Privacy and Surveillance
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A group of Muslim immigrants who said they were placed on the no-fly list for refusing to work as government informants won a victory Thursday at the Second Circuit, when all but three judges agreed not to reconsider an appeal panel’s earlier decision to send the case back to district court… Read this piece in
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The Wendy’s Co. has promised to dish out $50 million to settle a proposed class action brought by a group of financial institutions over a 2016 payment card data breach, according to documents filed Wednesday in Pennsylvania federal court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A suit alleging mobile advertising company Kiip Inc. spied on users of a smartphone running application is taking a second lap, this time in Illinois state court, after a pair of app users on Friday rebooted a proposed class action that was largely thrown out by a federal judge last year… Read this piece in
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A proposed class of Walmart Inc. employees sued the retail giant on Monday in Illinois state court, alleging that the company illegally collected their fingerprints without consent, days after the state’s Supreme Court ruled plaintiffs don’t need to allege actual harm to mount such suits… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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On 14 July 2014, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto signed into law a new set of telecommunications reforms. While the legislation takes important steps forward in a number of areas, some activists and non-governmental organizations are expressing concern over certain provisions… Read this piece in its entirety at Southern Pulse.
Mike LaSusa 