By: Annette Tyman, Rachel V. See, Andrew L. Scroggins, and Christopher J. DeGroff
Seyfarth Synopsis: On April 23, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order entitled “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy.” The Order declares a
Class Action & Mass Torts
Implied Consent to Privacy Policy in Webpage Footer Forecloses Website Wiretapping Claim
Does a plaintiff’s use of a website constitute consent to a privacy policy linked in the website’s footer? A Pennsylvania federal court answered yes in Popa v. Harriet Carter Gifts, Inc., 2025 WL 896938 (W.D. Pa. Mar. 24, 2025), granting…
Another California Court Rejects Privacy Claims Targeting Online Chat Feature
By Erin Moore & Matthew Verdin
Plaintiffs’ lawyers have continued to bring privacy claims targeting businesses that use vendors to help provide beneficial chat features on their website, as we last reported here. Late last year, a Southern District of California judge dismissed another set…
California Court Holds Plaintiffs’ Consent Defeats Claims Involving Use of Website Pixel
Early this month, a Northern District of California judge dismissed, with prejudice, a putative class action complaint asserting five privacy-related causes of action, concluding the “issue of consent defeat[ed] all of Plaintiffs’ claims.” Lakes v. Ubisoft, Inc., –F. Supp. 3d–,…
Visualize This: The Sixth Circuit Holds That The VPPA Applies Only To Consumers Of Audio-Visual Materials
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Shannon Noelle, and Ryan T. Garippo Duane Morris Takeaways: On April 3, 2025, in Salazar, et al. v. Paramount Global, d/b/a 247Sports, Case No. 23-5748, 2025 WL 1000139 (6th Cir. Apr. 3, 2025), the Sixth…
Join Us For Our Mid-Year EEOC Strategy And Litigation Review Webinar
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Jennifer A. Riley, Alex W. Karasik, and Gregory Tsonis A Most Transformative Year: New EEOC Litigation And Enforcement Priorities Mark your calendars for our biannual webinar analyzing the latest EEOC developments on Monday, May 5,…
The Class Action Weekly Wire – Episode 96: Key Trends In FCRA Class Actions
Duane Morris Takeaway: This week’s episode of the Class Action Weekly Wire features Duane Morris partners Jerry Maatman and Shireen Wetmore and special counsel Shannon Noelle with their discussion of the key trends analyzed in the 2025 edition of the…
The Legal Landscape of Independent Contractor Misclassification May Be About to Change: March 2025 IC Legal News Update
The most significant development last month in the law of independent contractors was not one of the four cases we summarize below but rather a bill passed by the New York Senate. If enacted into law, it would be the…
Recording of Customer Service Call “Not Private or Personal Enough” to Confer Article III Standing
Many businesses use customer support software that may include call recording features to help ensure a better customer service experience. A California federal court dismissed a wiretapping lawsuit filed against a software company offering this software tool (TalkDesk), holding that…
Announcing The Inaugural Edition Of The Duane Morris FCRA Class Action Review!
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Jennifer A. Riley Duane Morris Takeaway: Courts have often noted that Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) violations lend themselves to resolution through class action litigation, and FCRA class actions have increased partially because of…