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The United States Supreme Court is the highest court of the United States and is charged with interpreting federal law, including the United States Constitution. The Court's docket is largely discretionary with only a limited number of cases granted review each term.  The Court is comprised of one chief justice and eight associate justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to hold lifetime positions. less -
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Illinois Amends Biometric Information Privacy Act to Reign in Liquidated Damages and Permit Electronic Signatures

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The amendments clarify that a plaintiff is only entitled to liquidated damages for up to one violation per person. Businesses had previously faced steep settlements or damage awards into the billions of dollars....more

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Analyzing the Washington State My Health My Data Act

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Keypoint: In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, Washington legislators introduced legislation to enhance privacy protections for consumer health data. In early March, lawmakers in Washington state’s House...more

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Burgers and Biometrics: The Illinois Supreme Court Permits Up to $17 Billion in Damages for White Castle’s Privacy Violations

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The Supreme Court of Illinois recently held that use of a fingerprint system by White Castle, Inc. (“White Castle”) to authenticate employees, without the consent of the employees, entailed multiple violations of the Illinois...more

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An Overview of Why Class Action Privacy Lawsuits May Have Just Gotten Bigger – Yet Again.

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The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), enacted in 2008, was one of the first state laws to address commercial collection of biometric data. Biometric data includes an iris scan, a fingerprint, a voiceprint,...more

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The Top 17 Workplace Law Stories from February 2022

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Class Action Trends Report Winter 2022

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In this issue of the Class Action Trends Report, Jackson Lewis attorneys look back at class action developments in 2021, including COVID-19 vaccine mandate litigation, significant procedural decisions, wage and hour suits,...more

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Data Privacy And Security Class Actions Continue To Ripple Through Federal Courts Nationwide

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The plaintiffs’ bar continued to file data privacy and security class actions in record numbers in 2021—a trend that we fully expect to continue into 2022. In 2021, these cases gave rise to an array of important decisions...more

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Eye On Privacy: 2021 Year in Review

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Just as we thought 2022 was going to be significantly different than 2021, December 2021 and January 2022 events have thrown us for another (pandemic) loop. We anticipate that some of the privacy and cybersecurity...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Review Article III Standing Issues Raised in Biometric Privacy Class Action Against Facebook,...

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On January 21, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Facebook’s petition for a writ of certiorari to consider whether consumers alleged a sufficiently concrete injury-in-fact in a biometric privacy lawsuit. A group of...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Update from LitLand: Facebook Settles After Being Denied Certiorari in Facebook Inc. v. Patel

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LitLand is a monthly feature that reviews developments in litigation as they relate to privacy matters and highlight any past, current, and future cases about which you should know....more

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Privacy and Data Security Client Alert | April 2019

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Hotel Chain Pays $12 Million to Resolve Privacy Violations - Motel 6 settled claims with the Washington State Attorney General for $12 million to resolve charges that Motel 6 violated the Consumer Protection Act and the...more

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January 2019: The Top 16 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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Privacy and Data Security Client Alert | January 2019

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Going Deep on the California Consumer Privacy Act - The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has been called the beginning of America’s GDPR. As the most comprehensive privacy law in the United States, entities doing...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2017 #3

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Security researchers this week have found a new vulnerability that affects Wi-Fi Protected Access II, also known as WPA2, which is the security protocol used by many wireless networks. The vulnerability, Key Reinstallation...more

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