Our guest contributor says a small group of plaintiff lawyers is trying to stretch an anti-wiretapping law beyond its ...

The cases combine two trends in digital privacy litigation: using California’s anti-wiretapping law in new digital contexts, and bringing claims against software companies over their product design.

The animal rights group PETA filed a lawsuit this week challenging the Massachusetts law that makes it illegal to record a conversation without the other person’s consent. The law is overly broad, ...