NetChoice sued Georgia on Thursday over a 2024 law aimed at protecting kids on social media, alleging it violates the First Amendment and poses digital safety and security risks.
A split federal appeals court Wednesday maintained a block on the Department of Government Efficiency's attempts to access the sensitive data of millions of people on Social Security.
Following Monday's brief asking a district court to alter or amend its ruling that permanently enjoined Arkansas' social media safety act, Tim Griffin (R), the state's attorney general, filed a notice of appeal in case 23-05105 to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The president has “absolute authority” to remove FTC commissioners, Republican attorneys general from 21 states said in an amicus brief filed Monday with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (see 2504240027).
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) asked the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday to remove a preliminary injunction on a Texas law requiring age verification before accessing many platforms, websites and digital services. Granting Paxton's request would reverse the previous ruling of the U.S. District Court for Western Texas. That court erred when it determined the law triggered strict scrutiny and labeled it “vague,” Paxton argued.
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin (R) asked the U.S. District Court for Western Arkansas Monday to alter or amend its ruling that permanently enjoined a state social media safety act, claiming the court lacks authority to abolish a law, only block enforcement of it.
DOJ’s Office of the U.S. Trustee will appoint a consumer privacy ombudsman in 23andMe’s bankruptcy sale, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Eastern Missouri said in a filing Monday (see 2504160031).
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' recent decision in Briskin v. Shopify, Inc. (see 2504210030) could be used to expand potential forums for any e-commerce-related litigation, said Wiley lawyers in a blog post Friday.
The Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) co-filed a reply brief with NetChoice Monday, doubling down on their motion for a preliminary injunction against a Florida law that prohibits kids 13 and younger from creating social media accounts and requires parental consent for 14- and 15-year-olds to create them. The associations allege the 2024 law violates the First Amendment and puts cybersecurity and privacy risks on state residents.
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.