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CALIFORNIA PRIVACY – CPRA California’s $12.75 Million General Motors Settlement Just Redefined Privacy Enforcement in America
Rob Bonta strikes again and our voices warning business owners and Fortune 5000 companies globally that they need to tighten up their…
AI The Compromise That Pleases No One: Colorado’s AI Act and the Art of the Possible
State Sen. Robert Rodriguez did not exactly celebrate when he introduced Senate Bill 189. “I’m not happy with everything in the bill,”…
AI AI Agents Are Not Employees. Treating Them Like People Creates Real Business Risk.
Companies are racing to bring AI agents into the workplace. Some are giving them names. Others are assigning them managers, placing them…
DATA THE CANVAS HACK IS A WARNING SHOT FOR EVERY SCHOOL IN AMERICA
The ShinyHunters breach didn’t just take down a learning platform.
COMPLIANCE FTC BANS DATA BROKER KOCHAVA FROM SELLING SENSITIVE LOCATION DATA IN LANDMARK PRIVACY SETTLEMENT
After nearly four years of litigation, the Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with Idaho-based data broker Kochava and its subsidiary…
LAW FIRMS Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP: When the Nation’s Most Powerful Class Action Firm Comes After You For Your Privacy Practices
There is a hierarchy in plaintiff class action litigation that most people outside the legal industry do not fully appreciate.
The Edelson Architecture: How One Firm Built the Blueprint for Modern Privacy Litigation
In the world of privacy compliance, there are “volume firms” that send automated demand letters, and then there is Edelson PC.
Beyond “Trust Us”: How the Prove Layer and Proof Layer Redefine Data Privacy & Compliance
In modern data architecture, “Trust Us” is no longer a security strategy—it’s a liability.
LAW FIRMS Dovel & Luner: Why This Trial-Ready Boutique Is the Pixel Tracking Firm That Defendants Fear Most
In plaintiff-side class action litigation, there is an open secret that defense counsel understand and corporate defendants often do not: a large…
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY – CPRA Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein: The Firm That Writes the Rules of Data Protection Litigation
There is a distinction in plaintiff litigation that matters enormously but is rarely articulated plainly.
Forbes Media’s $17.5 Million Privacy Settlement Reckoning: What Berman v. Forbes and the VPPA Case Reveal About Publisher Liability
Two lawsuits. Two settlements. Seventeen and a half million dollars.
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY – CPRA Bursor & Fisher, P.A.: Inside One of the Nation’s Most Active CIPA and VPPA Plaintiff Firms
If there is one law firm that has made website tracker litigation a national conversation, Bursor & Fisher, P.A.