Litigation

Preparing For The California Consumer Privacy Act

October 24, 2019

U.S. privacy law will be fundamentally changed on January 1, when the California Consumer Privacy Act becomes effective. Covered businesses […]

Supreme Court Will Hear Seila Law v. Consumer Protection Agency

October 24, 2019

In a major victory for opponents of financial regulation, the Supreme Court has agreed to take up the lawsuit Seila […]

ATM “Jackpot” Attacks Said To Be Worldwide

October 23, 2019

The number of incidents is down in Europe, where this type of attack seems to have originated, but is said […]

Sandy Hook Parent Awarded $450K, Conspiracy Prof Calls Damages “Absurd”

October 22, 2019

In the damages phase of a defamation proceeding against conspiracy theorist James Fetzer, a jury in Wisconsin has awarded $450,000 […]

Netflix Sued By Mossack-Fonseca, The “Panama Papers” Firm

October 21, 2019

The name partners in the law firm that suffered the breach that released the Panama Papers are  suing Netflix for […]

Dershowitz Looked For Trouble and Found It, Judge Rules

October 21, 2019

Alan Dershowitz, former Harvard Law prof and Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Gatestone Institute, must face a defamation lawsuit filed […]

Class Actions Are An M&A Deal Killer

October 18, 2019

Quantifying financial potential, as a component of due diligence, is something that may be done with reasonable accuracy, but to […]

#MeToo Two Years Later: Some Unintended Consequences

October 17, 2019

Consciousness has been raised, and training and reporting procedures have improved, but some new laws have had mixed results, writes […]

Sleeper IL Law Could Cost Tech Giants $1 Billion-Plus

October 16, 2019

A state law passed back in the day when the privacy issue was just a gleam in the eye of […]

Study Confirms: Employees Are Biggest Data-Security Threat

October 15, 2019

Sixty-nine percent of organizations said they had been breached due to an insider threat. Symptomatic of how intractable the problem […]

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