Clarkson Law Firm

08/28/2026

Same product. Same time. Different price. Shireen Clarkson breaks down surveillance pricing and why companies don't want you to know it's happening. Watch the complete episode on Substack.

08/28/2026

A pair of glasses that look like ordinary Ray-Bans. A recording light that's easy to disable. And, according to a new Guardian article, a growing list of people who found out they'd been filmed only after the footage appeared elsewhere.

The story lands the same place Clarkson Law Firm's pending class action against Meta does: a privacy promise that doesn't match how the product actually works. Ryan Clarkson, Managing Partner, told the Guardian these devices weren't built for user control. In his view, they're built to turn every buyer into what he called a "Trojan horse of surveillance." Asked about where this trajectory leads, he compared the moment to frogs in a boiling pot, watching the temperature rise on privacy rights one convenience at a time.

Our complaint alleges Meta advertised its AI glasses as "designed for privacy, controlled by you" while footage was reviewed by human contractors overseas without adequate disclosure to consumers.

The pattern the Guardian shares this week is exactly why this lawsuit matters. When a device is built to be inconspicuous, the burden of proving you were harmed falls on people who often don't know they were recorded at all. That imbalance is what consumer protection law exists to correct.

Read the article: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/aug/19/meta-glasses-privacy-surveillance

Learn more about our case against Meta: https://clarksonlawfirm.com/lp/meta-ai-glasses-privacy-false-advertising/

08/21/2026

Accountability shouldn't wait on Congress

AI companies are giving their systems more access to accounts, transactions, and real-world decisions every month. Regulation is not keeping pace. Federal AI legislation remains stalled, and the responsibility question — who answers when these systems cause harm — is being left to the courts.

Ryan Clarkson, Managing Partner at Clarkson Law Firm, shared his perspective with Axios earlier this month that existing consumer-protection and product-liability law already gives plaintiffs a path forward, regardless of how slowly new AI-specific rules move through Washington. He describes firms like ours as able to act like "private attorneys general," using existing legal tools to hold AI companies accountable.

Impactful litigation is another way we come TogetherOn.AI.

Read the full piece: https://www.axios.com/2026/08/13/liability-ai-courts-agents-openai-anthropic-meta

08/21/2026

Five Clarkson attorneys named to the 2027 Best Lawyers lists

Glenn Danas (Partner, Appellate Practice) and Derek Brandt (Partner, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs) have been named to The Best Lawyers in America®, 2027 edition.

Maksim Gorbunov (Senior Associate), Zarrina Ozari (Counsel), and Molly Zhu (Associate) have been named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America, 2027 edition, recognized in Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs and Labor and Employment Law.

Both lists run on peer review, built from attorneys evaluating attorneys on the work behind the cases.

Congratulations!

08/20/2026

Last month, Glenn Danas spoke to ABC News Australia about the Monat lawsuit.

ABC News Australia covered the lawsuit Clarkson Law Firm filed against Monat on behalf of former market partners, alleging the MLM built a sales force of 100,000 people in the U.S. without paying wages, overtime, or benefits, or reimbursing basic business expenses. As quoted in ABC News, Danas said most of the people selling for Monat: "failed to break even."

Read (interactive article is worth a scroll!): https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-31/monat-mlm-network-marketing-women-mums/106870398

08/19/2026

Clarkson Law Firm has filed a proposed class action against Apple over its iCloud Private Relay feature.

The complaint, filed August 6, alleges Apple misrepresented the privacy protections included with iCloud+ subscriptions after researchers found conditions under which the feature fails to hide a user's real IP address.

"Apple built its entire brand on the promise that it would protect its users' privacy when no other company would," said partner Tim Giordano. "For Apple's iCloud users to now learn that for years they were paying Apple a premium for a protection that simply didn't work is an outrageous violation and betrayal of consumer trust and law."

This latest lawsuit comes after Clarkson's $250 million settlement with Apple, preliminarily approved in July, over AI features that were promised but never delivered.

Read more: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/apple-faces-lawsuit-over-icloud-private-relay-vulnerability/

08/12/2026

Catch the wave! Ryan Clarkson is a panelist on "The Next Wave of Complex Litigation: AI, Deepfakes, & Digital Harm" at CAOC's Class Action Seminar in September.

Are you ready for the next wave?

Led by Anne Marie Murphy (Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP), this session kicks off our Class Action Seminar next month in Newport Beach. During this panel we will hear from CAOC trial attorneys handling cutting edge, first wave, litigation involving artificial intelligence.

Speakers include Ryan Clarkson (Clarkson Law Firm), Matthew George (Kaplan Fox Law) Paul R. Kiesel (Kiesel Law LLP).

Limited seats remain! Grab your spot here: https://www.caoc.org/?pg=events&evAction=showDetail&eid=346496

08/11/2026

Clarkson supports MSU Law's Leaders in Law series

Clarkson Law Firm has made a gift to Michigan State University College of Law in support of its Leaders in Law series. The first event brings ACLU National Legal Director Cecillia Wang to campus for a conversation on civil rights advocacy. Advancing justice means investing in the law students training to do this work next, not just the cases in front of us right now.

Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/leaders-in-law-cecillia-wang-tickets-1994956293978

Learn more about the series here: https://law.msu.edu/news-and-events/news/2026/msu-law-launches-leaders-in-law-series

08/10/2026

Clarkson named to lead Meta AI glasses litigation

U.S. District Court Judge Edward M. Chen appointed Ryan Clarkson Co-Lead Counsel in the Meta AI glasses privacy litigation, along with Thomas Loeser of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy and Tina Wolfson of Adhoot & Wolfson. Clarkson was first to file this proposed class action, alleging Meta and Luxottica falsely advertised the privacy features of the Meta’s glasses.

🔗 Learn more about Clarkson’s AI work at TogetherOn.AI

08/10/2026

WABE's look at how some consumers are fighting AI-driven insurance claim denials revisits Glenn Danas’ interview last year with Rose Scott, about our case against Cigna over claims reportedly denied in under two seconds. If you're following how AI is showing up on the wrong side of consumer protection, tune in:

https://www.wabe.org/ai-powered-tool-claimable-helps-patients-fight-insurance-claim-denials/