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Ninth Circuit precedent protects information service providers from liability arising from user-generated content, including when classifying user characteristics as part of platform design or providing neutral tools that...more
A commercial general liability (CGL) insurance policy may provide coverage for Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class actions, the California Supreme Court has ruled, answering a certified question from the Ninth U.S....more
The California Supreme Court issued the following decision last week: Yahoo, Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA, No. S253593. Yahoo!’s insurer, National Union, refused to indemnify Yahoo! in...more
Investors filed a derivative suit claiming that the company knew about, and failed to mitigate known, existing cybersecurity risks and shortfalls prior to the security breach. In early November, pension funds and...more
Prompted by concerns over privacy, “government investigation, a class-action lawsuit and regulatory woes,” Facebook is planning to “shut down its decade-old facial recognition system this month, deleting the face scan data of...more
The No Password Required Podcast is dedicated to introducing and celebrating the practitioners, leaders, researchers, and individuals who are shaping the cybersecurity industry. Join us for an in-depth conversation that...more
It didn’t come as a feature of the big Berkshire Hathaway shareholder extravaganza over the weekend, but Mr. Buffett made news nonetheless by revealing in an interview with CNBC that Gregory Abel ...more
The Fed’s Open Market Committee meeting broke yesterday leaving rates at near-zero and pledging to “continue buying government-backed bonds at a steady pace as it tries to support the economy’s recovery from the coronavirus...more
A federal court recently issued a decision approving a class action settlement resolving litigation stemming from five Yahoo! data breaches that occurred from 2012 to 2016 and affected at least 194 million Yahoo! customers....more
A new study by Check Point Research shows that cyber criminals are using well-known brands to lure victims into clicking on nefarious links, providing personal information or credentials, or getting users to transfer money....more
T-Mobile chief and fan-of-magenta John Legere has announced that he’ll be stepping down in April at the end of his current contract. Legere will be succeeded by Mike Sievert, the carrier’s current president and COO....more
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP is pleased to provide you with the Compliance News Flash, which includes current news briefs relevant to background screening, immigration and data privacy, for the benefit and interest of our...more
On June 21, 2019, in United States v. Lee, Judge Paul G. Gardephe of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued an order vacating the guilty plea of a former investment portfolio analyst, Richard...more
The Communications Decency Act has long shielded internet service providers from liability when they re-post fake news or fraudulent information from another provider. The federal statute says no interactive computer service...more
Amazingly, April’s gone and it’s Jobs Report Friday again. Here’s what to look for in the numbers – Bloomberg and NYTimes and WSJ...more
In 2017, National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburg, Pa. successfully obtained dismissal of an insurance denial suit by Yahoo! brought in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California....more
Several former Yahoo! Inc. executives recently settled a derivative action for US$29-million, following data breaches from 2013 and 2014 that compromised approximately three billion accounts. These data breaches were the...more
As data are quickly becoming significant corporate assets, lawyers need to help companies both maximize the value of their data and protect the business against any associated risks. This is particularly true in M&A...more
On January 15, 2019, the Ninth Circuit certified the following question to the California Supreme Court: Does a commercial liability policy that covers “personal injury,” defined as “injury… arising out of… [o]ral or...more
Short-Term Rentals Continue to Gain Market Share - ("Booking Holdings breaks down private accommodation revenues for first time, now at 20% of total," Phocuswire, Feb 27, 2019) Alternative accommodations, including...more
Google Receives Record GDPR Fine - Marking the first major penalty against a U.S. tech company under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the French data-protection authority, CNIL, has fined Google a record $57...more
As predicted, the start of 2019 provided scant respite from the frenetic pace of privacy and cybersecurity developments during 2018. This past month alone, in a blizzard of activity, regulators amended regulations and...more
• The delicate balance between a decedent's personal privacy interests and a personal representative's right to access the decedent's property was recently addressed in a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court case with broad...more
Does the coverage in commercial general liability (CGL) policies for violations of the right to privacy extend to unwanted intrusions, or is it limited to the disclosure of personal information to a third party? On a recent...more
On January 4, 2019 a federal district court in California approved a $29 million settlement in a shareholder derivative lawsuit against former Yahoo directors and officers regarding high-profile data breaches at Yahoo between...more