The California Supreme Court recently issued a significant decision interpreting California’s Invasion of Privacy Act, which may lead to criminal and civil liabilities for intentionally recording phone calls without obtaining the appropriate level of consent. [Note: for other litigations involving the statute, check out our prior coverage here and here]. This interpretation
Last month, a putative class action lawsuit was filed in federal court concerning a data breach resulting from the alleged improper disclosure of COVID-contact tracing data. Read on to learn more, and how this case fits more broadly into a trend of data breaches involving the healthcare industry. Chapman v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, et al.
In case you missed it, on Tuesday May 25 CPW hosted its first-ever virtual webinar jointly with Squire Patton Boggs’ Global Supply Chain blog The webinar focused on the Colonial Pipeline hack and a putative class action that was filed in federal court in Georgia against the owners of the Colonial Pipeline. Recall that
In case you missed it, below is a summary of recent posts from CPW. Please feel free to reach out if you are interested in additional information on any of the developments covered.
A federal court recently paused a litigation brought under Illinois’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”), pending the outcome of several other cases which could be dispositive. Herron v. Gold Standard Baking, Inc., 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 69336 (N.D. Ill.). Read on for a recap of issues on the horizon for this frequently litigated data
As CPW’s Alan Friel and Lydia de la Torre explain at CPW’s sister blog Security & Privacy Bytes, “[i]nformational privacy is a hot topic” and [d]ata is a valuable, but challenging asset.” They caution that “[o]rganizations can only meaningfully protect, and effectively make the most of, their digital assets if they know what data they
In Law360 CPW’s Colin Jennings and Ericka Johnson discuss President Biden’s executive order on improving the nation’s cybersecurity. As they explain, “[t]he order aims to make significant contributions to modernizing the federal government’s cybersecurity practices under an aggressive timeline. Broadly, the order directs several federal agencies and the heads of each federal civilian executive branch
In case you missed it, CPW’s Kristin Bryan and Ericka Johnson will be hosting CPW’s first webinar today from 12-1 pm EST on Colonial Pipeline. For the attorneys in the crowd, 1 hour of CLE is available. If you were wondering, yes it is free. Register here for this must-attend event.
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Recently in Hunstein v. Preferred Collection and Management Services, Inc., the Eleventh Circuit issued a ground breaking decision concerning application Section 1692c(b) of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”). A recent case suggests this decision may have broader application beyond its specific facts. Read on to learn more, as first covered by the
In case you missed it, below is a summary of recent posts from CPW. Please feel free to reach out if you are interested in additional information on any of the developments covered.