Privacy & Cybersecurity

Data privacy litigation is one of the fastest-growing litigation trends facing corporate America. The Litigation Center participates in many cases in this area, including by working to curb class-action abuses arising in the technology, privacy, and cybersecurity contexts.

Recent Activity

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Gonzalez v. Google LLC

January 19, 2023

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Supreme Court to hold that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act protects websites from liability for, without more, arranging third-party content in...

Jones v. Google, LLC

December 28, 2022

Ninth Circuit holds that the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act does not preempt plaintiffs’ state-law claims. The U.S. Chamber filed an amicus brief opposing this result.

Walton v. Roosevelt University

November 17, 2022

U.S. Chamber submits coalition amicus brief urging Illinois Supreme Court to hold that the Labor Management Relations Act preempts certain Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act claims that...

Construction Laborers Pension Trust Southern CA v. Marriott International, Inc.

April 21, 2022

Fourth Circuit affirms district court’s dismissal of complaint alleging violations of federal securities laws by supposed omission of material information about data vulnerabilities in company’s...

Alphabet Inc. v. Rhode Island

March 7, 2022

U.S. Supreme Court denies cert in case involving whether “risk factors” disclosure in securities filing must disclose only future risks—not, as in this case, past remedied risks. The U.S. Chamber...

Jones v. Google, LLC

March 4, 2022

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Ninth Circuit to hold that the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act preempts state-law claims.

Cothron v. White Castle System, Inc.

March 3, 2022

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Illinois Supreme Court to reject a “per-scan” accrual rule under the Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act.

Alphabet Inc. v. Rhode Island

November 24, 2021

U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief in support of cert petition, arguing that “risk factors” disclosed in a securities filing must disclose only future risks – not, as in this case, past,...

Steinmetz v. Brinker International, Inc.

November 23, 2021

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Eleventh Circuit to reverse district court’s class certification and hold that neither allegations of the risk of future harm stemming from a data breach nor...

Construction Laborers Pension Trust Southern CA v. Marriott International, Inc.

October 28, 2021

U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Fourth Circuit to affirm district court’s ruling that when a company cautions investors in risk factors about the risk of potential cyberattacks, it does not...