Your Television Is Watching. The Lawsuits Are About Where That Data Goes
Smart TVs fingerprint what you watch and sell it. Two makers settled with Texas; the China-linked ones are fighting. Inside the ACR wave and the VPPA question.
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Insights and analysis on emerging litigation trends, class actions, and legal intelligence.
Why the Defense That Beat Facebook May Not Save AI Voice Cloning
For years, the winning move against biometric privacy suits was to argue the data could not identify anyone. Against a 2026 wave of lawsuits over voices scraped to train AI, that argument runs backwards, because identifying a specific person is the entire point of a voice clone.
The Growing Fight Over Home Equity Investments Disguised as Loans
Home equity investment contracts hand owners cash today for a slice of their home's future value, and insist in bold capitals that they are not debt. In 2026 that claim became a litigation front running across at least six states, two attorneys general, and the first statute written to govern the product.
Washington's CEMA: How Misleading Email Subject Lines Became Class Actions
A 5-4 Washington ruling turned false-urgency email subject lines into $500-per-email class actions. Inside Brown v. Old Navy, CAN-SPAM, and the HB 2274 rollback.
How AI Turned the Human Voice Into a Biometric Privacy Lawsuit
A dozen new class actions say meeting notetakers, voice assistants, and call centers are building voiceprints without consent. A 2008 Illinois law gives them teeth. A run of recent rulings is deciding how sharp. Inside the BIPA wave, and where it's headed.
Cash Sweep Lawsuits: What Survives After the 2026 Ruling
The SEC retreated and courts cut the early claims. Track which cash sweep theories survived, which firms are exposed, and where the next filings land.
Is a Database a Directory? Two Dozen Class Actions Depend on the Answer.
Colorado's PTFA listing provision sat unused for 20 years. Now it's behind a data-broker class action wave, and every case rests on a single contested count.
The Data Center Runs All Night. Now the Neighbors Are Suing.
Residents are fighting neighboring AI data centers with nuisance law, over noise, air, and water. Inside the xAI, Microsoft, and Amazon cases, and why they're spreading.
The Map They Drew Themselves: Inside the Nest and Ring Bystander Facial-Recognition Class Actions
Google and Amazon disabled doorbell face scanning in a few states and left it on everywhere else. New suits argue that map is the case. Here's the theory.
When the Shortage Is the Strategy: The DRAM Price-Fixing Case Against Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron
A new class action says the AI-driven DRAM shortage is partly a cartel: Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron accused of using the HBM boom as cover to fix prices.
It's Not the Training, It's the Torrenting: How Strike 3 v. Meta Reframes AI Copyright Liability
For two years, AI developers have won copyright fights on fair use. A new Meta ruling points the litigation somewhere they can't defend as easily: not how the data was used, but how it was pirated. Why Strike 3 v. Meta is a roadmap for every AI copyright case already on file.
Up the Supply Chain: Motorola's License-Plate Class Action and the Turn Toward ALPR Operators
Two California drivers sued Motorola over its license-plate network. Inside Rojas v. Motorola, the SB 34 operator theory, and why ALPR vendors are next.
How Price Parity Clauses Became the Common Thread in Antitrust Cases Against Amazon, Steam, and Now Microsoft
One contract clause now sits at the center of antitrust cases against Amazon, Steam, and Microsoft. Here's why price-parity provisions (MFN clauses) became a billion-dollar liability, and where the theory is still untested.
The Courthouse Backstop: Data-Center Water Pollution and Amazon's $20.5M Nitrate Settlement
Amazon's $20.5M nitrate deal is the first Big Tech data-center water settlement, and a template. Why data center litigation is replacing regulation, and who's exposed next.
How the Tuition-Refund Playbook Became a Campus Meal-Plan Gift Card Class Action Wave
Plaintiffs' firms now call campus meal swipes "gift cards." Inside the Yale and Rutgers suits, the gift-card-act theory, and which schools face exposure.
The Billion-Dollar Surveillance Wave: How Flock Safety's License Plate Readers Are Triggering a Class Action Explosion in California
Multiple class actions filed, investigations are active, and billions in potential damages. California's ALPR privacy law is fueling a litigation wave against businesses using Flock Safety cameras, and it's just getting started.
