Atlas Data Privacy Corp. v. We Inform, LLC
ActiveD.N.J. 1:24-cv-04037 · Third Circuit No. 25-1555 (lead caption) · Filed Mar 20, 2024
- Statute
New Jersey Daniel's Law (N.J.S.A. 56:8-166.1)
- Plaintiffs
Atlas Data Privacy Corp. as assignee of covered persons · N.J. Attorney General intervening
- Consolidated appeals
40 dockets (25-1555 to -1578, 25-1580 to -1593, 25-1675 and 25-1677)
- Question presented
Whether Daniel's Law facially violates the First Amendment. The certified questions ask whether liability needs a mental state, and how the disclosure duty runs
- Status
Argued Jul 9, 2025 · Third Circuit then certified two questions to the New Jersey Supreme Court, argued Mar 17, 2026 · district case open
Atlas Data Privacy, as assignee of police officers, judges, and other covered persons whose home addresses and phone numbers were published without redaction, sued We Inform LLC in March 2024 under New Jersey's Daniel's Law; the case was removed to federal court and remains open. The constitutional question went up on appeal, and when the Third Circuit consolidated roughly 40 data-broker appeals - Thomson Reuters, Deluxe Corp, Quantarium, PropertyRadar, RocketReach, and DM Group among them - We Inform's case became the lead caption. The certified question, as stated in a filed argument summary, is "Whether N.J.S.A. 56:8-166.1, a section of New Jersey's Daniel's Law, facially violates the First Amendment." Amici include EPIC, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, FIRE, the National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys, the National Association of Police Organizations, and 41 states plus the District of Columbia. Argument was heard July 9, 2025; no decision had issued as of the last-updated date below.
