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Litigation hold notices in light of Apple v. Samsung

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 6 2012

On July 25, 2012, in the case of Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., LTD., et al., the Magistrate Judge, Paul S. Grewal, for the Northern District of California, San Jose Division, issued an order granting Apple’s motion for an adverse inference jury instruction based on the court’s finding that Samsung did not suspend its automatic biweekly destruction of emails from its email system, that Samsung failed to issue sufficiently distributed litigation hold notices after it admitted the litigation was “reasonably foreseeable” and failed to follow up on such hold notices, and that Samsung failed to monitor its employees in their preservation efforts, to ensure compliance with the hold notices

Washington court rules that IP addresses are not personally identifiable information

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 10 2009

In a closely-watched case, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington recently held that Internet Protocol (“IP”) addresses do not constitute personally identifiable information (“PII”

New Jersey courts issue conflicting rulings in ZIP code collection cases

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 18 2011

Last month, two New Jersey judges issued opposing decisions in class action lawsuits regarding merchants’ point-of-sale ZIP code collection practices

Minnesota AG sues debt collection agency for health privacy violations

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 24 2012

On January 19, 2012, Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson announced a lawsuit against Accretive Health, Inc., for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and its implementing regulations, the Minnesota Health Records Act, Minnesota’s debt collection statutes and Minnesota’s consumer protection laws

Sixth Circuit finds coverage for losses resulting from retailer's data breach

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 5 2012

The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently held that losses resulting from the theft of customers’ banking information from a retailer’s computer system are covered under a commercial crime policy’s computer fraud endorsement

Appeals court finds employee who auto-forwarded supervisor's emails violated Wiretap Act

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 16 2010

The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has rejected a defendant's argument that the Wiretap Act's prohibition on interception of communications applies only to an acquisition that is contemporaneous with the communication

Massachusetts court ruling benefits plaintiff in zip code case

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 11 2013

On March 11, 2013, in Tyler v. Michaels Stores, Inc., the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court effectively reinstated the suit against the retailer

Sixth Circuit finds coverage for losses resulting from retailer’s data breach

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 4 2012

On August 23, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held in Retailer Ventures, Inc. v. Nat’l Union Fire Ins. Co. that losses resulting from the theft of customers’ banking information from a retailer’s computer system are covered under a commercial crime policy’s computer fraud endorsement

New means of communication: employee text messaging presents unique employment issues

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 22 2009

The Supreme Court last week agreed to decide whether a California police department violated the privacy rights of an employee police officer by reading sexually-explicit text messages on the officer’s employer-issued pager

Swiss court declares transfers of banking data to U.S. authorities illegal

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
  • -
  • Switzerland, USA
  • -
  • January 11 2010

On January 8, 2010, the Swiss Federal Administrative Court ("Bundesverwaltungsgericht") published a decision that declared the transfer of banking data to U.S. law enforcement authorities by the Swiss bank UBS to be illegal

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