2nd Circuit Affirms Verdict That DMV Record Reseller Did Not Violate The DPPA

Mealey's (May 9, 2016, 1:44 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Finding no merit to an appellant’s arguments that a trial court committed multiple errors in a jury trial concerning the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act of 1994 (DPPA), a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on May 6 issued a mandate affirming a verdict and judgment finding that a reseller of department of motor vehicle (DMV) records did not violate the act despite a purchaser’s misuse of the appellant’s information (Erik H. Gordon v. Arcanum Investigations Inc., et al., No. 15-1635, 2nd Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 6825)....