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Husch Blackwell LLP

U.S. Privacy Litigation Update: May 2025

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Keypoint: In this post: (1) Standing may depend on how specific plaintiffs’ complaint is; (2) the 2d Circuit adopts the 3rd and 9th Circuit’s narrower interpretation of PII under the VPPA; (3) Promises in privacy policies not...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Business Websites Face Unexpected Wave of Class Action Lawsuits

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A recent string of lawsuits filed against large companies including a major movie studio, a professional sports league, CNN, HuffingtonPost.com, ESPN and Buzzfeed have returned the federal Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA)...more

Genova Burns LLC

Third Circuit Lets Google Give Cookies to Kids

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Rarely does whether a child has a cookie rise to the level of a federal question. However, on June 27, 2016, in In re Nickelodeon Consumer Privacy Litigation, No. 15-1441, a panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Rewind and Replay: Plaintiffs Appeal Dismissal of VPPA Suits against Viacom, Google and Dow Jones

Plaintiffs in two recently dismissed class actions alleging violations of the Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”) filed notices of appeal this week, asking the Third and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals to hit the rewind...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

When Plaintiffs Try to Fit Square Pegs in Round Holes – U.S. District Court Ends VPPA, State Law Class Action Against Viacom,...

On Tuesday, Jan.20, New Jersey Federal District Judge Stanley R. Chesler dismissed with prejudice the last remaining allegations in a multidistrict class action against Viacom and Google, formally ending plaintiffs’ suit...more

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