Negligence class actions continue apace as customers become aware of the Oct. 10 data breach at software provider Citrix that affected millions of Comcast subscribers and other Citrix customers. The breach affected more than 35 million customers, according to the Maine attorney general’s office.
Cognizant Technology Solutions targeted “historically economically disadvantaged groups” in low-paying labor markets to perform the “grueling job” of social media content moderation, alleged a fraud complaint Thursday (docket 8:24-cv-00045) in U.S. District Court for Middle Florida in Tampa.
A weather-tracking company copied and displayed protected video footage of a tornado hitting Elgin, Texas, in violation of copyright law, alleged a complaint Thursday (docket 6:24-cv-06014) in U.S. District Court for Western New York in Rochester.
PHE, owner of an adult products e-commerce website, www.adameve.com, provided co-defendant Google with information that revealed plaintiff Jane Doe’s private and protected sexual information and IP address, without notifying her and without her consent, in violation of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), alleged a class action Wednesday (docket 24ST-cv-00181) in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Financial Risk Mitigation (FRM) maintained customers’ personally identifiable information (PII) on its computer network in a condition “vulnerable to cyberattacks,” alleged a class action Wednesday (docket 2:24-cv-00025) in U.S. District Court for Eastern Louisiana in New Orleans.
Notices from Citrix and Comcast to customers about an Oct. 10 data breach “failed to provide basic details,” said a new class action Wednesday (docket 0:24-cv-60008) in U.S. District Court for Southern Florida in Fort Lauderdale.
Lead generator Response Tree and president Derek Doherty would be banned from making or assisting in making robocalls or calls to numbers on the national do not call registry under a proposed DOJ order for permanent injunction filed Tuesday (docket 8:24-cv-00001) in U.S. District Court for Central California in Santa Ana. DOJ's complaint was filed Tuesday in the same court.
Three John Does defrauded plaintiff Phoebe Lee in a trading scheme linked to an online cryptocurrency website, Lee's fraud complaint alleged Friday (docket 2:23-cv-02008) in U.S. District Court for Western Washington in Seattle.
Matthew Gorman’s class action against Sovos Compliance should remain in the In re MOVEit Customer Data Security Breach Litigation multidistrict litigation (MDL), said the plaintiff’s interested party response (docket 3083) Thursday to Sovos’ motion to vacate conditional transfer order 15 (CTO-15) before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. Midland States Bank, a defendant in Gorman’s action, filed notice in support of Sovos’ motion the same day.
The district court’s decision in Hachette vs. Internet Archive, in favor of four publisher plaintiffs, “paints with far too broad a brush,” said a Dec. 22 corrected amicus brief (docket 23-1260) from HathiTrust, filed Thursday before the 2nd U.S. Circuit Appeals Court.