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U.S. Privacy Litigation Update: April 2025

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Keypoint: In this post: (1) The Ninth Circuit holds essentially any website can be sued in California; (2) two courts limit pen registry claims; (3) courts split on whether privacy policies establish consent for wiretapping...more

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Ninth Circuit Privacy Ruling Could Be Used to Expand Potential Forums for E-Commerce Lawsuits

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On Monday, April 21, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sitting en banc, issued an opinion in Briskin v. Shopify, Inc., __ F.4th __ (9th Cir. Apr. 21, 2025), that plaintiffs will cite to attempt to expand...more

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Ninth Circuit expands specific jurisdiction for e-commerce platforms

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In Briskin v. Shopify, Inc., the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, reversed a district court’s dismissal of a proposed data privacy class action for lack of personal jurisdiction. In applying traditional...more

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U.S. Privacy Litigation Update: February 2025

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Keypoint: In this post: (1) How a privacy policy can defeat a plaintiff’s “delayed discovery” argument; (2) Two CA state courts reject plaintiffs’ allegations concerning personal jurisdiction; (3) Three courts dismiss PR/TT...more

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Ninth Circuit Considers Personal Jurisdiction Over Online Businesses

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In the age of e-commerce, many consumer class actions involve goods and services purchased online. Those online purchases have created legal challenges for determining when an online sale may subject a party to personal...more

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U.S. Privacy Litigation Update: Holiday Edition (October, November, & December 2024)

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Welcome to the nineteenth installment in our monthly data privacy litigation report. We prepare these reports to provide updates on how courts in the United States have handled emerging data privacy trends. We are covering...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Developments in Association Law 2022 – 2024

The following is a review of notable cases and regulatory developments for nonprofit organizations at the federal and state levels during the last two years....more

Troutman Pepper Locke

30 States Urge Ninth Circuit to Reinstate Data Privacy Lawsuit

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In an unusual move, attorneys general (AG) from 30 states and the District of Columbia filed a bipartisan amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit supporting efforts to revive a proposed class action against payment processor...more

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U.S. Privacy Litigation Update: May 2024

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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 the fourteenth installment in...more

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Ninth Circuit Opinion Supports Personal Jurisdiction Defense for Interactive Websites

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With so many companies being hauled into court in California based on claims that the functionalities on their website and use of service providers for marketing or analytics purposes violate consumer privacy rights, it is...more

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Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Shopify Data Privacy Class Action Based on Lack of Personal Jurisdiction Over Online Payment...

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In a jurisdictional win for online servicers and web-based platforms, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action alleging that Shopify violated California privacy and unfair competition laws by...more

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Ninth Circuit imposes limits on personal jurisdiction over foreign-based payment processor

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On 28 November 2023, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision of first impression that will sharply curtail a plaintiff’s ability to sue nationally operating payment processors and potentially many other...more

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Privacy Litigation Updates for the Financial Services Sector: Claims Against Yodlee Survive and Limited Discovery of Envestnet...

In November 2020, Yodlee and its parent company Envestnet filed separate motions to dismiss the class action lawsuit brought over Yodlee’s alleged data collection and use practices. Yodlee’s motion to dismiss argued that...more

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Recent Decisions in Illinois Limit BIPA’s Reach, but California Begs to Differ

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The recent flurry of Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) activity in California and elsewhere has called into question the effectiveness of an increasingly common defense to BIPA litigation in Illinois: that federal...more

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Recent Amazon Biometric Privacy Ruling Shows Power of Successful Personal Jurisdiction Challenges in BIPA Class Actions

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Relying on a successful personal jurisdiction defense, Amazon Web Services (“AWS”) and Pindrop Security, Inc. (“Pindrop”) recently defeated a biometric privacy lawsuit claiming they captured voice data during phone calls...more

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Decoded: Technology Law Insights - Issue 3, August 2020

The Editors' Note - Welcome to the third issue of Decoded, Spilman's e-newsletter focusing on technology law, including data security, privacy standards, financing technologies, and digital-based means of conducting...more

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Employers’ Most Frequently Asked Questions About the California Consumer Privacy Act – Series 2- Jurisdiction, Question 1

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In this Series 2 of our FAQs regarding the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), we are examining the scope of the law’s jurisdiction. These FAQs should help employers determine if they are required to comply with the...more

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California and European Privacy FAQs: Does an organization need to be “established” in the United States for US data privacy and...

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The California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") was enacted in early 2018 as a political compromise to stave off a poorly drafted, and plaintiff’s friendly ballot initiative. Although the CCPA is scheduled to go into force in...more

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