Cybersecurity & Privacy

  • March 07, 2024

    New Big Tech 'Gatekeeper' Rules Go Live In Europe

    Apple, Google, Microsoft and other digital "gatekeepers" faced a deadline Thursday to implement changes required by Europe's expansive new regulations aiming to rein in the power of Big Tech through rules intended to promote competition and give consumers more choice.

  • March 07, 2024

    FTC Extends Telemarketing Fraud Rule To Protect Businesses

    The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday unveiled new initiatives to protect businesses from telemarketing fraud, a move it said will help to protect small businesses from deceptive marketers.

  • March 07, 2024

    Judge Doubts 'Dead-End' Google BIPA Fight Over IBM Dataset

    A California federal judge said Thursday she'll likely allow limited discovery in a proposed class action alleging Google violated Illinois residents' biometric privacy rights with facial data collected by IBM Corp., but she doubted the case "has legs" given that another federal judge has thrown out similar "dead-end" litigation.

  • March 07, 2024

    Deals Rumor Mill: Reddit, Cisco, LeBron James-PGA Tour

    Reddit's IPO could fetch a $6.5 billion valuation, European antitrust regulators are likely to approve Cisco's $28 billion acquisition of cybersecurity firm Plunk, and LeBron James is among parties interested in investing up to $3 billion combined to support the PGA Tour. Here, Law360 breaks down these and other notable deal rumors from the past week.

  • March 07, 2024

    Netflix, Privacy Plaintiffs Scolded For 'Entirely Deficient' Filing

    An Indiana federal judge has scolded Netflix Inc. and three women for filing an "entirely deficient" summary judgment hearing agenda in a suit accusing the streaming giant of revealing the women's identities in a documentary about a fertility doctor who used his own sperm to impregnate his patients.

  • March 07, 2024

    DLA Piper Wins Sanctions Bid In NY Malpractice Suit

    A New York federal judge has sanctioned a Chinese investment fund and its attorneys for filing a frivolous malpractice lawsuit against DLA Piper, instructing the fund and New York boutique firm Felicello Law PC to pay DLA Piper's attorney costs and its fees for the underlying litigation.

  • March 07, 2024

    Illinois Judge OKs $870K Deal In Database Privacy Suit

    A Cook County judge said Thursday she would award preliminary approval to an $870,000 settlement between B2B platform Apollo.io and a class of Illinois residents who say the company unlawfully used their personal identifying information to advertise its paid subscriptions.

  • March 07, 2024

    Tarter Krinsky's Cybersecurity Co-Chair Joins Norton Rose

    Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP's former privacy and cybersecurity co-chair is moving to Norton Rose Fulbright, bringing a former associate with her to the firm's New York office.

  • March 06, 2024

    Top Calif. Antitrust Atty Says Criminal Cases On The Horizon

    California is poised to start prosecuting criminal antitrust cases under a Golden State law that is "broader" than federal law, a senior assistant attorney general for the California Department of Justice said Wednesday at a San Francisco conference.

  • March 06, 2024

    Ex-Northeastern Coach Gets 5 Years In Nude Photo Ploy

    A former Northeastern University track and field coach was sentenced by a federal judge to five years in prison Wednesday for a series of schemes to trick young women into providing him with nude or semi-nude photos that he used for his own gratification and shared for clout in online forums that traded in surreptitiously-obtained images.

  • March 06, 2024

    Garland On AI Crime, And A Taylor Swift Tune For DOJ

    U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday told a group of lawyers gathered in San Francisco that the U.S. Department of Justice is ramping up its hiring of computer scientists to fight artificial intelligence-driven crime and also revealed which Taylor Swift song he thought should be the department's anthem.

  • March 06, 2024

    Meta Must Tackle Increased Account Hijackings, 41 AGs Say

    A bipartisan group of 41 attorneys general have urged Meta Platforms Inc. to tackle the "dramatic" increase in hackers taking over Facebook and Instagram accounts, saying the attacks have caused financial harm to victims and their families and friends.

  • March 06, 2024

    Epic's Clash With Apple Over App Store Keeps Simmering

    Epic Games said Wednesday that Apple is flouting new European rules by terminating its developer account and blocking it from launching its own iOS app store, but Apple said it made the move because of Epic's "hotfix" that sparked litigation in the U.S. several years ago.

