Surveillance Tech Meets Statutory Damages: Nationwide ALPR Compliance and Class Action Defense

Logan S. Booth, CIPP/US, Of Counsel | Fisher Phillips LLP

Logan S. Booth is Of Counsel at Fisher Phillips, practicing from the firm’s Denver and Chicago offices. He advises organizations on data privacy and cybersecurity, complex technology transactions, high-stakes investigations, compliance with federal and state employment statutes, workplace policy development, and reputational and crisis management. A Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US), he regularly guides clients on the use, licensing, acquisition, and commercialization of data and technology.

• Education & Credentials

Logan earned his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2014, an M.B.A. from Northwestern University in 2021, an M.A. from New York University in 2011, and a B.A., summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from New York University in 2010. He is admitted to practice in Illinois and New York and practices under the supervision of a licensed Colorado bar member.

• Recognition & Leadership

Logan was named a Chicago Council on Global Affairs Emerging Leaders Fellow in 2025 and an Aspen Strategy Group Rising Leaders Fellow in 2023. That same year, the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago honored him with its 36-Under-36 Award. He chairs the Repair the World Chicago Advisory Council and serves as Young Leadership Division Campaign Chair for the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago.

• Professional Involvement

Logan is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals. He is also an officer in the United States Navy Reserve, having served in the intelligence and public affairs communities, and is a graduate of the Center for Information Warfare Training and the Defense Information School.

• Experience

Before joining Fisher Phillips, Logan was an associate at a global law firm, representing organizations in proactive and reactive data privacy and cybersecurity matters and leading teams through multijurisdictional regulatory probes. He began his career as a transactional attorney working on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, and securities offerings, and later spent five years as a management consultant. His crisis management work includes advising boards and executives through misconduct investigations, reductions in force, WARN Act compliance, unionization initiatives, and leadership transitions, as well as Congressional, federal agency, and state attorneys general investigations. Notably, he served as the principal crisis communications consultant for Norfolk Southern in the aftermath of the East Palestine train derailment.

Elisabeth “Liz” Hutchinson, Partner | Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P

Elisabeth “Liz” Hutchinson is a Partner at Shook, Hardy & Bacon in Denver. Her practice centers on defending businesses, from startups to Fortune 50 companies, in complex privacy and data security class actions involving biometrics, artificial intelligence, and website-tracking technologies. She handles these matters at every stage of litigation, from pretrial strategy through appeal.

• Education & Credentials

Liz earned her J.D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, where she graduated in the top ten percent of her class as a member of the Order of St. Ives, served as Managing Editor of the University of Denver Water Law Review, received the Reese Persuasive Writing Award, and attended on full tuition scholarships. She holds a B.A. with honors in International Relations from the University of California, Davis, where she competed on the NCAA Division I women’s rowing team. She is admitted to practice in Colorado, Illinois, and Wyoming.

• Recognition & Leadership

Liz has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch in Commercial Litigation (20212026), Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants (2022-2026), and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants (2024-2026). She received the Sylvan Siegler Award for Excellence in Mentoring in 2022.

• Professional Involvement

Liz is a member of the Colorado Bar Association, the Denver Bar Association, the Colorado Women’s Bar Association, and the William E. Doyle Inn of Court. She maintains an active pro bono practice assisting low-income clients fleeing gender- and political-based violence, and volunteers with the Colorado High School Cycling League.

• Experience

Liz’s statutory experience spans the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), HIPAA, the California Medical Information Act (CMIA), California’s Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) law, the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), and other state wiretap statutes, at both the trial and appellate levels. She has defended privacy class actions nationwide, winning dismissals at the pleading stage, prevailing on appeal on questions of first impression, and securing favorable early settlements when that aligned with client goals. Before entering private practice, she spent six years clerking in federal and state appellate courts, including for the Hon. Gregory A. Phillips of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, Associate Justice William W. Hood, III of the Colorado Supreme Court, and the Hon. John R. Webb of the Colorado Court of Appeals. Her broader litigation experience spans forums from Alaska to the U.S. Supreme Court and includes product liability, breach of contract, trade secrets, consumer protection, and toxic tort matters.

SESSION 1 – Counseling Multistate Businesses on License Plate Reader Privacy Compliance | 2:00pm – 3:00pm

This session maps the multistate statutory landscape governing private-sector ALPR deployment, with a focus on the compliance obligations, data retention limits, and vendor-contract issues that counsel must address for clients operating license plate reader systems across jurisdictions. Attorneys will learn how California’s $2,500-per-scan statutory damages regime, the federal Driver’s Privacy Protection Act, and emerging state frameworks combine to create enterprise-scale class action exposure. Attendees will leave with a practical compliance framework covering policy posting, data retention schedules, DMV data workflow audits, and law enforcement data-sharing restrictions.

BREAK | 3:00pm – 3:10pm

SESSION 2 – Defending License Plate Reader Privacy Class Actions in California Courts | 3:10pm – 4:10pm

This session equips defense counsel with the strategic and tactical tools needed to defend license plate reader (ALPR) privacy class actions in California courts following the landmark February 2026 ruling in Bartholomew v. Parking Concepts, Inc. Attorneys will learn how the $2,500-per-person statutory damages floor under Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.90.54 drives class-action economics, what viable defense arguments survive Bartholomew, and how the operator/end-user distinction, class certification challenges, and federal removal strategies apply to the current wave of active litigation. Attendees will leave with a practical framework for evaluating client exposure, identifying which defenses remain viable, and positioning cases for early resolution.