Atlas Data Privacy Corp. v. We Inform, LLC (consolidated Daniel's Law appeal)
ActiveDocket checked August 4, 2026.
D.N.J. 1:24-cv-04037 · Third Circuit No. 25-1555 · Filed March 20, 2024
- Statute
New Jersey Daniel's Law
- Role
First-named defendant · caption covers ~40 consolidated broker appeals
- District ruling
Law upheld Nov 2024 · 758 F. Supp. 3d 322
- Status
N.J. Supreme Court certified questions argued Mar 17, 2026
- Statutory exposure
$1,000 liquidated damages per violation
The Daniel's Law wave began in March 2024, when Atlas Data Privacy Corp. (as assignee of claims from roughly 19,000-20,000 covered New Jersey judges, police officers, prosecutors, and their family members, who allege their addresses and phone numbers were published after removal notices) filed around 150 lawsuits against people-search operators. We Inform LLC is the first-named defendant, so the consolidated litigation carries its name. Judge Harvey Bartle III, an Eastern District of Pennsylvania senior judge sitting by designation in New Jersey, upheld Daniel's Law against the defendants' First Amendment challenge on November 26, 2024, treating it as a privacy regulation rather than applying strict scrutiny. That ruling is reported at 758 F. Supp. 3d 322. The defendants appealed, and the Third Circuit consolidated roughly 40 broker appeals (Thomson Reuters among the appellants) under Atlas v. We Inform, No. 25-1555, hearing argument on July 9, 2025. The court then certified two questions to the New Jersey Supreme Court: whether Daniel's Law requires a mental state (negligence, recklessness, or intent) before liability attaches, and which standard governs which remedies. The state court heard argument on March 17, 2026.




















