Bloomberg Law ” Court finds defects in Live Nation’s batched proceedings Class action against Live Nation to proceed in open court A Ninth Circuit ruling that denied Live Nation Entertainment Inc.’s bid to compel “batched” arbitration underscores the risks that corporate defendants face when pushing to resolve consumer antitrust disputes outside of Read more…
Bloomberg Law “Target Corp. must face allegations it collected shoppers’ biometric data without their knowledge to thwart shoplifting in violation of a state privacy law, a federal judge said. Target customers filed a complaint against the retailer in May, accusing it of deploying facial recognition-enabled video surveillance systems in its stores that captured Read more…
Bloomberg Law “Apple Inc. must face several claims in a proposed class action alleging it collected data from app users after they had selected iPhone or iPad settings that Apple said would stop data tracking. The consumers sufficiently alleged they withdrew their consent to the contested data collection by disabling Read more…
ABA Journal ” A suspect had a Fifth Amendment right to refuse to give police his cellphone passcode, the Utah Supreme Court has ruled. In a Dec. 14 opinion citing that right, the state supreme court reversed the conviction of Alfonso Valdez for kidnapping and assaulting his ex-girlfriend. Prosecutors had Read more…
Bloomberg Law “Publicly owned companies must comply with a new set of regulatory deadlines during the next week that will require swift disclosure of malicious cyberattacks on their networks and the processes in place to prevent them from happening again. Entities subject to Securities and Exchange Commission authority will be Read more…