Author: Allison Dunn

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Thanks to Trolls, Photo Copyright Lawsuits and Lawyers Face Reputational Hurdles

Allison Dunn

•March 24, 2023

"Photographers are in this impossible position of being snobs about their work and not posting, to being labeled opportunists and copyright trolls because they take offense when people copy their image without getting paid," said David C. Deal, founder and principal attorney at The Law Office of David C. Deal in Charlottesville, Virginia. "At no point are we ever going to apologize for getting compensated for the work."

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'A Very Virginia Spin': Businesses Must Establish Internal Appeals Process Under New State Consumer Data Privacy Laws

Allison Dunn

•March 3, 2023

"Virginia has a very unique view of data privacy," Beth Burgin Waller, Chair of the Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Practice at Woods Rogers, told Law.com. "If you looked at when this hit, you were really coming at an emerging time when you had Europe with General Data Protection Regulation GDRP and California with CCPA. Out of the gate—out-of-nowhere, almost—it felt like Virginia came running to the scene with the CDPA, the Consumer Data Protection Act."

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2.61 Gigabyte Difference: Inability to Restore Spoliated Electronic Evidence Dooms Wrongful Termination Lawsuit

Allison Dunn

•February 24, 2023

Liberty claimed that Lamb's Evernote software data, physical data, iPhone, data, and metadata that existed was not produced through discovery.

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In Novel Case, Federal Judge OKs TCPA Class Action Over 'Textbook Example' of Website Hiding Consent Language

Allison Dunn

•February 9, 2023

Finding courts in the First Circuit have yet to address the framework for determining whether online terms were sufficiently disclosed to provide a consent defense to a Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts relied on recent Ninth Circuit case law in allowing a putative class action to proceed.

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