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Cybersecurity & Privacy

  • April 21, 2025

    Consumer Groups Say FCC Should Limit Power Co. Calls

    Power companies can't call customers about demand management plans just because those customers provided their phone numbers when they signed up for electric service, a coalition of consumer groups told the Federal Communications Commission.

  • April 21, 2025

    $650K Settlement Reached In Onboarding Data Breach Suit

    A $650,000 settlement has been reached in a class action accusing a company that helps clients complete required Form 1-9 documents of failing to properly safeguard the personally identifiable information of hundreds of thousands in a February 2024 data breach.

  • April 21, 2025

    FCC Commish Names GOP Strategist New Chief Of Staff

    A Republican on the Federal Communications Commission has named a New York GOP strategist and media consultant as his new chief of staff and senior adviser.

  • April 21, 2025

    ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Says Experian Can't Escape Suit Over Credit Reporting

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has asked a California federal judge to keep alive its lawsuit accusing Experian of mishandling consumer credit reporting disputes, arguing that the credit reporting agency "grossly mischaracterizes the complaint's allegations."

  • April 21, 2025

    Courts Equipped For Frivolous 'Quiet Hour' Suits, FCC Told

    Courts can handle a flood of lawsuits claiming that plaintiffs received unwanted late-night phone calls without the Federal Communications Commission stepping in to decide if they're frivolous, consumer groups told the agency.

  • April 21, 2025

    Hertz Failed To Protect Customers' Data In Hack, Suits Say

    Hertz and its cloud-based data management host have been hit with proposed class privacy suits claiming the Florida-based car rental giant negligently failed to follow even the most basic information security practices to help protect customers' personal information from a ransomware attack.

  • April 21, 2025

    OIG Flags Sensitive Info Found On GSA Shared Google Drive

    A federal watchdog told the U.S. General Services Administration that it found documents containing sensitive information openly available to all users of the agency's shared Google Drive in an alert issued Friday.

  • April 21, 2025

    US Asks 4th Circ. To Pause Review Of Corp. Transparency Act

    The U.S. government urged the Fourth Circuit to pause a challenge brought by community associations against an information disclosure law aimed at small businesses, arguing that the U.S. Treasury Department's newly narrowed rules could moot the claims.

  • April 21, 2025

    Unions Demand Halt To DOGE's Info Access At DOL, HHS

    A D.C. federal judge must block Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing sensitive systems in the U.S. Department of Labor and Department of Health and Human Services, unions argued in a preliminary injunction bid, saying the government's search for "waste, fraud and abuse" doesn't warrant access.

  • April 21, 2025

    Dental Practices Say Ex-Contractor Holding Websites Hostage

    A group of pediatric dental practices in North Carolina have accused their longtime business consultant of "hijacking" several website domains after they canceled his contract, saying he's trying to use the domains as leverage in unrelated negotiations.

  • April 21, 2025

    Litigation Funder Accused Of Not Protecting User Data

    Florida-based national litigation funder US Claims Capital LLC failed to protect the personal data of users ahead of a January data breach, according to a proposed class action filed in federal court in Palm Beach on Monday.

  • April 21, 2025

    T-Mobile Cites 5th Circ. Ruling In Challenge To $92M FCC Fine

    T-Mobile and Sprint told the D.C. Circuit that another appeals court got it right when it vacated a $57 million Federal Communications Commission fine against AT&T, asking the D.C. court to take the same approach to commission penalties against them.

  • April 21, 2025

    Ohio Accounting Firm Hit With Data Breach Class Action

    Buckeye State accounting firm Ciuni & Panichi Inc. failed to protect its clients' personal information and did not give them timely notice after a cybercriminal accessed that data through an employee's email account, according to a proposed class action filed in Ohio federal court Monday.

  • April 21, 2025

    Former Florida US Atty Returns To Pillsbury In Miami

    A recent U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida returned to his former firm, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, to continue his work as a partner in its Miami office.

