SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – Two firms have snagged leadership roles in consolidated lawsuits that allege Zoom, the online meeting app that has gained popularity during coronavirus social distancing, violated privacy laws.
Leading the pursuit of that allegation will be Tina Wolfson of Ahdoot & Wolfson and Mark Molumphy of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, both in California. They were appointed co-lead counsel in a multidistrict litigation proceeding in San Jose federal court.
Judge Lucy Koh granted their motions June 30 after receiving applications from nine lawyers to serve those roles.
Lawsuits popped up earlier this year after Zoom usage increased. Class actions claimed the company illegally disclosed the personally identifiable information of its users.
Lawsuits alleged negligence and violation of laws like the California Consumer Privacy Act. They said Zoom shared the user's PII, including the type of device and software the user has as well as their network carrier and location, with third parties such as Facebook.
They claim the information shared by Zoom makes user's susceptible to voter fraud, medical fraud, phishing, and other identity-theft issues.
Serving on the plaintiffs steering committee will be lawyers from Wolf Haldenstein, Bottini & Bottini and Gibbs Law Group.
No other firms will work on the case without approval from the court.