A federal court should continue blocking FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter from returning to the commission because the “balance of harms” favors the Trump administration, DOJ argued Wednesday in a reply brief.
A federal judge will not change or amend an earlier ruling that permanently enjoined an Arkansas social media safety act, according to a court document filed Wednesday.
Amazon said a district court wrongly granted class certification in a 2021 case against that alleged the online retail giant unlawfully recorded and collected private conversations through its virtual assistant Alexa. The company appealed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday.
A case alleging discount prescription drug platform GoodRx unlawfully shared patients' protected health information with Google and Meta will continue, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) urged a court to deny a request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) that would prevent it from collecting personal data about millions of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients. The plaintiffs -- a coalition of stakeholders led by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) -- haven't proven harm, injury, standing or the likelihood of success of their claims, USDA said.
A class-action complaint alleging a software company created and sold consumer profiles without their consent will continue, the U.S. District Court for Northern California ruled on Friday.
Google continued to claim it acted lawfully in a reply Monday about a case alleging the company intentionally captured communications between health providers and patients containing identifiable private health information (PHI). Google has fought the privacy case since 2023.
A federal appeals court on Monday granted the Trump administration’s request for an emergency stay, blocking terminated FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter from returning to work (see 2507180039).
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal's recent ruling in Gutierrez v. Converse raised the bar for plaintiffs filing lawsuits involving website chats, and questioned whether the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) applies to internet communications, said three Fisher Phillips lawyers in a blog post Monday.
NetChoice asked a federal court to ignore the Maryland attorney general's request that a case about the constitutionality of the state's Age-Appropriate Design Code (MAADC) Act be dropped. The organization argued that it proved standing and plausibly alleged violations of the First and Fifth Amendments.