A trio of federal court decisions has emboldened the plaintiffs' bar with a new potential tool to wield in the ongoing wave of litigation targeting businesses for their use of routine website technologies: the California...more
California Senate Bill No. 940, which became effective January 1, 2025, places significant restrictions on arbitration provisions affecting California consumers. Under the law, consumers may void contractual provisions that...more
Over the last several years, California appellate courts have begun to align the threshold standing analysis under California law with the federal Article III standing requirements, presenting an emergingly viable...more
Over the last 18 months, a new privacy litigation battlefront has emerged: Website operators across a range of industries find themselves inundated with class action suits or requests for arbitration based on alleged...more
Over the past decade, the use of biometrics – measurements of people’s unique physical, physiological, biological, or behavioral characteristics – in smartphones, wearable technology, and employee timekeeping devices grew...more
To date, employee data has been largely exempt from the requirements of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). However, effective January 1, 2023, the Consumer Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), will remove the...more