VPPA, UCL Claims Against Online Video Retailers Must Be Arbitrated, Judge Rules

( June 23, 2025, 4:07 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Determining that attempts to settle and dismiss putative class claims against online retailers under the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) and California’s unfair competition law (UCL) did not contradict an intent to arbitrate under a totality of the circumstances, a California federal judge granted the defendants’ motion to stay and to compel arbitration....