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New York Law Journal

Balancing Privacy and Discovery, Court Allows Forensic Imaging of Personal Devices

In their Federal E-Discovery column, H. Christopher Boehning and Daniel J. Toal discuss a recent case in which the district judge allowed the forensic imaging of personal devices after finding that a compelling need for discovery outweighed privacy interests. This recent case demonstrates the evolving nature of the balancing process between these competing interests and can serve as a helpful guide to judges who will have to navigate the issue in the future, especially as data privacy laws expand around the world and within the United States.
7 minute read

Legaltech News

Congress' Tech Gap Isn't the Only Hurdle to a National Data Privacy Law

Congress' tech savvy or lack thereof isn't the pressing issue stopping a national data privacy law in the U.S., data privacy observers say. Instead, lawmakers are taking a methodical approach to a bill that would reshape private industry.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Privacy/Data Breach: Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein

Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein talks about what issues landed the firm on the National Law Journal's 2019 Elite Trial Lawyers list.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Privacy/Data Breach: Edelson

Edelson talks about what issues landed the firm on the National Law Journal's 2019 Elite Trial Lawyers list.
2 minute read

Legaltech News

Facing Legislation, Tech Companies Are Rolling the Dice with Self-Regulation

Tech companies such as Instagram have taken to regulating some of their own practices, but in some cases they may already be a step too far behind with public sentiment and regulators to negate future legislation.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Judge Sides With Facebook on Cambridge Analytica Stock-Drop Claims

U.S. District Judge Edward Davila found that only one of 36 statements identified by the plaintiffs as misleading Facebook investors was actionable. Even in that case he found plaintiffs hadn't demonstrated the intent or deliberate recklessness needed to support a securities fraud claim.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

What Is a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy in the Digital World? Part I

In Commonwealth v. Mason, a nonprecedential decision, the Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled that a criminal defendant's videotaped actions as a nanny in her employer's home were not subject to the Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act (the Wiretap Act),
8 minute read

The Recorder

Blocked Marketer Loses Bid for Restored Access to Facebook Platforms

U.S. District Chief Judge Phyllis Hamilton of the Northern District of California said content-marketing firm Stackla did not persuade her that Facebook's decision to block the company from its social media sites was a pretext for protecting the social media platform's reputation.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Go Home, Sober Up:' Federal Judge Stays Trump Tax Return Subpoena Another Day

William Consovoy of Consovoy McCarthy, who is representing the president, told Marrero that the DA's Mazars subpoena was worryingly similar to a subpoena for Trump's tax returns filed by the U.S. House of Representatives.
5 minute read

Law.com

What's Next: Lit Funding's Future Could Be in the Hands of a Gen Zer + The Show Business of Antitrust Enforcement + Facebook's New Privacy Problem: Scorned Marketers

A Harvard dropout has an algorithm for litigation funding, and Facebook faces more litigation.
13 minute read

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