3rd Circuit Asks N.J. High Court Whether Data Shield Law Liability Needs Mens Rea

( September 12, 2025, 10:25 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — Two months after hearing oral arguments in a dispute over the constitutionality of a New Jersey law that provides for deletion of public officials’ private information from data brokers’ records, a Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel certified two questions to the New Jersey Supreme Court, asking it to clarify whether a finding of liability under the statute requires a determination of a defendant’s mental state....