Ransomware continues to make headlines in the data security world, and with good reason. A report issued earlier this year by the Director of National Intelligence highlighted the continued surge in ransomware attacks in the...more
5/29/2024
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Virginia will be only the second state in the country to have a comprehensive data privacy law in effect.
On January 1, 2023, the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA) takes effect. VCDPA provides Virginia...more
Earlier this month, President Biden signed into law the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act. The purpose of the Act is to facilitate the hardening of the defenses of key U.S. infrastructure against cyber...more
A recent decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia further erodes a defendant’s claim of privilege with respect to expert reports related to data breaches. However, it also provides important...more
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act is now U.S. law. The Act offers relief to small businesses by creating more favorable terms for loans provided by the Small Business Administration. If you own or...more
2020 ushered in significant new privacy rights for residents of California. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which took effect January 1, 2020, provides important rights to California consumers concerning how...more
U.S. government officials and cybersecurity experts are warning businesses to prepare for a surge in cyberattacks from Iran. On Thursday of last week, U.S. Cyber Command carried out online attacks against Iranian missile...more
As the number and scale of cases involving the theft or loss of personal information grows, so does the number of plaintiffs filing suit as a result. One of the most difficult hurdles for these plaintiffs to clear is the...more
2/12/2019
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Standing
In Hutton v. Nat’l Bd. of Exam’rs in Optometry, Inc., published on June 12, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit decided that a class of plaintiffs alleging damages related to a data breach had standing to...more
The First Case -
The plaintiff filed a Complaint asking for an award of $250,000. She alleged she was entitled to this amount as compensation for injuries the defendant’s armored van caused her during a 2013 automobile...more
The plaintiff filed a Complaint alleging she was injured in a March 23, 2013, automobile accident. In her initial expert disclosure, the plaintiff identified a single doctor as her only damages expert. The doctor had never...more
The plaintiff filed a Complaint in the Fairfax County Circuit Court claiming the defendant injured her in an automobile accident. After deciding not to use the first expert orthopedist she hired for the case, the plaintiff...more
On March 27, 2015, Jalal Haidar brought suit in federal court, alleging that he had been injured by a dangerous condition in a hotel. According to Haidar, he sat motionless on a hotel toilet for approximately fifteen seconds...more
On October 21, 2016, millions of internet users across the United States were prevented from accessing a number of popular websites, including Amazon, Netflix, Spotify and Twitter. The reason? A hacker had previously...more
On September 19, 2016, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a Policy regarding automated vehicles. NHTSA issued the Policy for the purpose of providing guidance to the states,...more
In Travelers Indem. Co. of Am. v. Portal Healthcare Solutions, L.L.C., 2016 U.S. App. Lexis 6554, decided on April 11, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit found that a commercial general liability...more
Linda Richmond alleged injuries from an April 12, 2009 auto accident that occurred when her vehicle was struck by a vehicle driven by Katherine E. Volk. The vehicle operated by Volk was owned by Jeannie Cornett. Richmond...more
The effect of AV technology on the commercial trucking sector will be profound. If Chauffeur were an ordinary truck driver, instead of a collection of lines of code, it would soon be eligible for membership in the coveted...more
In an opinion issued on September 17, 2015, Est. of Slone v. Selective Ins. Co. of America, et al., the Virginia Supreme Court effectively expanded the scope of UM/UIM coverage in Virginia. Slone was filed as a declaratory...more
Numerous amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure will come into effect on December 1, 2015. The amendments are to Rules 1, 4, 16, 26, 30, 31, 33, 34, 37, 55 and 84. These amendments will have a variety of effects...more
Virginia has made changes to its underinsured motorist law that will take effect on July 1, 2015. The changes come with the addition of Va. Code § 8.01-66.1:1, and with amendments to Va. Code § 38.2-2206. The major impact of...more
How does the law apportion responsibility when someone is injured by an automated machine? In the past, this question has come before courts only rarely, and in the context of accidents involving elevators or airplane...more
7/8/2015