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  1. July 30, 2018

    5 Cybersecurity And Privacy Cases To Watch: Midyear Report

    The rest of 2018 could bring action on a slew of lingering privacy and cybersecurity disputes, including the legal fallout from Equifax's massive data breach, tests to the scope of Illinois' unique biometric privacy law, and challenges to the way tech giants have sought user consent under the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation. Here, Law360 takes a look at five cases cybersecurity and privacy attorneys should keep an eye on in the coming months.

  2. July 17, 2018

    State AGs, ABA Press High Court Over Google Privacy Deal

    A dispute before the U.S. Supreme Court over the fairness of an $8.5 million privacy settlement that requires Google to pay millions to third parties and nothing to class members is attracting a crush of outside input, with the federal government, state attorneys general, the American Bar Association and musicians among those speaking up. 

  3. July 10, 2018

    Google Privacy Deal Is 'Clear Abuse,' High Court Told

    Challengers to an $8.5 million settlement resolving claims that Google shared user search histories urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the deal, saying the agreement — which provides millions to class counsel and the rest to third parties, including organizations tied to class counsel and the tech giant — is "clear abuse."

  4. April 30, 2018

    Google Privacy Case To Test Limits Of Novel Settlements

    The U.S. Supreme Court's decision Monday to review a settlement in which Google agreed to pay millions to third-party privacy nonprofits and nothing to users who accused the tech giant of illegally sharing their search histories with advertisers could upend the way in which such cases — where damages are tricky to quantify — are negotiated, lawyers say.

  5. April 30, 2018

    High Court To Review $8.5M Google Privacy Deal

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review a challenge questioning the fairness of an $8.5 million class settlement in which class members — Google users who said the tech giant shared their search histories — wouldn't receive a cut of the money despite the prospect of their attorneys making millions in fees.

  6. March 12, 2018

    Google, Users Urge High Court Not To Review Privacy Deal

    Google and several users told the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday that it needn't review a privacy case wherein class members stand to receive none of an $8.5 million settlement, saying the cy pres deal is appropriate because divvying up the fund among the class isn't feasible.

  7. February 08, 2018

    State AGs Urge High Court To Review Google Privacy Deal

    Attorneys general from Arizona, Texas and more than a dozen other states on Wednesday backed a class action fairness group's bid to convince the U.S. Supreme Court to review a privacy case involving Google where class members stand to receive none of the $8.5 million settlement, arguing that such cy pres pacts hurt consumers.

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