A California federal court has dismissed a putative securities fraud class action alleging that a large title insurer that disclosed a data security incident in May 2019 made false and misleading statements related to its data security practices and the incident. The dismissal follows the June 2021 settlement of a related Securities & Exchange Commission […]
Privacy Litigation
The GDPR Reaches the US Supreme Court in Cert Petition
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been raised in a petition for certiorari before the US Supreme Court, apparently for the first time since the GDPR entered into application in 2018. A party in Vesuvius USA Corp. v. Phillips has filed a petition for certiorari in a GDPR-related discovery dispute. Of course, since […]
Virginia Ready to Pass First State Privacy Statute after CCPA
Both houses of Virginia’s legislature recently passed the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (S.B. 1392; H.B. 2307) (the “VCDPA”). If approved by the state governor, the VCDPA would become the United States’ second comprehensive state privacy law behind the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The VCDPA is similar to the CCPA and the European Union’s […]
Marking GDPR Anniversary, Peter Swire Warns About EU-US Data Transfer Challenges
On May 25, the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ended its second full year in effect. To mark the occasion, the International Association of Privacy Professionals collected expert perspectives on the impact and future of the GDPR, including an essay by Alston & Bird Senior Counsel Peter Swire. In his contribution, Swire highlights the […]
The California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 – Key Impacts
On Monday, Alastair Mactaggart and his group, Californians for Consumer Privacy, announced its collection of over 900,000 signatures in support of its ballot initiative, a number well in excess of the approximately 620,000 required for placement on the November ballot. The initiative, called the “California Privacy Rights Act of 2020,” would amend the 2018 California […]