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Stefan Bogdanovich is an Associate with Bursor & Fisher, P.A. Stefan focuses his practice on data privacy, complex business litigation, and consumer class actions. He has experience litigating data privacy class actions under the California Right of Publicity, Invasion of Privacy, and Anti-Phishing Acts, the federal Video Privacy Protection Act, and the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. He also has experience litigating ticket fee class action claims under the New York Arts & Cultural Affairs Law. As part of his practice, he frequently litigates the enforceability of online adhesion contracts.
Prior to working at Bursor & Fisher, Stefan practiced at two national law firms in Los Angeles. Stefan is admitted to the State Bars of California and New York, the District of Columbia, and various federal courts. Stefan received his law degree from the University of Southern California in 2018, where he was a member of the Hale Moot Court Honors Program.
Selected Published Decisions
- Young v. NeoCortext, Inc., 690 F. Supp. 3d 1091 (C.D. Cal. 2023), aff’d, No. 23-55772, 2024 WL 4987254 (9th Cir. Dec. 5, 2024) – denying anti-SLAPP motion to strike reality TV actor’s class action complaint alleging a face-swap app developer violated California’s right of publicity law by marketing its app using movie and TV clips of plaintiff and other well-known Californians without their permission. Both the trial and appeal courts rejected app developer’s defenses that its marketing was transformative use under the First Amendment or that plaintiff’s publicity claim was preempted by the Copyright Act as a matter of law.
- Rodriguez v. Festival Fun Parks, LLC, 763 F. Supp. 3d 336 (E.D.N.Y. 2025) – denying waterpark’s motion to compel arbitration based on hyperlinked terms of use on a checkout screen.
- Lawrence v. Finicity Corp., 716 F. Supp. 3d 851 (E.D. Cal. 2024), remanded on other grounds, No. 24-1737, 2025 WL 547375 (9th Cir. Feb. 19, 2025) – denying motion to dismiss California and Utah anti-phishing law claims against company alleged to collect FinTech app users’ bank account credentials by designing spoofed bank log-in screens that misappropriated bank URLs, bank theme colors, and bank trademarked logos.
- Berryman v. Reading Int’l, Inc., 763 F. Supp. 3d 596 (S.D.N.Y. 2025) – first case denying motion to dismiss Video Privacy Protection Act claim against movie theater operator because it streamed movie trailers on its website and shared video consumption history with third-parties.
- Summerville v. Gotham Comedy Found. Inc., — F. Supp. 3d —-, 2025 WL 88644 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 24, 2025) – first case denying motion to dismiss New York Arts & Cultural Affairs Law § 25.07(4) claim based on plaintiff suffering an informational injury for failing to receive the all-in price of his event tickets at the outset of the transaction.
Selected Class Settlements
- Awad v. AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., Index No. 607322/2024 (Sup. Ct. Nassau Cnty. 2024) – final approval granted for $12.3 million class settlement to resolve claims for alleged New York ticket fee claims.
- Jones v. Regal Cinemas, Inc., Case No. 1:23-cv-11145 (S.D.N.Y. 2025) – final approval granted for $2.5 million settlement to resolve claims for alleged New York ticket fee claims.
- Norcross v. Tishman Speyer Properties, L.P., et al., Case No. 1:23-cv-11153 (S.D.N.Y. 2024) – final approval granted for $1.1 million settlement to resolve claims for alleged New York ticket fee claims.