B&I Wins Summary Judgment for NaviStone in Pennsylvania Privacy Class Action

On March 24, 2025, U.S. District Judge William S. Stickman IV granted a motion for summary judgment filed by Brann & Isaacson attorneys, David W. Bertoni, David Swetnam-Burland, and Eamonn Hart, for NaviStone, Inc. and co-defendant Harriet Carter Gifts, Inc. In this long-running putative class action, the plaintiff, Ashley Popa, accused NaviStone of “wiretapping” her...

Privacy Bounty Hunters, Part I: The Risks Are Real

As I’ve written previously, if you sell anything online, it’s not a question of if—it’s when privacy bounty hunters will comes calling, accusing your company of violating anti-wiretapping or privacy laws. “The better part of valor is discretion,” as Shakespeare said, and now is the time to act. You can take proactive steps to reduce your risk,...

Online Wiretapping Claims: A Surging Menace

A flood of lawsuits and arbitration demands continues to drown companies that have installed the Meta pixel on their websites. If you haven’t been on the receiving end of these online wiretapping claims, count yourself lucky. Either way, be forewarned that the risk of being subject to a wiretapping shakedown extends far beyond the Meta...

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David Bertoni to Moderate Panel on Ethics and Wiretapping Class Actions

On May 6, 2024, David W. Bertoni will moderate a panel on The Ethics of Wiretapping and Data Privacy Class Actions at the 2024 Class Action Money & Ethics Conference in New York. Bertoni and a panel of leading practitioners will explore the legal, ethical, and technological dimensions of wiretapping claims in the internet age....