Cybersecurity & Privacy

  • March 04, 2025

    Movie Theaters Left Credit Card Info On Receipts, Suit Says

    The Massachusetts owner of a small chain of movie theaters in Connecticut and Rhode Island left credit card expiration dates on customers' receipts in violation of federal law, a proposed class action filed Monday alleges.

  • March 04, 2025

    IRS Crypto Summons Broke Privacy Law, 5th Circ. Told

    The IRS failed to comply with privacy law in seeking a cryptocurrency executive's third-party bank records, the executive told the Fifth Circuit, saying the agency never notified his attorney even though it was aware he was represented by counsel.

  • March 04, 2025

    CFPB Drops Zelle Fraud Prevention Suit Against Big Banks

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday abandoned its lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase and other major banks over digital payment fraud on Zelle, the latest Biden-era enforcement action to be dropped by the agency's Trump-appointed interim leadership.

  • March 03, 2025

    ByteDance, TikTok Get Editing App Privacy Suit Trimmed

    An Illinois federal judge trimmed Monday a proposed class action alleging TikTok owner ByteDance secretly collects and profits from biometric data gathered from users of its CapCut video-editing tool, dismissing for good a Video Privacy Protection Act claim, while keeping alive other privacy allegations and tossing a few with leave to amend.

  • March 03, 2025

    TikTok And Reddit Face UK Probes Over Kids' Data Handling

    Britain's data protection watchdog on Monday stepped up its efforts to ensure that children are being protected online, launching investigations into how popular digital platforms TikTok, Reddit and Imgur gather and use minors' personal information.

  • March 03, 2025

    Knicks And Raptors Set Arbitration Hearing In Data-Theft Suit

    An NBA arbitration hearing is scheduled to take place in July in the New York Knicks' lawsuit against the Toronto Raptors over claims a Knicks video director hired by the Toronto team had acted as a "mole" and provided his new team with proprietary data.

  • March 03, 2025

    ParkMobile Offers $9M, App Credits To End Data Breach Suit

    ParkMobile customers who alleged their personal information was compromised in a 2021 data breach have asked a Georgia federal judge to give final approval to a settlement that would set aside a $9 million cash fund and up to $21 million in parking credits to end their class action.

  • March 03, 2025

    Trump Admin Defends Right To Send DOGE Into Agencies

    A group of unions is trying to limit the president's right to oversee the executive branch by claiming that Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency can't access agencies' computer systems, the Trump administration told a D.C. federal judge, asking him to nix the unions' injunction bid.

  • March 03, 2025

    DOJ Opposes Anthropic's Amicus Bid In Google Search Case

    The U.S. Department of Justice is telling a D.C. federal judge to keep Anthropic PBC out of the remedies phase of its search antitrust case against Google, arguing that the artificial intelligence company is trying to backdoor its way to intervenor privileges through an amicus curiae request.

  • March 03, 2025

    Globe Life Hit With Class Action Over 2024 Data Breach

    Globe Life Inc. was hit with a proposed class action Monday over a 2024 breach that exposed the data of over 850,000 consumers.

  • March 03, 2025

    NYT Seeks To Ax Baldoni's 'It Ends With Us' Defamation Suit

    The New York Times urged a New York federal court to toss defamation claims made by Justin Baldoni over the news organization's coverage of the "It Ends With Us" actor-director's legal battle with Blake Lively over the actress's sexual harassment complaints, saying it is legally protected reporting and opinion made without malice.

  • March 03, 2025

    NC Appliance Repair Co. Sued Over Robocall Ads

    A North Carolina-based appliance repair company was hit Monday with a proposed class action by a person alleging that it used a robocall system to solicit new customers in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and state law by repeatedly texting her despite her number being on the Do Not Call list.

  • March 03, 2025

    NJ Justices Skeptical Of Judicial Privacy Law Challenge

    The New Jersey Supreme Court appeared skeptical Monday over reviving a journalist's lawsuit alleging municipal officials improperly relied on the judicial safety measure Daniel's Law to chill his attempt to expose a city police director's out-of-town address.

