Bloomberg Law Quotes Kathleen McConnell on Cookie Banner Privacy Litigation

Bloomberg Law quoted Seyfarth partner Kathleen McConnell in its article, “Cookie Banner Privacy Suit Surge Puts Website Operators on Edge.” The piece, published on May 7, 2026, examines the sharp rise in lawsuits targeting allegedly faulty cookie banners and the legal tension between California’s consumer privacy statutes.

McConnell highlighted the compliance challenges created by overlapping legal frameworks, noting:

“You have a well-developed regulatory structure coming from the CCPA side, where the legislature made clear decisions about what triggers potential exposure for companies. It provides very clear direction around what the banners should look like and how you have to interact with the banner, but then you have these overlapping considerations coming from CIPA, the penal code side, that was definitely not drafted with the internet in mind.”

The full article is available here.