Signal California court dismisses wiretapping suit against mParticle on jurisdictional grounds

Summary

The Los Angeles County Superior Court dismissed a lawsuit alleging violation of California's wiretapping law. The defendant was mParticle, a software company headquartered in New York. The court dismissed the case on jurisdictional grounds. Plaintiffs had argued the company's tracking technology violated California privacy law, but the court found they had not established that California was the company's principal place of business. Legal analysts describe the ruling as a potentially significant precedent that out-of-state technology companies could use to defend against a wave of California wiretapping litigation.