Privacy Class Actions: Workplace and Consumer Class Action Litigation In The Digital Age

Privacy class actions have outpaced filings in other areas of law in terms of growth, challenging corporate practices for collecting, sharing, and storing data. In 2022, the top 10 privacy class action settlements totaled $897 million. The landscape of privacy litigation remains very much in flux, impacting businesses in all 50 states under privacy-related statutes such as the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act ("BIPA"), the California Invasion of Privacy Act ("CIPA"), Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA"), Video Protection Privacy Act ("VPPA"), as well as developing laws in the patchwork quilt of state-level privacy legislation.

The rapid expansion of state legislation regulating data privacy rights and a myriad of emerging trends and tactics from the plaintiffs' class action bar remain top priorities for corporate counsel, compliance officers, and business leaders. The panel will discuss these key trends and what precedent these developments may have on future class action litigation.

Learning Objectives:

1. Review the significance of the Illinois BIPA
2. Identify key trends in privacy class action litigation
3. Analyze developments in data privacy regulations state-by-state
4. Evaluate landmark rulings in privacy class actions
5. Establish best practices for compliance