BIPA Settlement Could Spur Defendants to Take Cases to Trial
A landmark federal settlement resolving an Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act case could lead to more companies taking their cases to trial, lawyers said.
A landmark federal settlement resolving an Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act case could lead to more companies taking their cases to trial, lawyers said.
Illinois lawmakers are working to curb potential damages under the state’s biometric privacy law for companies that don’t secure written permission first to collect fingerprints, face scans, and other data.
Justices and judges must now disclose the value of free trips like those taken by Justice Clarence Thomas at the expense of a billionaire benefactor.
As senators squabble about the theoretical vulnerability of those who use TikTok, they might want to find more time to give greater consideration to a clear and present danger erupting within the US health-care system: the continuing cyberattack that has put at risk the medical data of 79 million Americans and thrown health-care services into disarray.
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UK tech tycoon <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018e-537f-d509-adee-5bff4d130000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Mike Lynch-bsp-person> masterminded a “massive fraud” to dupe Hewlett Packard Co. into buying his software startup for $11 billion, a US prosecutor told a jury.
Business information and analytics provider ZoomInfo Technologies Inc. defeated all but one of 14 counts in a lawsuit alleging it scraped information from the emails of nonusers of its services without their consent in violation of federal and state privacy laws.
Senior officials from the <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/4131761Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018e-535e-d509-adee-5bdf338e0000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Justice Department-bsp-bb-link> and other agencies will hold closed-door briefings in the Senate this week to advance legislation that would allow TikTok to continue operating in the US while being severed from its Chinese owner, according to people familiar with the matter.
A T-Mobile USA Inc. subsidiary can seek a $2.1 million sales tax refund because there’s sufficient evidence proving it’s the parent company’s authorized agent, the Louisiana Board of Tax Appeals said.
Millions of Americans have taken advantage of telehealth during the coronavirus pandemic, so why has it taken so long for widespread adoption?
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