Real Estate Company Agrees to Settle Robocall Class Action for $40 Million
3/16/23
The days of large robocall class action settlements are not over. Keller Williams Realty, Inc. (“Keller Williams“) recently sought approval to settle a class action lawsuit alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act …
Illinois Supreme Court Find BIPA Claims Accrue Upon Each Scan and/or Disclosure
2/23/23
By Pat Eckler, Amy Frantz, Glenn Klinger, Michael Sanders, and Jonathan Schwartz
The long-awaited decision from the Illinois Supreme Court on how claims accrue under Subsections 15(b) and 15(d) of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, …
CHATGPT AND COVERAGE B: What Copyright Liability Exposures Could AI Users Face?
2/9/23
By Alexia R. Roney and Matthew F. Boyer
Previously, we introduced you to ChatGPT and the concept of an AI Chatbot application here. This week, we discuss the legal exposure that comes hand-in-hand with the internet – copyright infringement, …
California’s Attorney General Is Investigating Mobile Apps’ Compliance with the CCPA
2/8/23
By: Robert Buckley
California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s recent press release puts companies that are subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”) on notice that they should determine whether their mobile apps comply with the CCPA’s requirements. On …
Illinois Supreme Court Shifts BIPA Landscape with 5-Year Limitations Period Applicable to All Claims
2/7/23
By Pat Eckler, Amy Frantz, Glenn Klinger, Michael Sanders, and Jonathan Schwartz
Finding all claims under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act, 740 ILCS 14/1 (“BIPA”), subject to a five-year statute of limitations, the Illinois Supreme Court’s …
FCC Proposes new reporting rules for the telecom sector in response to increased data breaches
1/26/23
On January 6, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) proposed new rules for data breach reporting in the telecommunications industry.
The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking recognizes that “[i]n the telecommunications industry, the public has suffered an …
ChatGPT: Has Artificial Intelligence Finally Defeated Alan Turing?
1/24/23
By Alexia Roney
The year 2022 is the year of AI chatbot. News stories touted Meta’s chatbot Cicero when it defeated human players on the online game Diplomacy without tipping off its computer-generated origin. Media such as Scientific American published …
Geotracking Regulatory Trend is Expanding to Employers
1/17/23
By: Justin Boron
You probably already know that your apps know where you were last night. But did you know that employers might too?
It is all but accepted that our geolocations are being tracked, which is part and parcel …
Five States Set to Expand Data Privacy Rights in 2023
1/4/23
By: Amy C. Bender
As the landscape of data privacy regulation is ever-changing, five U.S. state statutes (in California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, and Utah), passed to enhance the privacy rights of consumers in their respective states, go into effect in …
FTX’s collapse and the push for centralized regulation of digital assets in the U.S.
11/18/22
By: Luke Zavoli
In 2019, Sam Bankman-Fried launched FTX, a cryptocurrency exchange backed by marquee investors, and in three years, grew FTX into the third largest cryptocurrency exchange – valued at $32 billion. This past Friday, November 11, 2022, FTX …
ALL ABOARD: TSA ISSUES NEW SECURITY DIRECTIVE TO TRACK CYBERSECURITY EFFORTS BY THE RAIL INDUSTRY
10/25/22
By: Nicholas Jajko and Nicholas Hubner
SECURITY DIRECTIVE: 1580/82-2022-01
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 24, 2022
Working with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”), TSA issued a new Security Directive to protect against malicious cyber-intrusions affecting the nation’s railroads …
9/13/22
By: Nicholas Jajko
The litigation battleground in class actions arising out of data breaches is almost always fought on Article III standing. Before any discovery is exchanged or fact depositions take place, claimants must allege they have standing to sue …