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Navigating State Privacy Laws: A Conversation with Oregon & Texas Regulators about Privacy Enforcement
Navigating State Privacy Laws
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Meta Inc., the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has been found liable by a California federal jury for improperly using sensitive reproductive health data to run targeted ads, in a case involving the...more
Readers of this blog are well aware of the proliferation of lawsuits alleging that websites which utilize Meta Pixel tracking software violate the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”). These lawsuits typically allege...more
In late May, Judge James Donato of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled on summary judgment motions filed by Meta and Flo Health Inc.—both defendants in the ongoing Frasco v. Flo Health, Inc....more
In December 2024, Jonathan Gabrielli filed several claims alleging that Motorola Mobility LLC (Motorola) misrepresented its data usage policy and shared his personal data with third parties, including Google, Amazon, and...more
A California bill aimed at curbing the explosion of lawsuits filed against businesses using common website tools like cookies, pixels, and session replay software has stalled out in the 2025 legislative session, meaning your...more
In the recent high-profile civil class action, Frasco v. Flo Health, a California federal court issued a significant ruling partially certifying a nationwide class and California subclass of individuals who used the Flo...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has issued a pivotal ruling that is likely to reshape privacy litigation for e-commerce platforms. In Briskin v. Shopify, Inc., the Court held that Shopify, despite being...more
An attorney named Jeff Lohman recently narrowly escaped a jury verdict against him on a RICO claim arising out of allegations he had manufactured TCPA claims by encouraging clients to use vague opt out language during phone...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
This week, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled in favor of children’s clothing retailer Janie & Jack, which sought to enjoin over 2,400 individual arbitration claims resulting from alleged...more
The Ninth Circuit sitting en banc has greatly expanded the reach of personal jurisdiction by holding that e-commerce companies can be sued in any state where their platforms interact with users, even without differential...more
Privacy litigation has taken California (and the country) by storm. In the past twenty-four months, the focus of privacy litigation has shifted from data breaches to data use, and the number of class actions filed grows by...more
Keypoint: In this post: (1) How a privacy policy can defeat a plaintiff’s “delayed discovery” argument; (2) Two CA state courts reject plaintiffs’ allegations concerning personal jurisdiction; (3) Three courts dismiss PR/TT...more
Plaintiffs’ attorneys are continuing to aggressively pursue mass arbitrations in privacy litigation. The latest challenge came when Judge Beth Labson Freeman in the Northern District of California ruled last month that...more
The deluge of lawsuits and demand letters under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) has prompted courts to scrutinize CIPA claims more rigorously, including the threshold question of whether CIPA plaintiffs have...more
Welcome to the twentieth installment in our monthly data privacy litigation report. We prepare these reports to provide updates on how courts in the United States have handled emerging data privacy trends. After our expansive...more
A California federal district court recently granted class certification in a lawsuit against a financial services company. The case involves allegations that the company’s website used third-party technology to track users’...more
In the age of e-commerce, many consumer class actions involve goods and services purchased online. Those online purchases have created legal challenges for determining when an online sale may subject a party to personal...more
Over the past year, lawsuits under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”) have gained significant momentum, and there’s no sign of them slowing down. Both state and federal courts in California are seeing a rise in...more
California has the most comprehensive privacy law in the United States. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect on January 1, 2020, and regulates any “business” that does business in California. The CCPA...more