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In October 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit adopted a broad interpretation of the term 'consumer' under the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), significantly expanding potential [...]

Duane Morris Takeaways: On October 15, 2024, in Salazar v. NBA, 2024 WL 4487971 (2d Cir. Oct. 15, 2024), a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the [...]

Previously recognized as a creative response by New Jersey's state legislature to a tragic incident, Daniel's Law has suddenly emerged as a catalyst for privacy litigation. Since February, plaintiffs have [...]

This blog has been cross-posted on the Consumer Class Defense site. Anyone following trends in consumer class action litigation will know that consumer privacy was a primary focus of the [...]

This year has seen a tremendous spike in the number of cases alleging violations of the Video Privacy Protection Act ('VPPA'), 18 U.S.C. § 2710, a statute enacted in 1988 [...]

While 'Video Killed the Radio Star,'1 class action suits under the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) of 1988 are enjoying a revival. The ever-creative class action plaintiffs' bar has seized [...]

Blockbuster Video may be extinct, but an obscure law designed to protect the privacy of video-tape renters is very much alive-the Video Privacy Protection Act ('VPPA'), 18 U.S.C. § 2710, [...]

Over the past year, there has been a growing number of lawsuits, including class actions, filed against website operators in various states (including California, Florida, Illinois, and Pennsylvania) for violations [...]

Perhaps you are old enough to recall when consumers used to have to go to video stores like Blockbuster Video to rent a movie. And perhaps you recall the excitement [...]

A flurry of recent cases shows that if your company operates websites that track consumers' visits using session-replay software or integrates third-party software to facilitate customer-service chats, you're a potential [...]

On September 19, 2022, a Massachusetts federal District Court denied Boston Globe Media Partners LLC's motion to dismiss a consumer class action suit against it. This case is one of [...]

On September 19, 2022, a Massachusetts District Court denied Boston Globe Media Partners LLC's (the Globe) motion to dismiss a class action suit brought against it in what could be [...]

The decades-old Video Privacy Protection Act , 18 U.S.C. s. 2710 etseq. (VPPA), is at the heart of an emerging trend in privacy litigation aimed at media companies that own [...]

Tale of the tape. Remember the 1980s? Back then, watching a movie on demand meant visiting your local video store and renting the video tape version of the film that [...]

On Monday, April 28, 2014, the Northern District of California in In Re: Hulu Privacy Litigation, No. 3:11-cv-03764-LB (M.J. Laurel Beeler), issued a summary judgment opinion under the Video Privacy [...]

Heard on the Hill Congress Updates the Video Privacy Protection Act On January 10, 2013, President Obama signed the Video Privacy Protection Act Amendments of 2012 (P.L. 112-258) (the 'VPPA [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the office of Virginia Rep. Bob Goodlatte: Congressman Bob Goodlatte, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after H.R. [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the office of Virginia Rep. Bob Goodlatte: Congressman Bob Goodlatte released the following statement regarding passage of H.R. 6671 in the House [...]

Edited by Stuart P. Ingis and Michael A. Signorelli Additional Contributors: Emilio W. Cividanes, Tara Sugiyama Potashnik, Julia Kernochan Tama and Kelly A. DeMarchis On December 6, 2011, the House [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the office of Virginia Rep. Bob Goodlatte: The House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation introduced by Congressman Bob Goodlatte, Chairman of the [...]