District Judge Denise Cote on Monday scheduled a hearing for May 29 at 10 a.m. EST to discuss the American Federation of Government Employees' Friday request for a preliminary inunction against the Office of Personnel Management, which would prevent OPM from disclosing records containing sensitive personal information to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Disclosing such data is a violation of the Privacy Act of 1974 and the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), AFGE alleged at the U.S. District Court for Southern New York.
A class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday against insurance company Kelly Benefits for a data breach alleges the company's negligence led to the breach and leak of sensitive information, invading individuals' privacy and violating the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
A bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general and Meta agreed Friday to dismiss a case the AGs brought against the social media company for its role in the youth mental health crisis, according to a filing at the U.S. District Court for Northern California (case 23-05448). The parties did not say in the court notice why they dismissed the suit.
Lawyers for President Donald Trump doubled down on what they argued is his constitutional right to fire FTC commissioners. In a court document Wednesday, the president's lawyers presented reasons why the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia should summarily dismiss the case that fired FTC Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya brought, challenging their March removal and seeking reinstatement.
Restricting children's social media access “does not violate the First Amendment,” Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) said Monday at the U.S. District Court for Northern Florida in case 4:24-cv-438-MW-MAF.
Toyota was sued Monday in the U.S. District Court for Eastern Texas for the alleged collection and sale of drivers' data to insurance company Progressive, despite saying in their Data Sharing Policies that it does not share this information without the drivers' consent. Progressive uses the data in their Snapshot data-sharing program that measures a variety of aspects related to driving, the class action alleges.
A University of Iowa student alleged that the college violated the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) by not adequately protecting the online security and privacy of its students. Plaintiff Marc Muklewicz filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for Southern Iowa on April 15, saying the university violated data security protocols and student privacy.
President Donald Trump’s recent firings at the FTC threaten agency independence and economic stability due to the potential impact on the Federal Reserve, a group of law professors said in a filing Friday, arguing for a reversal of the dismissals (see 2504180046).
E-commerce company Shopify will face a data privacy lawsuit, the 9th U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Monday, overturning the lower court's dismissal on the grounds that plaintiff Brandon Briskin could bring the suit in the state of California.
Trade association NetChoice asked the U.S. District Court for Middle Tennessee on Thursday to follow the lead of the decision in NetChoice v. Yost and order a preliminary injunction on a law that requires age verification before a person can access social media. The Yost case, decided Wednesday, enjoined an Ohio law requiring age verification on First Amendment grounds (see 2504160049).