Emily Kimmelman Wheeling

Oct 25, 2024 | morganlewis.com | Ezra D. Church |Mark Fiore |Emily Kimmelman Wheeling |Felipe Rigaudeau-Lopez

Daniel’s Law, a New Jersey privacy statute aimed at protecting public officials’ personal information from being disclosed online, has been on the books since 2020. But a slew of amendments made to Daniel’s Law in 2023 that allow individuals covered by the statute to assign their claims to a third party have resulted in an explosion of litigation against a wide range of businesses that maintain or publish home addresses and telephone numbers.