On July 1, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Moody v. NetChoice, LLC that laws regulating large social media platforms passed by Texas and Florida likely offend the First Amendment in at least some...more
7/29/2024
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Communications Decency Act ,
First Amendment ,
Florida ,
Moody v NetChoice LLC ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
SCOTUS ,
Social Media ,
Technology ,
Texas
After more than two years of litigation, Amazon and Microsoft won summary judgment in two class action lawsuits asserting violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA): Vance v. Amazon.com, Inc., Case...more
After a five-day trial and only an hour of deliberation, the nation’s first trial under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) ended with a bang. The jury found that the defendant, BNSF Railway Company,...more
10/18/2022
/ Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Class Action ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Fingerprints ,
IL Supreme Court ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Summary Judgment ,
Written Consent
In Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid et al., the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA) definition of “automatic telephone...more