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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick State Attorney General Update | August 2025

As we enter summer’s homestretch, the State Attorneys General remain active as ever. In this edition of Orrick’s State AG Update we discuss new “junk fee” rules from the Massachusetts AG, high-profile consumer protection...more

Baker Donelson

AI and Privacy on a Legal Collision Course: Steps Businesses Should Take Now

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The continued, rapid advancement of Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies comes with increasing risks for businesses, demanding that they navigate such issues more carefully than ever. Considering recent privacy class...more

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AI Notetaking Tools Under Fire: Lessons from the Otter.ai Class Action Complaint

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The rapid adoption of AI notetaking and transcription tools has transformed how organizations (and individuals) capture, analyze, and share meeting and other content. But as these technologies expand, so too do the legal and...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Federal Court Moonwalks Over West Virginia’s Daniel’s Law

While the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (“Third Circuit”) weighs the constitutionality of New Jersey State’s Daniel’s Law, a West Virginia federal court recently opined on the constitutionality of its...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Biometric Backlash: The Rising Wave of Litigation Under BIPA and Beyond

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Biometric technologies—such as fingerprint scanners, facial recognition systems, and retina scans—are now commonplace in modern business operations....more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Flo Health Data-Sharing Case Ends in Major Jury Verdict Against Meta

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Meta Inc., the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has been found liable by a California federal jury for improperly using sensitive reproductive health data to run targeted ads, in a case involving the...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

U.S. Privacy Litigation Update: July 2025 Decisions

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In this post: (1) California courts split on personal jurisdiction post-Briskin; (2) District courts dismiss VPPA claims against movie theaters & online platforms; (3) ND Cal courts find “crime-tort” exception met in...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Meta Pixel Case Survives Motion to Dismiss

Readers of this blog are well aware of the proliferation of lawsuits alleging that websites which utilize Meta Pixel tracking software violate the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”). These lawsuits typically allege...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Email Tracking CIPA Wiretapping Victory!

Although the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”) lawsuit train shows no signs of slowing down, a California federal judge recently derailed a CIPA email tracking lawsuit when it dismissed claims mirroring those...more

Clark Hill PLC

Right To Know - July 2025, Vol. 31

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Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed. State Action: Texas Limits Punitive Damage Liability For Data Security Breach...more

Fisher Phillips

California Proposal to Curb Website Cookie Litigation Stalls for This Year: What 3 Things Should Your Business Do?

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A California bill aimed at curbing the explosion of lawsuits filed against businesses using common website tools like cookies, pixels, and session replay software has stalled out in the 2025 legislative session, meaning your...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

New Wave of Privacy Litigation: Plaintiffs Press Untested Theories Under 2005 Colorado Prevention of Telemarketing Fraud Act

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In what appears to be an emerging privacy litigation trend, plaintiffs’ attorneys have recently filed a series of putative class action lawsuits targeting data companies in possession of cellular telephone numbers. The...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

California limits certification, revealing challenges for litigating privacy cases

In the recent high-profile civil class action, Frasco v. Flo Health, a California federal court issued a significant ruling partially certifying a nationwide class and California subclass of individuals who used the Flo...more

Alston & Bird

Insurance Insights | California and New York Privacy Protections, Georgia Tort Reform & Cybersecurity and Privacy Updates

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Welcome to the latest issue of Insurance Insights, a gathering of notable legal developments and trends relevant to the insurance industry. In this issue, California and New York layer on privacy protections, tort reform...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

Unfavorable Ninth Circuit Pixel Tracking Decision

Readers of this blog are aware of the barrage of California Invasion of Privacy (“CIPA”) claims brought against online companies. Recently, an unfavorable decision from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (“Ninth Circuit”)...more

Loeb & Loeb LLP

Ninth Circuit Favors Robust Privacy Protections Under CIPA

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In Mikulsky v. Bloomingdale’s (June 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the dismissal of a California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) class action, holding that the plaintiff sufficiently alleged...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

U.S. Privacy Litigation Update: May 2025

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Keypoint: In this post: (1) Standing may depend on how specific plaintiffs’ complaint is; (2) the 2d Circuit adopts the 3rd and 9th Circuit’s narrower interpretation of PII under the VPPA; (3) Promises in privacy policies not...more

Fisher Phillips

AI Call-Monitoring Lawsuits Are Heating Up: 5 Steps Your Business Can Take to Minimize Risk

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A new lawsuit just filed against an AI software provider offers a clear warning for any business using artificial intelligence to monitor or record customer service calls. On June 13, a California plaintiff filed a federal...more

Perkins Coie

Class Action Lawsuit Over Marketing Email Tracking Pixels Dismissed by Federal Court

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Key Takeaways - - At least four courts have now held that retailers using email for marketing are not considered “communication service providers” and therefore are not subject to TUCSRA. - At least five courts have now held...more

Ice Miller

Don’t Forget About Biometric Information Privacy Laws When Implementing AI in the Workplace

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As employers deal with mounting pressure or desire to implement artificial intelligence in the workplace, they should not forget the laws in several states and localities that place limitations on the use and collection of...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Business Court Assesses Duties to Protect Patient Information Shared Through Electronic Portals

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A Durham County class action asks whether “My Chart,” a widely used portal that medical providers use to communicate with patients about test results, conditions, and treatments should more aptly be labeled “Our Chart.”...more

Klein Moynihan Turco LLP

CIPA and CCPA – Worlds Are Colliding!

Topics that we often discuss on this blog are the use of third-party tracking tools and the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”). Less discussed of late, however, is the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) which,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

District Court Rulings Could Signal Expansion of California Consumer Privacy Right of Action

In two recent rulings, judges in the U.S. Northern District of California have allowed proposed class actions under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to proceed without an allegation of a data breach, departing from...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

EdTech and Privacy of Student Information: A Case Study

On March 27, 2025, a class action lawsuit was filed against the education technology (EdTech) company Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, a popular learning management system. The complaint alleges that Instructure...more

Goodwin

2024 Year in Review: Data Privacy and Cybersecurity

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Welcome to the “Data Privacy and Cybersecurity” chapter of our annual report, Consumer Financial Services: 2024 Year in Review. Consumer financial services regulators are taking a keen interest in artificial intelligence...more

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