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Standing In Data Breach Cases

Many data breach and cybersecurity cases have faltered for failure to establish concrete harm necessary to support standing, in cases […]

OSHA Inspections Down, Workplace Fatalities Up In 2016

The number of workplace inspections by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration dropped to a 20-year low in fiscal 2016, […]

Toothless Voluntary Regs Upheld For The Gulf “Dead Zone”

A federal judge in New Orleans has ruled that the EPA does not have to impose regulations that address farm […]

U.S. Tech Giants Alarmed By EU Internet Liability Proposal

The EU proposal would require internet companies to run content filtering software that would detect copyrighted material. According to a […]

Consumer Agency Rule Would End Class Action Waivers

A proposed rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would eliminate class action litigation waivers in most financial products and […]

Wage Issue Before California Supreme Court

Decades ago the U.S. Supreme Court adopted a “de minimis rule” for lawsuits seeking compensation under the federal Fair Labor […]

Cyber-Malpractice & Negligence Lawsuit Hits A Chicago Law Firm

A putative class action lawsuit has been filed against a Chicago law firm over alleged cyber vulnerabilities. Two former clients […]

Bad Online Review Tanked Their Credit, Inspired Legislation

A Utah couple ordered desk toys for Christmas gifts in 2008, but they never arrived. Customer service complaints yielded nothing, […]

Uber, Lyft Protest Fingerprint Background Checks

Uber and Lyft are threatening to end operations in Maryland unless the state grants a waiver from a fingerprint background […]

England’s Surveillance Law Shot Down By EU Court

Europe’s highest court this week ruled that Britain’s sweeping surveillance laws – which civil liberties activists have called the most […]

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