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Cybersecurity & Privacy

  • April 17, 2025

    Wash. Justices Back Consumers In Old Navy Spam Email Suit

    Washington's highest court said in a 5-4 ruling Thursday that the state's spam law bars commercial emails that include any false information in their subject lines, endorsing two consumers' broader interpretation of the statute in a proposed class action against Old Navy.

  • April 17, 2025

    Litigation Funder Sued In NC Over Data Breach

    Companies that offer medical lien and presettlement funding for personal injury plaintiffs were hit Thursday with a proposed class action accusing them of allowing hackers to obtain the sensitive data of "thousands to tens of thousands" of clients, according to a complaint filed in North Carolina federal court.

  • April 17, 2025

    Robocall Arb. Denied Despite Alleged Recording Of Consent

    A federal judge declined to force a Tennessee man into arbitration in his suit accusing a health insurance brokerage of making illegal robocalls, ruling that the plaintiff had created enough doubt to get to trial.

  • April 17, 2025

    Think Tank Urges FCC To Drop $4.5M Fine Against Telnyx

    A think tank claimed Thursday the Federal Communications Commission went too far when floating a nearly $4.5 million fine against a telecom for alleged robocall violations and that due process concerns call for rescinding the penalty.

  • April 17, 2025

    Mercer University's Data Breach Settlement Gets Final OK

    Mercer University and a group of former students and a professor got final approval Thursday for a settlement that will end claims the university failed to safeguard the personal information of some 93,000 people leading up to a 2023 data breach.

  • April 17, 2025

    SolarWinds Sued For Docs On $4.4B Take-Private Deal

    Citing company controller clout and alleged minority stockholder sidelining, a SolarWinds Corp. stock-owning trust has sued in Delaware's Court of Chancery for documents related to the company's $4.4 billion, $18.50-per-share take-public deal from Turn/River Capital LP.

  • April 17, 2025

    AFL-CIO, Unions Can Pursue Some DOGE Access Claims

    The AFL-CIO, unions and advocacy groups may pursue allegations that Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency lacks the power to access data from the U.S. Department of Labor and other federal agencies, a D.C. federal judge ruled while tossing some claims under federal administrative and privacy law.

  • April 17, 2025

    Yale Health System Faces Class Claims Over Data Breach

    Connecticut's largest healthcare system failed to properly secure patients' personal information ahead of a data breach in March that may have affected millions of people, according to three proposed class actions.

  • April 17, 2025

    NJ Says Discord Misled Public About Messaging App's Safety

    New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin alleged in a complaint Thursday that popular messaging app Discord has misled kids and parents for years about the app's safety, leaving children vulnerable to harassment, abuse and sexual exploitation.

  • April 16, 2025

    Accellion Breach Victims Fight Uphill To Get Class Cert.

    A California federal judge Wednesday doubted whether a class of 5 million individuals could be certified on claims that file-sharing software-maker Accellion negligently failed to protect against cyberattacks in light of the high court's TransUnion ruling, adding that it would be a "Herculean task" to determine certain classwide damages.

  • April 16, 2025

    Zuckerberg Calls TikTok Meta's 'Highest Competitive Threat'

    Meta Platforms Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed back Wednesday on Federal Trade Commission efforts to cabin the company's allegedly monopolistic social media dominance into a market that excludes TikTok and YouTube, telling a D.C. federal judge video has become the new predominant form of social media interaction.

  • April 16, 2025

    Computer Equipment Co. Wants Suit Over Sales Decline Axed

    Cloud network equipment company Extreme Networks Inc. has asked a federal judge in California to toss a lawsuit alleging it misled investors about its financial prospects and declining client demand during the COVID-19 pandemic, arguing the existence of undisclosed information, by itself, is not misleading.

  • April 16, 2025

    Staffing Co. To Pay $1.5M To End Ill. Bio Privacy Suit

    Staffing and payroll provider DX Enterprises Inc. has reached a $1.52 million deal to end claims that it collected without written consent worker fingerprints that it used to track when laborers punched into and out of a job, with an Illinois federal judge granting final approval.