  • March 03, 2025

    TD Bank Hit With Customer Suit Over Data Breach

    TD Bank was hit with a proposed class action from a customer alleging that the bank's lax data and privacy controls allowed an ex-employee to improperly access sensitive customer information two and a half years ago.

  • March 03, 2025

    Treasury Halts Enforcement Of Corporate Transparency Act

    The U.S. Treasury Department won't enforce the Corporate Transparency Act on U.S. businesses and will change regulations so it only applies to foreign companies registered stateside, according to an announcement that activists said invites criminals into the U.S. and lawyers said could provoke judicial scrutiny.

  • March 03, 2025

    $21M Gallagher Data Breach Deal Approved

    An Illinois federal judge gave final approval to insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.'s $21 million deal resolving lawsuits claiming it failed to protect the personal information of more than 3 million customers from a data breach.

  • March 03, 2025

    Justices Decline Data Breach Suit Against SC Medical Center

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a Fourth Circuit decision that a health center cannot use federal immunity as a shield against a data breach lawsuit even though it received public funds, despite the company's warning that the ruling has created a circuit split.

  • February 28, 2025

    9th Circ. Keeps Mass Starz Privacy Arbitration Consolidated

    The Ninth Circuit on Friday refused to allow a consumer whose video privacy arbitration claims against Starz Entertainment LLC have been merged with more than 7,000 similar allegations to break off from the pack, finding that the television network couldn't be blamed for the current "procedural stalemate" in the consolidated arbitration proceedings. 

  • February 28, 2025

    Trump Admin Cuts Raise Trade Secret Security Concerns

    As the Trump administration reduces the size of the federal government, intellectual property attorneys are expressing concerns about the continued safeguarding of trade secrets that companies are required to disclose to certain agencies.

  • February 28, 2025

    Pa. Health System Can't Compel Arbitration In Meta Pixel Suit

    A terms of service link on a Pennsylvania health system's website was not sufficient to bind a patient to arbitration in his suit over the alleged disclosure of his personal information to Meta Platforms, a federal judge has ruled.

  • February 28, 2025

    Wash. Judge Picks Apart Parents' Hospital Data Privacy Suit

    A Washington appellate judge on Friday grilled parents seeking to revive their proposed privacy class action against a Seattle hospital, expressing frustration with their argument that state wiretapping law could apply to an individual's queries to a public-facing website.

  • February 28, 2025

    FinCEN Delays Corporate Transparency Act Deadlines

    The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network said it will not take any enforcement actions against companies failing to file or update their beneficial ownership information reports pursuant to the Corporate Transparency Act until an interim final rule becomes effective.

  • February 28, 2025

    Justices Asked To Review IRS Crypto Doc Seizure Case

    A cryptocurrency investor who lost his challenge to the Internal Revenue Service's seizure of his account records has asked the U.S. Supreme Court for review, saying the 1976 legal doctrine that sank his case is outdated and fails to meet digital realities, including decentralized banking.

  • February 28, 2025

    CFPB Drops TransUnion Suit In Enforcement Retreat

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday voluntarily dismissed, with prejudice, a lawsuit against TransUnion alleging deceptive marketing practices, and another suit against 1st Alliance Lending LLC alleging deceptive mortgage lending practices, the latest in a string of enforcement actions the Trump administration has dropped without explanation.

  • February 28, 2025

    Ex-White House Cyber Pro Joins Sidley As DC Privacy Partner

    The former chief of staff at the White House Office of the National Cyber Director has returned to the private sector as a Sidley Austin LLP privacy and cybersecurity practice partner in Washington, the firm said Thursday.

Expert Analysis

  • In-House Counsel Pointers For Preserving Atty-Client Privilege

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    Several recent rulings illustrate the challenges in-house counsel can face when attempting to preserve attorney-client privilege, but a few best practices can help safeguard communications and effectively assert the privilege in an increasingly scrutinized corporate environment, says Daniel Garrie at Law & Forensics.

  • CFPB's Message To States Takes On New Weight Under Trump

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    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's January guidance to state enforcers has fresh significance as the Trump administration moves to freeze the bureau's work, and industry should expect states to use this series of recommendations as an enforcement road map, say attorneys at Brownstein Hyatt.

