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A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
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Second Circuit Rules on Scope of VPPA Protection

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On May 1, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued its decision in Solomon v. Flipps Media, Inc., affirming the dismissal of a putative class action alleging violations of the Video Privacy...more

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No Harm, No Foul?  The Legacy of TransUnion Two Years Later (Continued)

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Seyfarth Synopsis: As reported here, to mark the two-year anniversary of TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez (“TransUnion”), the Workplace Class Action blog is examining how each of the federal Circuit Courts have applied this...more

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Current Turmoil and Future Risks in Resolving Data Breach Class Actions

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Data incident lawsuits, especially class actions, have the potential to create significant business disruption, loss of marketplace credibility, civil liability or regulatory exposure. Consequently, companies that experience...more

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Motion to Dismiss Denied in Class Action for Alleged Violations of Illinois Biometric Data Privacy Law

In a class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Clearview Al Inc. faces allegations that it uses facial recognition technology that violates the Illinois Biometric Information...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Update From LitLand: Dinerstein Decision Shows That Overcoming Standing in Privacy Cases Does Not Necessarily Create a Path to...

LitLand is a monthly feature that reviews developments in litigation as they relate to privacy matters and highlight any past, current, and future cases about which you should know....more

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The Illinois Biometric Landscape Gets Even Tougher For Employers

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The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) has proven to be a significant burden on Illinois employers, and a recent Illinois federal court decision may have made the legal landscape even more difficult. In Cothron...more

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“Untagging” From Photo Privacy Lawsuit: Facebook Settles Its Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Litigation For $550 Million

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 29, 2020, Facebook announced that it had reached a settlement with plaintiffs in a class action brought under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (the “BIPA”) in the U.S. District...more

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Privacy and Data Security Alert | December 2019

SDNY Rejects Standing under “Increased Risk” Theory Where Data Not Targeted or Stolen - The Southern District of New York rejected a settlement that would have resolved a class action based on the unauthorized (and...more

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Is standing overrated? Data breach defendants who lose standing battles end up winning dismissal

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Takeaway: In the wake of Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, 136 S. Ct. 1540 (2016), defendants in data breach class actions regularly move to dismiss on standing grounds, arguing the complaint’s allegations do not plausibly allege an...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Plaintiffs Seek Class Certification in Yahoo Data Breach Class Actions

We previously noted that in late 2016, Yahoo disclosed that it had experienced multiple data breaches relating to what turned out to be roughly three billion of its accounts. ...more

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OTA & Travel Distribution Update - Australian Competition Authorities re-think "narrow" parity; Keyword prohibitions the subject...

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Our weekly OTA & Travel Distribution Update is below. This week’s Update features a number of familiar stories....more

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Banner Health Class Action Claims Survive Motion to Dismiss

Wednesday, a federal district court in Arizona denied in part and granted in part Banner Health’s motion to dismiss class action claims arising from a 2016 data breach. ...more

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McDowell v. CGI Federal Inc.: A Stark Reminder to Government Contractors of their Cybersecurity Obligations

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On June 1, 2017, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued a decision in a class action lawsuit, McDowell v. CGI Federal Inc., Civ. Action No. 15-1157 (GK) (D.D.C. 2017), which could have...more

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New Jersey District Court Considers Expansion of FCRA Liability

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On July 17, 2017, a New Jersey federal district court heard oral arguments in a motion to dismiss a putative class action lawsuit alleging violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”), 15 U.S.C. § 1681a et seq. The...more

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Update on Data Breach and Data Privacy Class Actions Post-Spokeo

In May, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Spokeo v. Robins, providing guidance on the “injury-in-fact” aspect of the constitutional standing requirement for putative class action plaintiffs. 136 S. Ct. 1540...more

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Eighth Circuit Privacy Class Action Fails to Clear Second Hurdle

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In Carlsen v. GameStop Inc., plaintiff ­– a paid subscriber to defendant’s online gaming magazine – brought a putative class action lawsuit against defendant for alleged breach of its privacy policy by disclosing plaintiff’s...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

21st Century Oncology data breach litigation update

We previously reported that 21st Century Oncology suffered a data breach affecting 2.2 million patients and has been sued in at least two class action lawsuits following notification to the patient....more

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Pennsylvania Federal Court Finds Standing in Data Breach Class Action

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The debate over standing in data breach litigation is gaining more attention lately. While many courts have hesitated to find standing prior to lost personally identifiable information (PII) actually being misused, the U.S....more

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Pennsylvania Data Breach Class Action Survives Motion to Dismiss

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A federal judge in Pennsylvania has allowed a data breach class action against Coca-Cola and several bottling companies to proceed, finding that the plaintiff has Article III standing even though he had left Coca-Cola’s...more

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CFPB files amicus brief in U.S. Supreme Court Article III standing case

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The CFPB, together with the DOJ, has filed a second amicus brief in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, the case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court in which the issue is whether a plaintiff who cannot show any actual harm from a...more

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A Classy Affair: Class Action Lawyers Race to Courthouse in Wake of Ashley Madison Data Breach

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Illicit affairs have always imposed risks – from marital discord and divorce to boiling bunnies and Maury appearances. However, when old-school adultery met new-school technology on the Ashley Madison infidelity website,...more

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Nevada Federal District Court Follows National Trend, Dismisses Data Breach Class Action for Lack of Standing

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In granting a motion to dismiss a data breach putative class action lawsuit, the District of Nevada joined the majority of federal district courts in holding that plaintiffs whose personal information was stolen lack Article...more

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Consumer Claims Survive Motion to Dismiss in Target Data Breach Class Action

A recent ruling by Federal District Judge Paul Magnuson will permit most of the consumer claims in the Target data breach litigation to survive Target’s motion to dismiss. This most recent ruling follows on the heels of the...more

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