Litigation

EU Court Rules Data Transfer Act Invalid

The EU’s top court has ruled that Privacy Shield, an agreement that allows thousands of companies to transfer data to […]

More Lawsuits Hit Tech Giants Under Illinois’ Strict Privacy Law

Two Illinois residents have filed putative class actions against Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet, the parent company of Google. The three […]

Accused Of Abetting Child Slave Labor, Two U.S. Companies Challenge Alien Tort Ruling

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal by Cargill and a U.S. subsidiary of Swiss-based Nestle SA, over […]

Satire Icon Goes For The Jugular

It came at the height of the mayhem that followed the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, with a headline […]

High Court References Consumer Perception In Big Trademark Case

Writing in SCOTUSblog, Jessica Litman analyzes the Supreme Court’s Booking.com decision. When  Booking.com, a travel company, tried to register its […]

New York Latest State to Enact Cybersecurity Law

With its Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act. New York joins a growing number of states that […]

Tracking A “Wave” Of Covid Lawsuits Vs Employers

There have been more than 300 Covid-related lawsuits filed in U.S. courts since the beginning of the year, according to […]

CA “Strike Teams” Enforcing Covid Rules

California has set up “strike teams” of inspectors to go after businesses that are not following public health guidelines. However, […]

Texas Bar Owners Sue Governor Over Shutdown

A group of Texas bar owners and a trade group, the Texas Bar & Nightclub Alliance, have sued Texas Governor […]

Caste Discrimination Alleged In Suit v Cisco

Plaintiff California Department of Fair Employment and Housing alleges an unnamed engineer, whom it identifies as a Dalit, suffered repeated acts of discrimination, including lower pay and fewer opportunities, at the hands of two supervising engineers.

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