Prediction Markets Lawsuits: Why Kalshi, Polymarket, and Crypto.com Are Facing Gambling Claims
States are challenging prediction markets under gambling laws. A legal analysis of lawsuits against Kalshi, Polymarket, and Crypto.com over sports event contracts.
Robinson Patman Act Risk Is Reemerging in Supplier Pricing Practices
Preferential pricing and supplier retailer relationships are drawing renewed Robinson Patman scrutiny. This analysis explains why older pricing practices are reappearing as litigation risk and what it signals for consumer brands.
Voluntary Benefits ERISA Litigation Risk and Fiduciary Exposure
Recent ERISA class actions targeting voluntary benefits signal a shift in fiduciary litigation strategy. This analysis explains why employee paid benefits and consultant compensation are becoming focal points of new ERISA exposure.
When AI Customer Data Training Becomes a Consent Problem
Khan v. Figma highlights how generative AI training on customer data without clear consent is creating new litigation risk under contract, privacy, and trade secret law.
Mortgage Steering Risk in Digital Real Estate Platforms: Understanding RESPA Liability Through Platform Design
How platform design and lead allocation can create RESPA mortgage steering liability, using Armstrong v. Zillow to explain emerging risk for real estate and fintech platforms.
Bulk Sensitive Data Rule: Litigation Risks for Ad Tech, Consumer Apps, and Beyond
DOJ’s Bulk Sensitive Data Rule limits cross-border transfers to China, Russia, and others. Explore litigation risks for ad tech, apps, brokers, genomics, and finance.
Kratom Safety Crisis: Inside the Growing Wave of Lawsuits
Kratom lawsuits and looming FDA and DEA actions threaten manufacturers, retailers, and online platforms; uncover key litigation risks and defense strategies.
Right of Publicity Litigation: Identity, Data Platforms, and Emerging Legal Risk
Discover how right-of-publicity lawsuits are expanding beyond celebrities to target data platforms like ZoomInfo and Avvo for monetizing personal identities without consent. Learn key legal trends, state laws, and litigation risks.
Video Game Addiction Lawsuits: The Next Mass Tort Frontier
Explore the emerging wave of video game addiction lawsuits, the next major frontier in mass tort litigation. Learn about potential legal theories, recent landmark cases, and challenges facing litigators navigating behavioral design and psychological harms linked to gaming addiction.
Emerging Theories of Liability in the Age of AI: A New Frontier for Litigation
Discover emerging legal theories of AI liability, including biometric privacy, consumer protection pitfalls, workplace discrimination, education fairness, and financial transparency. Learn how companies can proactively navigate these critical litigation risks.
Dark Patterns in Gaming: Lawsuits Target Manipulative Monetization Tactics
Explore how dark patterns in games and manipulative design tactics like loot boxes and hard-to-cancel subscriptions are facing growing legal challenges. Discover key lawsuits reshaping consumer protection and gaming industry practices.
Emerging Privacy Litigation Risks: Mobile SDKs Under Legal Scrutiny
Emerging privacy litigation targets mobile SDKs for unauthorized data collection. Learn how lawsuits against Amazon, Meta, Twilio, and others are shaping the legal landscape. Stay ahead with insights on compliance, consent, and regulatory risks in SDK-related privacy claims.
Why Are Egg Producers Under DOJ Scrutiny? A Price Fixing Crisis
Egg producers face DOJ antitrust scrutiny amid record-high prices. Discover how alleged price fixing, industry risks, and market manipulation could reshape future litigation.
PBM Litigation Update: Inside the Growing Antitrust Battle
Uncover the antitrust battle against PBMs amid soaring insulin prices. Explore key legal challenges, regulatory actions, and emerging litigation trends reshaping drug pricing.
Made in USA Lawsuits Surge in 2025: FTC Enforcement and Class Actions Target False Labeling
Major brands face lawsuits and record FTC penalties in 2025 over false "Made in USA" claims. Learn the latest legal standards, high-profile cases, and how patriotic imagery creates liability risks.