"While lucrative for the companies, these surveillance practices can endanger people's privacy, threaten their freedoms, and expose them to a host of harms, from identify theft to stalking," FTC Chair Lina Khan said.
Aaron Alter was Hawaiian Airlines' outside counsel for years before becoming its legal chief in 2015.
"Our philosophy is that privacy policies and data security are just part of what I would term 'good security hygiene,' at this point, for companies. I think that they need to take a hard look at their privacy policies on a regular basis," said Piper.
Fenwick & West partner Catherine D. Kevane has entered an appearance for Gritstone Bio in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The action, filed Aug. 26 in California Northern District Court by the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Kenneth Granville, accuses certain officers and directors of misrepresenting the company's ability to obtain external funding in connection with its COVID-19 vaccine candidate study as well as the timeframe to its launch. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, is 3:24-cv-06018, Granville v. Allen et al.
Balch & Bingham partners Leo E. Manuel and Matt W. McDade have stepped in to represent seafood restaurant Mary Mahoney’s d/b/a Mary Mahoney’s Old French House and Anthony C. Cvitanovich in a pending civil RICO class action. The court action was filed Aug. 2 in Mississippi Southern District Court by Gill, Ladner & Priest; the Dumas Law Firm; and Abdalla Law. The suit accuses the defendants of conspiring to defraud thousands of consumers by selling them high-priced locally sourced premium fish despite serving cheap frozen foreign fish instead. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Taylor B. McNeel, is 1:24-cv-00241, McCain v. Mary Mahoney's, Inc. et al.
Jounice Nealy-Brown and Beatriz M. Miranda of Gunster have stepped in to represent Adams Air & Hydraulics in a pending lawsuit alleging employment discrimination under the ADA. The case was filed Aug. 2 in Florida Middle District Court by the Law Office of Keith M. Stern on behalf of an account manager who claims the defendant reduced his role and ultimately terminated him because his disability. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven, is 8:24-cv-01827, Franks v. Adams Air & Hydraulics, Inc.
Patrick C. Lannen and Cloie Chidiac of Plunkett Cooney have entered appearances for Lodige USA in a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The action, seeking $264,716 for under payment of applicable wages, was filed on Aug. 2 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hubbard Snitchler & Parzianello on behalf of Crystal Employment Services. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Mark A. Goldsmith, is 2:24-cv-12021, Crystal Employment Services LLC v. Lodige USA, Inc.
Winston & Strawn partners Daniel Blouin, Thomas Weber, Marilyn G. Moran of FordHarrison and John M. ‘Jay’ Brennan of GrayRobinson have entered appearances for United Network for Organ Sharing and Adventist Health System Sunbelt Healthcare Corp., respectively, in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint, filed on Aug. 2 in Florida Middle District Court by the Ferraro Law Firm and Ellis George LLP on behalf of Cortez Fields, accuses the defendants of using a race-based coefficient to artificially increase the observed kidney function for Black kidney disease patients. According to the suit, Fields was disproportionately affected and suffered a delay in being placed on a kidney transplant waitlist. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Julie S. Sneed, is 6:24-cv-01434, Fields v. United Network for Organ Sharing et al.
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