Third Circuit Bars Extraterritorial BIPA Claims Against Amazon, Pindrop
Illinois citizens cannot sue Amazon and Pindrop under the state’s biometric privacy law for voiceprint authentication services used on calls routed through Virginia servers.
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Third Circuit Grants Standing for Intrusion Upon Seclusion When Payment Info Is Captured, Denies It for Mere Browsing
The Third Circuit held that surreptitiously recording a shopper’s complete credit card number constitutes a concrete injury analogous to intrusion upon seclusion, granting Article III standing. The court affirmed the dismissal of claims by plaintiffs who on...
Third Circuit Vacates Guilty Plea After Judge Improperly Participated in Plea Negotiations
The Third Circuit vacated Tarik Chambers' guilty plea and reassigned his case to a different district judge, ruling that the original judge violated Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(c)(1) by improperly participating in plea discussions and pressuring t...
Third Circuit Rules Officers Must Disclose Known Self-Defense Facts to Magistrates — But Shields Trooper Who Didn't
A Pennsylvania man acquitted of killing his attacker sued the state trooper who charged him without telling the magistrate that witnesses said he was outnumbered and not the initial aggressor.
Third Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Damages Claim in Parental Rights vs. Transgender Student Policy Case
The Third Circuit reversed the dismissal of a mother’s damages claim against a Pennsylvania school district over its policy prohibiting staff from disclosing a student’s transgender status to parents without consent.
Third Circuit Holds Officer's Mistaken Belief Suspect Was Armed Was Reasonable in Deadly Force Shooting
Third Circuit Wipes Out Detective's Liability and Slashes $250K Punitive Award to $12K in Philadelphia Choke-Hold Case
A federal appeals court reversed a jury verdict against a Philadelphia detective and cut a punitive-damages award by more than 95 percent, holding that probable cause shielded the detective from liability and that the remaining award against the arresting o...
Third Circuit Affirms Denial of Injunction in Janssen-Samsung Stelara Biosimilar Dispute
The Third Circuit on Friday upheld a district court's refusal to enjoin Samsung Bioepis from supplying a Cigna subsidiary with a private-label version of the ustekinumab biosimilar Pyzchiva, holding that Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Biotech had not sho...