Google, Websites, Corporate Counsel

Waves of Lawsuits Hit Businesses Over Website Tracking Pixels

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP on 7/9/2025

Websites are ubiquitous, and so are cookies and tracking pixels (a/k/a web beacons). A web browser uses cookies to store login details and preferences; the cookies also track and profile user behavior. When visiting a...more

Calhoun v. Google - Continued Considerations for Privacy Notices

Womble Bond Dickinson on 9/16/2024

Website owners often struggle to design privacy policies that are not only comprehensive, but also comprehensible. The tension between these competing concerns was in sharp focus in a recent Ninth Circuit decision, Calhoun v....more

Alleged Privacy Law Violations Create Potential $5 Billion Issue For Google

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 6/22/2020

In a proposed class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Google is facing a potential $5 billion class action for alleged privacy law violations. The complaint alleges that...more

Ninth Circuit Confirms that a Cy Pres Only Settlement Can Work In Privacy Class Action

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/7/2017

The internet continues to expand into every aspect of our lives. With it, many companies have collected, tracked, and used an enormous amount of data. All of this has given rise to class action lawsuits challenging the...more

In a Rough Year for CDA §230, Manchanda v. Google Provides Comfort to Website Operators

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media on 12/5/2016

As we noted in our recent post on the Ninth Circuit case Kimzey v. Yelp! Inc., in the right circumstances, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) still provides robust protection against liability for website...more

Shooting the Messenger? Websites could face greater liability for third-party content in the EU

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 7/2/2015

Three developments in the last two months suggest websites face greater liability for content authored by third parties in the European Union—including reader comments, posts on message boards and social networks, and search...more