Focus (Forum & Focus)
May 25, 2007
'Pioneer' a Boost to Plaintiffs
Focus Column – By Susan E. Abitanta and Robert J. Drexler Jr. – The ‘Pioneer’ decision greatly aids class-action plaintiffs because it improves counsel’s access to information from putative class members — witnesses with knowledge of the claims.
By Susan E. Abitanta and Robert J. Drexler Jr.
To hear defense counsel spin it, the California Supreme Court's unanimous decision in Pioneer Electronics minimizes all-important privacy rights to meet trivial discovery ends, yet at the same time is so narrow that it makes no difference in existing privacy law. Pioneer Electronics USA Inc. v. Superior Court, 40 Cal.4th 360 (Jan. 25, 2007)
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