The US government, led by President Trump, has recorded another big win in the battle that US law enforcement agencies have been waging for years against Google. This time, a federal court issued a landmark ruling stating...more
Website owners often struggle to design privacy policies that are not only comprehensive, but also comprehensible. The tension between these competing concerns was in sharp focus in a recent Ninth Circuit decision, Calhoun v....more
I was not alone in noting the significance of the D.C. district court's decision earlier this month to hold Google liable for monopolization of the general search market and the search text advertising market in United...more
Google no longer plans to remove third-party cookies from its web browser, according to a July 22 announcement. Instead, the tech giant will explore other options that allow users to make informed choices that apply across...more
Following a nine-week bench trial starting in September 2023 and closing arguments in May 2024, District of Columbia district court judge Amit Mehta ruled on August 5, 2024, that Google illegally maintained its monopoly in...more
Welcome to the third installment in our eight-part series preparing you for the post-cookie world. In our first post, we provided a deep dive into third-party cookies for a baseline understanding of the technology and the...more
Google Chrome, touted as the world’s most popular browser (you’ve made it when your brand becomes a commonly-used noun), has issued patches for zero-day vulnerabilities that it or external researchers have identified as being...more
Private equity behemoth Apollo Global Management’s CEO, Leon Black, is stepping down after an outside inquiry by Dechert—“ordered by the firm’s board at Mr. Black’s behest in October”—revealed that Black “had paid more than...more
Initially, it is important to recognize that any password security tool is only an aid to increased data security. Use of that tool does not and should not substitute for prudent judgment. You cannot cede you privacy...more
EU Court Allows Class Action to Proceed, Sets Precedent for Future Data Breach Class Actions - A class action brought against Google will be allowed to move forward after the plaintiff’s appeal was permitted, allowing him to...more
The US and China have scheduled two more rounds of high-level trade talks with hopes for an agreement between the economic superpowers by late April, even as China has begun to push back against some of the US’s major...more
The internet continues to expand into every aspect of our lives. With it, many companies have collected, tracked, and used an enormous amount of data. All of this has given rise to class action lawsuits challenging the...more
While most people are vaguely aware, even if they are in denial, that their browsers give advertisers access to their search histories, they are probably unaware that information is being sold or given to third parties via...more