Class Action Litigation Class Actions Litigation Massachusetts Decisions US District Court - Mass
July 7, 2025 / July 10, 2025 by Samih Eloubeidi | Leave a Comment
In March 2025, we reported that the District of Massachusetts had denied class certification of the plaintiff’s Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) claims in Therrien v. Hearst Television Inc. for failure to meet the implied ascertainability requirement of Rule 23. More recently, in April 2025, the District of Massachusetts granted summary judgment in favor of […]
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Arbitration Consumer Class Actions Privacy Class Actions US District Court - Mass
November 15, 2019 / November 18, 2019 by Melanie Conroy
On November 4, 2019, in Wainblat v. Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, et. al., No. 19-cv-10976, the District of Massachusetts ordered that a consumer privacy class action against Comcast must be arbitrated on an individual basis because the claims are subject to a valid and enforceable arbitration provision. Against a backdrop of rapidly expanding consumer class […]
Consumer Class Actions Legislation Privacy Class Actions US District Court - Mass
May 29, 2019 / May 30, 2019 by Melanie Conroy
As we have recently reported, the Massachusetts legislature is currently considering a comprehensive data privacy law that would create a private right of action for consumers who allege a violation of any provision of the proposed law. Last week, a Massachusetts federal court dismissed a data privacy class action, concluding that the plaintiffs failed to […]
