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Devon Schulz is an associate in Covington's San Francisco office and a member of the firm's Litigation and Investigations Practice Group. She also advises clients on privacy and cybersecurity issues, including compliance obligations. Devon earned her J.D. from the UCLA School of Law, where she served as a Managing Editor for the UCLA Journal of Law and Technology.

A judge in the Northern District of California granted in part and denied in part Oracle America, Inc.’s motion to dismiss a putative class action alleging that the data broker collects and sells internet users’ personal information for targeting advertising and other purposes in violation of wiretapping acts and privacy-based laws.  See Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Motion to Dismiss, Katz-Lacabe v. Oracle Am., No. 3:22-cv-04792-RS (N.D. Cal. Apr. 6, 2023).  In the suit against Oracle, the three named plaintiffs – residents of California, Florida, and Ireland – purported to represent five separate classes of individuals, including a California class, nationwide class, and global class.

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