Dani Alexis Ryskamp, J.D.

Prosecutors in California recently brought suit against Brookdale Senior Living, Inc., the largest senior living facility operator in the U.S. Based in Tennessee, Brookdale operates 10 facilities in the state of California. The lawsuit against Brookdale accuses the company of…

In California’s Northern District, Judge Lucy Koh recently dismissed several claims in a class action against Zoom Video Communications Inc. alleging user privacy violations. The dismissed claims alleged invasion of privacy, negligence, and violations of California’s consumer and anti-hacking laws.…

The federal judge presiding over a class action lawsuit against TikTok Inc. recently continued settlement discussions, pending additional information, prior to ruling on a $92 million agreement. U.S. District Judge John Lee of the Northern District of Illinois cited concerns…

Virginia recently became the second state in the U.S. to pass a comprehensive data privacy law, following the lead of California’s Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) passed both houses of Virginia’s state…

On February 16, 2021, New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against Amazon, alleging it failed to protect workers at two warehouses from the COVID-19 pandemic. The complaint further asserts that Amazon took retaliatory action against employees who…

Tobacco manufacturer Altria and e-cigarette company JUUL recently sought to delay the April 2021 start of a virtual Federal Trade Commission (FTC) evidentiary hearing, arguing that a three-month delay might further reduce the risk of COVID-19 exposure. The trial in…

Judge Carlos Lopez, of Florida’s 11th Judicial Circuit, recently denied a motion to dismiss in Gutierrez v. Publix. The case, which focuses on issues of workers’ compensation and wrongful death in connection with COVID-19, is likely to lay the groundwork…

In early January 2021, U.S. District Court Judge Robin Rosenberg moved to dismiss economic damages and design defect claims against major drugmakers in the ongoing Zantac multidistrict litigation. Judge Rosenburg ruled that these claims against Sanofi, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, and Boehringer…

Amazon recently entered a settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission to resolve claims of improper driver compensation. Under the terms of the agreement, Amazon will pay nearly $62 million to settle charges that it failed to pay its Amazon…

A lawsuit recently filed in a New Hampshire federal court claims that Apple kept COVID-19 tracking applications out of its App Store in order to reduce competition for its own COVID-19 tracker. In doing so, the complaint alleges that Apple…