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A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
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Recent Wiretapping Class Action Dismissal Offers Compliance Lessons

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In late March, an online retailer successfully asserted consent as a complete defense to a putative Pennsylvania Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act of 1978 (WESCA) class action lawsuit, resulting in the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Pet Stairs, Wiretapping, and Cookies: Implications of the Third Circuit’s Popa Opinion

The case of Popa v. Harriet Carter Gifts, Inc. “began with a quest for pet stairs.” Plaintiff Ashley Popa searched Harriet Carter Gifts’ website, added pet stairs to her cart, but never completed the purchase. During her...more

Kilpatrick

Data interception class actions – S.D. Fla. dismisses claim that use of session replay software violates Florida Security of...

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Takeaway: As we reported in a recent article – New Class Action Trend: Website Session Replay Tools Alleged to Violate All-Party Consent Recording Requirements (April 5, 2021) – creative class action lawyers have filed a...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

C Is for Cookie Lawsuit: Google Accused of Wiretap Act Violations for Collection of Web Browsing Data

A new class action against Google in federal court in San Jose, Calif., claims that Google's collection of web browsing data from individuals who have enabled "private browsing mode" violates the Federal Wiretap Act, 18...more

A&O Shearman

Data protection representative “class” action gets the go ahead

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Did you have an iPhone in 2011/2012? I still had a BlackBerry. If I had had an iPhone, I would have been a member of the class of more than four million users on whose behalf Mr Lloyd makes this claim. It is alleged that...more

BakerHostetler

Third Circuit Smacks Down Class Action Settlement in Google Cookie Placement Litigation

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In a refreshingly plain-spoken opinion issued Aug. 6, a three-judge panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals criticized a multimillion-dollar class action settlement in litigation over Google’s unauthorized use of internet...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Behavioral Advertising Company That Dropped “Zombie” Cookies Can’t Use Verizon’s Arbitration Clause To Avoid Class Action Lawsuit

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a non-party online behavioral advertising firm could not benefit from the arbitration clause in the agreement between Verizon and its customers because it was not a party to that...more

Alston & Bird

Supreme Court Denies Cert in Leading Case on Internet Tracking and Analytics

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The Supreme Court recently declined to review In re Google Inc. Cookie Placement Consumer Privacy Litigation—a consolidated class action alleging that Google and third-party advertisers evaded web browser privacy settings,...more

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