Anthony E. Diresta and Madeline Fenton of Holland & Knight have stepped in to defend Rite Aid in a pending lawsuit. The suit was filed Dec. 19 in Pennsylvania Eastern District Court by the Federal Trade Commission. The court action contends that Rite Aid failed to take reasonable measures to protect consumers from its use of facial recognition technology to prevent shoplifting. According to the complaint, Rite Aid failed to assess the technology’s accuracy before and after deployment, failed to enforce image quality standards that were necessary for the technology to function accurately, and failed to train its employees charged with operating the technology. Kirkland & Ellis is also representing Rite Aid. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Kelley Brisbon Hodge, is 2:23-cv-05023, Federal Trade Commission v. Rite Aid Corporation et al.
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February 02, 2024, 7:32 PM