Quesada v. Banc of America Investment Services, No. 11-cv-01703 (N.D. Cal.) (Feb. 19, 2013) Judge Rogers. Denying class certification. A California client of Merrill Lynch (successor-in-interest to Banc of America Investment Services) sued the investment firm alleging that it violated California’s Invasion of Privacy Act by surreptitiously recording her conversations with Merrill employees. She sought […]
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Consent Issues Doom Privacy Class
Jamison v. First Credit Services, Inc., No. 12 C 4415 (N.D. Ill.) (Mar. 28, 2013) Judge Kendall. Denying class certification. A Honda customer sued First Credit Services (Honda’s debt collection firm) under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act alleging that First Credit obtained his cellphone number illegally through “skip-tracing” (a fancy term for investigative research). The […]
Click Here for Class Action: Illinois Court Gives the Green Light to Huge Internet Privacy Class
Harris v. comScore, Inc., No. 11 C 5807 (N.D. Ill.) (Apr. 2, 2013) Judge Holderman. Granting class certification in part. Everybody shops on the Internet these days. comScore developed software that tracks consumers’ online behavior. Consumers download the software in exchange for incentives like free third-party software. Each person who downloads comScore’s software agrees (through […]
New York Takes Increased Regulatory Interest in Cybersecurity Practices at Insurance Companies
On Tuesday, May 28, at the direction of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) requested that the State’s largest insurance companies provide DFS with information regarding their cybersecurity practices. Among other requests, DFS is seeking information on what cybersecurity safeguards those insurance companies have in place, whether […]
Kim Peretti Quoted in The Wall Street Journal
On June 2, 2013, Kim Peretti, co-chair of the firm’s Security Incident Management and Response Team, was quoted in The Wall Street Journal article “Support Grows to let Cybertheft Victims ‘Hack Back.’” A version of this article appeared June 3, 3013, on page B6 in the U.S. Edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the […]