J. Matt Thornton

In recent years, a handful of pro se plaintiffs and plaintiffs’ firms have sent tens of thousands of demand letters to businesses, threatening class action lawsuits under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) unless...more Wiretapping class actions based on websites’ use of common tracking technologies continue to rise. And because many courts have allowed these cases to survive motions to dismiss, businesses often feel pressure to settle...more Vermont recently passed a major update to its data broker law (HB 211), joining California and Texas as one of the few states with privacy laws targeting businesses that collect and sell consumer data. Here’s what businesses...more After attempting to amend its first-in-the-nation AI law for two years and three legislative sessions, on May 9, 2026, the Colorado legislature passed SB 26-189. It now awaits the governor’s signature and is expected to be...more