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2012

Litigation

Santa Clara Law

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The Irony Of Privacy Class Action Litigation, Eric Goldman Dec 2012

The Irony Of Privacy Class Action Litigation, Eric Goldman

Faculty Publications

In the past few years, publicized privacy violations have regularly spawned class action lawsuits in the United States, even when the company made a good faith mistake and no victim suffered any quantifiable harm. Privacy advocates often cheer these lawsuits because they generally favor vigorous enforcement of privacy violations, but this essay encourages privacy advocates to reconsider their support for privacy class action litigation. By its nature, class action litigation uses tactics that privacy advocates disavow. Thus, using class action litigation to remediate privacy violations proves to be unintentionally ironic.


Takings By Regulation: How Should Courts Weigh The Balancing Factors, David Crump Jan 2012

Takings By Regulation: How Should Courts Weigh The Balancing Factors, David Crump

Santa Clara Law Review

No abstract provided.