On May 12, 2026, in Strong v. LifeStance Health Group Inc., Case No. CV-23-00682-PHX-KML, Judge Lanham of the United States District Court of Arizona granted preliminary approval of a consumer privacy class action settlement resolving claims that LifeStance disclosed patients’ personal information through website tracking technologies.
In granting preliminary approval, Judge Lanham granted class certification for settlement purposes of the following subclasses: (i) all members of LifeStance’s total patient population who booked at least one session through LifeStance’s online booking tool, accessed through LifeStance’s public website lifestance.com, between March 1, 2020 and April 30, 2023 and (ii) all other members of LifeStance’s total patient population between March 1, 2020 and April 30, 2023.
David S. Almeida and Britany A. Kabakov Wessan of Almeida Law Group LLC and Hart L. Robinovitch and Ryan J. Ellersick of Zimmerman Reed LLP were appointed as Class Counsel. The final approval hearing is scheduled for October 2, 2026.
Almeida Law Group is committed to protecting consumer privacy and strives to hold healthcare services and institutions accountable for digital practices that can compromise patient confidentiality.