On May 15, 2025, the Maine Joint Committee on Housing and Economic Development voted to allow the full Maine legislature to consider an amendment that would narrow the scope of the state's Right to Repair law. The law, which...more
6/16/2025
/ Automotive Industry ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Manufacturers ,
Motor Vehicles ,
New Amendments ,
OEM ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Right to Repair ,
State Attorneys General ,
State Legislatures ,
Telematics
In September 2019, the Ninth Circuit held that hiQ Labs, Inc.’s (“hiQ”) collection and use of information that LinkedIn users shared on their public profiles did not violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”) because...more
Massachusetts federal district court judge Douglas Woodlock did not mince words during an hour-long hearing on Thursday, December 3, urging lawyers for the Alliance for Automotive Innovation and Massachusetts Attorney General...more
In an a recently published opinion, the Ninth Circuit answered the question whether “LinkedIn, the professional networking website, [may] prevent a competitor, hiQ, from collecting and using information that LinkedIn users...more
9/28/2019
/ Appeals ,
Cease and Desist ,
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) ,
Data Collection ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Irreparable Harm ,
LinkedIn ,
Preemption ,
Public Records ,
Split of Authority ,
Unauthorized Access ,
Web Scraping