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If youre considering bringing a lawsuit, or if youve been sued by someone else, you may come across a lot of unfamiliar terms and concepts. A section of the Lawyers and the Legal Process Center in the Justia Legal Guides tries to make lawsuits and the court process more accessible to the average person. Whats a Statute of Limitations?
Federallaw provides for a narrow exception, though, if a debtor can show that this would cause an undue hardship to the debtor and their dependents. A class action is a type of lawsuit in which many consumers (or other types of plaintiffs) can pursue compensation from the same defendant after suffering the same or similar harm.
They can bring a civil lawsuit against whoever was responsible for the improper practice, seeking the damages that they sustained as a result. Over the last several years, some states have enacted data privacy laws that govern how businesses collect, store, and use the personal information of consumers.
His lawsuit against Facebook was dashed by Section 230 in the district court. Fyk’s alleged injury has no connection whatsoever to any conduct by the United States, the only defendant in this lawsuit. Personnel note: Fyk’s attorney was Jeffrey L. Fyk’s lawsuit does not accurately describe Section 230.”]
Data brokers must register with the California Attorney General, pay a registration fee, and provide relevant information about their activities. DELETE transfers the functions of the Attorney General to the California Privacy Protection Agency (hereinafter – CPPA). How do brokers register?
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To hackers and criminals, law firms are remarkably interesting. Valuable information—like trade secrets, intellectual property, merger and acquisition details, personally identifiable information (PII), and confidential attorney-client-privileged data —attracts the ill-intentioned to your firm.
The BTLJ Podcast team sits down with ACLU Senior Staff Attorney Matt Cagle to discuss the use of automated license plate readers (ALPRs) by police departments and other law enforcement entities. Podcast Transcript: [Tiffaney] 0:12 You’re listening to the Berkeley Technology Law Journal Podcast. I’m Tiffaney Boyd.
This article briefly addresses this problem, summarizes current local, state, and federallaws enacted or proposed to curtail it, and proposes two solutions for modern employers itching to implement AI-assisted employee management tools but dreading employment litigation. Code § 3-717 (2020). [20] 7, 2019), [link] [21] J.
federal statutes are: The Sherman Antitrust Act (1890): Prohibits conspiracies or combinations in restraint of trade and prohibits monopolization. The Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (1976): Gives Attorneys General the right to bring antitrust suits on behalf of U.S.
The Personal Injury center contains a 50-state survey on wrongful death lawsuits , which are claims based on a death caused by the fault of someone else. The Medical Malpractice center contains a 50-state survey on substantive and procedural requirements for lawsuits against healthcare providers.
This post covers two more rulings this week involving anti-TikTok efforts: Montana’s TikTok ban and Indiana’s consumer protection lawsuit against TikTok. The state pretextually claimed this was an attempt to prevent China from siphoning off American private data, but the law was not a privacy initiative at all.
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