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Inside Class Actions
Use of AI Call Center Without Consent Not a Federal Wiretap Violation, Court Holds
By Kathryn Cahoy, Libbie Canter, Thea McCullough
As businesses increasingly deploy AI-powered call centers to streamline customer service, plaintiffs have turned to decades-old wiretapping laws to challenge these tools. In a recent decision, however, an Illinois federal…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
Florida’s Digital Wiretapping Surge: What Businesses Need to Know About FSCA Litigation
By Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Ena T. Diaz
A blend of evolving judicial interpretation, aggressive plaintiffs’ counsel, and decades-old statutory language has brought new life to the Florida Security of Communications Act (FSCA) as a vehicle for challenging…
Inside Class Actions
Arbitrator Rejects Website Wiretapping Claims After Hearing
In a recently published award, an arbitrator rejected claims that Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. (“Dick’s”) violated the Federal Wiretap Act and the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”) by purportedly…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Trap and Trace Claims: Plaintiffs Target Website Search Bar Data Under Wiretap Laws
Lawsuits are rapidly multiplying against website operators over how user information is collected and shared. Plaintiffs are increasingly creative in asserting that website tracking tools, especially those tied to search…
Inside Class Actions
California Court Dismisses Hotel Website Wiretapping Suit Based on “In Transit” Requirement
Recently, a California federal judge dismissed a suit alleging that Sojern, Inc., a travel marketing platform, violated the Federal Wiretap Act and California law by allegedly installing “tracking technology” on…
Class Action Defense Blog
Hospital Defeats Wiretap Adtech Class Action After Texas Federal Court Finds No Knowing Disclosure Of Protected Health Information
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Justin Donoho, and Hayley Ryan Duane Morris Takeaways: On September 22, 2025, in Sweat v. Houston Methodist Hospital, No. 24-CV-00775, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 185310…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Hospital Succeeds in Dismissal of Pixel Litigation
Recently, the United States District Court in the Southern District of Texas granted summary judgment for the defendant hospital in Sweat v. Houston Methodist Hospital, No. 4:24-cv-00775 (S.D. Tex. 9/22/25).…
Global Policy Watch
Court Clarifies Federal Wiretap Act’s Crime-Tort Exception: “Commercial Purposes” Are “Not the Stuff of Which a Crime-Tort Is Made”
By Austin Riddick, Matthew Verdin
After last year’s landmark ruling holding that the Massachusetts Wiretap Act does not prohibit businesses’ use of pixels to capture website browsing data, Massachusetts plaintiffs have shifted their focus to…
Global Policy Watch
Website Wiretapping Litigation: Recent Decisions and Developments
By Kathryn Cahoy, Libbie Canter, Matthew Verdin
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…
Inside Class Actions
Website Wiretapping Litigation: Recent Decisions and Developments
By Matthew Verdin, Vivian Wen, Kathryn Cahoy, Libbie Canter
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…