British Man’s GDPR Suit Against U.S. Ad Firm Dismissed For Forum Non Conveniens

Mealey's (August 20, 2021, 7:28 AM EDT) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — A California federal judge on Aug. 16 granted a California company’s motion to dismiss a putative class action filed against it by an England resident under the United Kingdom’s version of the European Union’s (EU’s) General Data Protection Regulation (U.K. GDPR), finding that the grounds of forum non conveniens and international comity compelled dismissal of the case with a plaintiff and proposed class composed entirely of U.K. residents....