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Price Collusion in the Crosshairs

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There has been a spate of legislation and lawsuits targeting the use of software that gives visibility to competitors’ prices. This allows firms to adjust their prices, either undercutting the competition or setting a de...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Navigating the Legal Landscape: Generative AI and Copyright Law

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Generative artificial intelligence captivated the world in 2023 and is firmly positioned to remain center stage in the coming year. In the United States, the introduction and early-stage use of generative AI have been plagued...more

Jenner & Block

Websites and Wiretap Laws: Emerging Trends in Privacy Class Action Litigation Risks

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As an onslaught of recent class actions allege, companies may be liable for eavesdropping and wiretapping based on the use of common analytics software on their platforms. For instance, in California, plaintiffs have filed...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Pixel Litigation Drives Transparency in Privacy Policies

Pixels, a piece of tracking software businesses use to assess the success of their advertising campaigns, are creating headaches for in-house counsel as decades-old laws are being revived by litigants. Unlike cookies, pixels...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

Protecting Your Business from Wiretap Lawsuits Targeting Companies with Consumer-Facing Websites

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Businesses with consumer-facing websites face a bit of a legal “Wild West” with regard to the collection of data at the moment. Most businesses collect some degree of consumer or site visitor data using cookies, web beacons,...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Website Chats and Litigation – Another Look at California and Class Actions

Collecting data from a California customer’s use of the chat feature on your website without first obtaining the customer’s permission may constitute a violation of Section 631(a) of the California Invasion of Privacy Act...more

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Financial Daily Dose 2.10.2020 | Top Story: Volvo May go Public Via Merger With Owner’s Geely Automobile Holdings

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Volvo’s owner, Li Shufu, is mulling over a move to combine the carmaker with his publicly traded Geely Automobile Holdings—a play that would take Volvo public and “unify the bulk of billionaire Li’s growing stable of...more

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Seventh Circuit Declines to Review Class Certification Order in Enormous Computer Privacy Class Action

In its recent decision in Harris v. comScore, Inc., the Seventh Circuit declined to review a trial court order certifying a plaintiff class consisting of hundreds of thousands of computer owners who downloaded software that...more

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