On October 17, 2025, Judge Vince Chhabria of the Northern District of California issued an opinion that many privacy practitioners have anticipated for years. In Doe v. Eating Recovery Center LLC , 2025 WL 2971090 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 17, 2025), the court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendant and took direct aim at the statutory morass known as the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”). Calling the statute “a total mess,” the court urged the California Legislature to “erase the...

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