On June 13, 2025, a federal court in the Northern District of California held that a putative Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) class action lawsuit belonged in arbitration, thanks to the defendant company’s arbitration...more
Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) class action lawsuits have been on the rise, and the owner of the The Onion, a popular satire site, finds itself the subject of a recent one. On May 16, 2025, a plaintiff-initiated...more
On May 15, 2025, a district court in Illinois denied a motion by defendant Hospital Sisters Health System and Saint Francis (HSHS) to dismiss a class action claim brought against the hospital system under the Illinois Genetic...more
5/23/2025
/ Biometric Information ,
Data Privacy ,
Employee Rights ,
Employment Litigation ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Hospitals ,
Illinois ,
Medical History ,
Privacy Laws ,
State Privacy Laws
On April 22, 2025, the National Football League (NFL) filed an amicus brief asking the United States Supreme Court to take on a Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) class action case against the National Basketball Association...more
Enacted in 1988, the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) was intended to regulate the then-booming videotape industry by limiting how video rental and sales data is disclosed. The law was enacted in direct response to the...more
The Commercial Electronic Mail Act (CEMA) is a Washington State law that prohibits sending state residents a commercial email misrepresenting the sender’s identity. A commercial email promotes real property, goods, or...more
We often cover consumer class action complaints against companies regarding the privacy and security of personal information. However, litigation can also arise from alleged breach of contract between two companies....more
On March 31, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order (EO 14254) titled “Combating Unfair Practices in the Live Entertainment Market.” EO 14254 directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to, amongst other provisions,...more
On March 27, 2025, a class action lawsuit was filed against the education technology (EdTech) company Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, a popular learning management system. The complaint alleges that Instructure...more
4/4/2025
/ Class Action ,
Consent ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
EdTech ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Personal Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Student Privacy
HaveIBeenPwned is a website that allows users to check whether their data has been involved in data breaches. The website’s creator, Troy Hunt, was the subject of a phishing attack earlier this week....more
In recent news, New York’s Stram Center for Integrative Medicine reported a security incident involving an employee misusing a patient’s payment card information. According to a breach report filed with the U.S. Department of...more
Last week, we explored a recent data breach class action and the litigation risk of such lawsuits. Companies need to be aware of litigation risk not only arising from data breaches, but also from shareholder class actions...more
3/14/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Class Action ,
Corporate Governance ,
Data Breach ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Investors ,
Mobile Apps ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Risk Management ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation ,
Shareholders ,
Software
Last week, two separate class actions were filed in the federal district court for the Southern District of Texas against DISA Global Solutions (DISA), a third-party employment screening services provider, related to an April...more