AT&T violated California statutes by falsely advertising the reliability, coverage and speed of its phone and internet services, while billing for services not provided, alleged a class action (docket 2:23-cv-09979), removed Monday from California Superior Court to U.S. District Court for Central California in Los Angeles.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) is investigating lead-covered cables that may be present in Arizona, a response to recent reports identifying them as a potential environmental and public health risk, her office said Wednesday.
Smartbiz Telecom isn't an originating provider and doesn't have the capability to make calls, said the VoIP provider Monday in a reply (docket 1:22-cv-23945) to the response from the office of Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R) to its statement of material facts in the state's Telephone Consumer Protection Act lawsuit (see 2311200027).
Fifteen cryptocurrency users are suing MLB, its players and related entities for their sponsorship relationship with FTX Trading, the cryptocurrency exchange that collapsed in November 2022 in what SEC Chair Gary Gensler called a “house of cards” built on a “foundation of deception.” FTX "stole more than $8 billion" in class member funds, "the bulk of which has now vanished," said the class action (docket 1:23-cv-24479), filed Monday in U.S. District Court for Southern Florida in Miami.
Google is allowing a "fake company" that's likely not U.S.-based to use its platform "to scam people,” alleged a fraud complaint (docket 1:23-cv-10352), removed Monday to U.S. District Court for Southern New York in Manhattan.
Plaintiff Robert Marrone and nearly 169,000 class members who were victims of a September data breach at Warren General Hospital in Warren, Pennsylvania, are at “significantly increased risk of fraud,” alleged a Nov. 22 class action (docket 1:23-cv-00330) in U.S. District Court for Western Pennsylvania in Erie.
In a robocall case brought by the attorneys general of 48 states against Avid Telecom and executives Michael Lansky and Stacey Reeves, the plaintiffs’ opposition brief “reflects some confusion about the requirements and application of the primary jurisdiction doctrine,” said the defendants’ reply brief Friday (docket 4:23-cv-00233) in U.S. District Court for Arizona in Tucson in further support of their motion to stay and refer as a matter of primary jurisdiction to the FCC.
Unknown defendants John Does 1-10 conspired to create cryptocurrency wallets in plaintiff Damien Sabella’s name by transferring funds from his Coinbase account, and he's now unable to access those wallets, said Sabella’s Nov. 22 complaint (docket 2:23-cv-09907) in U.S. District Court for Central California in Los Angeles.
A YouTube video by ComplaintBox attacked Crash Proof Retirement by falsely stating that the plaintiff “exists to exploit seniors,” said a complaint Nov. 17 (docket 2:23-cv-04546) in U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania in Philadelphia brought by Crash Proof and parent company Retirement Media Inc. (RMI).
Certain beauty products sold on Amazon Marketplace, “facilitated by Amazon,” use plaintiff Johnnetta Clemons’ image “to falsely promote and advertise” products as fulfilled by Amazon, said a trademark infringement lawsuit (docket 6:23-cv-02247) that Amazon removed Monday from the 9th Judicial Circuit Court in Orange County, Florida, to U.S. District Court for Middle Florida in Orlando.