Enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) continues to heat up with California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office announcing its second public enforcement action, this time against delivery service provider...more
Recently courts in New York and London granted orders in two unrelated cases – LCX AG v 1.274M U.S. Dollar Coin and D’Aloia v Binance Holdings & Others – authorizing the claimants to serve proceedings on anonymous defendants...more
Despite the much-anticipated impact of TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez (“Ramirez”), the Supreme Court decision has not prevented data breach and privacy class actions from proceeding past the pleading stage in federal courts across...more
The Supreme Court’s June 2021 decision in TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez led many to believe that data breach plaintiffs were going to have a difficult time establishing standing. After all, the Court suggested that exposure to...more
Instead of identifying traditionally “tangible” injuries, data breach plaintiffs typically point to the fact that they may be the victim of identity theft at some point in the future. Prior to late April 2021, the federal...more
Litigants have been looking forward to guidance regarding the limits of data breach claims since the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) took effect on January 1, 2020. Now some of the questions are starting to be...more
The first class action alleging a violation under the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA"), which was filed against Hanna Andersson, LLC has now been resolved for $400,000 subject to court approval. The settlement...more
On July 23, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California signaled that a $650 million settlement of claims against Facebook, Inc. for alleged violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy...more