Thanks are owed to Summer Law Clerk Mia Guy for her contributions to this article.
Recently a federal court dismissed a cybersecurity litigation brought in the wake of the May 2021 Colonial Pipeline Ransomware attack. Ramon Dickerson et al. v. Colonial Pipeline Co. et al., No. 1:21-CV-02098 (N.D. Ga. Jun. 17, 2022). Based on
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FTC Emphasizes Commitment to Protection of Highly Sensitive Data
Federal and State Actions to Protect Robocall Invasion of Consumer
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CPW’s Kristin Bryan and Glenn Brown recently jointed James Lee, Chief Operating Officer of the Identity Theft Resource Center (“ITRC”) and Eva Velasquez, Chief Executive Officer of the ITRC to discuss recent developments in privacy laws and privacy litigation. Their podcast, which addresses recently enacted privacy laws, litigation trends, and what may be on the
This week Plaintiffs in thirteen consolidated cases brought against Accellion and other defendants filed a motion for preliminary approval of a class action settlement in California federal court. This development is notable for its resolution (if approved) only as to Accellion and for the categories of relief offered to class members. In re Accellion, Inc.
Last year, CPW covered a litigation win by Clarifai, Inc., a technology company specializing in artificial intelligence, when a federal court granted its motion to dismiss claims brought under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) in Stein v. Clarifai, Inc., No. 20 C 1937, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49516 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 16, 2021).
The Fourth Circuit recently affirmed the Middle District of North Carolina’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the Defendants in a Driver’s Privacy Protection Act (“DPPA”) case, Garey v. Farrin, Case Nos. 21-1478, 21-1480. In its opinion, the Fourth Circuit agreed with the district court’s ruling that the Plaintiffs had standing to assert
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New Webinar: Employee and Other HR Data Under the California Privacy Rights Act
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OOPS! And Other Takeaways from the First Draft of CPRA Regulations
Are we about to have another summer of session replay software litigation? A unpublished ruling out yesterday from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals suggests so, at least insofar as claims under California law is concerned.
A short refresher: session replay software captures certain aspects of a user’s interactions on web applications (mouse movements, clicks,