Class actions—and increasingly, mass arbitrations—pursuing claims under the Video Privacy Protection Act are proliferating. My colleagues Archis Parasharami and Sophia Mancall-Bitel have recently written an article about these claims, key court decisions interpreting the VPPA, and strategies and defenses for companies facing VPPA claims.
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A peculiar thing happened after the Supreme Court announced its decision in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins (pdf) on Monday.
Even though the Court ruled in favor of Spokeo—vacating the Ninth Circuit’s ruling that the plaintiff had standing to sue and holding that the court of appeals had applied a legal standard too generous to plaintiffs—both sides declared victory. (Full disclosure: I argued on behalf of Spokeo in the Supreme Court.)
Spokeo tweeted:
Jay Edelson,
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