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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> FanDuel and DraftKings Hit with About 40 Class Actions
November 30, 2015
FanDuel Inc. and DraftKings Inc. are facing about 40 class actions claiming that the online daily fantasy sport sites fraudulently enticed customers into participating in illegal gambling.
<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Cartoon Network Not Liable for Using Video Gamer's Likeness
November 30, 2015
A federal judge in Trenton has dismissed a suit filed against The Cartoon Network by a video gamer who was parodied on one of the network's programs.
Movers & Shakers
November 29, 2015
A Collection of Moves in the Cybersecurity and Privacy Practice Areas
<b><i>Online Extra</b></i> Anthem Fires Back at Data Breach Suit
November 29, 2015
Anthem Inc., the nation's second largest health insurer, has taken its first swing at narrowing litigation stemming from a major data breach affecting about 80 million customers.
<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Facebook Wins Appeal Over Social Ads
November 02, 2015
Facebook Inc. won an appeal on Oct. 30 over the company's use of minors' names and likenesses in its "social ads" program.
<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Sony Settles Suit Over Hacked Data
November 02, 2015
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. will pay up to $8 million, including $3.5 million in attorney fees, to settle claims tied to the infamous 2014 hacking scandal, according to proposed terms filed last month in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Cyber Attacks Demand Rapid Response, ACC Panel Says
November 02, 2015
Be ready and act fast. That's the advice a panel on cybersecurity attacks at the Association of Corporate Counsel's annual meeting last month told in-house lawyers.
<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> California Leads the Way in Digital Privacy
November 02, 2015
Last month, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a crucial law with groundbreaking implications for privacy, the Internet and free speech. Sacramento's adoption of the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act, also known as CalECPA, makes California the largest state to adopt digital privacy protections including both the content of messages and location data.
<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Millennials Distrust Data Protection Methods Employed By Common Online Services: Study
November 02, 2015
As digital natives, millennials have a major stake in how information is stored and protected by the organizations they share it with. But despite having contributed a vast amount of data to the global ecosystem (in some cases since before they could walk), it turns out that members of Gen Y feel that businesses and government organizations fail to meet their expectations when is comes cybersecurity.
<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Bitcoin Alliance Aims to Boost Reputation of Digital Currency
November 02, 2015
Known around the world as as 'crypto-currency,' Bitcoin officially has a justice group behind it that hopes to turn around the digital currency's conflicted reputation in the market ' and ultimately ward off criminals from making off with digital ransom.

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