Breaking developments in recording laws, privacy legislation, digital rights, and legal technology.
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Florida's attorney general sued Netflix on September 9, 2026, alleging it sold data from known children without consent. What section 501.715 actually requires.
Florida's Second DCA reversed an order barring release of police records, holding courts cannot create Public Records Act exemptions the Legislature never wrote.
Montana's Supreme Court reversed summary judgment in a Big Sky estate and LLC dispute, holding a public filing alone does not fix when a fraud claim accrued.
Quitno v. Gilson (Sept. 8, 2026): an Illinois appellate court held a stalking no contact order petition is not the same cause of action as a later civil suit.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed dismissal of the Club Q plaintiffs' Section 1983 and CPLA claims on Sept. 9, 2026, and held the CPLA bars separate negligence claims.
SI 2026/954 takes UK employment tribunal time limits from three to six months on 1 October 2026. The three-month limit still governs earlier relevant dates.
California appeals court, Sept. 8, 2026: a family court cannot skip the section 3044 domestic violence presumption because another judge found it rebutted.
France's CNIL published a EUR 300,000 fine against EXTIA on September 9, 2026 over mishandled GDPR erasure requests. What Articles 12 and 17 actually require.
The Federal Circuit held on September 8, 2026 in Brack v. Collins that a veteran in the VA's Direct Review appeal lane cannot demand 90 days to submit argument.
Illinois appeals court vacated a Chicago eviction judgment: the landlord proved neither which notice law governed his 120-day notice nor when the tenancy ended.
An Illinois appeals court reversed a Cook County order of protection and its $2,290.97 award on September 8, 2026, over two missing statutory findings.
On September 8, 2026 Ohio's Third District held R.C. 3119.961 gives no route to recover child support already paid after a later DNA test disproved paternity.
A California appeals court ruled a blank loan template did not prove a debt, reversing summary judgment under the state's Fair Debt Buying Practices Act.
California's First District held family courts must make express Family Code 2030 findings before denying a postjudgment divorce attorney fee request.
FDOT revoked all local police ALPR camera permits on Florida state highway rights-of-way Aug. 31, 2026 and gave agencies until Sept. 30 to remove the devices.
The Seventh Circuit ruled Nuance is exempt from Illinois's BIPA under the financial-institution rule for authenticating Schwab customers via voice-ID.
Connecticut's Appellate Court held on August 25, 2026 that a nursing assistant's claims missed the one-year notice period in Conn. Gen. Stat. 31-294c (a).
Kentucky's Court of Appeals affirmed dismissal of a hog farm's defamation suit under the KUPEPA anti-SLAPP law on September 4, 2026, and a $46,998.60 fee award.
ACLU sues a NH housing authority over sensors installed in roughly 300 public housing units. What the newly filed complaint alleges and what state law says.
A New Jersey federal judge dismissed Ras Baraka's defamation claims against Alina Habba without prejudice after upholding a Westfall Act scope certification.
An unpublished California appeals court reversed the denial of Variety's anti-SLAPP motion in Francis Ford Coppola's libel suit. What it held, and its limits.
The Third Circuit affirmed dismissal in Santoro v. Tower Health. Patients had Article III standing for Meta Pixel claims, but the appeal failed on other grounds.
Doe v. Adventist Health System/West, published August 24, 2026, affirms part and reverses part of a CIPA and CMIA class certification denial.
A federal judge let one claim proceed against NewsNation's parent, dismissed three, and denied attorney Ariel Mitchell's motion in full on September 4, 2026.