Privacy & Information Security Law Blog

On November 27, 2024, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth filed a response to the Department of Justice’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which implements Executive Order 14117 of February 28, 2024.

On November 6, 2024, a Texas state district court jury found that a large e-discovery vendor violated Title 7, Chapter 33 of the Texas Penal Code, which provides that accessing a computer without its owner’s permission is a Class B misdemeanor. This case highlights the importance for e-discovery vendors of considering data privacy and security requirements in the course of discovery proceedings.