Navigating the Wave of Privacy Class Actions and Data Breaches in 2025

Navigating the Wave of Privacy Class Actions and Data Breaches in 2025

Privacy, data protection and cybersecurity are growing areas of concern for businesses, governments and individuals. The law in this area is rapidly evolving, and privacy and security breaches are regularly litigated in state and federal courts. Navigating the Wave of Privacy Class Actions and Data Breaches: A California Perspective" This 90-minute legal webinar will provide attorneys and legal professionals with an in-depth look at the current landscape of privacy class actions and data breaches, with a particular focus on California law. The program will cover recent trends, key legal developments, and practical strategies for both plaintiffs and defendants.

Topics will include:

• I. Introduction and Overview

  Recent surge in privacy litigation
  Key California privacy laws: CIPA, CCPA, CPRA

  II. California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) Litigation

  Rise of CIPA lawsuits and class actions
  Novel theories based on website technologies
  Recent court decisions and their implications
  Strategies for plaintiffs and defendants

  III. California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA)

  Overview of CCPA and CPRA requirements
  Data breach provisions and statutory damages
  Class action trends under CCPA/CPRA
  Compliance strategies for businesses

  IV. Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) Claims

  Shift from VPPA to state law claims
  Recent court decisions dismissing VPPA claims
  Implications for future litigation

  V. Emerging Technologies and Privacy Concerns

  Tracking pixels, cookies, and other online tracking technologies
  Chat-based wiretapping claims
  Consent mechanisms and their legal implications

  VI. Q&A

Faculty

Krysta Kauble Pachman is a Partner with Susan Godfrey where she represents plaintiffs and defendants in high-stakes commercial litigation, including class actions, patent cases, trademark & copyright matters, and other disputes. Ms. Pachman has scored massive trial wins, favorable settlements, and arbitration victories for her clients, who range from small businesses and individuals to Fortune 500 companies. In the last twelve months alone, Ms. Pachman has won more than $1.3 billion at trial.

In 2023, Krysta obtained one of the biggest trial wins in the country, a $330 million Final Award for her client after completing a full arbitration hearing. Pachman cross-examined the key witness at trial and was instrumental to obtaining a complete victory on behalf of her client, one of the largest independent power producers in the country.

Nancy Nguyen Sims is a Partner at Baker McKenzie in the firm's North America Litigation and Government Enforcement Group. She is a commercial litigator focusing on class actions, complex business disputes, and investigations. Her previous experience includes representing clients in commercial matters based on contract claims, unfair competition, false advertising, privacy law violations, fraud and related business torts in both court litigation and arbitration. In particular,

Nancy's litigation practice involves defending class actions in the consumer, franchise, privacy, insurance, and labor and employment spaces. Nancy also has significant experience representing franchisors in disputes with franchisees involving joint employer allegations, misclassification claims, and contract claims. She has represented clients in putative class actions and other litigation with a combined exposure of over USD 1 billion. Nancy is co-chair of the Firm’s Class Actions Group. She also serves as co-hiring partner for the West Coast offices.

 This program is approved for 1.5 hrs of CA MCLE general credt hours.

Bridgeport is a State Bar of CA provider of MCLE (Provider 11872) This program offers 1.5 hrs of MCLE. Bridgeport will assist attorneys from outside CA obtain CLE in accordance with the rules of their state.