  • Series

    Collecting Rare Books Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My collection of rare books includes several written or owned by prominent lawyers from early U.S. history, and immersing myself in their stories helps me feel a deeper connection to my legal practice and its purpose, says Douglas Brown at Manatt Health.

  • DeepSeek AI Investigation Could Lead To IP Law Precedents

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    The investigation by OpenAI and Microsoft into DeepSeek's artificial intelligence model raises interesting legal concerns involving intellectual property and contract law, including potential trade secret appropriation and fair use questions, say Saishruti Mutneja and Raghav Gurbaxani.

  • What NHTSA's Autonomous Vehicle Proposal Means For Cos.

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    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's recently proposed framework for review and oversight of vehicles equipped with automated driving systems offers companies a more flexible, streamlined approach to regulatory approvals for AVs, including new exemption pathways, assessments by independent experts and other innovations, say attorneys at Covington.

  • Guidance For Cos. Balancing Web Scraping And Privacy

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    The European Data Protection Board's recent Opinion 28/2024, which clarifies how web scraping can be implemented under the General Data Protection Regulation while respecting data privacy, offers insights for companies navigating this intersection of AI innovation and privacy laws, says Jo Levy at the Norton Law Firm.

  • Rethinking How To Engage Shareholders, Activists Via Proxies

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    ​​​​​​​This proxy season, companies should consider visually driven proxy statements that highlight the board's strengths, the alignment between executive compensation and performance, and a commitment to sustainability and risk management to earn the support of investors and fend off hostile acquirers, say Craig Clay and Ron Schneider at DFIN.

  • Opinion

    Judge Should Not Have Been Reprimanded For Alito Essay

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    Senior U.S. District Judge Michael Ponsor's New York Times essay critiquing Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for potential ethical violations absolutely cannot be construed as conduct prejudicial to the administration of the business of the courts, says Ashley London at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University.

  • How Cos. Can Use Data Clean Rooms To Address Privacy

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    Implementing comprehensive administrative controls, security processes and vendor management systems are vital steps for businesses leveraging data clean rooms for privacy compliance, especially given the Federal Trade Commission's warnings of complicated user privacy implications, say attorneys at Troutman.

  • Lights, Camera, Ethics? TV Lawyers Tend To Set Bad Example

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    Though fictional movies and television shows portraying lawyers are fun to watch, Hollywood’s inaccurate depictions of legal ethics can desensitize attorneys to ethics violations and lead real-life clients to believe that good lawyers take a scorched-earth approach, says Nancy Rapoport at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

  • Ga. Tech Case Shows DOJ Focus On Higher Ed Cybersecurity

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    The Justice Department’s ongoing case against the Georgia Institute of Technology demonstrates how many colleges and universities may be unwittingly exposed to myriad cybersecurity requirements that, if not followed, could lead to False Claims Act liability, say attorneys at Woods Rogers.

  • Perspectives

    Accountant-Owned Law Firms Could Blur Ethical Lines

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    KPMG’s recent application to open a legal practice in Arizona represents the first overture by an accounting firm to take advantage of the state’s relaxed law firm ownership rules, but enforcing and supervising the practice of law by nonattorneys could prove particularly challenging, says Seth Laver at Goldberg Segalla.

  • Critical Steps For Navigating Intensified OFAC Enforcement

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    The largely overlooked SkyGeek settlement from the end of 2024 heralds the arrival of the Office of Foreign Assets Control's long anticipated enhanced enforcement posture and clearly demonstrates the sanctions-compliance benefits of immediately responding to blocked payments, says Jeremy Paner at Hughes Hubbard.

  • Unpacking HHS' Proposal To Amend HIPAA Security Rule

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    While the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' proposal to amend the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's security rule could face scrutiny under the Trump administration, it reflects a clear concern over health data security and could push entities to implement operational changes, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.

  • AI Will Soon Transform The E-Discovery Industrial Complex

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    Todd Itami at Covington discusses how generative artificial intelligence will reshape the current e-discovery paradigm, replacing the blunt instrument of data handling with a laser scalpel of fully integrated enterprise solutions — after first making e-discovery processes technically and legally harder.

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