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Litigation Minute: State Statutes and the Private Right of Action (Generative AI Series: Part Two of Three)

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What You Need To Know In A Minute Or Less - Class action litigation challenging generative artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly become a familiar feature of the legal landscape. While early, headline-grabbing complaints...more

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Examining the Likely Impact of Washington’s My Health, My Data Act on Class Action Litigation Involving Biometric Data

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On April 27, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law House Bill 1155, colloquially known as the My Health, My Data Act (the Act). Passed in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson decision, the Act...more

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First Ever BIPA Trial Results in a $228 million Judgement Against Railway Company that Relied on Third Party Vendor to Collect...

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The judgement, which came down last week, exemplifies the risk of biometric information collection in Illinois and the risk that can result from relying solely on third party vendors. On October 12, 2022, a jury found...more

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[Webinar] CPRA – What Businesses Face Under California’s Expanded Privacy Law and How You Can Prepare Now - February 25th, 12:00...

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As a wave of potential privacy legislation sweeps across the country, California continues to lead the way. The recently enacted California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) adds to the groundbreaking 2018 California Consumer...more

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How Should Companies Investigate Security Incidents?

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As of January 1, 2020, California became the first state to permit residents whose personal information is exposed in a data breach to seek statutory damages between $100-$750 per incident, even in the absence of any actual...more

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The California Consumer Privacy Act and ‘Reasonable Security’: A Game Changer

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The potential statutory damages under the CCPA dwarf almost every previous large data breach settlement in the United States. To mitigate the risk of this increased exposure, companies need to take key steps to ensure they...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

CCPA Advent: Waiting on the World to Change

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January 1, 2020, opens both a new decade and a new landscape in privacy regulation in the United States. On that day, the California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA, is set to become effective. The law will be the first of its...more

Williams Mullen

CCPA: Implementing the Right Cybersecurity Plan Is Now a Legal Issue

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Addressing cybersecurity risks invariably involves very technical matters. As a result, in many companies the IT department has been responsible for developing and implementing cybersecurity plans and procedures....more

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[Webinar] Reasonable Security – Proactive Defense Against CCPA’s Private Right Of Action - November 19th, 11:30 am ET

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With the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) effective date of January 1, 2020, fast approaching, businesses subject to California’s new privacy law must come into compliance with a number of new obligations. That burden...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Issues to Consider when Evaluating Cyber Coverage in Light of the CCPA and Other State Privacy Laws

With the expansion of privacy legislation—from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Europe to the coming California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in the United States—cyber liability insurance is taking on increased...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Five Steps to Mitigate CCPA Class Action Risk: What Companies Need to Do to Increase Data Security

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While many companies and service providers are spending significant time and budget on the privacy-related requirements of the forthcoming California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the largest exposure for companies not selling...more

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California Consumer Privacy Act: The Challenge Ahead – The CCPA’s “Reasonable” Security Requirement

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This is the eleventh installment in Hogan Lovells’ series on the California Consumer Privacy Act. Much of the focus on the California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”) has been on the new rights that it affords California...more

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Five Steps to Help Reduce Risk of Using Biometrics Following Illinois Supreme Court BIPA Ruling

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In a highly anticipated ruling, the Illinois Supreme Court on January 25, 2019, held that plaintiffs who violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act — which regulates the collection of biometric information such...more

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What To Know About Website Accessibility Claims

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The new battleground for Plaintiffs filing ADA accessibility cases involves claims of barriers not in physical space but in cyber space. The Plaintiffs’ bar has become more aggressive in filing claims asserting that public...more

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