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District of Massachusetts Has Personal Jurisdiction Over Out-of-State Adtech Defendant in Geolocation Case

November 26, 2025 / November 26, 2025 by Melanie Conroy

Earlier this fall, the District of Massachusetts issued another notable decision in the growing wave of privacy litigation that, as discussed, raises difficult questions concerning standing, jurisdiction, and statutory interpretation. In Lionetta v. InMarket Media, LLC, Judge Kobick denied a motion to dismiss a putative class action alleging that InMarket Media, LLC collected and sold […]

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District of Massachusetts Allows Higher-Ed Student Data Breach Claims to Survive

November 12, 2025 / November 12, 2025 by Melanie Conroy

In a recent blog post, we explained how Webb v. Injured Workers Pharmacy, LLC has become a touchstone for courts analyzing Article III standing in data breach class actions, citing Shea v. American International College as a recent example. This post explores the Shea decision in greater depth. On September 5, 2025, Judge Angel Kelley of […]

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Federal Courts in the First Circuit Continue to Grapple with Privacy Class Action Claims

July 18, 2024 / November 26, 2025 by Melanie Conroy

In 2023, we discussed the uptick in data privacy and cybersecurity class action lawsuits; as expected, this trend has persisted throughout 2024 as plaintiffs continue to test new theories of liability and the boundaries of constitutional standing. In privacy class actions before the federal courts of the First Circuit, plaintiffs have brought state tort and […]

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With Massachusetts’ Consumer Data Privacy Bill Still Under Consideration, Student Data Privacy Class Action Fails In Federal Court

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 […]

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