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New York Law Journal

Practical Tips for Defending California Consumer Privacy Act Class Actions

As was anticipated when it was first enacted, the CCPA has resulted in a significant number of class action litigations. This article assesses the litigation to date and provides key practical takeaways for how businesses faced with such actions can seek early dismissal.
13 minute read

Legaltech News

What Legal Technologists Need to Know About Data Standards

In managing data for any reason, be it new client intake or customer privacy concerns, creating data standards should always be the first priority. However, creating a set of data standards isn't a one-and-done exercise.
6 minute read

Law.com

Practical Tips for Defending California Consumer Privacy Act Class Actions

As was anticipated when it was first enacted, the CCPA has resulted in a significant number of class action litigations. This article assesses the litigation to date and provides key practical takeaways for how businesses faced with such actions can seek early dismissal.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Case for a National Cyber Privacy Standard

This article examines some of the challenges created by the kaleidoscope of state-level laws and regulations, as well as inconsistent case law, and analyzes potential federal level solutions, including the recently proposed Information Transparency & Personal Data Control Act that could provide consistency across not only geography, but industries.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Health Department Faces Class Action Over COVID-19 Contact Tracing Data Breach

The complaint said the defendants were aware Insight was using unsecure storage methods for the protected health information (PHI) prior to the February 2021 breach.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Risks and Liabilities Relating to the Emergence of Decentralized Clinical Trials

The COVID-19 pandemic created an environment to drive the exponential growth of alternatives to traditional, site-based clinical trials such as remote/decentralized trials.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Second Circuit Thwarts Victims of Data Breach

In this edition of his Privacy Matters column, Peter Brown discusses a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which considered when victims of a data breach have standing to file a federal litigation.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Insecurity: Unregulated IOT and the Verkada Data Breach

If the unregulated, unsecured nature of many IoT devices remains industry standard practice, it is a near guarantee that breaches like the Verkada breach will become even more frequent, and likely more severe than they already are.
8 minute read

Legaltech News

The 2020 Litigation Roller Coaster: A Case Study on Litigation Analytics

The 2020 litigation roller coaster that 3M is still riding into 2021 is instructive for any legal department facing the potential of significant litigation exposure. The takeaway here is not to point fingers or suggest the outcome could have been different otherwise, but rather, to show that litigation analytics matter.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

2nd Circuit Case Finding Standing to Seek 'Increased Risk' of Fraud in Data Breaches Seen as Game-Changer

The decision, on an issue of first impression for the Manhattan-based appeals court, was generally seen as a win for plaintiffs, who may now establish an injury based on an "increased risk" of harm once their sensitive data has leaked.
3 minute read

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