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Facebook to Pay $90 Million to Settle Data Privacy Lawsuit

Facebook’s parent company Meta has agreed to settle one of the longest-running data privacy lawsuits in the country for $90 million. This dispute, originally filed in 2012 in a total of 21 related cases, alleged that Facebook...more

Biometric Privacy Class Action Against Google Is Stayed to Reduce Litigation Costs

A federal court in Illinois agreed with Google that a biometric privacy lawsuit filed against it in the Northern District of Illinois should be stayed in favor of a similar pending state court case. Although it is not...more

Another Court Orders Production of Cybersecurity Firm’s Forensic Report in a Data Breach Case

Another district court just ordered the defendant in a data breach class action to turn over the forensic report it believed was entirely protected from disclosure by the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine....more

The U.S. Supreme Court Raises the Bar on Standing in Privacy and Data Breach Class Actions

On Friday, a sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling, which significantly impacts the plaintiffs’ ability to pursue privacy and data breach class actions in federal courts. In TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez, Case No....more

CCPA Breach Class Action Settlement About to Get “Minted”

Although the California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”) went into effect on January 1, 2020 and over 100 class actions referencing the CCPA have been filed to date, very few class actions have actually made their way to...more

A New CCPA Data Breach Lawsuit Is “Minted”

Online stationery and craft company Minted Inc. has been hit with a CCPA class action lawsuit, stemming from a massive data breach the company disclosed in late May. The proposed class action lawsuit, filed in a California...more

First-Ever CCPA Cause of Action Filed in a Federal Court, but Is This Class Claim Short-Lived?

Although it may not seem like it, there are privacy-related issues to discuss beyond COVID-19. Before the state of emergency, we saw the first complaint under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) filed in a California...more

TCPA Class Action Update – January 2019

The Carrier with Better Record-Keeping Practices Than the Insured Wins a Significant TCPA Insurance Coverage Dispute - Last week, the Eighth Circuit held that an insurance company was entitled to the presumption that its...more

Monthly TCPA Digest - July 2018

Part I – TCPA: Regulatory Update - FCC Evaluates Comments Received in Several TCPA Proceedings - The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) is busy evaluating scores of comments and reply comments it...more

Monthly TCPA Digest - April 2018

We are pleased to present the latest edition of our Monthly TCPA Digest, providing insights and news related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). This month’s issue examines a recent Illinois federal court ruling...more

Monthly TCPA Digest - February 2018

We are pleased to present the latest edition of our Monthly TCPA Digest, providing insights and news related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). This month’s issue examines an FCC rulemaking proceeding concerning...more

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