By J. Colin Knisely and Michael S. Zullo
Four recent federal court decisions have dealt significant blows to plaintiffs in the ongoing wave of “pixel” and cookie-tracking privacy class actions, while one decision illustrates that plaintiffs can still survive early dismissal when they plead their claims with sufficient factual specificity. Together, the rulings sharpen the emerging battle lines for defendants facing wiretapping, invasion-of-privacy and computer-fraud claims premised on website tracking technologies.