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
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
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
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Constitutional Challenges ,
Data Collection ,
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Online Safety for Children ,
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Privacy Laws ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Student Privacy
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
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Class Action ,
Corporate Governance ,
Data Breach ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Investors ,
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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