In a recent decision, Briskin v. Shopify, Inc., 2023 WL 8225346 (9th Cir. Nov. 28, 2023), the Ninth Circuit held that a Canadian-based company, Shopify, which provides a web-based payment processing platform to merchants...more
2/7/2024
/ California ,
Canada ,
Data Privacy ,
Internet ,
Jurisdiction ,
Merchants ,
Online Platforms ,
Payment Processors ,
Personal Information ,
Shopify ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Third-Party ,
Websites
In April 2021, the Ninth Circuit issued its panel opinion in Wholesale Grocery Cooperative v. Bumble Bee Foods LLC, which held that the district court erred in certifying several classes of tuna purchasers in an antitrust...more
4/20/2022
/ Antitrust Violations ,
Bumble Bee Foods ,
Class Certification ,
Class Members ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Damages ,
En Banc Review ,
FRCP 23(b)(3) ,
Price-Fixing ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Retail Market
On August 27, 2021, the Second Circuit upheld dismissal of a putative class action brought by Starbucks customers under New York consumer protection statutes. The plaintiffs alleged that Starbucks’s marketing materials...more