12 Mar, 2021 A wave of new state privacy legislation may be on the horizon By Elizabeth Casale A number of states have proposed new privacy legislation this year. One state, Virginia, has passed a statute that now makes it the...
08 Mar, 2021 New York Assembly introduces the Biometric Privacy Act By Luke Sosnicki Elizabeth Casale On January 6, 2021, a bipartisan group of New York legislators proposed the Biometric Privacy Act, a new law that would provide for...
18 Dec, 2020 Maintaining privilege over forensic data-breach reports By James Shreve Luke Sosnicki Forensic reports that analyze the causes and effects of data breaches have long been a staple of incident response. Involving counsel in...
07 Jul, 2020 California Privacy Rights Act qualifies for November 2020 ballot By James Shreve Luke Sosnicki Elizabeth Casale The California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”) has officially qualified for this November’s ballot. If passed, some provisions of the...
06 Apr, 2020 6 data security tips for working from home By James Shreve Luke Sosnicki Elizabeth Casale This is a joint publication between Thompson Coburn’ Cybersecurity group, and Jarrett Kolthoff and Benjamin Auton of SpearTip Cyber...
18 Mar, 2020 California Attorney General releases second set of modifications to CCPA By Elizabeth Casale James Shreve Luke Sosnicki On March 11, 2020, the California Attorney General released a new set of proposed modifications to the California Consumer Privacy Act...
29 Mar, 2019 Supreme Court challenges privacy litigants to demonstrate Article III standing By Matthew Hafter In Frank v Gaos, the United States Supreme Court wrestled with the continuing challenges of “standing” in internet privacy litigation....
28 Jan, 2019 ‘Aggrieved Persons’ can bring suit under Biometric Information Privacy Act By James Shreve Elizabeth Casale On Friday, January 25, 2019, the Illinois Supreme Court filed a unanimous opinion addressing whether one qualifies as an “aggrieved...
17 Jan, 2019 HHS issues voluntary health care cybersecurity guidelines By Milada Goturi On December 28, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published the “Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices...
02 Jan, 2019 Pennsylvania Supreme Court provides new route for data security breach plaintiffs By James Shreve Elizabeth Casale Data security breaches have become ubiquitous. However, in spite of the large number of well-publicized incidents, plaintiffs generally...