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Google to pay $68M to settle assistant privacy lawsuit
Google agreed to pay $68 million to settle a class action alleging its voice assistant illegally recorded private conversations and violated user privacy.
Judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit seeking California voter data
A federal judge dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit seeking California voter rolls, ruling the request violated privacy laws and could chill voter participation.
En banc 4th Circuit punts on legality of geofencing
On a rehearing en banc, the 4th Circuit upheld the denial of a motion to suppress evidence obtained from Google via a geofence warrant.
License plate surveillance camera regulations receive Youngkin’s endorsement
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed a law restricting automated license plate reader use by police, mandating data deletion after 21 days and limiting surveillance to specific cases.
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice – Death from cancer followed stomach pain misdiagnosis
- Workers’ Compensation – Seasonal worker paralyzed in tobacco baler accident
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with doctor in suit over rescue surgery
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Unicycle rider dies after being hit by car
- Premises Liability – Delivery driver injured by porch decking collapse
- Premises Liability – Fall down stairs at resort results in injuries, death
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with doctor in suit over rescue surgery
- Workers’ Compensation- Seasonal worker paralyzed in tobacco baler accident
- Medical Malpractice- Death from cancer followed stomach pain misdiagnosis
- Workers’ Compensation – Struck in face by forklift, woman suffers brain injury
- Negligence and Tort – Group home resident falls, sustaining femur fracture
Opinion Digests
- Negligence – Neighbors ordered to pay $300,000 for boundary wall collapse
- Fraud – Court vacates fraud judgment against home sellers
- Employment – Former employee’s claims against ODU are narrowed
- Civil Rights – Civil rights suit was filed too late
- Criminal – Woman dodges disorderly conduct conviction
- Zoning – Disgruntled resident’s suit against County zoning officials is dismissed
- Criminal – Trial court lost jurisdiction to act on defendant’s motion
- Civil Procedure – Court seals briefs and exhibits
- Freedom of Information – UVA appropriately withheld documents under ‘working papers’ exemption
- Contract – Sprint sued for terminating contract in bad faith
- Bankruptcy – Purchaser of assets dodges bankrupt predecessor’s alleged liability
- Landlord and tenant – Commercial landlord’s suit against tenant is dismissed
