As reported by our sister blog, ADR: Advice from the Trenches, a federal district court in New York held that an arbitrator could not certify a "class" that included non-appearing members.

Last month, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a pivotal decision in Microsoft v. Motorola regarding the licensing of standard essential patents on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms.

Nice profile piece featuring Narges Kakalia and her experiences as a litigator and her passion for driving change as our Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

The post focuses on establishing company guidelines for online behavior and networking.

We are pleased to present our latest edition of Telephone and Texting Compliance News, providing insights and news related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)

My colleague Tyrone Thomas was quoted in The New York Times article entitled, In 11 Missing Words, Some See Shift in NCAA Case Against UNC, in which he addresses the potential impact of the NCAA allegations...

Uber failed consumers in two key ways: First by misrepresenting the extent to which it monitored its employees' access to personal information about users and drivers...

Our sister Privacy & Cybersecurity blog discusses a recent Illinois Supreme Court ruling on the collection of Biometric Data.

In our sister blog, Privacy and Security Matters, Cynthia Larose and Brian Lam discuss a new California privacy law passed on June 28, 2018 ...

Legislation is starting to move off California Governor Gavin Newsom's desk. As we reported in our summary of privacy laws passed out of the 2021 California legislature...

It’s been a while coming, but a mandatory privacy training rule for federal contractors could make it in the Federal Register by the end of the year.

We previously reported here that CNA filed a lawsuit against its insured Cottage Health System seeking reimbursement of amounts that it previously paid under Cottage's cyber liability insurance policy.

Employers could have significant liability for failure to provide notice to employees and/or state regulators.

Sources informed the Wall Street Journal that a definitive MasterCard settlement could be announced as soon as this week.

In less than 10 days, the European Union will begin enforcing its General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which will apply to any company that collects, processes, or uses EU-origin...

Kudos to Shirley Leung of The Boston Globe for concisely recounting the past 15 years of Boston waterfront planning, where it has and hasn't gotten us...

Integrating Diversity In Client Relationships

At a Boston College cybersecurity conference sponsored by Mintz, FBI Director Christopher Wray said that agents this summer thwarted a planned attack on Boston Children's Hospital.

As we previously reported, on September 19, 2025, the California legislature sent SB 7, the "No Robo Bosses Act" to Governor Newsom for signature. On October 13, 2025, Governor Newsom vetoed the Act, explaining in a press...

There is a glut of information out there regarding privacy and cybersecurity these days.