On September 30, 2026, a New York federal judge denied Major League Baseball’s digital-ticketing arm, MLB Advanced Media, L.P. (MLBAM), a chance to send to arbitration most claims over tickets that disappeared from the MLB Ballpark app after a cyberattack. Lanham v. MLB Advanced Media, L.P., No. 25-cv-7780 (AS), slip op. at 6–8 (S.D.N.Y.
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Second Circuit Greenlights Suspicionless Smartphone Searches at Border
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Posted in Enforcement + Litigation
This post was authored by Business Litigation group partner Eric Del Pozo.
In United States v. Alisigwe, No. 24-960 (2d Cir. Sept. 17, 2026), a divided Second Circuit held that border agents may conduct searches of international travelers’ cellphones without a judicial warrant, reasonable suspicion of criminal activity, or any individualized justification. This…
New Investigative Sweep Under the CCPA: Individualized Pricing as a Privacy Problem
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Data Privacy
States are weighing in on whether grocery stores, hotel chains, and retailers should be using personal consumer information such as “browsing history” and “location data” to decide what price you see, when someone else might see something different. Pioneering this inquiry is California, approaching this individualized pricing as a potential privacy problem. At the end…
Lawmakers Warn Governors About Sharing Drivers’ Data with Federal Government
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Cybersecurity
A group of 40 Democratic lawmakers have sent a letter to 19 state governors warning that they may be “inadvertently sharing drivers’ data with federal immigration authorities.”
According to the letter, the states “are providing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies ‘with frictionless, self-service access to the personal data of all of…
TikTok’s Motion to Dismiss Denied by NY State Court
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Enforcement + Litigation
New York Attorney General Letitia James and 13 other Attorneys General filed suit in October 2024 against TikTok “for misleading the public about the safety of its platform and harming young people’s mental health.” TikTok moved to dismiss the case and, on May 28, 2025, New York Supreme Court Judge Anar Rathod Patel denied the…
AI Service Provider Faces Class Actions Over Catholic Health Data Breach
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Artificial Intelligence
AI service provider Serviceaide Inc. faces two proposed class action lawsuits from a data breach tied to Catholic Health System Inc., a nonprofit hospital network in Buffalo, New York. The breach reportedly exposed the personal information of over 480,000 individuals, including patients and employees.
Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of…
Todd Snyder Fined for Technical CCPA Violations
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Data Privacy
The California Consumer Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) Board issued a stipulated final order against Todd Snyder, Inc., a clothing retailer based in New York, requiring the company to pay a $345,178 fine and update its privacy program to settle allegations that it violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Specifically, Todd Snyder must update its methods…
Texas AG Investigates DeepSeek + List of Banned Countries Expands
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Artificial Intelligence
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on February 14, 2024, that his office has opened an investigation into DeepSeek’s privacy practices. DeepSeek, an artificial intelligence company with ties to the People’s Republic of China, has been banned on state owned devices in Texas, New York, and Virginia. The Pentagon, NASA, and the U.S. Navy…
Three States Ban DeepSeek Use on State Devices and Networks
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Artificial Intelligence
New York, Texas, and Virginia are the first states to ban DeepSeek, the Chinese-owned generative artificial intelligence (AI) application, on state-owned devices and networks.
Texas was first to tackle the problem when it banned state employees from using both DeepSeek and RedNote on January 31, 2025. The Texas ban includes other apps affiliated with the…
TikTok’s Legal Woes from State AGs Continues
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Enforcement + Litigation
Last week, we outlined the lawsuits against TikTok by New York, California, and North Carolina, that followed in the footsteps of Nebraska, Nevada (which filed suit against TikTok in February of 2024), and Indiana, which filed suit against TikTok in 2022. Since last week, at least 11 more states have joined the fray, including…