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'A Very Virginia Spin': Businesses Must Establish Internal Appeals Process Under New State Consumer Data Privacy Laws

"Virginia has a very unique view of data privacy," Beth Burgin Waller, Chair of the Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Practice at Woods Rogers, told Law.com. "If you looked at when this hit, you were really coming at an emerging time when you had Europe with [General Data Protection Regulation] GDRP and California with CCPA. Out of the gate—out-of-nowhere, almost—it felt like Virginia came running to the scene with the CDPA, the Consumer Data Protection Act."
5 minute read

Law.com

Distributors Cleared of Wrongdoing in First Private-Plaintiff U.S. State Court Jury Trial Over Opioid Epidemic

"[A] law meant to apply to street dealers of illegal drugs cannot be used in a misguided attack on DEA-registered wholesale distributors of FDA-approved medications," one of the defendants, Cardinal Health, said in a statement following the verdict.
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The Recorder

Judge Pauses Approval of $725M Facebook Settlement After New Mexico AG Shows Up

At Thursday's preliminary approval hearing in the Cambridge Analytica settlement with Facebook, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria repeatedly sparred with Corban Rhodes, an attorney for the New Mexico Attorney General's Office, who intervened this week to raise questions about the release.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Continuing Health Care Privacy Crackdown, FTC Fines BetterHelp $7.8 Million

"Let this proposed order be a stout reminder that the FTC will prioritize defending Americans' sensitive data from illegal exploitation," said Sam Levine, director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

FTC Bags First Settlement in Probe of 'Review Hijacking' in E-Commerce

Review hijacking occurs when a marketer makes reviews for a highly rated product appear to apply to another. An FTC official said the tactic is "plain old false advertising."
3 minute read

National Law Journal

As Antitrust Enforcement Booms, Attorneys Eye AI and ESG as Emerging Targets

The Biden administration is ramping up antitrust investigations against Big Tech and other industry sectors. Meanwhile, attorneys are eyeing climate change and artificial intelligence as potential areas of future antitrust litigation.
5 minute read

Law.com

'Unexplained Large Reverse Payment': Zetia Antitrust Claims Scheduled for Jury Trial in April

Plaintiffs claimed the two companies "conspired to delay the introduction of generic ezetimibe to the market, in violation of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act."
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Delaware Business Court Insider

Meta Asks Chancery Court to Toss Claim It Failed to Protect Users' Data Privacy

Meta's Gibson Dunn lawyers said its board had the independence to investigate the matter--which stems from the Cambridge Analytica breach--so shareholders failed to show demand futility.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Judge OKs Most of St. Francis Hospital's Antitrust Litigation to Proceed Against Hartford Healthcare

"Saint Francis alleges that its injury—lost patient cases and reduced ability to compete for new patients—resulted precisely from HHC wielding control over its physicians' referrals and amassing an anticompetitive market share," Judge Sarala V. Nagala wrote. "Saint Francis has plausibly alleged that a competing hospital system without the significant market power HHC allegedly enjoys could not have caused such an injury. Specifically, as physicians leave hospitals, including Saint Francis, these hospitals become less attractive to patients of managed care plans."
6 minute read

The Recorder

Why Bayer's New Roundup Appeal Is Different: 'Monsanto Is a Very Aggressive Litigator'

Lead plaintiffs lawyers in the Roundup multidistrict litigation called Bayer's Feb. 8 petition before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit an "orchestrated" appeal.
5 minute read

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