  • March 06, 2024

    States Expand Privacy Law Patchwork As Shake-Up Looms

    New Jersey and New Hampshire opened 2024 by passing privacy laws that take a largely familiar approach to protecting consumers' personal data, but promising proposals in Maine, Maryland and other states stemming in part from a failed federal effort signal that a new playbook may be on the way.

  • March 06, 2024

    Ex-Google Software Engineer Stole AI Secrets, Feds Say

    A former Google software engineer was arrested Wednesday on accusations he illegally downloaded alleged trade secrets involving machine learning and taking them to startups he was involved with in China, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

  • March 06, 2024

    X Gets Investors' 'Puzzling' Cybersecurity Suit Axed For Good

    The social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, does not have to face shareholders' claims that they were misled and kept in the dark about the platform's cybersecurity concerns, a California federal judge ruled while scolding the shareholders for filing an "unnecessarily lengthy, puzzling and burdensome complaint."

  • March 06, 2024

    DC Asks Appeals Court To Undo Facebook's Privacy Suit Win

    A D.C. judge "blindly" accepted Facebook's side of the story in granting the social media giant an early win in litigation brought by the D.C. attorney general in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal, the district told a D.C. appeals court.

  • March 06, 2024

    Rape Accuser Says Ex-Yale Student Flouted Anonymity Order

    An anonymous woman facing defamation claims from a former Yale University student she accused of sexually assaulting her in 2015 has asked a Connecticut federal judge to issue a new protective order, saying her alleged attacker had "repeatedly, intentionally, and maliciously" exposed her name and cannot be trusted with confidential documents.

  • March 06, 2024

    North Carolina Probing RealPage Over Antitrust Issues, Too

    The North Carolina Attorney General's Office is probing RealPage Inc. over concerns that its software helps property owners coordinate rent increases, adding to pressure on a company already facing private litigation and enforcement actions for allegedly violating antitrust law.

  • March 05, 2024

    Zimmerman Reed Rips L'Occitane Privacy 'Shakedown' Suit

    Zimmerman Reed LLP has asked a California federal court to toss L'Occitane's suit claiming the firm and thousands of its clients have conspired to "weaponize" a California wiretapping law against the luxury retailer, arguing that there's no "legitimate factual basis" backing the allegations.

  • March 05, 2024

    'Secret Informant Love' Accused Of Divulging Classified Info

    A retired U.S. Army officer arrested for allegedly divulging classified defense information on a dating website gave secret information on Russia's war against Ukraine to a woman who called him her "secret informant love," according to a newly unsealed indictment.

  • March 05, 2024

    Google Keeps Win In 'Lockbox' Privacy Suit At 9th Circ.

    A Ninth Circuit panel on Tuesday refused to revive a proposed class action alleging that Google's "Lockbox" program secretly collected information about Android owners' non-Google app use, saying Google clearly disclosed in its privacy policy that it tracks activity in third-party apps.

  • March 05, 2024

    App Store Users Tell 9th Circ. To Reject Class Cert. Appeal

    Consumers pressed the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday to not take up Apple's appeal of the certification of millions of App Store users, arguing the class action raises none of the issues justifying immediate intervention before trial on allegations targeting the technology giant's iron grip over app distribution on iPhones.

  • March 05, 2024

    Gibson Dunn AI Leader On Weathering The AI Policy Blizzard

    Like a mountaineer leading a team through a snowstorm, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's artificial intelligence co-chair Cassandra L. Gaedt-Sheckter is guiding companies developing and using artificial intelligence through a blizzard of new laws and regulations coming online in Europe and the U.S., saying that assessing AI risks is the North Star to mitigating them.

  • March 05, 2024

    House Bills Take Big Swing At TikTok

    On Thursday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee will once again scrutinize TikTok and consider legislation to shore up national security concerns that the technology company decried as an "outright ban."

Expert Analysis

  • 5 AI Risks For Corporate Boards To Examine

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    Whether companies are building their own artificial intelligence technology or leveraging third-party tools, their directors should get educated on certain legal issues and business risks to ensure the adoption of policies that foster responsible use of generative AI, say James Gatto and Tiana Garbett at Sheppard Mullin.

