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Corporate Counsel

Old Laws, New Tricks: Lawyers Using Patchwork of Creative Legal Theories to Target New Tech

"Most of the litigation to date is novel, and a win in one court doesn't necessarily scare away the plaintiff's counsel from trying over and over again, or from flooding every website that their clients come in contact with and sending a demand letter," said Bethany Lukitsch, a BakerHostetler partner.
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The Recorder

California Supreme Court to Consider Reach of Two Data Privacy Laws

Lawyers for petitioner Illuminate Education Inc. wrote that an appellate court's recent interpretation of the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act and the Customer Records Act could lead to "perverse consequences."
4 minute read

The Recorder

California Loan Agency Hit With Proposed Class Action Over Alleged Third-Party AI Data Harvesting

The suit accuses Lendistry of breaching a contractual obligation to protect the beneficiaries' data privacy by deploying AI technologies that harvested class members' business, behavioral and biometric data and transmitted it to third-party companies without adequate disclosures.
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Legaltech News

How AI and Data Privacy Will Likely Evolve in 2025

Experts participating in the International Association of Privacy Professionals' webinar discussed opportunities to develop standards for regulation enforcement, cybersecurity, and data mining in 2025.
3 minute read

Law.com

3 AI Bills in Congress for Employers to Track: Proposed Laws Target Automated Systems, Workplace Surveillance, and More

While much of the existing legal landscape on AI centers on broad, overarching principles, Congress has been considering bills that hone in on more specific issues like the workplace.
9 minute read

The Recorder

LinkedIn Hit With Wave of Health Data Claims Under California Privacy Law

All three cases, filed by Bursor & Fisher in the California Northern District Court and the California Superior Court in Santa Clara County, alleged wiretapping claims under the California Invasion of Privacy Act.
4 minute read

The Recorder

California Planning Certification Program for Privacy Law Specialists

If approved, a proposed state bar certification program will allow successful applicants to tout their privacy law specialization to current and potential clients.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

OpenAI Hires First Compliance Chief, Snagging Uber's Scott Schools

"Contributing to the responsible development of technologies that positively impact society is a tremendous opportunity," said Schools, who held a string of high-level Justice Department posts before joining Uber in 2018.
2 minute read

Law.com

Addressing the Overlap Between AdTech and Third-Party Risk Management

Several significant and multifaceted challenges are emerging with U.S. and global privacy laws. While these are significant challenges, they are also opportunities to uncover blind spots in company programs.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Data Breaches: The Not-So-Hidden Cost of Doing Business

This article breaks down the numbers and key findings from IBM's annual Cost of a Data Breach Report, and provides our recommended takeaways to help you start thinking ahead – because in cybersecurity, as George Washington (and later Bill Belichick) have articulated: the best offense is a good defense.
7 minute read

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