On April 26, 2022, the groundbreaking case United States ex rel. Markus v. Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. proceeded to trial in the Eastern District of California. This first-of-its-kind case—wherein a qui tam relator attempted to hold his former employer accountable using the False Claims Act for its alleged cybersecurity fraud—was certain to be a bellwether
On Thursday, April 28, CPW’s seasoned specialists Kristin Bryan and Jesse Taylor joined forces to discuss key data breach and cybersecurity developments in 2022 and what the rest of the year will bring in this dynamic area of the law.
Key takeaways from the webinar include:
CPW has been covering the data breach litigation In re: Wawa, Inc. Data Security Litigation, pending in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (see here and here). As a reminder, In Re: Wawa Inc. Data Security Litigation, No. 2:19-cv-06019 arose out of a data breach impacting Wawa, Inc.
As CPW readers know, several states have adopted consumer privacy statutes that will require significant modifications to organizational compliance programs in order to achieve compliance by 2023. At the same time, however, many of the world’s largest tech companies are also seeking to give consumers greater control over their personal data as well. David Oberly
In case you missed it, below are recent posts from Consumer Privacy World covering the latest developments on data privacy, security and innovation. Please reach out to the authors if you are interested in additional information.
Connecticut General Assembly Passes Comprehensive Privacy Bill
On March 16, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published revised examination guidelines on unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts and practices, or UDAAPs.
As Squire’s Keith Bradley and Katie Wechsler explain in an article published in Law360, the changes indicate a new position from the CFPB: that discrimination in the provision of consumer financial products and
In spring of 2020, cybercriminals infiltrated the computer networks of Blackbaud, a South Carolina-based cloud-computing provider. Once in Blackbaud’s system, cybercriminals copied the data of a number of individuals and held it for ransom. The targets of the attack were not direct customers of Blackbaud, but rather were individuals who had provided their data
Tune in today! Hear CPW’s APAC Partner Scott Warren discuss the latest data privacy and cybersecurity issues in Asia as part of Global Privacy Podcast’s four-part series hosted by Nadia Ishaq. Episode 1 is available now and covers what Scott has coined, ‘The Data Privacy Continuum.’ Here he provides ways to break down data
CPW has previously covered litigation brought against a biometric software developer in Illinois, Sosa v. Onfido, Inc., 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 658 (N.D. Ill.). In the court’s latest landmark ruling, the judge denied a motion to dismiss from defendant, finding that Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) extends to information derived from photographs,
While “data privacy litigation” may immediately conjure up ideas of data breaches or biometrics, data privacy also extends to sensitive or corporate information—and a recent ruling out of the Fourth Circuit handed down a significant precedent with respect to trade secrets. Earlier this month, the Fourth Circuit ruled on an employer’s (second) appeal of the