News & Analysis as of

Class Action Personally Identifiable Information

A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Lehigh Valley Health Network Settle Class Action Case for $65M

Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) has agreed to settle a class action filed against it following a February 2023 ransomware attack that compromised personal information of patients, including medical and treatment...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Data collection on corporate websites is a litigation risk

Businesses continue to be subjected to a steady stream of consumer class action lawsuits alleging improper collection or disclosure of information from their websites. A variety of laws and legal claims are used to support...more

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Lawline Sued under the VPPA

Baker Botts L.L.P. on

On August 23, 2024, a proposed class action lawsuit was filed by Kamilah Jolly, against FurtherEd, Inc., doing business as Lawline, which centers on allegations that Lawline violated the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA)....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Biometric Data Collection Leads to Class Action Lawsuit under Illinois Privacy Law

Candid Color Systems Inc., based in Oklahoma, faces a class action lawsuit for its alleged violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). Candid Colors offers marketing services to photographers,...more

King & Spalding

Illinois BIPA Reform Takes Effect

King & Spalding on

The long-awaited amendment provides immediate relief to corporate defendants from business-destroying liability - On August 2, 2024, Senate Bill 2979 went into effect limiting available damages under Illinois’ Biometric...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Governor Pritzker Signs Amendment Limiting Damages To A Single Recovery

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Earlier this year, we reported that the Illinois Senate passed Senate Bill 2979 with a vote of 46 to 13, and the Illinois House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 2979 with a vote 81 to 30. This bill addressed concerns...more

Troutman Pepper

30 States Urge Ninth Circuit to Reinstate Data Privacy Lawsuit

Troutman Pepper on

In an unusual move, attorneys general (AG) from 30 states and the District of Columbia filed a bipartisan amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit supporting efforts to revive a proposed class action against payment processor...more

Clark Hill PLC

Right To Know - July 2024, Vol. 19

Clark Hill PLC on

Cyber, Privacy, and Technology Report - Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed....more

Clark Hill PLC

From Song Beverly to CIPA: Wave of Privacy Litigation in California Targets IP Addresses

Clark Hill PLC on

An Internet Protocol (IP) address is a unique identifier assigned to a device that is connected to a computer network. In the internet ecosystem, the IP allows a network host to communicate with a network participant and...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Frontier Communications Faces Multiple Class Action Lawsuits After Data Breach

Womble Bond Dickinson on

Frontier Communications (Frontier) faces three class action lawsuits in relation to a cyber data breach in which the criminal ransomware group, RansomHub, stole personally identifiable information (PII) of over 750,000...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Marriott Faces Class Action for Alleged Violation of Illinois Biometrics Law

Last week Marriott Hotel Services was hit with a class action lawsuit for alleged violations of the Illinois’ Biometrics Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The lawsuit alleges that the hotel violated BIPA by requiring workers to...more

BakerHostetler

The ‘New-Look’ Song-Beverly Credit Card Act: Web-Tracker Edition

BakerHostetler on

The California Song-Beverly Credit Card Act (the “Act”) – an act intended to protect the personal privacy of individuals during credit card transactions – may very well become the new trend in California privacy litigation. ...more

Kilpatrick

Spirit Airlines defeats wiretapping and invasion of privacy class action for failure to plead concrete harm sufficient to satisfy...

Kilpatrick on

The Western District of Pennsylvania recently granted Spirit Airlines, Inc. (“Spirit Airlines”)’s Rule 12(b)(1) motion to dismiss a class action brought by a putative class of plaintiffs who visited Spirit Airlines’ website...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Plaintiffs Request Court Approval of $8.7M Settlement in ERISA Class Action Cyberattack Lawsuit

Holland & Knight LLP on

Multi-employer plan participants involved in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) class action lawsuit against Horizon Actuarial Services LLC (Horizon), a national retirement services firm, have entered...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Convergent Outsourcing Settles Data Breach Class Action for $2.45 Million

Convergent Outsourcing Inc., a debt-collection agency, settled a data breach class action in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington for $2.45 million. The class action suit against Convergent alleged...more

Kaufman & Canoles

K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - February 2024 #2

Kaufman & Canoles on

Florida State University is pushing for the dismissal of the Atlantic Coast Conference’s NC lawsuit, saying it was prematurely filed to preempt the university’s own suit against the conference, in an attempt to win a “race to...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Is the Video Privacy Protection Act Losing its Allure?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Anyone following trends in consumer class action litigation will know that consumer privacy was a primary focus of the plaintiff’s bar in 2023. And there are no signs this uptick in consumer privacy claims is slowing any time...more

Whitcomb Selinsky, PC

Aon Corporation Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Data Breach

Whitcomb Selinsky, PC on

In a class action lawsuit against Aon Corporation, plaintiffs Maria Flores, Deanna Dube, Misty Williams, and Sharon Rushing allege several claims including negligence, negligence per se, breach of contract, unjust enrichment,...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

No Harm, No Foul?  The Legacy of TransUnion Two Years Later (Continued)

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: As reported here, to mark the two-year anniversary of TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez (“TransUnion”), the Workplace Class Action blog is examining how each of the federal Circuit Courts have applied this...more

Knobbe Martens

Medtronic Sued for Allegedly Sharing Health Info with Google

Knobbe Martens on

Medtronic Minimed, Inc. and Minimed Distribution Corp. (“Medtronic”) were sued in a class action complaint in the Central District of California on August 30, 2023, by users of Medtronic’s InPen® system. The lawsuit alleges...more

White & Case LLP

Edition 4 of the AI Legal News Summer Roundup

White & Case LLP on

In this edition, key themes include creators and consumers seeking more control and protection over how their content is used to train AI models (whether under copyright law or privacy laws), and governments grappling with...more

BakerHostetler

DSIR Deeper Dive: Plaintiffs’ Attorneys Are Trying to Assert a New Cause of Action Against Universities Based on an Old Law...

BakerHostetler on

As set forth in BakerHostetler’s 2023 Data Security Incident Report, privacy litigation is on the rise. Indeed, 2023 saw a nearly 100 percent increase from 2022 in the number of lawsuits filed in connection with data security...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

First Circuit Revives Data Breach Class Action Claims in Webb v. Injured Workers Pharmacy, LLC

Pierce Atwood LLP on

Courts and class action counsel have been considering what kinds of injuries can confer standing to pursue federal claims following the Supreme Court’s 2021 decision in TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez, which held that the...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

The Illinois Supreme Court, BIPA Clarifications and What Employers Need to Know

Fox Rothschild LLP on

The Illinois Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the exclusivity provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act do not bar a claim for statutory damages under the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). In so doing, the Court...more

BCLP

VPPA Trends: Considerations for Limiting Exposure

BCLP on

In recent months, organizations have been dealing with an emerging wave of lawsuits from an unexpected source: the VPPA. The Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”), originally intended to prevent “wrongful disclosures” of...more

463 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 19

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide