Companies with arbitration agreements should carefully consider potential arbitration providers’ mass arbitration procedures and fee structures if they could be at risk of becoming the target of a mass arbitration. FedArb, an ADR provider, recently updated its consumer and employment
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Website Wiretapping Litigation: Recent Decisions and Developments
Website analytics and advertising tools, such as pixels, are regularly targeted in lawsuits brought under various wiretap laws, including the federal Wiretap Act and the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”). Over the last several months, we have featured posts…
California Federal Court Permits Thousands of Arbitration Opt-Outs from Certified Class
A court in the Northern District of California recently denied Google’s request to prevent more than 69,000 putative class members from opting out of a certified class in favor of pursuing individual arbitration of their claims against Google. See In…
New Jersey Court Applies CIPA’s Party Exception to Pixel Wiretap Complaint
Last month, a New Jersey federal judge applied Third Circuit precedent to hold that the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”) does not impose liability for commonplace use of website marketing/analytics pixels under the well-established party exception. Cole v. Quest…
Illinois Supreme Court Rules That Plaintiff Lacks Standing to Bring Putative Data Breach Class Action
The Illinois Supreme Court recently ruled that the named plaintiff in a putative data breach class action lacked standing to pursue her claims given that her private personal information had not actually been misused by a third party.…
Fourth Circuit Concludes TransUnion Demands Evidence of Injury for All Class Members
In TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez, the Supreme Court held that “every class member must have Article III standing in order to recover individual damages.” 594 U.S. 413, 427, 431 (2021) (cleaned up). Post-TransUnion, courts have grappled with that guidance, especially…
Court Takes Wind Out of the Sails of Yacht Sellers’ Antitrust Suit
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida recently dismissed an antitrust class action brought by yacht sellers against yacht brokers, brokerage trade associations, and multiple listing services for preowned yachts. In Ya Mon Expeditions LLC v. International…
Pennsylvania District Court Judge Remands Case After Finding No Article III Standing to Bring Wiretapping Claim
After removing a lawsuit brought against it in Pennsylvania state court under the Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act (“WESCA”) to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Prime Hydration LLC argued in its motion to…
California Federal Court Grants Summary Judgment on Most Claims in Data Privacy Case
By Daniel Rios
A California federal judge has largely granted summary judgment in a data privacy lawsuit against Yodlee, Inc., finding that two of the five plaintiffs lacked Article III standing for all remaining claims and that the three other plaintiffs lacked Article…
Third Circuit Affirms That Individual Inquiries Into Consent Preclude Class Certification
By Stephen Rees
The Third Circuit recently affirmed a district court’s ruling in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) case that rejected class certification because individualized questions about consent precluded predominance. Conner v. Fox Rehabilitation Servs., P.C., 2025 WL 289230 (3d Cir. Jan.…