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Judge Awards Over $350K in Attorney Fees in Data Breach Class Action Settlement

In Webb v. Injured Workers Pharmacy, the class action accused a home delivery pharmacy service of losing control of over 75,000 patients' sensitive personal records in a data breach.
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Law.com

'A Death Sentence for TikTok'?: Litigators and Experts Weigh Impact of Potential Ban on Creators and Data Privacy

In the wake of a SCOTUS decision opening the door to a potential ban on the short-video platform, litigators and academics said the potential ban could have widespread implications for the tech, data privacy, social media and entertainment sectors. Safeguarding corporate users' brands and reputations was one piece of advice.
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The Recorder

Patreon Hit With Lawsuit for Allegedly Diverting Subscriber Data to Meta

Patreon, which operations a monetization platform for content creators to offer subscription services and sell products to fans online, is facing a new lawsuit in California federal court that accuses it of sharing users' video viewing histories with Meta Platforms.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

In-House Lawyers Are Focused on Employment and Cybersecurity Disputes, But Looking Out for Conflict Over AI

The 20th annual litigation trends survey by Norton Rose Fulbright also found that general counsel and in-house litigators have a growing concern about so-called “nuclear verdicts.”
5 minute read

Law.com

'Be Prepared and Practice': Paul Hastings' Michelle Reed Breaks Down Firm's First SEC Cybersecurity Incident Disclosure Report

Michelle Reed, co-chair of data privacy and cybersecurity group at Paul Hastings, shared her insights on the biggest takeaways from the novel data and her predictions for cybersecurity disclosures in the year ahead.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

CFPB Proposes Rule to Regulate Data Brokers Selling Sensitive Information

In today's digital landscape, data brokers are like modern-day gold miners, sifting through the intimate details of our lives—our addresses, financial records, Social Security numbers—and quietly turning that information into profit. Most of us never asked for this arrangement, yet here we are, with personal data fueling a booming, largely unregulated industry.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

California’s New Deepfake Laws: Banning the Deception 

The author writes "Simply put, deepfakes are synthetic media, including videos, images, or audios, which have been convincingly generated using artificial intelligence to misrepresent someone as doing or saying something that never occurred."
8 minute read

Law.com

South Carolina Physicians Challenge Abortion Ban Under Religious Freedom Claims

"The abortion ban violates the fundamental right to practice one’s faith, forcing plaintiffs to choose between observing their religious duties but risking imprisonment and professional discipline or reneging on their religious obligations but preserving their freedom and livelihood," a press release from The Lawyering Project said.
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The Recorder

TikTok Hit With California Class Action for Allegedly Mining Children's Data Without Parental Consent

TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, is facing a digital privacy class action in California federal court for allegedly violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Legal Tech's Predictions for Data Privacy in 2025

Experts offer their predictions on how data privacy will evolve in 2025, from how regulators and new laws are likely to impact organizations to the novel issues and developments that will be on data privacy professionals radars in the coming months.
8 minute read

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