Bobbie Wilson Partner

The California Supreme Court recently issued a landmark ruling in Apple Inc. v. Superior Court (formerly Krescent v. Apple Inc. in trial court proceedings), a case with wide-reaching implications for consumer privacy in e-commerce. The issue before the Court was whether California’s Song-Beverly Credit Card Act (the Act), which generally prohibits retailers from collecting or requesting personal identification information (PII) as a condition of accepting credit card payments, should apply to online retailers.

Companies that accept online credit card payments should be keeping an ear very close to the ground for the California Supreme Court’s decision in Apple v. Superior Court (Krescent), expected within the next few weeks.  Depending on how the court rules, the case has the potential to spawn a flood of class actions against online retailers and change the way web payments are processed.

"In a socially networked world, your jurors may know more about you and your client than you know about them," noted Partner Bobbie Wilson in a recent article she authored for The Recorder. The article discusses the role social networks play in today's trials and their effects on the legal world.

Ms. Ware, head of litigation & regulatory affairs at Netflix, and Bobbie discuss what propels successful in-house and outside counsel relationships and advocating for diversity in the legal profession.

A discussion with a panel of LGBTQ+ advocates on the intersectionality between race and LGBTQ+ communities including the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in favor of transgender civil rights.