Lavarious Gardiner v. Walmart: CCPA not Retroactive
Advertisement BREAKING NEWS: Court Holds CCPA Not Retroactive and Plaintiff Cannot Rely on “Connect the Dots” CCPA Data Breach Theory Monday, March 8, 2021 CPW has been tracking for some time the Lavarious Gardiner v. Walmart Inc. et al. case. In a massive win for Walmart (and defendants in data privacy litigation), on Friday the Court adopted Walmart’s narrow interpretation of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and dismissed Plaintiff’s non-cognizable CCPA claim. Because this case involves issues of first impression regarding the scope of the CCPA, it i...