Six plaintiffs are suing 10 known defendants, plus John Does 1-1,000, for violation of California’s Anti-Spam Law, Business & Professions Code, said their fraud complaint Thursday (docket 1:23-cv-01287) in U.S. District Court for Western Michigan in Grand Rapids.
Videogame software and hardware companies manufactured, published, marketed and sold gaming products “specifically developed and designed to cause the addiction" experienced by minors and other users, alleged a 19-count complaint Wednesday (docket 1:23-cv-16566) against 15 defendants in U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois in Chicago.
A T-Mobile employee downloaded, without the customer's consent, the private images and videos from a cellphone that customer had traded in, alleged a Nov. 17 negligence complaint (docket 4:23-cv-05166) in Washington Superior Court that removed Wednesday to U.S. District Court for Eastern Washington in Richland.
The Economist Newspaper NA intentionally, systematically and unlawfully discloses customers’ private purchase information in violation of Utah’s Notice of Intent to Sell Nonpublic Personal Information Act (NISNPIA), alleged a class action Tuesday (docket 2:23-cv-00878) in U.S. District Court for Central Utah in Salt Lake City.
A week after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced in a blog post that Microsoft will take a seat on the OpenAI board as a nonvoting observer, the Authors Guild and the 17 plaintiff authors who brought suit against numerous OpenAI entities and Microsoft filed an amended copyright infringement complaint Tuesday (docket 1:23-cv-08292) in U.S. District Court for Southern New York in Manhattan. Microsoft is a 49% shareholder in OpenAI.
Plaintiff’s trademark rights are in X Social Media, not X, said X Corp.’s motion to dismiss Monday (docket 6:23-cv-01903) a trademark infringement suit in U.S. District Court for Middle Florida in Orlando. Marketing company X Social Media alleged the former Twitter caused irreparable harm to it when it began using the "X" mark in July as its brand for the social media platform (see 2310030044).
Plaintiff Tonny Storey’s fraud class action complaint against Amazon for failing to deliver products by a promised date doesn't state a claim for breach of contract, said Amazon’s Rule 12(B)(6) motion to dismiss Tuesday (docket 2:23-cv-01529) in U.S. District Court for Western Washington in Seattle.
Orrick Herrington, the global law firm that has defended data breach clients, failed to implement cybersecurity measures of its own in a 2023 breach, said a class action Monday (docket 3:23-cv-06264) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Francisco.
Amazon and its companies, plus John Doe defendants 1-100, violate California codes by contractually denying customers’ right to free speech, alleged a class action Friday (docket 23ST-cv-29540) in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The suit represents California consumers who have visited, used or completed transactions through Amazon’s various e-commerce sites.
Lumen is suing an investor and board member who allegedly pocketed the entire distribution authorized by the board in a 2019 consent, after the investor and his wife received $3.4 million -- vs. the $266,200 they should have received -- due to a clerical error, said a complaint (docket 1:23-cv-16484) in U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois in Chicago.