US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

  • EPIC, Coalition Amici: Congress Gave FCC Authority to Protect Phone Location Data

    January 30, 2025

    • Communications Privacy

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Cybersecurity

    • Data Brokers

    • Data Protection

    • Data Security

    • Enforcement of Privacy Laws

    • Location Tracking

    • Updates

  • Verizon v. FCC and USA (CPNI Location Enforcement)

    January 28, 2025

    • Communications Privacy

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Cybersecurity

    • Data Brokers

    • Data Protection

    • Data Security

    • Enforcement of Privacy Laws

    • Location Tracking

    • Amicus Briefs

  • EPIC & NCLC Urge Second Circuit to Rehear Case About Automated Call Protections

    June 4, 2024

    EPIC and the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) have filed an amicus brief urging the full Second Circuit to rehear Soliman v. Subway, a case about whether the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s autodialer restriction protects against automated calls or only randomly dialed calls.

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Privacy Laws

    • Robocalls

    • U.S. Privacy Laws

    • Updates

  • Soliman v. Subway Franchisee Advert. Fund Tr., Ltd.

    June 4, 2024

    Whether the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA’s) autodialer restriction covers automated list-based campaign dialers, or if the TCPA only restricts use of dialers that generate telephone numbers.

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Privacy Laws

    • Robocalls

    • U.S. Privacy Laws

    • Amicus Briefs

  • Second Circuit Narrows Scope of Anti-Robocall Law, Dissenting Judge Argues for Broader Reading in Line with EPIC and NCLC Interpretation

    May 17, 2024

    Second Circuit dissent is now the second circuit-level dissent in support of a TCPA autodialer definition that broadly protects consumers.

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Robocalls

    • Updates

  • Herrick v. Grindr, LLC

    May 30, 2018

    Whether Sec. 230 of the Communications Decency Act shields Grindr, a dating app, from liability for failing to remove fake profiles that used the Plaintiff's name and likeness and posed a danger to his personal safety

    • Consumer Privacy

    • Democracy & Free Speech

    • Online Harassment

    • Platform Accountability & Governance

    • Section 230

    • Amicus Briefs

  • United States v. Ganias

    July 17, 2015

    Whether the Government violated the Fourth Amendment when they retained non-pertinent files for more than two years after the files were seized in an unrelated investigation

    • Fourth Amendment

    • Government Databases

    • Privacy Laws

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Amicus Briefs

  • New York Times v. DOJ

    March 28, 2013

    Whether FOIA Deliberative Process Privilege Exemption Applies to Final DOJ-OLC Opinions

    • Freedom of Information Act

    • Open Government

    • Amicus Briefs

  • Gordon v. Softech International Inc.

    May 8, 2012

    Concerning Reseller Liability for an Alleged But Undisclosed Impermissible Use of Driver Information Under the DPPA

    • Privacy Laws

    • U.S. Privacy Laws

    • Amicus Briefs

  • SEC v. Galleon Management

    April 23, 2010

    Whether an individual is required to turn over more than 18,000 wiretapped conversations acquired by the government in a criminal case when the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) compels the disclosure of such material in a separate but related civil case

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Wiretapping

    • Amicus Briefs