Texas sues GM for selling customer driving data

The automaker failed to tell buyers it was selling their driving data to help insurers analyze driving behavior, according to a Texas AG lawsuit.

By Justin Bachman • Aug. 14, 2024

Gen AI is reporting for work duty but who’s in charge of it?

Executives recognize the potential for generative AI in their business operations, but chief legal officers say organizational roles and responsibilities aren’t clear.

By Justin Bachman • Aug. 13, 2024

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Legal leaders look at practical generative AI use cases and get tough on outside counsel spend, among other priorities this year.

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Anti-ESG proposals drove the increase in ESG proxy submissions: Morningstar

“For the first time, the growth in new resolutions was dominated by proposals from ‘anti-ESG’ filers,” per Morningstar Sustainalytics’ director of stewardship research and policy.

By Lamar Johnson • Aug. 13, 2024

How Big Tech is avoiding HSR reviews in AI race

Some deals are on the FTC and DOJ's radars, but for now Microsoft and Apple are among those buying their way into key technology, an antitrust specialist says.

By Robert Freedman • Aug. 9, 2024

AI’s first serious foray into legal may be contract review

Contracting consumes plenty of time for lawyers, so AI’s first broad legal use may be in this area, a survey finds.

By Justin Bachman • Aug. 8, 2024

SEC defends its authority for climate disclosure rule in court

The agency said its climate rule will help to better inform investors with “more detailed, consistent, and comparable information” in replying to legal challengers.

By Lamar Johnson • Aug. 8, 2024

DOJ is lowering the antitrust bar to go after RealPage, economist says

Should the agency sue the rental property software company, it will be alleging collusion among companies that arguably have had no contact with one another, a former FTC adviser says.

By Robert Freedman • Aug. 8, 2024

Use NDAs for trade secrets, not to hide harassment, ABA says

The trade group passed a resolution calling on state and local governments to get tough on employers’ broadening use of non-disclosure agreements.

By Robert Freedman • Aug. 7, 2024

Google loses U.S. lawsuit alleging antitrust violations

The search giant used deals with mobile phone makers to restrict competitors in the search and search text advertising markets, a federal court ruled.

By Justin Bachman • Aug. 5, 2024

Will deepfakes overwhelm us? What’s ahead for in-house legal teams

In-house lawyers will not need to outsource the examination of every piece of evidence for deepfakes. There are ways they can filter evidence themselves.  

By Chuck Kellner • Aug. 5, 2024

JD Vance’s regulatory romance with the Biden FTC

Antitrust policy has split Republicans philosophically, leaving executives curious how a second Trump term might affect the commission’s approach.

By Justin Bachman • Aug. 5, 2024

Third-party compliance certification can get cannabis cash safely into banks

Even if the SAFER Banking Act passes, the infrastructure exists within the cannabis industry for third parties to do the kind of accrediting the Joint Commission does for the healthcare field, says attorney F. Miles Adler.

By F. Miles Adler • Aug. 1, 2024

Lawyers and legal ops teams are clashing at many companies: study

Power dynamics and office politics are blamed for this internal strife, which was found to be common at U.S. companies with legal operations roles.

By Justin Bachman • July 31, 2024

3 statutory ways Supreme Court terms might be limited to 18 years

A commission President Biden appointed three years ago to look at top court reform explored how term limits might work absent a constitutional amendment.

By Robert Freedman • July 29, 2024

‘Friendly fraud’ persists under the radar

Fraud committed by customers threatens companies’ bottom lines and often goes unreported, experts say.

By Suman Bhattacharyya • July 25, 2024

FTC’s ‘surveillance pricing’ probe is a rare bipartisan effort

The two Republican-appointed commissioners don’t like the negative gloss of “surveillance” in the name of the probe but see value in studying this growing use of data.

By Robert Freedman • July 24, 2024

Oklahoma judge permanently blocks state’s anti-ESG law

The ruling extends a temporary injunction against the law issued in May, though Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond said he will bring an appeal to the state Supreme Court.

By Lamar Johnson • July 23, 2024

Questions over AI claims likely mean a lawsuit is coming, D&O specialist says

If investors suspect a company is being disingenuous about its use of the new technology, don’t be surprised if their next step is a securities claim, the head of an insurance intermediary says.

By Robert Freedman • July 23, 2024

Why in-house counsel and law firms are warming up to litigation funders

The dispute-financing industry is poised for growth as legal departments seek to evolve their reputation as pure cost centers.

By Justin Bachman • July 21, 2024

Companies turn to AI contract tools to reduce external risks

Executives often overlook the importance of shrewd third-party contracting when managing their risk profiles, according to a legal tech panel.

By Justin Bachman • July 18, 2024

Reduced shareholder lawsuit risk doesn’t mean more ESG reporting: study

The lower risk of being sued means companies don’t need the social credibility that comes with the reports, a study finds.

By Robert Freedman • July 18, 2024

What employers can expect following the end of Chevron deference

For one thing, the U.S. Department of Labor’s regulations may not fare well under federal courts’ scrutiny post-Chevron, a former DOL official told HR Dive.

By Ryan Golden • July 17, 2024

Ransomware leak site posts jumped 20% in Q2

Threat groups claimed attacks on 1,237 organizations during the quarter, marking an increase from Q1. U.S.-based businesses accounted for more than half of all victims, Reliaquest found.

By Matt Kapko • July 16, 2024

OpenAI NDAs violate whistleblower laws, attorneys tell SEC

Even if the company has cleaned up its act, its past effort to keep insiders from talking about generative AI risks needs investigating, the attorneys say.

By Robert Freedman • July 16, 2024

A big shareholder could outgun board in bill headed to Delaware governor

Corporate law scholars are concerned the bill will build into law a trend in which a founder or other key shareholder uses an agreement to exercise company control.

By Robert Freedman • July 15, 2024