  • April 16, 2025

    Blue Shield Of California Sued Over Google's Patient Data Use

    Blue Shield of California was slapped with a putative class action in California state court Monday, days after the health insurer announced that the personal data of some of its patients had been "impermissibly" shared due to its use of Google Analytics on its websites.

  • April 16, 2025

    Limits On Conn. Biz Law Stay In Effect In Sandy Hook Case

    A Connecticut appeals court's $150 million paring of a $1.44 billion judgment against Infowars host Alex Jones for defaming the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims' families was a shift away from a broader view of the state's most popular business litigation statute, several experts told Law360.

  • April 16, 2025

    Lindell Claims 'I'm In Ruins,' Can't Pay Smartmatic Sanctions

    MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell told a D.C. federal judge that he has "no money" to pay the $56,369 in sanctions he was ordered to for filing third-party counterclaims against election systems company Smartmatic, saying Wednesday that he is "in ruins."

  • April 16, 2025

    Ohio's 'Breathtakingly Blunt' Social Media Age Limit Law Axed

    Ohio's law requiring social media companies to obtain parental consent before allowing a child under the age of 16 to make an account has been struck down after a federal judge said the legislation "fails to pass constitutional muster and is constitutionally infirm."

  • April 16, 2025

    Bankers Ask FCC To Pare Back Call Consent Rules

    While the Federal Communications Commission is deciding which regulations to slash, a coalition of banking groups is hoping the agency will hone in on telemarketing consent rules that they say make it harder for them to reach out to their customers.

  • April 16, 2025

    Students, UMich Seek To Merge Ex-Coach Hacking Suits

    Students alleging the University of Michigan didn't protect them from a former assistant football coach's purported hacking and downloading of intimate photos, and the university urged a federal judge to consolidate the eight different actions launched following the coach's indictment.

  • April 16, 2025

    DC Judge Considers Bid To Block IRS Info Sharing With ICE

    A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday questioned whether immigrant advocacy groups have standing to block a tax information-sharing agreement between the IRS and immigration enforcement agencies, but she also outlined concerns that the agreement could be abused.

  • April 16, 2025

    Musk Rips Calif. AG Decision To Not Join Suit Against OpenAI

    Elon Musk blasted a California attorney general's office decision declining to join his federal lawsuit against OpenAI, saying in a Tuesday filing the decision appears to "misapprehend" the complaint and its derivative claims and "mischaracterizes or misunderstands" the consortium of investors he's assembled to bid on OpenAI Inc.'s assets.

  • April 16, 2025

    Airport Shops' $6.9M Data Breach Deal Cleared For Landing

    A Georgia federal judge has given preliminary approval to a nearly $6.9 million settlement that would end a suit between airport retailer Paradies Shops and a proposed class of employees who claim their data was compromised in a 2020 ransomware attack.

  • April 16, 2025

    ParkMobile Customer Attys Seek $6.2M In Fees On $30M Deal

    The attorneys behind a more than $30 million settlement with parking app ParkMobile asked a federal judge this week to sign off on nearly $6.2 million in fees for their work prosecuting the nationwide class action.

  • April 16, 2025

    7th Circ. Judge Doubts CTA Worker's Signal Chat Claims

    A Seventh Circuit judge on Wednesday expressed skepticism that a lower court erred in tossing a former Chicago Transit Authority employee's retaliation suit as a sanction for spoiling evidence, saying he changed his story about how electronic phone messages were deleted after a Signal executive said the initial explanation was technologically impossible.

  • April 15, 2025

    Trump Cites U.S. Security To Investigate Critical Minerals Tax

    President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued an executive order launching a so-called Section 232 national security tariff investigation into the United States' reliance on imported processed critical minerals, citing his belief that "an overreliance ... could jeopardize U.S. defense capabilities."

Expert Analysis

  • Reviewing 2024's Evolving EdTech Privacy Regulations

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    Lawmakers are trying to keep up with the privacy and security risks of the increasingly prevalent education technology, with last year's developments including the Federal Trade Commission's proposed amendments to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, and the U.S. Senate passing two new children's privacy acts, say attorneys at McDermott.

