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Recently, the United States District Court in the Southern District of Texas granted summary judgment for the defendant hospital in Sweat v. Houston Methodist Hospital, No. 4:24-cv-00775 (S.D. Tex. 9/22/25). The court had previously dismissed the plaintiffs’ claim for invasion of privacy. The motion for summary judgment concentrated on the plaintiffs’ claims that…

This post was co-authored by Summer Legal Intern Mark Abou Naoum. Mark is not admitted to practice law.

This week, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled in favor of children’s clothing retailer Janie & Jack, which sought to enjoin over 2,400 individual arbitration claims resulting from alleged violations of the…

Video game developer Ubisoft, Inc. came out on top earlier this month in the Northern District of California when a judge dismissed, with prejudice, a class action claiming that the company’s use of third-party website pixels violated privacy laws. The judge concluded that the “issue of consent defeat[ed] all of Plaintiffs’ claims.” Lakes v. Ubisoft…

In a big win for businesses, a California federal court just held that a “tester” plaintiff—someone who visits websites to initiate litigation—cannot bring a claim under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA). Rodriguez v. Autotrader.com, Inc., No. 2:24-cv-08735, 2025 WL 65409 (C.D. Cal. 1.8.25). Tester plaintiffs have started to focus on consumer protection…