Comedy record label 800 Pound Gorilla Media discloses consumers’ Facebook ID (FID) and the titles of videos they have viewed, in violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), alleged a class action Thursday (docket 3:24-cv-00787) Thursday in U.S. District Court for Southern California in San Diego.
Medical devices company Masimo and its CEO Joe Kiani made “materially false and misleading statements” touting “purportedly strong demand” for its products following its $1 billion purchase of consumer audio products company Sound United in April 2022, alleged a verified shareholder derivative class action Wednesday (docket 3:24-cv-00781) in U.S. District Court for Southern California.
A researcher who developed a browser extension that would allow Facebook users to “turn off their newsfeed” preemptively has sued Meta, seeking a judicial declaration that his software tool is “immunized from legal liability” under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
GTT Americas has attempted to avoid its obligation to make commission payments to Warner Telecomm under a 20-year-old master sales agreement, alleged a fraud complaint Wednesday (docket 5:24-cv-00253) in U.S. District Court for Eastern North Carolina.
A February data breach at United Healthcare Group (UHG) resulted in network disruptions that have endangered the health and well-being of millions of Americans, alleged a class action Tuesday (docket 0:24-cv-01559) in U.S. District Court for Minnesota.
Delphinus Engineering, a professional services provider and U.S. military contractor, lost control over current and former employees’ personally identifiable information (PII) in an Oct. 23 data breach, alleged a class action Tuesday (docket 2:24-cv-01810) in U.S. District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The company notified victims 177 days after the breach began, it said.
Government IT contractor Booz Allen Hamilton disclosed the tax return information of Energy Transfer Partners Executive Chairman Kelcy Warren “with the intent that ProPublica would widely publish the information through its website or through other means and accordingly injure" him, alleged Warren's complaint Monday (docket 8:24-cv-01252) in U.S. District Court for Southern Maryland in Greenbelt.
Some protesters have gone “well beyond simply engaging in free speech,” said a breach of contract class action (docket 1:24-cv-03232) filed Monday by a second-year Jewish student against Columbia University trustees in U.S. District Court for Southern New York in Manhattan over protests involving the Israel-Hamas war.
Sapulpa, Oklahoma, unlawfully denied Verizon’s application for two permits to build and operate a 175-foot cell tower, alleged the carrier's Telecommunications Act complaint Monday (docket 4:24-cv-00192) in U.S. District Court for Northern Oklahoma in Tulsa.
IT and cybersecurity firm ReachOut is suing former RedGear principals Luciano Aguayo and Armando Gonzalez over “misconduct” following its October purchase of the IT services company, said a fraud complaint (docket 1:24-cv-03408) in U.S. District Court for Eastern Illinois in Chicago. The plaintiff seeks compensation for past frauds and to stop Aguayo’s “ongoing misappropriation” of ReachOut funds, it said.