California Adds Biometric Restrictions to Data-Breach Law, Potentially Creating a De Facto Biometric Privacy Law
Subject to the governor’s signature, California’s breach-notification law will gain additional requirements...more
9/25/2019
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Proposed Legislation ,
Robocalling ,
Settlement Agreements ,
TCPA ,
Transparency ,
YouTube
The Legal 500 Adds Shook to Top Rankings in Cyber Law-
The Legal 500 United States has again recognized Shook, Hardy & Bacon as one of the premier litigation firms in the country, giving top marks to a variety of practices,...more
7/10/2019
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Railway Labor Act ,
Southwest Airlines ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes
Florida Introduces BIPA Legislation -
A Florida state senator has introduced an identical version of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)....more
3/25/2019
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State and Local Government
An identical version of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) has been introduced in the Florida Senate. The bill includes the same private right of action. ...more
3/4/2019
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Facial Recognition Technology ,
Fingerprints ,
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Proposed Legislation ,
State and Local Government
The Illinois Supreme Court’s decision last week in Rosenbach v. Six Flags may have closed the first of what will be several chapters in class action litigation arising from the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act...more
1/31/2019
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Personally Identifiable Information ,
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Going Deep on the California Consumer Privacy Act -
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has been called the beginning of America’s GDPR. As the most comprehensive privacy law in the United States, entities doing...more
1/29/2019
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Invasion of Privacy ,
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On Friday afternoon an Illinois intermediate appellate court decided that the bar for a plaintiff bringing a class action lawsuit under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) is low, creating a conflict with...more
While the privacy world is focused on the Equifax data breach, another development is taking place that could have a more lasting effect on privacy law. In the last month, plaintiffs’ lawyers in Illinois have filed over 20...more
10/17/2017
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Class Action ,
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Employer Liability Issues ,
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