Comcast hasn’t offered victims of an October data breach at Citrix Systems affecting 35.8 million current and former Xfinity customers financial assistance with credit monitoring, though they will have to monitor their accounts for years to come, said three more lawsuits against the broadband provider filed since Friday. Hackers exploited a vulnerability in Citrix’s systems, affecting Xfinity and other Citrix customers in what has been dubbed the Citrix Bleed.
AT&T removed a Dec. 15 fraud case involving an allegedly faulty Simplifi router operating on its FirstNet network from Circuit Court of Waukesha County to the U.S. District Court for Eastern Wisconsin in Milwaukee, said its notice of removal Monday (docket 2:24-cv-00088).
The U.S. District Court for Middle Florida in Tampa should dismiss with prejudice plaintiff Zuania Vazquez-Padilla’s fraud complaint that alleged Cognizant Technology should be held accountable for a “willfully misleading” job description, said Cognizant's motion to dismiss Monday (docket 8:23-cv-02607).
NetChoice hasn't alleged a “cognizable" First Amendment injury to its members that could establish its "associational standing,” said Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost (R) in a memorandum Friday (docket 2:24-cv-00047) in U.S. District Court for Southern Ohio in Columbus opposing NetChoice’s motion for a preliminary injunction to block him from enforcing the state's Social Media Operators Act.
Two plaintiffs’ lawsuit against T-Mobile in a SIM swap fraud case “belongs in arbitration,” said the defendant's memorandum of law Friday (docket 1:23-cv-06159) in U.S. District Court for Eastern New York in Brooklyn in support of its motion to compel arbitration and stay the case, pending the outcome of that arbitration.
Numerous class actions challenging the “secret collection and monetization” of cellphone geolocation data have survived motions to dismiss and Norma Egan’s should as well, said the plaintiff's opposition Friday (docket 1:23-cv-11651) in U.S. District Court for Massachusetts in Boston to X-Mode Social's motion to dismiss her first amended privacy complaint.
Inmate Calling Solutions (ICSolutions) charged “junk fees” fraudulently itemized as a “tax” to inmates’ families for calls originating from prisons, alleged a class action Friday (docket 2:24-cv-02027) in U.S. District Court for Kansas in Kansas City.
Plaintiff Misael Ambriz’s privacy complaint against Google should be dismissed under Rule 12(b)(6), said Google's motion Tuesday (docket 3:23-cv-05437) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Francisco. Google can’t be held liable under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) “for merely providing a software program -- the modern equivalent of a tape recorder” -- that Verizon uses for customer service calls, said Google's memorandum of points and authorities in support of the motion.
SaurikIT, whose appeal of a district court’s dismissal of an antitrust suit vs. Apple was rejected by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last month, filed a petition Thursday (docket 22-16527) for rehearing and rehearing en banc.
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird (R) sued TikTok for deceiving Iowa parents about “children’s widespread access to inappropriate content” on its platform, said her Wednesday news release announcing a fraud complaint against the social media platform in Iowa District Court for Polk County in Des Moines.