  • April 18, 2025

    Cybersecurity Ruling Misconstrues Law, FCC Told

    Rural broadband companies are voicing opposition to a recent Federal Communications Commission decision requiring them to combat cybersecurity threats, saying the commission failed to consider the regulatory burden the new rules would impose on carriers.

  • April 18, 2025

    5th Circ. Says FCC Can't Fine AT&T $57M Without Trial

    The Fifth Circuit has wiped out the $57 million fine that the Federal Communications Commission slapped AT&T with after it and the other major mobile carriers were found to have been selling off people's location data, saying such a penalty without a jury trial was unconstitutional.

  • April 18, 2025

    $6.5M Deal In Amazon's PillPack TCPA Suit Gets Final OK

    A Washington federal judge on Friday approved a $6.5 million settlement to end a class action alleging Amazon.com affiliate PillPack LLC was responsible for unsolicited telemarketing calls that ran afoul of federal consumer law against robocalls and texts.

  • April 18, 2025

    Telecom Says Jarkesy Ruling Dashes FCC's $4.5M Fine

    An Austin, Texas-based telecom sought Friday to shake a nearly $4.5 million fine by the Federal Communications Commission after the Fifth Circuit tossed an unrelated $57 million penalty against AT&T based on last year's high court ruling in SEC v. Jarkesy curtailing agency fines.

  • April 18, 2025

    Suit Says Loyola Enabled Ex-Michigan Coach's Alleged Hack

    A former Loyola University Chicago athlete filed a proposed class action accusing an ex-University of Michigan football coach of orchestrating a years-long cyber sexual assault by hacking into university athletic databases and stealing intimate photos and medical data of over 150,000 students, and asserting that the university and its vendor enabled the breach.

  • April 18, 2025

    How Manatt Beat A Crypto Trader's 'Code As Law' Defense

    After a crypto user exploited a software bug to create millions of dollars' worth of new tokens from a blockchain network, a Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP team defeated his claim to the tokens — and won an award worth millions — by showing that faulty code can't stand in for rule of law.

  • April 18, 2025

    Unions Score Injunction To Stop DOGE's Access To SSA Data

    The Social Security Administration cannot give Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency access to personal data within the agency's system, a Maryland federal judge ruled, saying the government "cannot flout" federal privacy law while granting an injunction to unions and a retiree advocacy group.

  • April 17, 2025

    FTC To Narrow Data Privacy Scope As Uncertainties Loom

    The Republican-led Federal Trade Commission is poised to pursue a data privacy agenda focused on established harms and statutory authorities rather than ambitious rulemaking, although the recent firing of two commissioners casts doubt on the long-term viability of these actions and the future of a crucial transatlantic data transfer pact.

  • April 17, 2025

    Sandberg Says FTC Market View Makes No Sense In Meta Case

    Meta Platforms' former longtime board member and Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg pushed back Thursday on crucial Federal Trade Commission arguments trying to shape the market the social media giant is accused of monopolizing, criticizing a friends and family definition the FTC is using to exclude TikTok as a competitor.

  • April 17, 2025

    Judge Grants Reduced Atty Award in Bowling Alley Chain Suit

    A Virginia federal judge trimmed just over $150,000 in attorney fees requested by a bowling alley chain after winning summary judgment in a suit against its former chief information officer, whom it accused of hacking into its computer system and CEO's email.

  • April 17, 2025

    Planned Parenthood Patients Sue Lab Co. Over Data Breach

    A Washington state-based diagnostic testing services provider for Planned Parenthood has been hit with a pair of proposed class actions in Seattle federal court over an October data breach that reportedly impacted as many as 1.6 million people.

Expert Analysis

  • 5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2025

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    Lawyers and their clients must be prepared to navigate an evolving litigation funding market in 2025, made more complicated by a new administration and the increasing overall cost of litigation, says Jeffery Lula at GLS Capital.

  • Predicting Where State AGs Will Direct Their Attention In 2025

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    In 2025, we expect state attorneys general will navigate a new presidential administration while continuing to further regulate and police financial services, artificial intelligence, junk fees and antitrust, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.

