Claims involving the alleged collection and use of consumer data continued to drive trends in privacy class actions and mass arbitrations in 2024.
Biometrics Litigation -
The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act...more
If you are an attorney covering cybersecurity, not only do you have to stay on top of ever-evolving legal obligations and risks, you have to be able to speak competently with your technical counterparts....more
On July 1, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Moody v. NetChoice, LLC that laws regulating large social media platforms passed by Texas and Florida likely offend the First Amendment in at least some...more
7/29/2024
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion in Zellmer v. Meta Platforms, Inc., on June 17, 2024, affirming dismissal of a putative class action filed under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy...more
7/12/2024
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Data Privacy ,
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Technology Sector
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in two related cases, Axon Enterprise Inc. v. FTC (No. 21-86) and SEC v. Cochran (No. 21-1239), that federal district courts have jurisdiction to hear structural constitutional challenges to the...more
4/24/2023
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Data security will undoubtedly remain an enforcement priority for the Federal Trade Commission in 2023. A presentation on the FTC’s approach to data security by Deputy Chief Technologist Alex Gaynor at a Commission open...more
This is the second in a series of updates addressing the bilateral data access agreement (Data Access Agreement or agreement) between the United States and the United Kingdom under the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data...more