A two-minute apartment tour may not sound like the kind of video Congress had in mind when it passed the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) in 1988, but that question was at the heart of the recent oral argument in
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Do Automatic License Plate Readers Turn Public Roads into a Surveillance Network?
A panel of judges sitting on the federal Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit appeared skeptical of a challenge to the use of automatic license plate readers by the Illinois state police, questioning whether the cameras’ collection of vehicle…
OpenAI Sued for AI Agent Hacks
Following the hacking incidents of OpenAI agents of Hugging Face, Ruby Gems, and an Australian government website, two suits have been filed against OpenAI.
One suit was filed by not-for-profit Legal Advocates for Safe Science & Technology (LASST), which claimed…
AI Agents Need More Than Curiosity: They Need Our Trust
Consumer AI agents are software tools designed to do more than answer questions. They can break a request into steps, use external tools and apps, and carry out tasks such as comparing products, managing digital workflows, or booking travel. Some…
Privacy Tip #510 – Social Engineering Vishing Campaigns Hitting Health Care Sector
The Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC) recently warned that ShinyHunters is using voice-phishing attacks to target the healthcare sector. “The hackers used medical-themed impersonation domains to trick healthcare employees into exposing their credentials.” More than a dozen organizations…
What We Are Reading: Environmental & Energy Series
By Jon Schaefer
Week of September 21
As September winds down, a familiar theme continues to emerge across the environmental and energy landscape: the challenge of balancing growing energy demand with reliability, affordability, and environmental protection. This week’s developments focused heavily on data…
ShinyHunters Targets FBI
Ransomware gang ShinyHunters boldly attacked the FBI this week, alleging that it hacked into the FBI’s job site, defaced it, then stole sensitive records of employees and applicants, including human resources records of current employees.
The gang alleges that it…
Second Circuit Greenlights Suspicionless Smartphone Searches at Border
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…
Adding AI to Your Business? Don’t Forget the Legal Basics
Chatbots and AI-powered customer service tools are no longer limited to technology companies. Businesses across industries are using AI to answer customer questions, summarize conversations, provide recommendations, and help users complete transactions. These tools can offer real value, but…
Terms of Service Just Got Teeth: Reddit’s Scraping Suit Against Anthropic Survives
By Daniel Lass
Last week, a federal District Court judge largely rejected Anthropic’s demurrer to Reddit’s suit accusing it of improperly gathering user content to train its AI model Claude. Reddit, Inc. v. Anthropic PBC, No. 3:25-cv-05643 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 19, 2026). In…