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Perspective

Feb. 1, 2013

Plaintiffs must show more under state call-recording law

A new decision addresses the factual circumstances plaintiffs must plead to allege that a communication was confidential. By James G. Snell and Heather Shook


By James G. Snell and Heather Shook


On Jan. 17, in Faulkner v. ADT Security Services, Inc., 2013 DJDAR 817 (9th Cir. 2013), the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals weighed in on the pleading requirements under California's Invasion of Privacy Act, California Penal Code Section 632 regarding recording of telephone calls. As the Faulkner court noted, Section 632 makes it illegal to "intentionally and without the consent of all par...

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