In a critical new decision, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has confirmed that the state’s anti-wiretapping statute does not extend to website tracking technologies. In Vita v. New England Baptist Hospital, the Court...more
A new species of website privacy litigation has taken hold in 2024, based on arcane provisions of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) that restrict law enforcement’s use of pen register or trap and trace devices...more
3/6/2024
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CIPA ,
Class Action ,
Data Collection ,
Electronic Monitoring ,
Invasion of Privacy ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Web Tracking ,
Website Owner Liability ,
Websites ,
Wiretapping
What You Need To Know In A Minute Or Less - In 2023, we published 16 editions of our Litigation Minute newsletter, featuring emerging topics posing increasing and significant risks to companies. In a minute or less, here are...more
1/29/2024
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Data Privacy ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Hazardous Substances ,
PFAS ,
Product Packaging ,
Risk Management ,
Settlement ,
Web Tracking ,
Websites ,
Wiretapping
What You Need to Know in a Minute or Less - Media reports, as well as a recent report prepared by various US senators and representatives, have focused attention on the use of pixel tools on the websites of major tax filing...more
What You Need To Know In A Minute Or Less - The rise in session replay litigation has paved the way for a new wave of website privacy lawsuits: pixel tool litigation. Plaintiffs have increasingly challenged the use of this...more