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Wiretapping
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Class Action Defense Blog
California Federal Court Refuses To Dismiss Wiretapping Class Action Involving Company’s Use Of Third-Party AI Software
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Justin R. Donoho, and Nathan Norimoto Duane Morris Takeaways: On July 5, 2024, in Jones, et al. v. Peloton Interactive, Inc., No. 23-CV-1082, 2024 WL…
Global Policy Watch
California Federal Court Dismisses Complaint Accusing Google of Wiretapping Customer Service Calls
A federal judge in the Northern District of California recently dismissed a class action complaint accusing Google of unlawfully wiretapping calls to Verizon’s customer service center through its customer service…
Inside Class Actions
California Federal Court Dismisses Complaint Accusing Google of Wiretapping Customer Service Calls
A federal judge in the Northern District of California recently dismissed a class action complaint accusing Google of unlawfully wiretapping calls to Verizon’s customer service center through its customer service…
Byte Back
U.S. Privacy Litigation Update: May 2024
By Former Attorney Dustin Taylor, Owen Davis
Keypoint: The Central District of California issued several wiretapping decisions in May while two decisions on the VPPA illustrate how claims fail or succeed at the pleading stage. Welcome to…
Inside Class Actions
N.D. Cal. Court Declines Remand of California-Focused Wiretap Class Action
We recently posted about a trend of plaintiffs trying to keep certain class actions, including wiretap cases, in California state court and highlighted potential avenues for removal to federal court.…
Proskauer on Privacy
Court Rejects Claims that Website’s Live Chat Feature Violates California’s Prohibitions on Wiretapping and Eavesdropping
By Amy Gordon, Leslie Shanklin, Jeffrey Warshafsky
Central District of California dismisses lawsuit alleging that a third-party’s interception of communications over a website’s live chat feature violated California’s wiretapping and eavesdropping prohibitions. Important to the Court’s holding…
Technology Law Dispatch
Personal Jurisdiction Doctrine Shows Teeth as First Circuit Dismisses Class Action Wiretapping Claim
By Gerard Stegmaier, Mark Quist
The First Circuit Court of appeals has affirmed that specific personal jurisdiction must be based on defendants’ intentional conduct. In affirming the dismissal of a consumer class action that alleged…
Byte Back
U.S. Privacy Litigation Update: April 2024
By Former Attorney Dustin Taylor, Owen Davis
Keypoint: The Central District of California issues a major victory for website owners facing CIPA-arbitration demands, two decisions address whether a plaintiff consented as a defense to wiretapping claims, three…
Inside Class Actions
Federal Court Dismisses Wiretapping Claims Against Pharmacy for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction
A federal judge in the Southern District of California recently granted Hwareh.com’s motion to dismiss a proposed class action claiming that third-party source code on its website unlawfully routed information…
Inside Class Actions
Washington State Court Dismisses Wiretapping and Other Claims Involving Hospital Website
By Erin Moore
A Washington court recently dismissed with prejudice putative class action claims against Seattle Children’s Hospital asserting that use of third-party tracking technology on its website constituted wiretapping and other privacy…