The American Federation of Government Employees and others argued Monday that charges against the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for improperly accessing sensitive information at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) remains “a live controversy” and shouldn't be dropped.
The Maryland/DC Alliance for Retired Americans (ARA) on Thursday asked a federal court for permission to intervene as a defendant in a legal battle between Maryland and DOJ over whether the state will be forced to turn over sensitive voter registration data to the federal government. Also on Thursday, the Vermont ARA chapter asked to join the case DOJ has brought against its state.
A federal court’s recent decision to move a California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) claim to a court in Minnesota demonstrates that forum-selection clauses can act as a useful defense under the statute, Troutman Amin’s Blake Landis said in a blog post Thursday.
As tools that collect biometrics and biometric information have become a focus for plaintiffs’ bars in recent years, there were many developments around Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) in 2025, Squire Patton lawyers wrote in a post Thursday.
A California court Wednesday vacated oral argument in a case against Tesla that sought to prove the carmaker unlawfully used tracking technologies on its website (see 2512100056). The case will continue.
A retiree group, a union and two individuals moved to intervene in DOJ's challenge of Rhode Island for failing to submit sensitive voter data to the federal government. The motion came the same day as the American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Rhode Island also asked to be added as defendants (see 2512090055).
Voter mobilization group Common Power requested Wednesday that a court allow it to join Washington as the state battles DOJ's challenge of its refusal to submit sensitive voter data to the federal government.
Florida and a bipartisan coalition of 32 states and the District of Columbia supported an Arkansas social media law in an amicus brief Wednesday. They claimed a “district court erred in permanently enjoining … the Social Media Safety Act” (see 2504010044).
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Computer and Communications Industry Association's (CCIA) request to expedite a case challenging a Florida law banning young kids from social media. The ruling Thursday also granted the attorney general's request to withdraw its pending motion to expedite oral argument.
Oral argument in NetChoice v. Fitch (docket 25-60348) has been tentatively scheduled for the week of Feb. 2 at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.