It’s the economy, stupid! TCPA as jobs killer? *

USA - May 1 2013
With America's unemployment rate hovering around 8 percent, the last thing this country needs is a statute that kills jobs. But is that what the TCPA…

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OCR issues de-identification guidelines for HIPAA privacy rule compliance *

USA - November 30 2012
The growing adoption of health information technologies in the United States quickens their potential to enable beneficial studies that combine large, complex data sets from various sources.

Co-authors: Julie A. Roth, Blaine Kimrey, Stacy N. Harper, Tedrick A. Housh, III , Donn H. Herring.

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Is that the way the cookie crumbles? Allegations of circumvention of cookie opt-out embroil Google *

USA - February 23 2012
On February 16, 2012, The Wall Street Journal reported Google was bypassing the default privacy setting in Apple’s Safari Internet browser.

Co-authors: Bryan Clark, Jeffery S. Davis, Blaine Kimrey.

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Seventh Circuit: offer of full relief still moots plaintiff’s claim – even in a class action *

USA - December 9 2011
In its recent decision in Damasco v. Clearwire Corporation, Case No. 10-3934, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed that a class representative cannot continue with class claims after receiving an offer of full relief.

Co-authors: Bryan Clark, Jeffery S. Davis, Blaine Kimrey.

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Moot point: Ninth Circuit rules rejected offer of judgment to class representative does not moot class claims *

USA - August 19 2011
In its recent decision in Pitts v. Terrible Herbst, Inc., 2011 WL 3449437 (9th Cir. Aug. 9, 2011), the Ninth Circuit faced the issue of whether a rejected offer of judgment for the full amount of a putative class representative’s individual claim moots a class action complaint where the offer precedes the filing of a motion for class certification.

Co-authors: Bryan Clark, Blaine Kimrey.

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