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 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
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, 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