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Court of Appeals for Ninth Circuit buoyed plaintiffs’ lawyers interest in session replay software when revived a putative class action against a website operator and a session replay software provider for violations of the California Invasion of Privacy Act CIPA.
In Singh v. Deloitte, the district court in New York dismissed a putative class action challenging retirement plan recordkeeping and investment management fees. This is another example of the trend among district courts to follow the Sixth Circuit in Smith v. CommonSpirit Health.
The development of new rules to blunt the force of the mass arbitration tactic has frustrated plaintiffs’ attorneys. Courts have been reluctant to provide an escape from the mass arbitration trap for defendants and have not reconsidered new arbitration procedures.
Class action lawsuits relating to collection and storage of sensitive data may involve statutory claims under federal and state consumer protection laws or common contractual or fraud claims. best way to avoid litigation is to review and update applicable privacy policies.
Tuesday, March 2, 2021 In Wesch v. Yodlee, Inc., 20-cv-05991 (N.D. Cal.) individual consumer plaintiffs brought a putative class action against defendants Yodlee, Inc. and its parent company Envestnet, Inc. Yodlee provides software to financial institutions to facilitate online transactions. Plaintiffs accuse defendants of secretly collecting and retaining their user information without their consent, and selling that information to third parties. Plaintiffs asserted a raft of claims against defendants, alleging violation of the federal Stored Communications Act (“SCA”) ...