  • How Data Privacy Law Cases Are Evolving In UK, EU And US

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    To see where the law is heading in 2024, it is worth looking at privacy litigation and enforcement trends from last year, where we saw a focus on General Data Protection Regulation regulatory enforcement actions in the U.K. and EU, and class actions brought by private plaintiffs in the U.S., say lawyers at Morgan Lewis.

  • Companies Should Beware Greater Scrutiny Of Subscriptions

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    The New York Attorney General's Office has been utilizing a severe interpretation of the law in enforcement against subscription services, as demonstrated in last month's Sirius XM complaint and Cerebral settlement — and this focus is representative of heightened subscription scrutiny in other states and at the federal level, say attorneys at Venable.

  • Uncharted Waters Ahead For FCA Litigation In 2024

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    Following a year of significant court decisions, settlements, recoveries and proposed amendments, 2024 promises to be a lively year for False Claims Act actions and litigation, and one that will hopefully provide more clarity as FCA jurisprudence evolves, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • Takeaways From FTC Children's Privacy Rule Proposal

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    The Federal Trade Commission’s recently issued and long-awaited proposed revisions to its Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule are not as seismic as might have been expected under current leadership, and show that the agency's COPPA rulemaking is far from over, says Phyllis Marcus at Hunton.

  • Series

    Baking Bread Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    After many years practicing law, and a few years baking bread, I have learned that there are a few keys to success in both endeavors, including the assembly of a nourishing and resilient culture, and the ability to learn from failure and exercise patience, says Rick Robinson at Reed Smith.

  • 3 Key Class Action Trends To Use As Guidance In 2024

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    Telephone Consumer Protection Act, privacy and false advertising class actions saw significant shifts last year — including a trend toward expanding the application of preexisting laws to current technologies — that businesses should keep in mind to navigate the class action landscape in 2024, say attorneys at Mintz.

  • Federal Courts And AI Standing Orders: Safety Or Overkill?

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    Several district court judges have issued standing orders regulating the use of artificial intelligence in their courts, but courts should consider following ordinary notice and comment procedures before implementing sweeping mandates that could be unnecessarily burdensome and counterproductive, say attorneys at Curtis.

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    NY Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q4

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    New York's banking and financial sector saw a number of notable regulatory and legislative changes in the final quarter of 2023, including guidance on climate risks and heightened cybersecurity protocols issued by the New York State Department of Financial Services, as well as final revisions to virtual currency listings in the state, say attorneys at WilmerHale.

  • How Data Brokers Can Prep For Calif. Delete Act Compliance

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    As California Delete Act obligations approach in late January, data brokers should proactively assess and scrutinize their compliance with the act, taking proactive measures to mitigate potential risks associated with noncompliance, say Goli Mahdavi and Gabrielle Harwell at BCLP.

  • How 4 State AGs Are Shaping Data Privacy Compliance

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    As the landscape of state data privacy laws continues to grow across the nation, understanding how state attorneys general — such as in California, Colorado, Connecticut and Virginia — are thinking about these laws is critical to begin forecasting how enforcement will play out, say Michelle Kallen and Daniel Echeverri at Jenner & Block.

  • 7 E-Discovery Predictions For 2024 And Beyond

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    The legal and technical issues of e-discovery now affect virtually every lawsuit, and in the year to come, practitioners can expect practices and policies to evolve in a number of ways, from the expanded use of relevancy redactions to mandated information security provisions in protective orders, say attorneys at Littler.

  • DOD's Proposed Cyber Rule: What Contractors Must Know

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    A review of the U.S. Department of Defense's recently published Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification proposed rule, requiring independent third-party cybersecurity assessments for many defense contractors, suggests that there will be a competitive advantage to prompt demonstration of full compliance with the rule, says Robert Metzger at Rogers Joseph.

  • Top Considerations For Retailers Using AI To Combat Theft

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    The Federal Trade Commission's recent enforcement action against Rite Aid indicates a significant evolution in the landscape surrounding biometric information and artificial intelligence data collection by retailers, meaning retailers should take reasonable measures to prevent harm to customers, say attorneys at Dentons.

  • Major EU AI Banking Ruling Will Reverberate Across Sectors

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    Following the European Court of Justice's recent OQ v. Land Hessen decision that banks' use of AI-driven credit scores to make consumer decisions did not comply with the General Data Protection Regulation, regulators indicated that the ruling would apply broadly, leaving numerous industries that employ AI-powered decisions open to scrutiny, say lawyers at Alston & Bird.

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