By Peter Pizzi, Kimberly Bessiere Martin Download PDF On October 6, 2021, The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the launch of the Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative (the “CCFI”), which is designed to combat emerging cyber threats to the security of sensitive information through the use of civil fraud...
The IADC Speaks podcast released an interview with Walsh partner Peter J. Pizzi CIPP/US, exploring his article in the Defense Counsel Journal: Will Social Media Platforms Continue to Avoid Litigation Faced by Offline Counterparts? The podcast is available here....
NEWARK, NJ – As a follow-up to a July 22 meeting of the Privacy Data Security and Information Technology Litigation Committee of the NYSBA Commercial & Federal Litigation Section addressing Van Buren v. United States,” Walsh partner Peter J. Pizzi, CIPP/US, has now published an...
NEWARK, NJ - Walsh Partner Peter J. Pizzi, CIPP/US has published an in-depth article in IADC’s Defense Counsel Journal Volume 88, No. 3 explaining the elements of the statutory immunity granted by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 and summarizing complaints against...
Earlier in June, the United States Supreme Court significantly narrowed the scope of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”) (18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(2)) in Van Buren v. United States holding that a law enforcement officer, when overstepping his “authorized access” to government records, did not...
By: Peter J. Pizzi The June 2018 California Consumer Privacy Act, which becomes effective in 2020, merits attention given the size and scope of the California economy and the pattern by which that state has served as a bellwether for all things digital. After all, California...
By: Peter J. Pizzi To facilitate more effective governmental response to data security threats against New Jersey residents, the State’s Attorney General Gurbir Grewal revealed on May 7, 2018 his plan to establish the Data Privacy & Cybersecurity (“DPC”) Section within his office. The DPC Section,...
By: Peter J. Pizzi Citing a violation of the Fourth Amendment, which protects U.S. citizens from “unreasonable search and seizure,” on June 22, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the burglary conviction of Timothy Carpenter. Carpenter v. United States, 16-402 (2018). The Court opined that the...
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is to publish a Code of Practice for E-Discovery. Peter Pizzi coauthored an overview available here. For more information, please contact Peter at (973)757-1100 or [email protected] ...
The Defense Counsel Journal, a law review of the International Association of Defense Counsel, published Connected Cars and Automated Driving: Privacy Challenges on Wheels, written by Walsh’s Peter Pizzi CIPP/US. In the piece, Pizzi explores the impact of data flows associated with autonomous vehicles on...