Katherine Lynch
Associate
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Phone: +1 215 979 1516
- Duane Morris LLP
30 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196
USA
Katherine Lynch practices in the area of litigation. Ms. Lynch is a 2022 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, where she was associate editor of the Journal of Law and Public Affairs, and a graduate of Cornell University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Admissions
- Pennsylvania
Education
- University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, J.D., 2022
- Articles Editor, Journal of Law and Public Affairs - Cornell University, B.A., summa cum laude, 2019
- Phi Beta Kappa
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Associate, 2022-present
Selected Publications
- Co-author, "Five More California Federal Court Decisions Rule Against Plaintiffs in Chat Wiretap Cases," Duane Morris Alert, April 27, 2023
- Co-author, "Northern District of California Doubles Down on Dismissal of Wiretapping Claims Under State Privacy Law," Duane Morris Alert, February 27, 2023
Representative Matters
Secured the dismissal of a putative class action brought against Lenox Corporation, an American tableware company, under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA). The case is significant for all companies that operate public-facing websites utilizing chat features, which have lately become targets for class action lawsuits alleging that such features violate the wiretap provisions of CIPA. In its holding, the Northern District of California rejected plaintiffs’ theories and adopted the arguments presented by the Duane Morris team that: 1) Lenox cannot violate CIPA by recording chats in which it is a participant (known as the party exception); and 2) plaintiffs’ conclusory allegations that Lenox permitted an unidentified third party to eavesdrop on the chats were “not entitled to the presumption of truth” without specific details.