Defenses Remain For Companies In Calif. Call Recording Suits

By Joshua Briones and Crystal Lopez (June 20, 2018, 1:10 PM EDT) -- For over a decade now, the plaintiffs bar has been serially filing class actions under Sections 632 and 637.2 of the California Invasion of Privacy Act, seeking multimillion-dollar settlements based on statutory damages of $5,000 per violation or three times the amount of actual damages, whichever is greater. Because of this availability of statutory damages, and the possibility of multiple violations, in the last two years alone, more than 65 cases have been filed, many of which have been removed to federal court, alleging violations of Sections 632 and 632.7....

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