We get Privacy for work — Episode 10: Employee Monitoring Tools: Too Good to be True?
The ‘Long Arm’ of CIPA and Its Newfound Pen-Trap Claims
Podcast: The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - Jerry West Thinks His Portrayal in HBO’s “Winning Time” is a Loser
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Jerry West Thinks His Portrayal in HBO’s “Winning Time” is a Loser
BakerHostetler Partner Paul Karlsgodt Discusses Privacy Class Actions
Sexually explicit photos are appearing more often in educational environments. Whether the images are real (authentic) or fake (synthetic, including AI-generated or “deepfake”), the harm they cause can be significant. When...more
On January 13, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action lawsuit challenging unsolicited text messages containing video files under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act...more
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been granted a warrant to search the home of a managing director who denied using his personal phone for work purposes during a dawn raid at his company’s premises. ...more
A Los Angeles County trial court granted a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings disposing of a CIPA (California Invasion of Privacy Act) complaint against a website operator before formal discovery or other expensive...more
In the past couple of years, we have seen an explosion in the number of demand letters and lawsuits involving alleged violations of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”). Oftentimes, recipients of a CIPA demand feel...more
The recent decision in Wiley v. Universal Music Group highlights how courts are scrutinizing website operators’ privacy controls and representations, particularly regarding cookie banners and opt-out tools. 2025 WL 3654085...more
In the recent decision, of Lewis v. Kalbhen, 2025 IL App (1st) 242110, the Illinois Appellate Court, First District, reaffirmed and meaningfully expanded the scope of the absolute litigation privilege, providing important...more
As we explored in Part 1 of this series, AI-enabled smart glasses are rapidly evolving from niche wearables into powerful tools with broad workplace appeal — but their innovative capabilities bring equally significant legal...more
Does your company operate a website and do business in California? If so, you may soon receive (if you have not already) a letter from a law firm on behalf of a California resident aggrieved by your alleged violation of the...more
Over the last several years, plaintiffs’ attorneys and other individuals have used antiquated wiretapping laws, including California’s 1967 wiretapping act, to allege that businesses with websites utilizing third parties and...more
Businesses may be feeling a bit of whiplash from a recent federal court ruling on California’s wiretapping law and should be on alert for whether their website tracking technology could be used to file a viable lawsuit. On...more
A California federal court recently handed healthcare businesses another victory in the ongoing wave of privacy lawsuits targeting website analytics and tracking tools. A California federal judge ruled on November 21 that...more
The proliferation of AI tools that can generate convincing voice, image and video impersonations has led to increased (and often hidden) liability risk for companies leveraging AI technologies in their marketing....more
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued an opinion affirming the dismissal of a class action complaint asserting both California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) and California Medical Information Act (CMIA) claims,...more
Businesses across the world have incorporated Meta Pixel into their website functionality to enhance targeted advertising and tracking strategies. A recent wave of litigation involving plaintiffs issuing California Invasion...more
On October 30, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a putative nationwide class action filed by three residents of North Carolina and Oklahoma against California-based Samba TV, Inc....more
Salve Chipola, III v. Sean Flannery, (A-2-24) (088836) (August 7, 2025) - The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that the one-year statute of limitations for defamation claims equally applies to false light claims. Due to the...more
A class action complaint filed in the Northern District of California on October 17, 2025, alleges that entertainment and arcade franchise Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc., misled website visitors about users’ ability to...more
On October 22, a federal judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted a payroll provider’s motion to dismiss a privacy lawsuit arising from a March 2024 data breach. The plaintiff, a former user of the provider’s...more
The N.D.Cal. shared its frustration with the language of CIPA, the conflicting rulings on how it has been applied, and the need for the legislature to fix it, as part of its recent decision granting summary judgment and...more
As readers of this blog know, companies continue to be targeted in lawsuits asserting California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”) tracking claims. The fact that California courts have struggled to determine whether CIPA...more
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California gave website operators an expedited exit from privacy-related complaints and lawsuits under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), a 1960s-era law...more
California’s Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) is a 1967 criminal wiretapping statute being stretched to govern 2025-era internet technologies. The result has been a patchwork of conflicting decisions that turn on...more
A California federal court recently handed businesses another major victory in the ongoing wave of privacy lawsuits targeting website analytics and tracking tools. On September 30, Judge Fernando Aenlle-Rocha of the Central...more
A federal judge in San Francisco just gave website operators a major win, calling the California Invasion of Privacy Act “a total mess” – but the ruling also highlights major privacy risks businesses still face nationwide....more