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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

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First Tranche of Australia's Much Anticipated Privacy Law Reforms Revealed

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The first wave of Australia's expansive privacy law reforms has been introduced into Federal Parliament in the Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (Cth) ("Bill")....more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Learn About Data Privacy and How to Navigate the Information Security Regulatory Landscape

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Insights for this month’s article are provided by ARDA members Gregory Szewczyk, partner at Ballard Spahr Practice Leader of the firm’s Privacy and Data Security Group, and Aaron Tantleff, partner in Foley & Lardner’s...more

Cooley LLP

Inundated With Requests Under New Jersey’s Daniel’s Law? 

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A flood of class action lawsuits have been filed against companies alleging violations of New Jersey’s Daniel’s Law. The statute – enacted after the son of a New Jersey federal judge was fatally shot by a disgruntled lawyer –...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Per-Scan Damages for BIPA Claims

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In February 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court issued a landmark opinion in Cothron v. White Castle finding that claims under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) accrue each time a private...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Mint Gets Data Breach Claims Dismissed

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California federal Judge William Alsup dismissed various claims against Mint Mobile LLC based on a data breach that exposed personal information of Mint customers. Plaintiff Daniel Fraser alleged that Mint, a mobile virtual...more

Butler Snow LLP

White House Guidance on Ransomware

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Ransomware has become the fastest growing type of cybercrime facing businesses today. In 2021, loss values were estimated to have reached at least 57 times those in 2015, exceeding $20 billion. Data and privacy issues are so...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Data Breaches Prove Costly for Major Businesses

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In an age where data is widely available and almost everything is stored online, data breaches are becoming more common, and the outcomes of cases involving data breaches are unpredictable. Data involved in a breach can range...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Airline Cargo Company Sued Under Illinois Biometric Law

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Alliance Ground International is the latest company to be sued for allegedly violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) for collecting and storing its employees’ fingerprints without their consent....more

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Florida’s CADRA a Powerful New Data Protection

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Florida businesses will soon have an important and powerful new legal cause of action to combat unauthorized access to protected computer systems or data by employees, former employees, directors, officers, and others....more

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