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Julia Barrero

Julia Barrero is an associate in the firm’s San Francisco office and a member of the Environmental and Energy Practice Group. She advises clients on their environmental compliance and advocacy priorities at the state and federal level. Her representative matters span a wide array of issues, including greenhouse gas regulations, state climate laws, recycling claims, extended producer responsibility programs, federal and state enforcement actions, NEPA compliance, and environmental remediation actions. She also maintains an active pro bono practice.

Prior to practicing law, Julia worked at startups and technology companies in San Francisco, helping them strategically build products and target key markets.

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On July 1, 2026, a California legislative committee advanced amendments to SB 690 that would eliminate private suits asserting website-based “pen register” claims under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”), leaving enforcement exclusively to the California Attorney General.  The amendments come amid a surge of lawsuits and demand letters challenging the use of website technologies under the pen register provision, which the committee described as a “poster child for abusive lawsuits.”  According to the committee analysis, “[b]ecause the potential liability can be staggering,” businesses often settle quickly, thereby “encouraging vexatious litigants to continue blasting out demand letters.”

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