bid to appeal an order forcing the tech giant to loosen its policies surrounding the distribution of apps on Android devices…. Law360 is on it, so you are, too. A Law360 subscription puts you at the center of fast-moving legal issues, trends and developments so you can act with speed and confidence. Over 200 articles are published daily across more than 60 topics, industries, practice areas and jurisdictions. A Law360 subscription includes features such as Daily newsletters Expert analysis Mobile app Advanced search Judge information Real-time alerts 450K+ searchable archived articles And more! Experience Law360 today with a free 7-day trial. source

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Meta, Microsoft, Google Seek To Toss DNA Data-Sharing Suit

By Lauren Berg ( January 8, 2025, 9:30 PM EST) — DNA-testing platform Nebula Genomics, Meta Platforms, Microsoft and Google urged a Chicago federal judge to toss a putative class action accusing the companies of surreptitiously misusing customers’ genetic data through tracking software on Nebula’s website, arguing that the complaint lacks specifics tying the defendants to alleged wrongdoing…. Law360 is on it, so you are, too. A Law360 subscription puts you at the center of fast-moving legal issues, trends and developments so you can act with speed and confidence. Over 200 articles are published daily across more than 60 topics, industries, practice areas and jurisdictions. A Law360 subscription includes features such as Daily newsletters Expert analysis Mobile app Advanced search Judge information Real-time alerts 450K+ searchable archived articles And more! Experience Law360 today with a free 7-day trial. source

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Quantitative Trader Accused Of Stealing Firm's Source Code

By Theresa Schliep ( January 8, 2025, 8:47 PM EST) — New York federal prosecutors have accused a quantitative trader of stealing the secrets of a billion-dollar company’s source code from his former employer to use at his own trading firm, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday in New York federal court…. Law360 is on it, so you are, too. A Law360 subscription puts you at the center of fast-moving legal issues, trends and developments so you can act with speed and confidence. Over 200 articles are published daily across more than 60 topics, industries, practice areas and jurisdictions. A Law360 subscription includes features such as Daily newsletters Expert analysis Mobile app Advanced search Judge information Real-time alerts 450K+ searchable archived articles And more! Experience Law360 today with a free 7-day trial. source

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9th Circ. Upholds Ore. Ban On Secret Audio Recordings

By Rae Ann Varona ( January 7, 2025, 9:30 PM EST) — A split en banc Ninth Circuit panel on Tuesday upheld as constitutional an Oregon law prohibiting secret audio recordings of people’s conversations, ruling in a published opinion that the statute was narrowly tailored to Oregon’s significant interest in ensuring its residents know when their conversations are recorded, even in public…. Law360 is on it, so you are, too. A Law360 subscription puts you at the center of fast-moving legal issues, trends and developments so you can act with speed and confidence. Over 200 articles are published daily across more than 60 topics, industries, practice areas and jurisdictions. A Law360 subscription includes features such as Daily newsletters Expert analysis Mobile app Advanced search Judge information Real-time alerts 450K+ searchable archived articles And more! Experience Law360 today with a free 7-day trial. source

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