  • Opinion

    No, Litigation Funders Are Not 'Fleeing' The District Of Del.

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    A recent study claimed that litigation funders have “fled” Delaware federal court due to a standing order requiring disclosure of third-party financing, but responsible funders have no problem litigating in this jurisdiction, and many other factors could explain the decline in filings, say Will Freeman and Sarah Tsou at Omni Bridgeway.

  • Series

    Calif. Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q4

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    Douglas Thompson at Snell & Wilmer highlights a number of recent and pending issues, actions and potentially pivotal federal regulatory and legislative developments on deck that will affect California banks and financial institutions.

  • 5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2025 And Beyond

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    In the year to come, e-discovery will be shaped by new and emerging trends, from the adoption of artificial intelligence provisions in protective orders, to the proliferation of emojis as a source of evidence in contemporary litigation, say attorneys at Littler.

  • What's Ahead As Transparency Act Comes To A Crossroads

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    Synthesizing the contrasting federal district and appellate court rulings on the Corporate Transparency Act’s validity reveals several main areas of debate that will likely remain at issue as challenges to the law continue winding through the courts, say attorneys at Farella Braun.

  • Celebs' Suits Show Limits Of Calif. Anti-SLAPP Laws

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    Two recent cases including Amanda Ghost v. Rebel Wilson and Leviss v. Sandoval highlight the delicate balancing act courts must perform in weighing free speech against privacy and reputational harm under California's robust anti-strategic lawsuit against public participation laws, say attorneys at Nixon Peabody.

  • Where Payments Law And Regulation Are Headed In 2025

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    The Trump administration will likely bring significant changes to payments regulations in 2025, but maintaining internal compliance efforts in the absence of robust federal oversight will remain key as state authorities and private plaintiffs step into the breach, say attorneys at Stinson.

  • What To Expect From Federal Cybersecurity Policy In 2025

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    There are 12 cyber policy questions to keep an eye on as the new administration and Republican control of Congress present an opportunity to advance less regulatory approaches and revisit some choices from the prior administration, say attorneys at Wiley.

  • Republican Trifecta Amplifies Risks For Cos. In 3 Key Areas

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    Expected coordination between a Republican Congress and presidential administration may expose companies to simultaneous criminal, civil and congressional investigations, particularly with regard to supply chain risks in certain industries, government contracting and cross-border investment, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • How Decline Of Deference Will Affect Trump Policymaking

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    An administrative law regime without Chevron deference may limit the Trump administration’s ability to implement new policies in the short term, but ultimately help it in the long term, and all parties with an interest in regulatory changes will have to take a fresh approach to litigation, say attorneys at Covington.

  • 5 Evolving Concerns For Family Offices In 2025

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    Complex regulatory changes and emerging operational risks will force family offices to stay on their toes in 2025, with timely action particularly necessary to address several tax and reporting developments that may affect their investments and business operations, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Updated HIPAA Rule Is A Necessary Step For Data Protection

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    The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' updated rules addressing cybersecurity threats in healthcare will necessitate significant investment in technology, training and compliance infrastructure, but are an essential evolution in safeguarding data in an increasingly digital world, say attorneys at Clark Hill.

  • 6 Predictions For Cyber Risk And Insurance In 2025

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    This year is likely to bring with it some thorny and expensive cyber challenges, including increased ransomware activity, more data breach class actions and continued efforts to define business interruption loss calculations, say attorneys at Wiley.

  • 7 Ways 2nd Trump Administration May Affect Partner Hiring

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    President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House will likely have a number of downstream effects on partner hiring in the legal industry, from accelerated hiring timelines to increased vetting of prospective employees, say recruiters at Macrae.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Custodian Selection

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    Several recent rulings make clear that the proportionality of additional proposed custodians will depend on whether the custodians have unique relevant documents, and producing parties should consider whether information already in the record will show that they have relevant documents that otherwise might not be produced, say attorneys at Sidley.

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