Dominique Shelton, partner in Alston and Bird’s Privacy & Data Security practice and member of the Litigation and Trial Practice group, authored an article appearing on June 19 in International Association of Privacy Professionals’ (IAPP) Privacy Advisor titled, “Court Denies Class-Action in Hulu Case, But There’s More.” In the article, Shelton discusses the Hulu consumer class-action case […]
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West Virginia High Court Finds Standing without Harm for Invasion of Privacy Claim in State Data Breach Class Action
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals recently issued an important – but outlier – decision in a data breach class action. In a per curiam decision, the Court held that the plaintiffs had standing to bring their claims even though discovery revealed that not a single class member – much less the named plaintiffs […]
Hulu: The Northern District of California Denies Class Certification without Prejudice on Grounds Class Not Ascertainable
Data privacy practices and related class action litigation continue to be super-hot topics that require close attention from companies. Brand damage, governance shakeups and congressional inquiries because of data practices should provide sufficient motivation to stay up-to-the minute in these critical areas. This advisory examines the latest developments in the Hulu litigation involving alleged violations […]
FCC Chairman Outlines Industry-Led “New Regulatory Paradigm” for Cybersecurity Leveraging NIST Framework
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler made remarks on Thursday, June 12 at the American Enterprise Institute where he explained the FCC’s vision of how it will improve the communications sector’s cyber readiness. He announced a “new regulatory paradigm” where the FCC “relies on industry and the market first while preserving other options if that approach is […]
International Collaboration Disrupts GameOver Zeus and CryptoLocker
On June 2, 2014, in collaboration with the European Cybercrime Centre at Europol, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced a multi-national effort to disrupt the GameOver Zeus botnet, an extremely sophisticated type of malware designed to steal banking and other credentials from infected computers. The DOJ and the FBI also […]