Page 21 - Wiretap Act News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The latest wrinkle in the ever-changing world of data privacy litigation is the recent surge in state wiretap claims. What began as a trickle over the summer of 2020 has grown into a clear wave as plaintiffs have filed dozens of lawsuits against prominent tech, eCommerce, entertainment, and retail companies under state wiretap laws.  These lawsuits seek statutory damages for the alleged interception of consumers' electronic communications through the defendant's use of various website anal...

Judge suppresses evidence from wiretap in murder case, ruling OR’s wiretap law violates federal Wiretap Act Updated 6:38 PM; Today 6:23 PM The ruling came in a pending Hillsboro murder case. Prosecutors say Langston Amani Harris, 23, robbed and killed Jose Raul Boyzo-Hernandez, 22, after Boyzo-Hernandez had arranged by phone to have a prostitute come to his apartment on Sept. 20, 2017. Dreamstime/TNS)Dreamstime/TNS Facebook Share A Washington County judge last week threw out evidence from a wiretap in a pending murder case, finding that Oregon’s law allowing a deputy district attorney -...

[co-author: Conner Porterfield]* In the recent decision of Commonwealth v. Mason, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that a nanny did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy while working inside the home of her employer. Thus, the employer’s decision to video and audio record her in their home was not a violation of the Pennsylvania Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act (Wiretap Act). This decision reversed both the trial court and PA Superior Court’s holding that the nanny enjoyed a reasonable expectation that her verbal communications were not subject to recording...

On March 30, 2021, the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in  Transunion LLC v. Ramirez, No. 20-297, a case that could have far-reaching implications on absent class member standing, particularly where the injuries of these absent class members would be impossible or difficult to establish.  The Court agreed to address whether Article III or Rule 23 permits a damages class action where the vast majority of the class suffered no actual injury, let alone an injury like what the class representative suffered. The Court’s analysis will no doubt build on the precedent established ...

Judge Lucy Koh allows legal challenge to move forward Share Copy Netizens who say Google continued to track them around the web even when using Chrome's incognito mode can proceed with their privacy lawsuit against the internet giant, a judge has ruled. The decision by Judge Lucy Koh, based in a San Jose federal district court just down the road from Google HQ, once again sees the internet titan and its data-snaffling policies under the microscope. Specifically, the judge denied Google’s motion to dismiss the class-action-seeking lawsuit, stating: “The court concludes that Google ...