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On August 2, 2024, Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker signed legislation reforming Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). Senate Bill 2979 immediately amends BIPA to limit a private entities’ potential liability for collecting or sharing biometric data without consent….By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Several federal financial regulators (the “Agencies”) have approved and published an interagency proposal to establish data standards that promote interoperability of financial regulatory data across these agencies (the “Proposal”)….By: Mayer Brown

As the Web3 and digital assets ecosystem continues to grow, hacks, scams and other threats remain a major cause for concern and a potential impediment to broader adoption. Data from various sources indicates that after a year of relative respite in 2023, crypto threats have increased dramatically in 2024….By: BakerHostetler

The Italian Data Protection Authority has adopted an updated version of a guideline document on email retention that it originally issued in December 2023, but which had been suspended….By: Ius Laboris

This week’s decision in United States v. Google represents a significant victory for the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and various state attorneys general, which successfully argued that Google has exercised anticompetitive practices to maintain its dominant position in the general search market and in the market for text advertising in search (U.S., et al.…

On March 24, 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 837 into law. Also known as the “Civil Remedies” or “Tort Reform” law, HB 837 has changed civil litigation in Florida, including providing a uniform standard for calculating the accurate value of past and future medical expenses in personal injury or wrongful death actions.…

On August 7, 2024, McLaren Health Care posted a website notice after discovering that it was the target of a recent ransomware attack. In this notice, McLaren explains that it is still investigating the incident and hasn’t yet ruled out the possibility of a data breach….By: Console and Associates, P.C.

As an avid fan of the Olympics and someone who is fascinated by the sheer range of ages among the athletes, I was particularly drawn to Andy MacDonald, Team GB’s 51-year-old skateboarding sensation….By: A&O Shearman

KEY TAKEAWAYS – In Cronk v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, the Appellate Court took a very liberal approach in determining what it takes to prove employment is a causative factor. An accidental injury does not need to be the sole causative factor of an injury, nor even the primary causative factor, as long as it…

On August 7, 2024, UnitedHealthcare (“UHC”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Massachusetts after discovering that sensitive information in the company’s possession was subject to unauthorized access. In this notice, UHC explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access consumers’ sensitive information, which includes their…