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California Attorney's Fees
Civil Rights, Costs: Lower Court’s Entry Of $15,397.96 In Routine Costs Against FEHA Non-Prevailing Plaintiff Had To Be Reversed And Remanded
Lower Court Made No Predicate Finding That The Action Was Frivolous, With Boilerplate Language In Judgment Not Showing Express Findings Were Made To That Effect. San Diego-Tomas v. Aspire Bakeries,…
Inside Privacy
California Governor Signs SB 690, Eliminating Private Website-Based CIPA Pen Register Claims and Calling for Broader CIPA Reform
By Kathryn Cahoy, Lindsey Tonsager, Matthew Verdin, Jenna Zhang, Julia Barrero, Bryan Ramirez
On September 30, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 690, a significant new law aimed at curbing the wave of lawsuits and demand letters asserting “pen register” claims under the California…
Inside Class Actions
California Governor Signs SB 690, Eliminating Private Website-Based CIPA Pen Register Claims and Calling for Broader CIPA Reform
By Kathryn Cahoy, Lindsey Tonsager, Matthew Verdin, Jenna Zhang, Julia Barrero, Bryan Ramirez
On September 30, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 690, a significant new law aimed at curbing the wave of lawsuits and demand letters asserting “pen register” claims under the California…
CEQA Developments
CEQA Reform Role Reversal? SB 958 and SB 344 Illustrate How the Legislature Has Stepped Up to Provide CEQA Reform When the Courts Won’t
What a difference a decade can make. Less than a year after I began writing this blog in September 2011, I wrote a post suggesting that – in a “judicial…
China Law Blog
How to Sue a Chinese Company
By Dan Harris
What should you do if you are owed money by or have been wronged by a Mainland Chinese company? Bring a lawsuit against the Chinese company, of course. But how?…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
California Limits Private Lawsuits Over Certain Online Tracking Claims
By Jason C. Gavejian, Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Shannon Bettis Nakabayashi, Damon W. Silver, Ken K. Suh, Daniel R. Overstreet
California has enacted Senate Bill (SB) 690, which narrows the circumstances under which private parties may bring lawsuits under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), Cal. Penal Code Section…
Florida Eminent Domain Law Blog
Why Many Business Tort Lawsuits Are Strategically Inflated
A business tort complaint that stacks six counts on one deal, demands punitive damages on page one, and names the owners personally can be strategically inflated. The size of the…
Coblentz Law
Governor Newsom Signs SB 690, Closing One Door on CIPA Claims While Others Remain Open
By Scott Hall and Phillip Wiese The much-discussed California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) amendment, SB 690, has been signed by Governor Gavin Newsom and will take effect January 1,…
CyberAdviser
Governor Newsom Signs SB 690, Ending the Private Right of Action Under CIPA’s Pen Register and Trap-and-Trace Provision
By Elizabeth A. James, J. Matthew Thornton
On September 30, 2026, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 690, the product of a multi-year push to curb abusive litigation under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA). As…
Jus Corpus Law Journal Blogs
JOB OPPORTUNITY UNDER ADVOCATE KARUNA NUNDY
By JusCorpus
ABOUT THE CHAMBERSKaruna Nundy litigates civil, commercial, constitutional and criminal matters primarily before the Supreme Court of India, as well as before High Courts, Tribunals and in arbitrations.Ms. Nundy has…