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June 27, 2025
Fla. Judge Walks Back Class Cert. In Chili's Data Breach Row
A Florida federal judge who previously certified a class of Chili's customers suing over a 2018 data breach declined to keep that mechanism in place Friday, finding that the revised class definition that was established after the Eleventh Circuit ordered the topic to be reexamined no longer met class certification standards.聽
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June 27, 2025
Meta, TikTok Can't Escape 'Subway Surfing' Death Suit
TikTok and Meta Platforms can trim, but not escape, a lawsuit over the death of a teen who allegedly participated in a "subway surfing" social media challenge, a Manhattan judge ruled Friday, saying the complaint plausibly pleads the algorithms inundated the teen with dangerous "challenge" content he never sought.
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June 27, 2025
Fla. Teen Files $10M Suit Alleging DMV Appointment Scalping
A Florida teenager has filed a proposed $10 million state court class action lawsuit against highway safety officials, alleging they were negligent for allowing her to camp outside a driver's license office just to secure an appointment because reservations were scalped by internet bots and sold for profit.
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June 27, 2025
Judge Lets DOGE Access Go On But Cites 'Grave' Concerns
A D.C. federal judge Friday voiced his "grave" concerns about the White House's Department of Government Efficiency obtaining personal information, but the district court declined to stop the U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from giving this access.
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June 27, 2025
Loyola Says It Had No Role In Student-Athlete Data Breach
Loyola University Chicago moved Thursday to be dismissed from an Illinois federal lawsuit claiming it failed to protect the private data of its student-athletes, saying it can't be held liable for the unlawful access of an ex-University of Michigan football coach who has no affiliation or connection to the university. 聽

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