  • 3 Noteworthy Effects Of The 2025 NDAA

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    The 2025 defense budget includes further restrictions on semiconductor sales to Huawei, requiring companies to rethink customer-base oversight, but other provisions are likely to broaden procurement contract opportunities, say attorneys at Miles & Stockbridge.

  • The Blueprint For A National Bitcoin Reserve

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    The new administration has the opportunity to pave the way for a U.S.-backed crypto reserve, which could conceptually function as a strategic asset akin to traditional reserves like gold markets, hedge against economic instability, and influence global crypto adoption, say attorneys at Duane Morris.

  • FTC Privacy Enforcement Takeaways From 2024

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    In 2024, the Federal Trade Commission distinguished three prominent trends in its privacy-related enforcement actions: geolocation data protections, data minimization practices, and artificial intelligence use and marketing, say Cobun Zweifel-Keegan at IAPP and James Smith at Dechert.

  • Student Loan Entities In Hot Seat After ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Goes To College

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    While the direction of student loan servicer oversight in the new presidential administration is unclear, recent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau actions still signal heightened regulatory scrutiny at both the federal and state levels of college institutional loan programs, along with their service providers, says attorney Jonathan Joshua.

  • Rethinking Litigation Risk And What It Really Means To Win

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    Attorneys have a tendency to overestimate litigation risk before summary judgment and underestimate risk after it, but an eight-stage litigation framework can clarify risk at different points and help litigators reassess what true success looks like in any particular case, says Joshua Libling at Arcadia Finance.

  • How DOGE's Bite Can Live Up To Its Bark

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    All signs suggest that the Department of Government Efficiency will be an important part of the new Trump administration, with ample tools at its disposal to effectuate change, particularly with an attentive Republican-controlled Congress, say attorneys at K&L Gates.

  • 2024 Was A Significant Year For HIPAA Compliance

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    The Office of Civil Rights' high level of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act activity in 2024 and press releases about its specific focus on certain cybersecurity issues make it abundantly clear that the OCR is not going to tolerate widespread compliance complacency, says Nathan Kottkamp at Williams Mullen.

  • Small Biz Caught In Corporate Transparency Act Crossfire

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    Despite compliance being put on hold due to a nationwide preliminary injunction, small businesses have been caught in the middle of the legal battle over the Corporate Transparency Act — and confusion over the law's requirements could result in major penalties, say attorneys at Snell & Wilmer.

  • 5 Notable Information Security Events In 2024

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    B. Stephanie Siegmann at Hinckley Allen discusses 2024's largest and most destructive data breaches seen yet, ranging from ransomware disrupting U.S. healthcare systems on a massive scale, to tensions increasing between the U.S. and China over cyberespionage and the control of U.S. data.

  • Series

    Playing Rugby Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My experience playing rugby, including a near-fatal accident, has influenced my legal practice on a professional, organizational and personal level by showing me the importance of maintaining empathy, fostering team empowerment and embracing the art of preparation, says James Gillenwater at Greenberg Traurig.

  • Looking Back At 2024's Noteworthy State AG Litigation

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    State attorneys general across the U.S. took bold steps in 2024 to address unlawful activities by corporations in several areas, including privacy and data security, financial transparency, children's internet safety, and other overall consumer protection claims, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.

  • What Broker-Dealers Must Know Before Selling Bitcoin ETPs

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    Interest in bitcoin exchange-traded products is already high, and only expected to grow in light of the incoming Trump administration's pro-crypto stance, but broker-dealers must still consider numerous regulatory requirements before recommending a bitcoin ETP to a client, say Frank Weigand and Justine Woods at Cahill Gordon.

  • Cyber Disclosure Is A Mainstay In 2025 SEC Exam Priorities

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    Despite a new administration and a new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chair incoming, the SEC's 2025 examination priorities signal that cybersecurity disclosures and risk management practices will remain important due to the growing threat of cyberattacks, says Anjali Das at Wilson Elser.

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